From the Maitland Mercury report:
A collection of ancient Chinese scrolls dating back to the 15th century has been unveiled to the people of Maitland.
In a first for the Maitland Regional Art Gallery, the scrolls are now on display after spending the past five years tucked away from public view.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 07 Sep, 2010.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Corn staddle one of the last in Australia
From the Maitland Mercury report:
The Paterson Historical Society has renewed its fight to save the village’s iconic corn staddle. In Tucker Park, the 100-year-old corn staddle and hearse shed are the remnants of the once-thriving coaching business conducted by two generations of Maitland’s well-known Fry family.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 07 Sep, 2010.
The Paterson Historical Society has renewed its fight to save the village’s iconic corn staddle. In Tucker Park, the 100-year-old corn staddle and hearse shed are the remnants of the once-thriving coaching business conducted by two generations of Maitland’s well-known Fry family.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 07 Sep, 2010.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Display shed puts iconic steam engine on the move
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Steam engine 1042 will be taken to a new home in time for next year’s Hunter Valley Steamfest.
Maitland City Council will build a storage and display shed in Steam Heritage Park, bounded by Maitland Railway Station and the Trezecinski Bridge, following a resolution at its meeting this week.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 26 Aug, 2010.
Steam engine 1042 will be taken to a new home in time for next year’s Hunter Valley Steamfest.
Maitland City Council will build a storage and display shed in Steam Heritage Park, bounded by Maitland Railway Station and the Trezecinski Bridge, following a resolution at its meeting this week.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 26 Aug, 2010.
Look Who's Talking Local History : Faces in the Street
The next presentation in the Maitland Library's Look Who's Talking Local History series wil be held on Thursday 9 September, 6.00-8.00pm at the Maitland Gaol. Join us for a journey down the streets of the past during NSW History Week. Personal stories will bring Maitland's social history to life as locals reveal the mystery behind the faces in the street.
More information at Maitland City Library web page.
More information at Maitland City Library web page.
Glass negatives shed light on past
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Images of the past were captured and sealed in glass negatives at Alex Galloway’s photographic studio. And even 80 years stored beneath a nondescript Coalfields house, buried in floodwater and mud, failed to fade their images.
The Coalfields Heritage Group has spent countless hours restoring the damaged negatives after they were delivered in three boxes to Kurri Kurri’s Edgeworth David Museum – and light again shines on those faces whose gazes offer few clues to the fates that befell them after Alex Galloway snapped the shutter.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 20 Aug, 2010
Images of the past were captured and sealed in glass negatives at Alex Galloway’s photographic studio. And even 80 years stored beneath a nondescript Coalfields house, buried in floodwater and mud, failed to fade their images.
The Coalfields Heritage Group has spent countless hours restoring the damaged negatives after they were delivered in three boxes to Kurri Kurri’s Edgeworth David Museum – and light again shines on those faces whose gazes offer few clues to the fates that befell them after Alex Galloway snapped the shutter.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 20 Aug, 2010
A city’s progress, brick by brick
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Cedar getters and brick masters form the backbone of Maitland’s pioneering history.
The Friends of Grossmann House will celebrate that legacy and the rich history of Maitland’s brick buildings during a cedar and brick day at Brough House on Sunday.
Full article by Rebecca Berry available at Maitland Mercury, 27 Aug, 2010.
Cedar getters and brick masters form the backbone of Maitland’s pioneering history.
The Friends of Grossmann House will celebrate that legacy and the rich history of Maitland’s brick buildings during a cedar and brick day at Brough House on Sunday.
Full article by Rebecca Berry available at Maitland Mercury, 27 Aug, 2010.
History buff digs up list of NSW coal mines since 1804
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Kurri Kurri historian Brian Andrews is undertaking the mammoth task of listing every coal mine to operate in the state, starting with the first coal mine in Newcastle in 1804.
Enlisted by Coal Services Pty Ltd, formerly the Joint Coal Board, Mr Andrews has so far identified 1609 mines covering the coal rich Hunter, Illawarra, and a spattering in Gunnedah and the Clarence valley.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at: Maitland Mercury, 16 Aug, 2010.
Kurri Kurri historian Brian Andrews is undertaking the mammoth task of listing every coal mine to operate in the state, starting with the first coal mine in Newcastle in 1804.
Enlisted by Coal Services Pty Ltd, formerly the Joint Coal Board, Mr Andrews has so far identified 1609 mines covering the coal rich Hunter, Illawarra, and a spattering in Gunnedah and the Clarence valley.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at: Maitland Mercury, 16 Aug, 2010.
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