“High Street, Maitland 1886” has been digitally remastered by David Sciffer from the original 1886 Mahlstedt and Gee plans, 2019. We thank Mr Sciffer for allowing the University’s Hunter Living Histories to make this work accessible to the wider research communities. Click on the image above for the high resolution version, at 17000 pixels across, … More High Street, Maitland in 1886
The University Library is delighted to have acquired a rare map and report showing the “extent to which the low lands of the River Hunter, and its tributaries between Oakhampton and Hexham were submerged by the Great Flood of August 1857.” The map was drawn by J. Francis Adams, Licensed Surveyor, and ordered to be … More Floods in the lower Hunter, 1857
MAITLAND. VICTORIA BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST MAITLAND. This Bridge is from an English design materially improved by the Colonil Architect, E.T. Blacket, Esquire. The building was commenced about the middle of 1852, and finished at a cost of less than £2,000. The bridge which is built in an oblique direction, over Wallis Creek, … More Victoria Bridge Maitland in 1855
Plan of the Town of Maitland (East) [cartographic material] : County of Northumberland, N.S.W Sydney : Surveyor General’s Office, [1861] Scale [1:6 336]. 8 chains to an in. (E 151°34ʹ34ʺ/S 32°44’54”) 1 map ; 73 x 60 cm., on sheet 100 x 67 cm Cadastral map of East Maitland, New South Wales showing Police District boundaries, reserved … More Maitland in 1861
We are very pleased to be able to provide public online access to Kenneth D. Charlton’s The Architecture of High Street Maitland (1961). It is a history of the architecture and architects of High Street, Maitland, New South Wales (Australia) completed in 1961 as an Architectural Science and Research Thesis for the Architecture Diploma Course … More The Architecture of High Street Maitland (1961) by K.D. Charlton
The State Library of New South Wales has digitised a selection of Conrad Martens‘ drawings. Among them are drawings that document his travels though the Hunter in the years 1841 and 1852. Conrad Martens (1801-1878), artist, was born in London England. In 1832 he joined the scientific team aboard the Beagle with Charles Darwin, replacing … More Conrad Martens in Newcastle and the Hunter
On Tuesday 15 November 2011 I had a wonderful day recording Episode 20 of Phil Ashley Brown’s River Stories, retracing the paddlesteps of the 1801 Survey mission’s journey from Raymond Terrace to Greenhill (Morpeth) then onto Maitland (Shanks’s Forest Plains). The Radio Show can be heard on ABC 1233 Radio’s website here: Tracing the Hunter’s … More River Stories – Raymond Terrace to Maitland
Mysterious “Mr Thorn” – Unsung Saviour of Nobbys and Princes By Gionni Di Gravio In 1853 the Government hatched a plan to blow up Nobbys island in order to build a lighthouse. Lieutenant Colonel Barney and Gother T. Mann on the 4 March 1853 agreed and embraced the idea of blasting the rock. By April … More Mysterious “Mr Thorn” – Unsung Saviour of Nobbys and Princes
VICTORIA BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST MAITLAND (From The Illustrated Sydney News 3 December 1853 page 66) This Bridge is from an English design materially improved by the Colonial Architect, E.T. Blackett, Esquire. The building was commenced about the middle of 1851, and finished at a cost of leas (sic) than £2,000. A similar bridge … More Victoria Bridge in 1853
MORPETH (The Illustrated Sydney News 16 October 1865 page 3) The town of Morpeth is situated on the Hunter River, at the highest point navigable for steamers of any size. It is, properly speaking, the port of Maitland, from whence it is distant about four miles. It is connected with Maitland, Newcastle, … More The Town of Morpeth in 1865