Tag: convicts

The Background to John Shortland’s Discovery – John Hunter’s Missing List

January 13, 2011

The Background to John Shortland’s Discovery John Hunter’s Missing List By Mr Paul Farnill It is well known that in 1797 John Shortland entered and named the Hunter River whilst in pursuit of a party of escaped convicts.  Shortland had entered a then unknown inlet (the mouth of the Hunter), after an unsuccessful search for … More The Background to John Shortland’s Discovery – John Hunter’s Missing List

Newcastle: Colony’s first place of secondary punishment?

November 11, 2010

Was Newcastle the Colony’s first place of secondary punishment?  by Dr Brian Walsh In 1804, following the uprising at Castle Hill, a permanent settlement was established at Newcastle to house convicts who re-offended in the Colony. Until it closed in 1822 the Newcastle settlement functioned principally as a place of secondary punishment for convicts sentenced … More Newcastle: Colony’s first place of secondary punishment?

The Achievements of Captain Wallis Commandant 1818

July 27, 2010

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2178450 The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Saturday 26 December 1818 Page 1 of 4 GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL ORDERS. Government House, Parramatta, Thursday, 24th December, 1818 CIVIL DEPARTMENT. HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR, in relieving Captain JAMES WALLIS, of the 46th Regiment, from the Command of the Settlement at Newcastle, by the Appointment of … More The Achievements of Captain Wallis Commandant 1818

The Newcastle Fortifications – SMH 24 May 1881

July 27, 2010

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13484259 The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 24 May 1881  Page 6 of 10 THE NEWCASTLE FORTIFICATIONS. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) On Saturday last Colonel P. H. Scratchley, R.E., C.M.G., and Colonel C. F. Roberts, visited Newcastle for the purpose of inspecting the hill known as Signal Hill, near Nobby’s, upon which the fort recommended by … More The Newcastle Fortifications – SMH 24 May 1881

Proposed development on the Convict Lumber Yard

July 14, 2009

DA 08/1160 SECTION 60 APPLICATION-CONVICT LUMBER YARD STOCKADE SITE, 90-88 SCOTT STREET NEWCASTLE SHR 01537 We would like to express our concern at the proposed development application (DA 08/1160) currently before Newcastle City Council for the Convict Lumber Yard Site. We recommend that it remain open space and free of development. The University of Newcastle’s … More Proposed development on the Convict Lumber Yard

James Hardy Vaux – The Flash Language of Coal River

June 10, 2008

This month on ABC 1233 I will be discussing James Hardy Vaux’s Memoirs and Dictionary of the Flash Language. Both these works were penned in the Coal River (Newcastle) in the period of 1812-1814. Newcastle’s history continues to amaze, and none more that the story of James Hardy Vaux. This infamous pickpocket has provided Newcastle … More James Hardy Vaux – The Flash Language of Coal River