From the Maitland Mercury report:
It was Maitland’s Big W of the seventies and a store where just about everyone in town knew someone who worked there.
Woolies variety store in High Street was one of the most popular businesses on Maitland’s west end and probably one of the most talked about after it was bombed on December 19, 1980.
Located on the current site of The Reject Shop, Woolworths employed a myriad of people, many of them getting together last Saturday night for a reunion.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 9 Nov 2016.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Protect historic Aberglasslyn House from Maitland's urban sprawl
From the Maitland Mercury report:
A draft planning proposal has been prepared to address concerns about development controls around historic Aberglasslyn House.
A report to Tuesday night’s council meeting said current controls were not adequate to ensure that the curtilage of the state-listed heritage building was protected from incompatible development.
The report said controls were necessary to prevent any further subdivision of the lots between Cockatoo Ridge and Aberglasslyn House and to ensure that any ancillary buildings were subject to a development application.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 7 Nov 2016.
A draft planning proposal has been prepared to address concerns about development controls around historic Aberglasslyn House.
A report to Tuesday night’s council meeting said current controls were not adequate to ensure that the curtilage of the state-listed heritage building was protected from incompatible development.
The report said controls were necessary to prevent any further subdivision of the lots between Cockatoo Ridge and Aberglasslyn House and to ensure that any ancillary buildings were subject to a development application.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 7 Nov 2016.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Mansfield: an inconic Maitland building
From the Maitland Mercury report:
One of the Hunter’s most magnificent and intriguing commercial buildings will throw its doors open to the public this weekend.
Mansfield, the former CBC Bank in High Street Maitland, will open on Sunday to raise money for the Friends of Grossmann House.
Owner Chris Richards is restoring the landmark building not as a bank but as a reception centre with a difference.
He has generously offered to open the property to help Friends of Grossmann House with their fundraising drive and to give members of the public a sneak peek into a little piece of Maitland’s history.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 2 Nov 2016.
One of the Hunter’s most magnificent and intriguing commercial buildings will throw its doors open to the public this weekend.
Mansfield, the former CBC Bank in High Street Maitland, will open on Sunday to raise money for the Friends of Grossmann House.
Owner Chris Richards is restoring the landmark building not as a bank but as a reception centre with a difference.
He has generously offered to open the property to help Friends of Grossmann House with their fundraising drive and to give members of the public a sneak peek into a little piece of Maitland’s history.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 2 Nov 2016.
Windows into Wartime: a new exhibition produced by State Records NSW
Windows into Wartime is a new exhibition produced by State Records NSW for the Centenary of Anzac and to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the First World War. The exhibition presents a selection of images produced by the NSW Government Printing Office Photographic Branch during and immediately after the Great War. As society mobilised on the home front in support of Australia’s military effort overseas, government photographers were on the ground in Sydney and across the state shooting the image. They photographed a raft of activities and produced an extraordinary body of work that not only documented, but promoted and shaped how the people of NSW responded to the impact and upheaval caused by the First World War. Today, this collection of historic images—reproduced from original glass plate negatives—provides us with a unique insight into the NSW home front during the First World War.
Western Sydney Records Centre
17 October 2016 – 9 September 2017
9.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday
10.00am – 4.00pm Saturdays
Rivers were roads and steam was king: The Way We Worked
From the Maitland Mercury article:
On Boxing morning, 1912, the steamboat Guthrey, with about 400 people on board, left Newcastle to travel up the Paterson River to the Paterson township.
But at a bend in the river, about 400 metres from Dunmore Bridge, the boat struck a rock and stuck fast...
New book, The Way We Worked, by journalist Greg Ray and his wife, Sylvia.
The book is available from the Maitland Mercury office at 6/555 High Street, Maitland, theherald.com.au online bookstore and from participating newsagents and booksellers.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 1 Nov 2016.
On Boxing morning, 1912, the steamboat Guthrey, with about 400 people on board, left Newcastle to travel up the Paterson River to the Paterson township.
But at a bend in the river, about 400 metres from Dunmore Bridge, the boat struck a rock and stuck fast...
New book, The Way We Worked, by journalist Greg Ray and his wife, Sylvia.
The book is available from the Maitland Mercury office at 6/555 High Street, Maitland, theherald.com.au online bookstore and from participating newsagents and booksellers.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 1 Nov 2016.
Maitland council takes steps to secure the long term tenure of Maitland Gaol
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Maitland City Council will take steps to secure the long-term future of Maitland Gaol as a leading Hunter tourist attraction.
At a recent meeting councillors voted to contact the NSW Department of Industries – Lands, to pursue securing a long term tenure of the iconic East Maitland building.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 30 Oct 2016.
Maitland City Council will take steps to secure the long-term future of Maitland Gaol as a leading Hunter tourist attraction.
At a recent meeting councillors voted to contact the NSW Department of Industries – Lands, to pursue securing a long term tenure of the iconic East Maitland building.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 30 Oct 2016.
Steamfest finalist in NSW Tourism Awards
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Maitland’s celebration of the golden era of steam machines has been named as a finalist in the NSW Tourism Awards.
Steamfest, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in April, is a finalist in the Major Festivals and Events category.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 30 Oct 2016.
Maitland’s celebration of the golden era of steam machines has been named as a finalist in the NSW Tourism Awards.
Steamfest, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in April, is a finalist in the Major Festivals and Events category.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 30 Oct 2016.
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