NSW Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Building the Hexham Bridge over the Hunter River

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 15, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle / vintage photographs
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Long before anybody considered building a bridge across the Hunter River at Hexham, people crossed by punt. A convenient crossroads and staging point between Newcastle, Maitland and Port Stephens -…

Bridging the Hawkesbury River: Part 1

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 18, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / vintage photographs

When the first railway bridge over the Hawkesbury River was opened on May 1, 1889, it completed the final link in a rail system that linked NSW with South Australia,…

Photos from the Bank Notes article about Comsteel.

Vickers-Comsteel, Newcastle, NSW, in 1929

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:January 23, 2020
Post Category:History / Newcastle

Industrial and commercial newsletters and in-house publications are a rich source of fascinating historical material, often of a type that can't be found anywhere else. One of my favourite Australian…