From the Maitland Mercury report:
Maitland City Council has loosened its purse strings to offer up to $15,000 to residents conserving the city’s heritage buildings.
Now an annual project, the Maitland Local Heritage Fund is open to those conserving works to buildings and/or places of heritage significance.
Last year the owners of Shenstone, Bolwarra, successfully applied for a grant to restore the elaborately designed gates to their historic property.
“This project is an example of what people can do with help from the heritage fund,” council’s heritage officer Clare James said.
Projects to be considered for funding allocation may include the conservation of culturally significant Aboriginal or European places or restoration work to residential or commercial premises.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 30 Apr, 2012.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Society of Australian Genealogists
Members only. A one hour orientation tour of our library at 379 Kent Street - find out how the library is set out and what services we offer there. Bookings Essential. Free - but a gold coin donation to our Building Appeal on the day would be appreciated.
An information and Q & A session on both recent and all previous versions of FTM software. Please post beforehand on the FTM UG Forum, any topics that you would like discussed. Bookings Essential. $8 ($12 non-members).
Join the bus at Reflections Café for a 2½ hour guided tour of this multicultural, working cemetery & heritage protected site. It is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest cemetery and highlights will include the gravestones of identities significant in Australia’s history, war graves, and the ornate architecture of the Chapels and Serpentine Canal with its elegant ponds, bridges & urns. Please note: Wheelchair access is not possible on this tour. Your cemetery guide Robyn Hawes, is a member of ‘Friends of Rookwood’ organisation. Bookings Essential. $15 ($22 non-members).
Learn how to use Google Books and Scholar for historical information; Google Docs to collaborate on documents; Google Maps for current maps of localities and creating your own maps of significant places; Gmail for free email; and Google Talk for cheap internet phone calls. Presenter - Carole Riley. Bookings Essential. $20 ($30 non-members).
Linda Bishop will explain sentence variables and how to create interesting sentences for a book or report, directly from data entered into the TMG program. Bookings Essential. $8 ($12 non-members).
More activities detailed at the S.A.G. website.
National Archaeology Week (20 - 26 May)
National Archaeology Week aims to increase public awareness of Australian archaeology and the work of Australian archaeologists both at home and abroad, and to promote the importance of protecting Australia's unique archaeological heritage. A range of events are planned, including:
Royal Austalian Historical Society Evening Lecture:
A Surprising Find: Thomas Ball’s Pottery
Monday 21 May
This talk investigates the pottery from waster pits associated with Thomas Ball’s pottery (c1801-1823) in the Haymarket. This is the earliest Pottery site investigated so far in Australia. Thomas Ball was a Staffordshire-trained potter operating a Pottery in the Brickfields (now the Haymarket) and produced a range of locally-made wares, a mixture of utilitarian items and decorated tablewares, as well as smoking pipes and marbles. The tablewares imitated Staffordshire ceramics while others were decorated with unusual green and brown floral hand painted patterns. Aspects of the kiln and manufacturing process are discussed. Thomas Ball’s ceramics are also discussed within the context of other pottery imported into the colony at that time.
Dr Mary Casey has been a heritage consultant since 1989, and is a principle of Casey & Lowe Pty Limited, one of the foremost historical archaeological consultancies in NSW. Dr Casey has excavated numerous early colonial sites, particularly in Sydney and Parramatta, and has a special interest and expertise in early Australian potters and ceramics.
Time: 5.30 for 6pm – 7.30pm
Venue: History House
Cost: $10 members / $12 non members
Royal Austalian Historical Society Evening Lecture:
A Surprising Find: Thomas Ball’s Pottery
Monday 21 May
This talk investigates the pottery from waster pits associated with Thomas Ball’s pottery (c1801-1823) in the Haymarket. This is the earliest Pottery site investigated so far in Australia. Thomas Ball was a Staffordshire-trained potter operating a Pottery in the Brickfields (now the Haymarket) and produced a range of locally-made wares, a mixture of utilitarian items and decorated tablewares, as well as smoking pipes and marbles. The tablewares imitated Staffordshire ceramics while others were decorated with unusual green and brown floral hand painted patterns. Aspects of the kiln and manufacturing process are discussed. Thomas Ball’s ceramics are also discussed within the context of other pottery imported into the colony at that time.
Dr Mary Casey has been a heritage consultant since 1989, and is a principle of Casey & Lowe Pty Limited, one of the foremost historical archaeological consultancies in NSW. Dr Casey has excavated numerous early colonial sites, particularly in Sydney and Parramatta, and has a special interest and expertise in early Australian potters and ceramics.
Time: 5.30 for 6pm – 7.30pm
Venue: History House
Cost: $10 members / $12 non members
Brave Digger remembered
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Private John Bede Murray was Maitland’s only soldier killed in action along the Kokoda Track on October 23, 1942.
He lived in Bourke Street, Maitland, with his wife Dorothy and he was a linotype operator at the Maitland Mercury at the time of enlistment.
Private Murray’s death was deemed accidental after a two inch mortar bomb exploded prematurely. He was 31.
He was originally buried at Eora Creek village and later his body was exhumed and reburied in Port Moresby War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
He was remembered for his wartime service in the 100th anniversary edition of the Maitland Mercury on January 7, 1943, at the height of World War II.
