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Hunter River at Morpeth, photo by Henry King.

To Morpeth by steamer

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 12, 2021
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Dawn was breaking when the City of Maitland turned to enter the river channel, in the shadow of Nobbys. Seaward the grey, steel-like colour of the ocean was beginning to…

The great Newcastle railway debate of 1856

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 8, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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.…

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