Greg Ray, Author at Photo Time Tunnel

The great Newcastle railway debate of 1856

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 8, 2020
Post Category:History / Newcastle

WHEN the newly formed NSW Railway Commission proposed in 1856 to extend the Newcastle railway line from Honeysuckle Point to the city’s east, many of the town’s inhabitants were horrified.…

Charlie and the detective: a vintage Australian true crime epic

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 5, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle

I am obliged to my friend Elaine Sheehan, the daughter of Charlie Thompson (who, coincidentally, once lived next-door to my mother), for access to many of the documents relied on…

Governor Macquarie’s chest: an extraordinary colonial relic.

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 1, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle
Post Comments:0 Comments

THE feathers of the birds lying side by side in the box seem almost as fresh and bright as if they'd been trapped yesterday, rather than preserved with arsenic two centuries ago.…