From the Maitland Mercury report:
The former East Maitland Gasworks site that has been off limits for decades will soon be forced to divulge its secrets.
A call has gone out for a consultant to go beyond the padlocks and the overgrowth to investigate what contaminants – and in what quantities – remain on the site on the corner of Melbourne and Brisbane streets.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 12 Dec, 2011.