Tag: Newcastle – Shipwrecks

Hunter Living Histories November Showcase

October 30, 2024

Forthcoming Hunter Living Histories Showcase Monday, 4 November 2024 1.00pm-2.30pm Join us at 1.00pm-2.30pm for the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All Welcome. WHERE: via ZOOM or in Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN –  Monday 4 November 2024 (1.00pm-2.30pm) WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY … More Hunter Living Histories November Showcase

One of the versions of Jeffreys 1816 Chart overlayed in Google Earth 2024 to show the locations of the original shipwrecks The Nautilus, The Estremina and Dundee.

Do the Shipwrecks on Jeffreys’ 1816 Survey of Hunter’s River Still Exist?

June 13, 2024

The Original Jeffrey’s Chart in the Hydrographic Office, London The original chart (below), in red ink, titled Part of Hunters River (or the Coal River) – Survey’d by Lieut. C Jeffreys (a) Commander of H M C. Brig – Kangaroo March 1816 is located at the Hydrographic Office in London, where all the important mapping … More Do the Shipwrecks on Jeffreys’ 1816 Survey of Hunter’s River Still Exist?

Shipwrecks of the Hunter A comprehensive survey compiled by Norm Barney (Newcastle Herald 26 May 1994)

Shipwrecks of the Hunter A comprehensive survey compiled by Norm Barney (1994)

May 15, 2024

  The next in the series of Stories of Our Town films will be on Shipwrecks of the Hunter, and has just gone into pre-production.  This will be the third film that Chit Chat von Loopin Stab (a.k.a. Glenn Dormand) and Tony Whittaker have embarked on this year. We have digitised this important Newcastle Herald … More Shipwrecks of the Hunter A comprehensive survey compiled by Norm Barney (1994)

Part of Hunter's River: (or the Coal River) surveyed by Lieutenant Charles Jeffries Commander of H. M. G. Brig. Kangaroo, 1816 (Courtesy of the State Library of NSW) - jpg version Click for larger image

Part of Hunter’s River: (or the Coal River) surveyed by Lieutenant Charles Jeffries, Commander of H. M. G. Brig. Kangaroo.

March 30, 2019

  The Linen Copy of Jeffries’ 1816 Chart of Part of Hunter’s River (or the Coal River) Pictured above is a linen copy of the 1816 Jeffries Chart of Part of Hunter’s River held in the State Library of New South Wales. With regards to the State Library of NSW linen copy see Entry Here … More Part of Hunter’s River: (or the Coal River) surveyed by Lieutenant Charles Jeffries, Commander of H. M. G. Brig. Kangaroo.