From the Maitland Mercury report:
An image of the world’s oldest working supermodel Carmen Dell’Orefice looms large on the walls of East Maitland Library.
Titled Flashback: 160 years of Australian Fashion Photos, the exhibition – curated by Margot Riley – showcases a selection of beautiful and iconic images from the State Library’s unrivalled collection, ranging from mid-19th century hand-coloured portraiture through to contemporary fashion shots.
Ms Riley will talk about the exhibition during a high tea at East Maitland Library
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 25, 2013.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Cathedral precinct plan for Maitland
From the Maitland Mercury report:
A multi-million dollar project to restore the eastern end of High Street into the cathedral precinct of Maitland will begin next year with the resurrection of St John the Baptist Chapel.
Plans to restore the historic Catholic church will form stage one of a vision to revive the precinct for the 2016 sesquicentenary of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
The church was built in the 1840s but when the bishop (the Most Reverend James Murray) came here in the 1860s it became a cathedral,” diocesan head Bishop Bill Wright said.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury,
A multi-million dollar project to restore the eastern end of High Street into the cathedral precinct of Maitland will begin next year with the resurrection of St John the Baptist Chapel.
Plans to restore the historic Catholic church will form stage one of a vision to revive the precinct for the 2016 sesquicentenary of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
The church was built in the 1840s but when the bishop (the Most Reverend James Murray) came here in the 1860s it became a cathedral,” diocesan head Bishop Bill Wright said.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury,
Les Darcy film tribute
From the Maitland Mercury report:
A movie about the life of Maitland boxing legend Les Darcy is one step closer to fruition with a trailer set to be filmed across the Hunter early next month.
The trailer is the next stage of the film project launched earlier this year.
Earlier this year Garred and childhood friend Tom Arthur, both 26, launched a campaign to bring the story of the Australian icon and Maitland boxing legend to the big screen after buying the screen rights of Peter FitzSimons’ book The Ballad of Les Darcy.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 21, 2013.
A movie about the life of Maitland boxing legend Les Darcy is one step closer to fruition with a trailer set to be filmed across the Hunter early next month.
The trailer is the next stage of the film project launched earlier this year.
Earlier this year Garred and childhood friend Tom Arthur, both 26, launched a campaign to bring the story of the Australian icon and Maitland boxing legend to the big screen after buying the screen rights of Peter FitzSimons’ book The Ballad of Les Darcy.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 21, 2013.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Convicts as pioneers ignored, says historian
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Before the arrival of the institutional Catholic Church in Maitland there were the convicts.
Sent to Wallis Plains from Ireland in the early 1800s, these men were uneducated, illiterate and highly superstitious.
And according to historian Michael Belcher they were also the true pioneer Catholics of the Maitland district. “The early European history of the Wallis Plains area was overwhelmingly male, convict and single,” Mr Belcher said.
“And a large proportion of these people were Catholics who, as far as the governing classes were concerned, were benighted and bereft of every advantage that can adorn the mind of man.”
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 19, 2013.
Before the arrival of the institutional Catholic Church in Maitland there were the convicts.
Sent to Wallis Plains from Ireland in the early 1800s, these men were uneducated, illiterate and highly superstitious.
“And a large proportion of these people were Catholics who, as far as the governing classes were concerned, were benighted and bereft of every advantage that can adorn the mind of man.”
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 19, 2013.
Touch of history in the city of Maitland
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Wet weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of 44 Australian Air Force cadets from the City of Maitland 308 Squadron as they took part in an ancient ceremony on Saturday.
The airforce cadets were only the third group to be granted the Freedom of Entry ceremony, the first since the crew of HMAS Maitland seven years ago.
Wet weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of 44 Australian Air Force cadets from the City of Maitland 308 Squadron as they took part in an ancient ceremony on Saturday.
The airforce cadets were only the third group to be granted the Freedom of Entry ceremony, the first since the crew of HMAS Maitland seven years ago.
The honour dates back to ancient Rome and is bestowed on military groups as recognition of their service to the city.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 18, 2013.
Our Walli folly?: house mystery explored
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Is it Wallis or Walli House? That’s the question Maitland City Council faced recently when looking at the pale pink two storey residence beside Wallis Creek.
The mystery is almost as old as the building itself.
For twenty years Maitland City Council documents have called it Wallis House.
It’s one of three houses pioneer pastoralist Samuel Clift built on the Hunter River tributary and the National Trust lists as the Wallis House Group, supporting retention of the ‘s’.
But the more council heritage officer Clare James read about this historic residence, the greater her suspicions grew.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 16, 2013.
Is it Wallis or Walli House? That’s the question Maitland City Council faced recently when looking at the pale pink two storey residence beside Wallis Creek.
The mystery is almost as old as the building itself.
For twenty years Maitland City Council documents have called it Wallis House.
It’s one of three houses pioneer pastoralist Samuel Clift built on the Hunter River tributary and the National Trust lists as the Wallis House Group, supporting retention of the ‘s’.
But the more council heritage officer Clare James read about this historic residence, the greater her suspicions grew.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 16, 2013.
McGuigan patriarch celebrates his century
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Congratulatory messages from dignitaries including the Queen, Governor-General and the Prime Minister have arrived in time for Perce McGuigan’s biggest celebration – his 100th birthday.
Mr McGuigan devoted more than 30 years of his life to winemaking and started the McGuigan dynasty which his sons Brian and Neil have carried on.
“In 1941 when I started in the industry there were nine winemakers in the Hunter Valley and these days there would be over 100,” he said.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 16, 2013.
Congratulatory messages from dignitaries including the Queen, Governor-General and the Prime Minister have arrived in time for Perce McGuigan’s biggest celebration – his 100th birthday.
Mr McGuigan devoted more than 30 years of his life to winemaking and started the McGuigan dynasty which his sons Brian and Neil have carried on.
Past and present winemakers will gather at Pokolbin on Sunday to celebrate Mr McGuigan’s birthday and he cannot wait to meet the people who are carrying on the winemaking tradition.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 16, 2013.
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