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Adolphe, Newcastle’s most enduring shipwreck

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 26, 2021
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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For well over a century, residents of the port city of Newcastle, NSW, have lived with the wreck of the French barque Adolphe, lost on September 30, 1904. The iron…

The entangled ships Ditton, Port Crawford and Peeblesshire in Newcastle Harbour, April 1902.

Three ship pile-up in Newcastle Harbour

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:September 21, 2020
Post category:Miscellaneous
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It was just on dark, April 4, 1902; the weather was taking a turn for the worse, and among the fleet of ships that appeared off Newcastle, NSW, hoping to…

Doug Lithgow in his study with framed copies of the charts he found in the Hydrographic Office of the British Navy in 2008

The mysterious case of the vanishing “natives”

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 27, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Doug Lithgow, Freeman of the City of Newcastle, NSW, and noted campaigner for the environment and heritage, can cite many high points in his long life of activism and community…