Free Settler or Felon
Newcastle History Links
1791
- Discovery of Coal by escaping convicts in 17911793
- Launch of the Francis1797
- Hunter River Discovered 17971800
- Discovery of Lake Macquarie1800
- Pirates Seize the Norfolk1801
- Lieutenant James Grant1801
- Expedition to the Hunter River1801
- Ensign Barrallier1801
- Caley, George - Botanist. Expedition to the Hunter River1801
- John Harris, surgeon. Expedition to the Hunter River1801
- Colliers Point and the First Settlement at Newcastle1802
- Early Convict Coal Miners1804
- Castle Hill Rebellion1804
- Second Settlement1804
- Lieutenant Charles Menzies - Royal Marine. Commandant at Newcastle 18041804
- James Mileham, surgeon1804
- Convicts from the Castle Hill Rebellion1804
- John Tucker - Appointed Store keeper at Newcastle in 18041804
4 - Thomas Brady - Irish rebel1804
- Cedar Getters - Correspondence from Lieut. Menzies re the difficulties of procuring cedar1804
- Description of the fate of Convict Pirates at the hand of natives near Newcastle1804
- Charles Throsby. Assistant surgeon and magistrate at Newcastle1804
- Thomas Desmond - bushranger1804
- Robert Brown - botanist1805
- Instructions to Ensign Draffen1805
- Charles Throsby to Newcastle on the Francis in March1805
- Lieut. William Lawson Temporary Commandant1806
- John Fitzgerald - bushranger1806
- Pirates at Newcastle - The fate of convict escapees1807
- Government Rules - to prevent prisoners having any contact with the outside world1808
- Lime Burners Gang1808
- George Crossley - Arrived on the Hillsborough in 1799.1808
- William Gore - convict1808
- Sir Henry Browne Hayes - convict1808
- Murder at Newcastle1809
- Lieutenant William Lawson, Commandant1809
- Thomas Crump - Boat builder. Arrived on the Surprize in 17941810
- Governor Macquarie's Notice re free pardons1810
- Correspondence of Lieut Lawson re state of the settlement1810
- Roger Farrell's Correspondence re injustices he had suffered at Newcastle1810
- Newcastle Penal Settlement - Under command of Lieut. John Purcell of 73rd Regiment1810
- William Evans - appointed assistant surgeon in 18101811
- Lieut. Thomas Skottowe, Commandant1811
- James Hardy Vaux wrote his Memoirs including the Vocabulary of the Flash Language1811
- Garrett Armstrong - bushranger1811
- Governor Macquarie's Tour of Inspection1812
- William Harrison Craig - Convict artist, arrived on the Guildford in 1812.1813
- Convict Assignment and Punishment - Government Orders1814
- Pirates Seize the Speedwell1814
- Walter Preston - Engraver1814
- William Eckford - harbour pilot1814
- Thompson, Lieutenant Thomas - 46th regt., Commandant at Newcastle 1814 - 18161815
- Newcastle Port Regulations1815
- Drowned in the Hunter River1815
- Joseph Lycett - Convict artist1815
- Gentleman John Smith - sent to Newcastle in 18151816
- Newcastle Gaol1816
- Captain James Wallis - Commandant1816
- Henry Wrensford - Newcastle's first school master1816
- Shipwrecks at Newcastle1816
- The brig Kangaroo arrived at Newcastle1817y
- Francis Beattie - Innkeeper1817
- Death of Private Peter Connachton1818
- Major James Thomas Morisset, Commandant1818
- Governor Macquarie's Visit to Newcastle1818
- A Description of Newcastle Aboriginal people - By traveller W.B. Cramp1820
- James McGreavy - innkeeper1820
- Frederick Dixon arrived in Newcastle1820
- Boatbuilder - Fortisco de Santo1820
- Abraham Fenton - Appointed Assistant Surgeon at Newcastle1820
- Newcastle in 1820 - Newspaper Extracts - Death of Burrigan in October1820
- Coal Fire Beacon at Newcastle built when E.C. Close was employed as Engineer at Newcastle1820
- Botany Bay Hero, Michael Keane arrived on the Seaflower in 18201821
- Christ Church opened for service1821
- John Bingle arrived as second officer on the convict ship Minerva1821
- Alexander Livingstone arrived as chief officer on the Jessie1821
