Black and white image of the beach at Newcastle.newcastle, beach

Front of the Royal Blind Society of NSW's Newcastle branch. The building has two storeys, large glass windows and a staircase is also visible.Black and white photograph of the RBS branch in Newcastleroyal blind society of new south wales, newcastle

Silver plaque with black writing mounted on board inside black frame, and silver plaque with black writing. Both list the companies that financially supported the Newcastle office for Vision Australia (formerly the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales). The first plaque reads: Vision Australia Blindness and low vision services Vision Australia is proudly supported in the Hunter by: Ian Paul Prime Television Hunter Readymixed Concrete Pty Ltd Port Waratah Coal Services Limited Blue Illusion - Hamilton Newcastle Permanent Building Society Australian Hotels Association Sandalyn Wilderness Estate AmpControl Colleen Praniess Lidbury Retirement & Financial Services Passmores Business College Maitland Black & White Committee Belmont 16ft Sailing Club Cessnock Supporters Club The Boulevard on Beaumont Sydney Junction Hotel Gallipoli Legion Club VDB Chartered Accountants Salvation Army - McIntosh Trust The second plaque reads: Royal Blind Society vision to share This Client Service Centre was made possible thanks to generous support from Ian Paul as well as the following organisations Prime Television Newcastle Knights Hunter Water Western Suburbs (Newcastle) Leagues Club Management Advisors Corporation Drayton Building & Construction The Plan Centre Hunter Land2 images of plaques displayed at the Newcastle officeVision Australia Blindness and low vision services Vision Australia is proudly supported in the Hunter by: Ian Paul Prime Television Hunter Readymixed Concrete Pty Ltd Port Waratah Coal Services Limited Blue Illusion - Hamilton Newcastle Permanent Building Society Australian Hotels Association Sandalyn Wilderness Estate AmpControl Colleen Praniess Lidbury Retirement & Financial Services Passmores Business College Maitland Black & White Committee Belmont 16ft Sailing Club Cessnock Supporters Club The Boulevard on Beaumont Sydney Junction Hotel Gallipoli Legion Club VDB Chartered Accountants Salvation Army - McIntosh Trust Royal Blind Society vision to share This Client Service Centre was made possible thanks to generous support from Ian Paul as well as the following organisations Prime Television Newcastle Knights Hunter Water Western Suburbs (Newcastle) Leagues Club Management Advisors Corporation Drayton Building & Construction The Plan Centre Hunter Landvision australia, royal blind society of nsw, plaques

Streetscape of Hunter Street in Newcastle,hunter street, newcastle, newcastle

Written on the back in both Greek and English: Sikiotis family at Newcastle. Uncle Arthur, Nick at his house and Paul.A black and white photograph of a family group of ten men sitting on steps in front of a house.

Photograph taken during visit by Melbourne Ithacans to Newcastle to catch up with family and friends. Gerry and Marigo Sikiotis have been identified. Newcastle has a strong Ithacan community.A black and white photograph of two ladies and two men standing in front of a car in an open area.

Blue print drawings titled ""Newcastle Tramways 1938" printed on two sheets showing the track layout for the Newcastle Tramways in 1938 Has depot layouts, railway crossings, street names and major waterways. From the Wal Jack Collection. No details of made them.wal jack, newcastle, track layout

Hand drawn red and blue biro map of Newcastle electric tram lines - period 1923 - 1950, showing principal railway lines, tram tracks, crossovers depot layout, level crossings on plain foolscap paper.trams, tramways, newcastle, steam trams, trams, map

In 1909 the Australian Army Headquarters realized that mapping in Australia was either non existent or inadequate for Military use. It was requested that Australia borrow Survey personnel from the UK Royal Engineers (RE) for a two-year detachment. On 11 April 1910 four RE NCOs arrived in Melbourne comprising CPL J Lynch, and LCPLs AH Barrett, EF Davies and R Wilcox. LCPL Barrett had 12yrs experience with RE. They were aiming at producing eight map sheets per year covering about 7,000 square miles (18,000 square Km) This map sheet of the Newcastle area was produced using plane table methods and was surveyed and hand drawn by LCPL A Barrett Oct - Nov 2010. It was unique because it was now produced on an accurate gridded base and included contouring. Lynch and Davies transferred to the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) whilst Barrett and Wilcox returned to the UK in June 1913. Barrett returned to Australia in 1915 and also enlisted in the RAE and served until 1919.A gridded Map of Newcastle NSW area scale four inches to one mile with 25 feet interval contouring. Coloured hand drawn map produced in 1910. Signed by " A Barrett LCPL Royal Engineers"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army svy regt, army survey regiment

ill, maps, p.226.non-fictionA thesis for a Masters of Arts degree on the construction of the Great Northern Railway in New South Wales from Sydney to Wallangarra 1854-1889: An economic and labour history.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad construction - australia - history

