The following video compilations have been created to showcase film footage relating to railway heritage of Newcastle and surrounding regions. Videos were created to support Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) Seminars at the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Special Thanks to Phillip Lloyd at the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab, Greg Anderson and Ed Tonks … More Archival Historic Railway Film
The engraving above entitled “Near Newcastle on the Hunter, New South Wales” is from an original work by John Skinner Prout (1805-1876) and engraved by S. Bradshaw. It was reproduced facing page 126 in Volume 2 of Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, F R. C. I. Illustrated with Drawings by Skinner Prout, N. Chevalier, &c. … More John Skinner Prout in Newcastle and the Hunter
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