cemetery Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Some of Ian Sherman's collection of refractory bricks from Newcastle industries.

The brick collector

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 7, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

It all started in 1971 when Ian Sherman bought a house that had a lot of concrete all around it. Ian hated concrete. So he hit on the idea of…

Gravestones to be returned to the Cathedral cemetery

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 30, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

About 40 gravestones now in storage at Newcastle City Council's works depot are expected to be restored and replaced in their original positions at the city's Christ Church Anglican Cathedral.…

Christ Church Cathedral’s migrating gravestones

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:February 22, 2019
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

The story of the migrating gravestones first caught my attention more than a decade ago when genealogist Dave Hughes showed me some photos of pieces of headstones used as landscaping…