News from the National Trust:
The Hunter Regional Committee has recently submitted a nomination for the James Fletcher Hospital to be placed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The nomination, named Newcastle Government House & Domain specifically identifies the early use of the site in the Macquarie period and its association with convict labour. It is the site of the Newcastle Military Barracks, and for 138 years an evolving psychiatric hospital, representing significant change and adaptability.
There is a need to have the exceptional heritage significance of this convict, mining and military site fully acknowledged, as it has been a government site since 1804. The area has been nominated to the National Trust Heritage at Risk Program.
