From the Maitland Mercury report:
There was applause when Maitland City Council voted unanimously that the historic Maitland suburb of Hillsborough would keep its name last night. “It has a post code, it has an address, it has residents and it has real history – and that’s the way we should keep it,” Cr Wethered said.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 28 July, 2010.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Horse owner needs help to maintain Morpeth rides
From the Maitland Mercury report:
The gentle clip clop of Juliet the Clydesdale could soon become a sound of the past if residents fail to support her regular horse rides through Morpeth.
Juliet’s owner and carer, Dieter Hartmann, has launched a campaign to keep Juliet on the streets and is calling for residents to help keep her on the job.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 27 July, 2010.
The gentle clip clop of Juliet the Clydesdale could soon become a sound of the past if residents fail to support her regular horse rides through Morpeth.
Juliet’s owner and carer, Dieter Hartmann, has launched a campaign to keep Juliet on the streets and is calling for residents to help keep her on the job.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 27 July, 2010.
Engineering Heritage Committee Public Lecture
Australia ’s First Railway: An “Agricultural” Venture
The venerable Australian Agricultural Company soon had its original 1824 objective of wool production supplemented by a requirement to produce coal. With an opening date of 1831, the railway connecting the mine to the Newcastle loading staiths was a structure well up to the standards of its European contemporaries.
Speaker Rod Caldwell, of the Newcastle Engineering Heritage Committee, has long been an active worker in engineering heritage.
When: Monday, 9 August 2010, 6pm. Refreshments from 5.30pm
Where: Engineers Australia Auditorium, Ground Floor, 8 Thomas St , Chatswood. Admission: Free
The venerable Australian Agricultural Company soon had its original 1824 objective of wool production supplemented by a requirement to produce coal. With an opening date of 1831, the railway connecting the mine to the Newcastle loading staiths was a structure well up to the standards of its European contemporaries.
Speaker Rod Caldwell, of the Newcastle Engineering Heritage Committee, has long been an active worker in engineering heritage.
When: Monday, 9 August 2010, 6pm. Refreshments from 5.30pm
Where: Engineers Australia Auditorium, Ground Floor, 8 Thomas St , Chatswood. Admission: Free
Newcastle City Council - New Museum Photo Diary
More information at Newcastle Museum.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Currency Lass Hotel revamp given go ahead
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Tourists will bring new life to an empty historic hotel on High Street, Maitland with the building to be restored to its former glory. Maitland City Council has approved plans for the former Currency Lass Hotel to be transformed into a backpackers hostel to provide short-stay accommodation for visitors to the city.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 21 July, 2010.
Tourists will bring new life to an empty historic hotel on High Street, Maitland with the building to be restored to its former glory. Maitland City Council has approved plans for the former Currency Lass Hotel to be transformed into a backpackers hostel to provide short-stay accommodation for visitors to the city.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 21 July, 2010.
Book highlights Maitland Region Society of Artists
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Maitland’s hidden treasure – the city’s society of artists – has been looking for a place to call home for more than a decade.
Rutherford author Marilyn Foster has devoted a chapter to the society’s search in her book about the Maitland Region Society of Artists, called The First Decade. Crime writer and artist Barry Maitland will launch the book at the Masonic Hall, Grant Street, Maitland on Friday, August 13 at 6pm before the society’s art exhibition is opened.
Full article by Rebecca Berry available at Maitland Mercury, 21 July 2010.
Maitland’s hidden treasure – the city’s society of artists – has been looking for a place to call home for more than a decade.
Rutherford author Marilyn Foster has devoted a chapter to the society’s search in her book about the Maitland Region Society of Artists, called The First Decade. Crime writer and artist Barry Maitland will launch the book at the Masonic Hall, Grant Street, Maitland on Friday, August 13 at 6pm before the society’s art exhibition is opened.
Full article by Rebecca Berry available at Maitland Mercury, 21 July 2010.
Coalfield Heritage Group
The July issue of Tumblebee, quarterly journal of the Coalfield Heritage Group, includes articles on:
Lachlan Macquarie; Birth of the coalfields; progress being made on the database of all N.S.W. coal mines.
Museum location: Cnr. Greta & Deakin Streets, Kurri Kurri, ph. 49374418.
Lachlan Macquarie; Birth of the coalfields; progress being made on the database of all N.S.W. coal mines.
Museum location: Cnr. Greta & Deakin Streets, Kurri Kurri, ph. 49374418.
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