From the Maitland Mercury report:
A call to arms to plan for the city’s bicentenary of European settlement will be made at the Maitland City Council meeting tomorrow.
Cr Philip Penfold will act on his vision for a celebration to rival 1988 with a notice of motion to form a working party to begin preparations for the bicentennial year.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 21 Feb, 2011.