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Royal Newcastle Hospital Glass Plates

Posted in glass negatives, historic photographs, hospitals, newcastle, royal newcastle hospital, tagged , on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Six beautiful and rare images of the Royal Newcastle Hospital dating from between 1855 – 1900 have been added to the Cultural Collections (Archives) Flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157621645101803/
To see the images in all their splendour click on the thumbnail and then click the ‘all sizes’ to see the larger images we have provided.

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Proposed development on the Convict Lumber Yard

Posted in convict lumber yard, convict slang languages, tagged , , on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

DA 08/1160 SECTION 60 APPLICATION-CONVICT LUMBER YARD STOCKADE SITE, 90-88 SCOTT STREET NEWCASTLE SHR 01537
We would like to express our concern at the proposed development application (DA 08/1160) currently before Newcastle City Council for the Convict Lumber Yard Site.
We recommend that it remain open space and free of development.
The University of Newcastle’s Coal River Working [...]

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In Search of Two Carved Trees from the 1801 Expedition

Posted in 1801 survey of the hunter river, expeditions, surveyors, tagged , , , , on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

On the 208th anniversary, the University of Newcastle’s Coal River Working Party embarked on a pilgrimage to Mt Elizabeth.
Mount Elizabeth was the furthest west that the original 1801 Survey party led by Colonel Paterson reached on the 10 July 1801. On the peak they left two blazed trees with their initials and date 1801 which [...]

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