Virtual Coquun-Hunter River Project

Pommy Town - extract from manuscript

Letter VIII - Maitland Road described by Peter Cunningham, 1827

Report on Hunter River by Lieutenant James Grant, Commander, 14 June 1801.

Captain Cook's voyages round the world - pages 437-439

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838...1842

A statistical, historical, and political description of the colony of New South Wales...

The Vagabond papers : sketches of Melbourne life, in light and shade

Journal

A Journal Kept By Lancelot Edward Threlkeld Missionary.

Journal

The emigrant and the heathen, or, Sketches of missionary life

Coal being shipped from the new colliery at Hunter's River. 12 June 1803. Sydney Gazette

Letter re Fort Scratchley Revetments - structural stability

A description of Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle, &c. settlements in New South Wales ...

Article from The Sydney Gazette, 18th April 1828 re L.E. Threlkeld.

Article from The Sydney Gazette 18th January 1828 by L.E. Threlkeld.

Mention of Coal Island and secret signals. 27 May 1804, Sydney Gazette.

Hunter's River Settlement to be known as Newcastle, 25 March 1804, Sydney

Coal River National Heritage listing

Account given by John Platt, a miner, of the coal-mines of Newcastle.

Platt to Colonial Secretary, 28th January 1835, Colonial Secretary Letters

Coal River Open Day, 30 March 2004

Noumea to Newcastle - The story of an escape

At the Antipodes (pp. 254-255)

At the Antipodes (title page)

At the Antipodes (cover)

An eye sketch of Hunter's River

An eye sketch of Hunter's River

Pimbloy: Native of New Holland in A Canoe of That Country.

Benelong: a Native of New Holland

Where the Lady Nelson first Anchored in Hunters or Coal River

The Lady Nelson & Francis Schooner entering Hunters or Coal River.

Hunter heritage back on the map - Barrallier Survey 1801. Newcastle Herald, 2 February 2008.

P. Francis Adams - Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle - 2 April 1856 (Full)

P. Francis Adams - Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle - 2 April 1856 (Detail)

P. Francis Adams - Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle - 2 April 1856 (Detail)

P. Francis Adams - Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle - 2 April 1856 (Detail)

P. Francis Adams - Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle - 2 April 1856 (Detail)

P. Francis Adams - Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle - 2 April 1856 (Detail)

Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle (Detail) Date: 2 April 1856

Plan of Flag Staff Hill Newcastle (Detail) Date: 2 April 1856

William Keene - Nobby's Island Newcastle to Burwood (1854) Full

William Keene - Nobby's Island Newcastle to Burwood (1854) - Detail 1 - Nobbys

William Keene - Nobby's Island Newcastle to Burwood (1854) - Detail 2 Flag Staff Hill

William Keene - Nobby's Island Newcastle to Burwood (1854) - Detail 3 - Government Sandstone Quarry

William Keene - Nobby's Island Newcastle to Burwood (1854) - Detail 4 - Australian Agricultural Company's Working Seam

Plan of the Town of Newcastle in NSW .. from a careful survey in 1830, by Jn. Armstrong. Detail showing Watt Street.

Plan of the Town of Newcastle in NSW .. from a careful survey in 1830, by Jn. Armstrong

Plan of the Town of Newcastle in NSW .. from a careful survey in 1830, by Jn. Armstrong. Detail showing town centre.

Map - Key to the View of Newcastle, NSW

Plan of Flag Staff Hill, Newcastle, 1856

Map: the estates of the Australian Agricultural Company at Newcastle, NSW, 1854