Full report by Rebecca Berry available at Maitland Mercury, 25 Apr, 2012.
Private John Bede Murray was Maitland’s only soldier killed in action along the Kokoda Track on October 23, 1942.
He lived in Bourke Street, Maitland, with his wife Dorothy and he was a linotype operator at the Maitland Mercury at the time of enlistment.
Private Murray’s death was deemed accidental after a two inch mortar bomb exploded prematurely. He was 31.
He was originally buried at Eora Creek village and later his body was exhumed and reburied in Port Moresby War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
He was remembered for his wartime service in the 100th anniversary edition of the Maitland Mercury on January 7, 1943, at the height of World War II.
Full report by Rebecca Berry available at Maitland Mercury, 25 Apr, 2012.
National Archives UK - Audrey Collins
Audrey Collins, from The National Archives UK, will be touring the Eastern states of Australia in June-July 2012. This will be a special opportunity to hear one of the leading experts and presenters from the UK.
Fri 29 June - Sydney, 9am to 4.30pm - full day seminar at Parramatta RSL Club , Cnr Macquarie and O’Connell Streets, Parramatta.
Audrey's writing credits include contributions to several family history magazines, and she is the co-author with Dave Annal of the forthcoming Birth, Marriage and Death Records: a guide for family historians. She makes occasional radio and TV appearances, including a feature for the interactive element of the UK version of Who Do You Think You Are? She also has a keen interest in online resources and social media, with her blog The Family Recorder and as a regular contributor to The National Archives new blog http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Bookings are now open for the Sydney event.
Further information at Unlock the Past.
Fri 29 June - Sydney, 9am to 4.30pm - full day seminar at Parramatta RSL Club , Cnr Macquarie and O’Connell Streets, Parramatta.
Audrey's writing credits include contributions to several family history magazines, and she is the co-author with Dave Annal of the forthcoming Birth, Marriage and Death Records: a guide for family historians. She makes occasional radio and TV appearances, including a feature for the interactive element of the UK version of Who Do You Think You Are? She also has a keen interest in online resources and social media, with her blog The Family Recorder and as a regular contributor to The National Archives new blog http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Bookings are now open for the Sydney event.
Further information at Unlock the Past.
The spoils from eight rounds with Les Darcy in 1912
From the Maitland Mercury report:
The medal ensconced in Neville Bates’ care may be losing a bit of its shine but its link to the region’s boxing history will never be tarnished.
On April 27, 1912, the medal was placed around the neck of Mr Bates’ great uncle Harry Emery following a battle with The Maitland Wonder, Les Darcy.
And while Darcy may have been declared the winner of the fight at Summer Park, Newcastle, Emery’s connection to that day – a century ago – lives on.
“Uncle Harry didn’t have any kids so the medal was left to my dad to be handed down through the generations,” Mr Bates, 82, of Cessnock, said. “And even though I don’t remember much of Uncle Harry, I have always cherished the medal.”
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 28 Apr, 2012.
The medal ensconced in Neville Bates’ care may be losing a bit of its shine but its link to the region’s boxing history will never be tarnished.
On April 27, 1912, the medal was placed around the neck of Mr Bates’ great uncle Harry Emery following a battle with The Maitland Wonder, Les Darcy.
And while Darcy may have been declared the winner of the fight at Summer Park, Newcastle, Emery’s connection to that day – a century ago – lives on.
“Uncle Harry didn’t have any kids so the medal was left to my dad to be handed down through the generations,” Mr Bates, 82, of Cessnock, said. “And even though I don’t remember much of Uncle Harry, I have always cherished the medal.”
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 28 Apr, 2012.
Iconic city property to become a classy hotel
From the Maitland Mercury report:
The sale of Mansfield – one of Maitland’s most significant historical buildings – will bring a premier hotel to High Street.
John Murphy sold the 1885 building last week and said the new owners want to convert the second and third floor, which had previously been office space, into a hotel, and this would be a major attraction for the city.
“It’s one of the most significant buildings in Maitland and, architecture-wise, it is one of the most significant in NSW,” he said.
The plans will fit in with Maitland City Council’s plan to refurbish High Street to make central Maitland the heart of the city.
The building was the home of the Commercial Bank of Sydney until 1949 and the manager used to live upstairs.
But when a manager’s house was bought in Lorn, the top two floors were converted into office space and a variety of businesses used them.
Full article by Belinda-Jane Davis available at Maitland Mercury, 25 Apr, 2012.
The sale of Mansfield – one of Maitland’s most significant historical buildings – will bring a premier hotel to High Street.
John Murphy sold the 1885 building last week and said the new owners want to convert the second and third floor, which had previously been office space, into a hotel, and this would be a major attraction for the city.
“It’s one of the most significant buildings in Maitland and, architecture-wise, it is one of the most significant in NSW,” he said.
The plans will fit in with Maitland City Council’s plan to refurbish High Street to make central Maitland the heart of the city.
The building was the home of the Commercial Bank of Sydney until 1949 and the manager used to live upstairs.
But when a manager’s house was bought in Lorn, the top two floors were converted into office space and a variety of businesses used them.
Full article by Belinda-Jane Davis available at Maitland Mercury, 25 Apr, 2012.
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