PROGRAM Guest : Professor Hugh Craig – Time-Layered Map Cultural Map of Australia (TLC map) (15mins+5min questions) Guest : Roslyn Kerr – ‘Further aspects on Aboriginal use of Nobbys Tuff for making stone tools’. Also Listen to Geological History: Interview about the formation of Nobbys-Whibayganba (10mins+5min questions) Latest Updates from Hunter Regional Groups Stories … More Hunter Living Histories Showcase July 2022
THE NOBBY ROCK, NEWCASTLE. Newcastle, whose trade is second only to that of Sydney, owes its commercial importance, if not its existence as a large shipping port, in no small measure to the works which have been completed there. There are at present two breakwaters in course of construction at Newcastle – one about 2000 … More The Nobby Rock, Newcastle (Illustrated Sydney News, 25 November 1871)
Fish Feeder (aka Fish Charmer) (1939) https://www.britishpathe.com/video/fish-feeder-aka-fish-charmer-issue-title-is-one/ Description: Part of issue ONE FOR THE ROAD. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Issue Date: 04/05/1939. Various shots of disabled man on crutches, Mr. Laskey, being helped into sea from pier. Mr. Laskey holds a loaf of bread beneath the water, soon a shoal of small fish surround him, nibbling … More Newcastle and related newsreels from British Pathe
Late yesterday afternoon we received a copy of the Mitchell Field Book that contains the first recorded mention of Nobbys as ‘Whibayganba’. The Mitchell Library reference is: Mitchell, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1855. Field Book – Port Jackson & Newcastle, 1828. Includes sketches (Locn No.: C 40 – Request Microfilm CY 1560) We have seen numerous references … More Nobby – Whibayganba first recorded mention 1828
A Desire to Dig Deeper [PDF Version]
Our Coal River Precinct Walk brochures that have been produced in association with the NSW Heritage Office will be launched this Friday 4 April @ 7pm You can either pick up one from the Visitor’s Centre, Lock up Museum and other tourist and historical establishments across the region or download a copy here: Coal River … More Coal River Precinct Walk Launch