Christ Church Cathedral 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.…

Newcastle's Christ Church Cathedral in June 1979. Photo by Doug Brown

Great War treasures of Newcastle’s Christ Church Cathedral

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 26, 2020
Post category:History Militaria Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia

From our book, The Hunter Region in The Great War The Church of England played an important role in Australia and no less in Newcastle at the time of the…