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Terry Callen (1912-2000) - Newcastle shipping. Recorded 13 May 1992. Part 2/2.

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Terry Callen was the author of Bar dangerous : a maritime history of Newcastle. Newcastle : Newcastle Region Maritime Museum in association with the Runciman Press and Varley, 1986. He discusses the history of Newcastle shipping, especially that of R.W. Miller and Co.

SummaryTERRY CALLEN
Recorded on 13th May 1992
PART 2/2

0:02
"Ayrfield", "Audrey Dee".

0:30
Lloyds Register – of shipping and companies. Colliery shipping fleet list 1:45 Robert.W. Miller - information

2:02
"Christina Frazier" ship left Bulli to go to Geelong and was lost. Terry did a series of stories and illustrations in the 1950s- (ship named after Brown’s mother)

3:20
"Birchgrove Park" (orig. "Birchgrove") - Bert Lovett was told “keep your ear to the ground”, shipping provedore.

5:10
South Maitland and Greta Seams

5:26
Ed Tonks now doing a lot of historical work, more interest the better

5:50
Aberdare South Colliery- Sheddon’s started off mines

6:26
South Australian/N.S.W. Government - Caledonian Collieries

7:18
Interviewer talks about his interest in writing history - Cessnock, Church of England, Catholic Church. Father Harold Campbell of Stockton “top fellow”.

8:32
Bill Bloomfield did history of church in Cessnock.

9:10
“Ancestors too busy making history to do history” Peter Callen (grandfather). Peter Callen & Sons, built Newcastle wharves. Built to steelworks wharves.

10:18
Terry didn’t get into family business because of the Great Depression, instead went to Sydney working for newspapers.

11:32
Newcastle Breakwater (Macquarie’s Pier) - Geographical names board changed name to ‘Macquarie Pier”, other names “Pirate Point” Shipwreck Wharf, officially named.

12:40
Interested in history through painting pictures- did research so he could draw ships, and wanted to share the interesting stories he found.

13:58
Terry’s daughter worked at National Library, Canberra. Terry spent time at library identifying maritime visual sources.

15:05
Union Steam, Ship Company- New Zealand. Kalingo Colliery. Daniel . West Port, New Zealand 15:50 Daniel Stewart, R.S. Lamb shareholder. Came to Newcastle to form Wickham and Bullock Is. A lot of coal went from Newcastle to N.Z.

16:45
Stanley Gray Pearce

17:43
Barrenjoey

18:00
"William Macarthur" (R.W. Miller ship)- struck rocks. Trip to Melbourne once a week.

19:11
"Birchgrove Park" (R.W. Miller ship) – possibly lost off Barrenjoey. Divers would photograph wrecks.

20:25
"Teralba" (R.W. Miller ship)- self dischargers. Talks about credibility in writing history.

22:55
How do you find John Turner? WEA course. Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. (BHP) “he had to start from Scratch”.

24:15
Great Northern Coal Company – English Company (3 companies)

25:36
Talks about Terry’s work and book ‘Bar Dangerous’- “Is the bar bad?” - Nobby's Bar- Foreshore is man-made - Moriarty

27:10
Original course of Hunter River was through Port Stephens and Merewether

27:45
Ralph Scobie - Walcha Power House is on Scobie’s land- he had idea that Hunter River ran our Port Stephens. Terry’s brother was first chemist at Hunter Water Board. Don’t know how they found soft earth to build the Stockton Bridge

29:20
Colin Fisher – Royal Commission c.1900 - wrote to Newcastle Herald- think he was a victim in guest house, Dungog.

32:45
Terry’s book was printed in Hong Kong- describes the support he received.

35:25
Kalingo Colliery- new winder, need for mirrors. 1880- Report of condition of mines- Newcastle area- Newcastle Public Library - Proceedings of the legislative assembly (1840s).

39:05
Coal Inquiry – Prof. Edgeworth David. Ned Pepper a Cessnock person who owned a hotel (over a hundred years ago).

43:23
End (Tape 442/Side B) Last edited by: Dave Trimble

SubjectShipping -- New South Wales -- Newcastle -- HistoryNewcastle (N.S.W.) -- HistoryNewcastle HarbourNewcastle shippingR.W. Miller and CoCoal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- Newcastle RegionShipsCallen, Terence John Andrew, 1912-2000 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Depicts or Relates ToHarold Campbell Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorCallen, Terence John Andrew, 1912-2000Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created13th May 1992Identifier442B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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