Trial Bay Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

“Enemy aliens” in Australia in World War 1

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:September 3, 2020
Post category:History Vintage Photographs and Photography

It was not a good thing to be German in Australia in 1914. The outbreak of the First World War meant that anybody with German heritage was instantly under suspicion…

Newcastle car ferry Kooroongabah, photo by Ron Jones

Newcastle’s harbour punts and the Trial Bay disaster

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:October 27, 2019
Post category:Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

Crossing Newcastle Harbour has for many years been both a challenge for travellers and commuters and an opportunity for the operators of ferries and punts. A great variety of ferries…