Newspaper cutting about the possibility of electric shocks from tramcars due to the application of too much sand on the tracks, and not allowing the return current. Tram becomes insulated.Yields information about the possibility of electric shocks from tramcars if excessive sand applied to tracks.Newspaper cutting from the Newcastle Herald, NSW newspaper titled "Trams may give electric shocks""NH 13.6.00"trams, tramways, melbourne, electrical engineering, tramcars, electricity, safety

The medal was presented to Captain Thos. Smith (Thomas Smith) for his assistance in saving the crew of the wrecked barque, the Eleanor Lancaster, at Newcastle in N.N.S.W. (New South Wales). The ship was wrecked during a storm on November 7th, 1856. This medal is significant as a form of recognition of the bravery of Captain Thos Smith.Medal; round, silver, with silver rope border, anchor and rope decoration on top and central inscription on the front, plain back. Black leather-covered case with blue velvet-covered insert and white silk-lined lid. The medal was hand engraved and later presented to Captain Thomas Smith."Presented to CAPT THOs SMITH As a public testimonial of his successful exertions in assisting to save the crew of the Barque ELEANOR LANCASTER during the storm of the 7th Novr" "NEWCASTLE" "N.S.W." "1856"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, medallion, shipwreck eleanor lancaster, captain thomas smith, shipwreck newcastle november 7th 1856, eleanor lancaster, newcastle, thos smith, storm, thomas smith, 7th november 1856, n.s.w. shipwreck, newcastle shipwreck, silver medal, hand engraved, life saving, australian award

Letter headed "Tramway Board", office copy, dated 29/3/1917 - to Mr. W. R. Pollock, of Newcastle, offering a starting salary of six pounds per week.Demonstrates an employment letter.Carbon copy of a letter on blue quarto paper.Has "H. S. McComb" in pencil in the top left hand corner.trams, tramways, tramway board, cable trams, engineers, personnel

Steel screw steamer launched 1889 at Newcastle on Tyne by Palmers & Co., built for Archibald Currie and Partners - the Currie Line of Melbourne. Gross tonnage: 2,792, Length: 99.06m (325'). Width: 12.3m (40.3'). Triple expansion steam engines producing 363 nhp. Avge speed 11 knots. Coal consumption 26 ½ tons per 24 hours. Steel hull, one funnel, two masts, barque rig. • 1889: Argus launched. Worked in the Australia to India trade, passengers, goods and horses. • 1891 July: While taking coal from Newcastle to Singapore, ran onto sunken rock in Gaspar Strait (in Indonesia). Watertight bulkheads held, got to Singapore, was repaired for two months, 60,000 Straits dollars (about £12,000). • 1895 July: While taking 400 horses to Colombo, ran onto reef near Somerset, North Queensland. holed, water in two compartments. 400 tons coal jettisoned, finally got off in spring tides. • 1901 Feb: During Boer War took Victorian contingent, 5th Mounted Rifles, fromMelbourne to Durban and Cape Town, with 500 horses. • 1901 Dec: Took horses for Boer War from Brisbane to Durban. • 1903 31 July: Leaving Sydney for Calcutta with 86 horses, 20 passengers including the Sultan of Johore, was rammed by the incoming steamer Mildura (on the wrong side of the channel). Argus's side plating was cut from deck to below waterline, had to be beached on Goat Island to prevent sinking. Refloated 2 August and repaired. • 1905: Argus sold to the Japanese shipping company, Osaka Shosen Kaisha. Renamed Giran Maru. • 1907 11 Sept: Wrecked in Soya Strait, between Hokkaido & Sakhalin Island.Built for Archibald Currie & Partners, Melbourne. Carried passengers between Australia and India and between western and eastern Australia.Large ship builder's model in glass case

Ebonised wooden frame with photograph of HMAS Newcastle. The guided missile Frigate HMAS Newcastle launches a Standard anti-aircraft missile. Photo RAN.

It is thought that this photograph was taken in Newcastle during a visit Melbourne Ithacans in the 1940s. Many Melbourne Ithacans had relatives who had settled in Newcastle. There was an established community of Ithacans in Newcastle dating back to the early 1900s. A black and white photograph of three ladies sitting on the back mudguard of a dark sedan which is parked outside a country general store. A young girl and boy are walking by the store and there are three men and another car in the distance.picnic

IMage of a large body of water.newcastle waters, central australia

index, ill, maps. P.118.non-fictionA history of the steelworks railways in the Newcastlesteelworks railways - australia - history, industrial railroads - australia - history

ill, maps, p.116.non-fictionA history of the railway from Newcastle N.S.W. to Maitland.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad operations - new south wales - history

Ill, p.11.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive account of the Sydney & Newcastle "L/P" class : bogie crossbench cartramways - sydney, tramways - rolling stock - sydney., tramway rolling stock - newcastle

ill, p.52.non-fictionA pictorial of steam train operations in the Newcastle area on Government and private railways in New South Wales.steam locomotives - nsw – pictorial, railroad operations - newcastle nsw - history

The photograph of six young men, was taken at the wedding of Con and Dora Megalos which took place in Newcastle in 1923. Standing L-R: Paul Megalos, Denis Flocas, Jim Megalos. Front L-R: Peter Flocas, Nick Scott from Newcastle, Nick Scotis (Zevedeou, from Melbourne). A black and white photograph of six young well-dressed men. Three are seated on a bench while three are standing behind them.

Taken at a picnic organised in Newcastle. Members of Melbourne's Ithacan community were visiting and catching up with family and firends.A black and white photograph of a lady and man sitting on the rear bumper bar of a dark sedan car which is parkd outside a kiosk in an open area. Two women are in the foreground with their backs to the camera on the RHS. Four men and another dark sedan are in the distance.

This photograph was taken in about 1924 as it approached Newcastle, New South Wales before the sailing ship Monkbarns was converted for use as a hulk. The steel-hulled, 3-masted fully rigged ship was built in 1895 by Archibald McMillan & Son at Dumbarton in Scotland. It was 267 feet long, 40.1 feet wide and 23.5 feet deep. In 1914 John Stewart & Co. owned ten sailing vessels, one of which was the Monkbarns, but by the end of the first World War, the fleet had only four vessels survived the war, including the Monkbarns. The Monkbarns traded across the world. Some of the destinations included Port Adelaide, Table Bay in South Africa, Liverpool, Sydney, London and New York. Her last commercial voyage was in 1926. Overall, the ship traded for 32 years before it was converted in Spain in 1927 for use as a hulk for carrying coal. There were several owners of the ship over its lifetime. They were - 1895, first owner, Charles Webster Corsar, Liverpool - 1902, the owner was D. Corsar & Son, Liverpool - 1909, owned by John Hardie & Sons, Glasgow - 1911, John Stewart & Co., Liverpool - by1915, James A. Young, London - 1926, L.H. Wilson, Liverpool - 1927, Ballener Espando (Brunn & van Lippe, Tonsberg).Photograph, black and white, of the ship "Monkbarns" , a steel hulled sailing ship under sail, bow facing viewer. Rectangular wooden frame has an inner gilt frame around a wide, natural bark matte. The lover edge of the matte has a decorative rectangular cut-out surrounding an inscription with the ship's name. On the back is a handwritten inscription about the ship and the presentation of the photograph..Front: "MONKBARNS" Reverse handwritten in pen: "PRESENTED TO A.F. WATSON / FOR S.S.V. BY / CAPT. F.K. BAXTER / 74 VERDON ST/ WILLIAMSTOWN " Reverse: "STEEL SHIP MONKBARNS / 1771 TONS REGISTER / 267 x 40' X 27'2" Draft / Build 1895 by McMillan, Dumbarton, Scotland / Converted to a hulk in /Spain 1927. / Photo taken in - Converted from NEWCASTLE N.S.W. about 1924"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, monkbarns, sailing ship, newccastle, new south wales, hulk

The following is written underneath the photograph - Chris Pappas ... then and now. Mr. Pappas was born in 1898 and came to Australia from Stavros, Ithaca in 1911. The earlier photo was taken in Australia , aged 14 . . " when I had saved enough money I bought these clothes . . . I had an uncle in Newcastle and he had a shop . . . most of the Greeks had someone to work for them then. I worked there for 3 years. My family didn't want me to leave (Greece) so early . . . those days the 'slavery market', relatives wanted someone to work for them who they trusted." Contemporary photograph taken in Newcastle, 1986. Chris Pappas' story is similar to that of many Ithacans who arrived in Australia in the early decades of the twentieth century. Newcastle was one of the regional areas in NSW whereto Ithacans settled and opened businesses.Two black and white photographs have been printed on the one board. They are photographs of a man when he was young and as an old man. Details of the man's story have also been printed underneath the photograph.