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The Queen in Newcastle, NSW, 1977: photo-essay

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:September 12, 2022
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Newcastle, NSW on March 11, 1977 to open the city's new art gallery. It was the epitome of a "flying visit", with the couple arriving at Williamtown RAAF base in the morning, being driven to Newcastle for the opening, and then departing in the evening on the Royal Yacht Britannia, which had arrived in the Port of Newcastle that morning, escorted by HMAS Vampire. Britannia arriving in the Port of Newcastle on March 11, 1977. The small boat in the foreground is a police launch. People line the Stockton…

The Adventures of James Tucker, Convict

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 31, 2022
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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When the book The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh was first published in England in 1929, it was assumed the tale was a straightforward autobiography by a convict in the British colony of New South Wales. Its descriptions of life in the colony, and especially the miseries of convict existence, were so vivid and plausible that it wasn't hard to believe it might be a first-person account. But though the book was based on a manuscript that was certainly produced by a New South Wales convict, the truth was more complicated that it had seemed at first.…

Ron and Liz Morrison at Woodville, NSW, in 2017

Newcastle in the 1960s

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 18, 2022
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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BETWEEN the two of them, Ron and Elizabeth Morrison took more photographs of Newcastle and surrounds than they could possibly have counted. Working at times as photographers on the staff of Hunter newspapers including The Newcastle Herald and the Maitland Mercury, and then running their own press agency in the city, the duo shot portraits by the score, covered news and sports events and worked for commercial clients. Later, they both worked in academia and dabbled in artistic pursuits, as well as publishing a string of successful books. Among their highly regarded volumes of photographs are Newcastle Seen (1989)…

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