Paterson River Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

A Paterson River incident: when the Guthrey ran aground.

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 28, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

For a number of years early last century, riverboat excursions from Newcastle Harbour to destinations such as Hinton, Seaham and Paterson were popular. Steamboats of various shapes and sizes (including…

The amazing photograph of the Hinton Wharf collapse

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:February 15, 2019
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

IT was a photograph that should not have been possible, considering the cumbersome glass-plate camera Jack Little was using. Press photographer Jack Little was at the right place at the…