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Title Page of Forget-Me-Not Remembering Lost Lives and Legacies W.S. Procter & The 1841 Procter Chart. An Analytical Examination of the Production of the First Navigational Chart of Reid's Mistake, Lake Macquarie with Reference to Reverend L.E. Threlkeld & Others. Researched & Written By Shane Frost. April 2023.

Remembering Lost Lives & Legacies: W. S. Procter and the 1841 Procter Chart

May 28, 2024

DOWNLOAD AND READ W.S. PROCTER AND THE 1841 PROCTER CHART BY SHANE FROST (58MB PDF) First Navigational Chart of Lake Macquarie The Procter Chart is the first navigational chart of “Reid’s Mistake”, a.k.a. Lake Macquarie, New South Wales produced in 1841. It has fascinated researchers attempting to understand and unlock its annotations and references to … More Remembering Lost Lives & Legacies: W. S. Procter and the 1841 Procter Chart

Milton Kent’s Airplane Photographs of Newcastle

August 25, 2014

  The aerial view of Newcastle by Milton Kent,  located in TROVE, and reproduced above was originally published in The Australasian on the 22nd June 1929 page 71, and appears to come from the same set of original glass negatives reproduced below. This may provide some evidence to the dating of at least some of … More Milton Kent’s Airplane Photographs of Newcastle

The many names of Newcastle – Mulubinba

August 30, 2013

Name – MULUBINBA Origin – The Aboriginal inhabitants of Newcastle. Known to the Rev. Threlkeld as “The Newcastle Tribe” and identified as “Mulubinbakal” (male) or “Mulubinbakalleen” (woman). Now known as The Awabakal People. How Long was it in use? – ca. 7000 years? Evidence Our evidence for this word comes from the works of the … More The many names of Newcastle – Mulubinba