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Kurri Aluminium Smelter
Aerial view from the east immediately prior to commencement of construction of Hydro Kurri Kurri Ltd, 7 Dec 1977 Photos of Kurri Hydro The aluminium plant at Kurri Kurri, owned by Alcan, began...
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Tamworth 1989
Ken ParmenterPhoto by Percy Sternbeck We have just uploaded 108 photos taken during the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 1989 by Percy Sternbeck. They are from the Coalfields Heritage Group’s...
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East Maitland Church register digitised
One of the most popular registers in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle’s Archives is the East Maitland baptisms (1829-1859), marriages (1828-1897) and burials (1829-1854) register which was recently...
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UON Memories
Memories… If you studied at the University of Newcastle (Australia), Newcastle Teachers’ College, or Newcastle CAE/HIHE, you may enjoy a trip down memory lane by browsing through some of the diverse...
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The Festive Season
In the spirit of the festive season, we have gathered together many of our Christmas and New Year cards and postcards from the Victorian, Edwardian and 1920s eras. They’re from the Moore, Dalton,...
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Lost Diggers of Weston
On Friday 1 March 2019, two members of the Cultural Collections team attended a very interesting presentation on Alexander Galloway’s Lost Diggers of Weston at the Kurri Kurri Library. The...
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Lost Diggers of Weston – Update
Towns with Heart & The Coalfields Heritage Group present Alexander Galloway’s Lost Diggers of Weston A group of Australian soldiers outside a hotel, [Criterion Hotel-], [1914-1918]Lost to the world...
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Coal, railways and mines : the railways and collieries of the Greta and South...
We are delighted to report that the second volume of Brian Robert Andrews‘ latest work is now available and a copy will be housed in Cultural Collections very soon. Mr Andrews and the Cultural...
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On the other side of the trenches
On the other side of the trenches : The Ottoman Empire Display title poster If you are passing through the corridor adjacent to Cultural Collections in the Auchmuty Library over the next two or three...
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