Whibayganba: The Story of Nobbys Headland Last night (2 May 2024) two of the latest films in the Stories of Our Town series: Whibayganba: The Story of Nobbys Headland and Val Blackett: Kindness, Valour and Humour were launched at the Thirsty Messiah Brewery in Broadmeadow. Whibayganba is the original First Nations Aboriginal name of Nobbys, … More Whibayganba: The Story of Nobbys Headland Film
The Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales has digitised an album of 126 pencil and watercolour drawings by H. Grant Lloyd containing a number of views of Newcastle and the townships of the Hunter Valley in October 1878 and February-March 1879. The title of the album is: Volume 2: Sketches of N. S. … More Newcastle & The Hunter Captured in Watercolours by H. Grant Lloyd, 1878-1879
[August 25, Â 2014 Update] Please find updated post with new high resolution scans courtesy of Greg and Sylvia Ray here: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2014/08/25/newcastle-aerial-photos/ [August 2014 Update] We contacted Mr Phillip Warren who was able to shed further light on the origin of the images. The originals were held in the archives of the former A. Goninan … More Newcastle from the air, circa 1928
This small item containing foldout photographs of Newcastle scenes was created sometime during the 1920s. We know this because the Newcastle Town Hall image is presented as a concept illustration, so it must be prior to 1929, when the building was finally constructed and opened to the public. The booklet includes various views around Newcastle … More Glimpses of Newcastle in the 1920s
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
Please download a copy of In Search of Nobbys’ Tunnels – by Roslyn Kerr, Geologist. Report to Coal River Working Party University of Newcastle, October 2010. (6.2MB PDF) In Search of Nobbys’ Tunnels – by Roslyn Kerr, Geologist. Report to Coal River Working Party University of Newcastle, October 2010. (6.2MB PDF) Thank you to … More In Search of Nobbys’ Tunnels by Roslyn Kerr, Geologist
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
It was an accidental delight this morning to come across an engraving of John Rae in the Illustrated Sydney News of December 1853. John Rae captured Newcastle in two famous panoramas, one painted in 1849, and again in a photograph circa 1880. These two images capture the changing landscape of the town and are among … More John Rae and Newcastle
Nobbys Head on Planet Mars Exciting news from Col Maybury, President of the Astronomical Society of the Hunter, with the inclusion of the name ‘Nobbys Head’ on a geological feature on the planet Mars. Col Maybury Writes to NASA Col wrote to the NASA team for naming rights a year or so ago as … More Nobbys Head/Whibayganba on Mars
Click here for the online edition: http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/sizing-up-one-of-nobbys-tall-stories/2043452.aspx Please click below for a copy of the Draft Presentation prepared by Emeritus Professor John Fryer and Mr Russell Rigby to the Newcastle Port Corporation and Land and Property Management Authority. Reshaping Nobbys Version 2 (3.7MB PDF File)