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The site is significant ...

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Source: NSW Heritage Branch

History

The land and its first inhabitants have been here for hundreds of thousands of years ... continue

A brief history of ...

The land and its first inhabitants have been here for hundreds of thousands of years ... continue

Newcastle West, Newcastle

The city of Newcastle was founded in 1804 by the 21-year-old Lieutenant Charles Menzies as ... continue

Govenor Macquarie

  Lachlan Macquarie was appointed governor in 1809 to replace the disgraced Governor Bligh following the ... continue

Newcastle

The city of Newcastle was founded in 1804 by the 21 year old Lieutenant Charles ... continue

Warialda

Located on the banks of Warialda Creek in the far North of the state, Wariada ... continue

Nicholas Divine

DIVINE, NICHOLAS (1739?-1830), superintendent of convicts, was born in County Cavan, Ireland, the eldest ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Thomas Fitzherbert Hawkins

HAWKINS, THOMAS FITZHERBERT (1781-1837), naval officer and pioneer settler, was born on 20 May 1781 ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Thomas Arndell

ARNDELL, THOMAS (1753-1821), surgeon, magistrate and landholder, was one of seven assistant surgeons who formed ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Fane Edge

EDGE, FANE (d.1803), provost-marshal, enlisted in the New South Wales Corps on 6 March ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Henry Edward Dodd

DODD, HENRY EDWARD (d.1791), an experienced farmhand, who arrived with Governor Arthur Phillip as ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Edward [Teddy the Jewboy ...

DAVIS, EDWARD ('Teddy the Jewboy') (1816-1841), Jewish convict and bushranger, is said to have been ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Thomas Simpson Hall

HALL, THOMAS SIMPSON (1808-1870), pastoralist, was born on 19 August 1808 at Bungool on the ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

George Crossley

CROSSLEY, GEORGE (1749-1823), attorney and convict, was born in London, where he was articled and ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

David Burton

BURTON, DAVID (d.1792), botanist, surveyor and professional gardener, arrived at Port Jackson in H ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

James Ruse

RUSE, JAMES (1760-1837), pioneer and smallholder, was born at Launceston, Cornwall, England. At the Cornwall ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Early letter cover sheet

This cover sheet of a letter is one of about a dozen in private hands ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

2001/24/2 Memorandum, Permission to ...

This document is a rare reminder of the extent to which convict's lives were ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

A7822 Shoe, male, leather/metal, ...

This shoe was donated to the Museum by the Royal Australian Historical Society. It came ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum