Architecture
Living Histories has a number of items and collections related to the Architecture of Newcastle and the Hunter:
Publications
Early Architects of the Hunter Region: A Hundred Years to 1940 by L. Reedman (2008)
The Pumphouse at Carrington (Bullock Island) J. Guy, W. Kostyrko, J. Lott, B. Rodd (1963)
Wallsend and Plattsburg [manuscript] : a study compiled by the students of fourth and fifth years, School of Architecture, Newcastle College, NSW; R. Armstrong, R. Evans, K. Gannon, L. Reedman (1955)
The Work of Frederick B. Menkens, Architect, 1855-1910 by L. Reedman (1956)
Collections
The Athel D'Ombrain Collection - contains a large number of photos of historic homesteads and buildings in the Hunter region.
Pender Archive - Consists of 2,562 individual architectural projects and includes many original water colour drawings of private and public buildings across northern NSW. The collection comprises the achievements of three generations of the Pender family as architects in Maitland, spanning 125 years from the 1860s to the 1980s.
Ralph Snowball Collection - This is a collection of photographs of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley, taken by Ralph Snowball in the late 19th, early 20th centuries.
Further architectural images can be found by searching our large collection of historical photos here.
