The engraving above of “Newcastle N.S.W. was published in the Supplement to “The lIlustrated Australian News for Home Readers” on the 3 November 1875. The “Key to the View of Newcastle” was published over a month later on the 29 December 1875. It was also (apparently) published in The Illustrated Sydney News of the 8 … More Newcastle in 1874
Thanks to Mr Ross Edmonds for allowing us to present John R. Bingle’s personal copy of the Past and Present Records of Newcastle New South Wales. (10.6 MB PDF File) and map of Puen Buen, John Bingle’s estate of 1800 acres (728 ha) of land at Dart Brook, in the Upper Hunter district. This important … More John Bingle’s Personal Copy of the Past and Present Records of Newcastle New South Wales (1873)
The Illustrated Sydney News, is a colonial newspaper that, during the 19th century, would provide news features and articles on the progress of various townships and cities across New South Wales. In some cases these features were accompanied with a spectacular engraving or lithograph. HOW WERE THEY MADE? What fascinates us, is besides the wonderful … More Newcastle in 1889 (Illustrated Sydney News 27 June 1889)
This extraordinary view is based upon a photograph taken around 1865. See: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/1990-mulimbahhouseeje.pdf A discussion of this engraving and its original source photograph from circa 1865 is here: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2019/03/07/earliest-photograph/ Gionni Di Gravio University Archivist & Chair, Hunter Living Histories
NEWCASTLE. Newcastle, formerly known as King’s Town, is a free port in the County of Northumberland. It is situated about eighty miles from Sydney, at the mouth of the Hunter, which, rising in the Liverpool Range, passes through a fertile and extensive tract of country, and receiving, below the thriving inland town of Maitland, two … More Newcastle in 1855 (Illustrated Sydney News)
Corrobborree or Dance of the Natives of New South Wales New Holland is Plate VI (6) from Captain James Wallis’ An historical account of the colony of New South Wales and its dependent settlements : in illustration of twelve views, engraved by W. Preston from drawings taken on the spot by Captain Wallis. To which … More The Newcastle Tribe (1820)
On the 20th February 2012 a ceremony was held at the Newcastle Art Gallery to unveil the Wallis Album. The Wallis Album was compiled by Captain James Wallis, who was Commandant of the Newcastle penal settlement from June 1816 to December 1818. Of the 35 works, the album features many by convict artist Joseph Lycett … More Unveiling the Wallis Album
The coloured engraving above is a view taken from the hill overlooking Darby Street in the current suburb of Cooks Hill, Newcastle. Features include: St John’s Anglican Church, (between Darby Street and Dawson Street), directly behind is a train on the Newcastle Coal Company’s Railway, (running along Bruce Street and curving towards Dawson Street), a … More Cooks Hill in 1865
VIEW IN WEST MAITLAND (From The Illustrated Sydney News 31 March 1855 page 142) This view in West Maitland is taken from the store of Mr. R. H. Paulovick, showing the whole extent of High-street in an easterly direction, with the residence of the Rev. G.K. Resden (sic) in the distance. West Maitland, in … More View of High Street West Maitland 1855