Tag: Newcastle (N.S.W.)

Plan of the Port of Newcastle and Part of the Hunter River circa 1856

Deepening the Hunter River in 1857

February 8, 2022

Acknowledgment of Aboriginal Country The Awabakal and Worimi peoples are the traditional custodians of the lands and islands surrounding the mouth of the Hunter River (Coquon) and present day Newcastle and Stockton.  This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land.   Appendix A Shows harbour depths, Hunter River Islands: … More Deepening the Hunter River in 1857

COAL RIVER TRUE CRIME: LET’S SPEND A LIFE TOGETHER

April 16, 2018

CASE 13: LET’S SPEND A LIFE TOGETHER Podcast Available Here – Let’s Spend a Life Together (28:21) Dark Stories True Crimes CARDS In February of 1925 George Gershwin’s jazz experiment Rhapsody in Blue performed to mixed reviews in New York City. Across the Pacific in the small city of Newcastle, 19-year-old Mona May Mary Beacher met … More COAL RIVER TRUE CRIME: LET’S SPEND A LIFE TOGETHER