Last Friday Minister for the Hunter and Member for Newcastle Jodi McKay announced that the NSW Heritage Council had recommended four more iconic Newcastle buildings to be listed as a Precinct on the NSW State Heritage Register and $684,000 in funding to preserve the heritage values of nine sites across Newcastle. The Minister for Planning … More A new heritage precinct and grants for Newcastle
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Newcastle Herald Article 24 April 2008 p.7
The complete plan of the first survey of the Hunter Region was presented on the 1st February 2008 by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO Governor of New South Wales to the Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies, Stockton Historical Society, the Lord Mayor of Newcastle and Vice Chancellor of the University of Newcastle. A … More Barrallier Handover and Launch of Regional History Fund
Welcome. The University of Newcastle, Australia originally formed the Coal River Working Party in February 2003. The Party aims to protect Newcastle’s culturally important landmarks that were placed on the NSW Heritage Register. The overall vision is to create an Interpretive Centre and Heritage Park to express Newcastle’s unique Aboriginal, convict and industrial heritage and … More Welcome to the Coal River Working Party