Stockton Beach Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Aerial view of the Sygna aground in May 1974.

The Sygna storm of May 1974

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 27, 2020
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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If you ask most older Newcastle people where they were on the night the Norwegian bulk carrier Sygna went aground on Stockton Beach, they’ll probably be able to tell you.…

Rocket Brigade's wagon at Newcastle, May 11, 1938

Rocket Brigade to the rescue!

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 11, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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George William Manby was one of those people who just can't stop inventing things. When he was just a kid, back in the 1770s, he made his own little rocket…

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