- Rev. George Augustus Middleton appointed to Newcastle1821
- William Smith - overseer of boat builders. Arrived on ship Larkins in 18171821
- Edward C. Close, engineer of Public Works1822
- Henry Dangar surveyed the streets in 1822 - 18231822
- George Brooks appointed assistant surgeon at Newcastle1822
- Bells played an important part in the lives of our ancestors1822
- Convicts at Newcastle in 1822 - Newspaper extracts1822
- A List of Buildings at Newcastle1822
- Cottage Creek1822
- Convicts from Penal settlement moved to Port Macquarie1823
- Henry Gillman - Commandant1824
- Newcastle in 1824 - Newcastle Extracts1824
- Lieutenant Thomas Owen Engineer of Public Works and Naval Officer1824
- Francis Allman - Commandant1825
- Newcastle in 1825 - Newspaper Extracts1825
- Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld - permitted to reside at the government cottage at Newcastle1825
- Pirates Seize the cutter Eclipse1825
- Charles Hughes assistant-pilot1825
- Horse Patrols and the Mounted Police1826
- Gregory Blaxland opened salt works1826
- Explosion at Newcastle - children killed1826
- A description of Newcastle and Maitland1826
- Attempt to Seize the Gurnett1826
- Duncan Forbes Mackay Superintendent of Public Works at Newcastle in 18261827
- Old convict barracks1827
- Signal Flags at Newcastle - township was lacking in government funding.1827
- Samuel Wright - Superintendent of Police at Newcastle1828
- The Bank of Newcastle - First Provincial Bank established in the Colony1828
- Newcastle Publicans1828
- Newcastle in 18281828
- Richard Binder - Innkeeper1828
- James and Nancy McClymont - innkeepers1828
- Arnold Fisk - harbour master and pilot1829
- Newcastle in 18291829
- Alexander Walker Scott Granted 2560 acres of land at Ash Island in 18291830s
- Cumberland at Newcastle1830
- Female Factory at Newcastle1830
- James Reid resided at Newcastle 1830s and 1840s1830
- Australian Agricultural Company1830
0 - Sea Grave Yard1830
- Executions at Newcastle, Maitland and the Hunter Valley in 1830s and 1840s1831
- John Butler Hewson - constable and innkeeper1831
- First Mine at Newcastle - A. A. Company1831
- A. A. Company miners1831
- Hunter River Steamers1831
- Sophie Jane Steamer - a voyage to Newcastle on the Sophie Jane1831
- Commander Edward Biddulph1831
- Rev. Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton appointed to the chaplaincy at Newcastle1833
- Governor Bourke to Newcastle1833
- William Cromarty - pilot1834
- John Field - gaoler1835
- William Atkinson - bushranger1836
- Governor Bourke to Newcastle1836
- Military Barracks at Newcastle1837
- James Henry Crummer - Magistrate at Newcastle 1837 - 18491837
- George Jackson - harbour master and pilot1838
-Miner at Newcastle - refusal to work1839
- Frank the Poet arrived on the Eliza convict ship in 18321839
- Richard Tasker Furlong, Engineer and Superintendent at No. 3 Stockade1839
- United States Exploring Expedition1839
- Wreck of the King William Steamer1840s
- William Wilton, Medical Practitioner1840
- Robert Lorn Pattison - steam boat captain1840
- Cabbage Tree Hats1841
- The Old Court-house at Newcastle 1841 - 19001842
- Bushrangers near Newcastle escape from the stockade1843
- Long Tom Forrester - Bushranger. Executed at Newcastle1843
- Stockton History and Links1844
- Governor Gipps' Visit to Newcastle1844
- Journal of a Voyage from Sydney to Newcastle and Maitland - by David Burn1844
- Edward Last, assistant engineer at Newcastle Stockade1844
- Miners' Arms1845
- George Elde Darby, Surveyor and Headmaster1847
- John Edward Stacy, Medical practitioner1847
- Reminiscences of George Priest - Description of Newcastle in 1840s and 1850s1847
- Alexander Gamack - Medical Practitioner and Surgeon at Newcastle1849
- Boom in shipping with advent of California fleet and gold discovery1849
- John Edward Newell Bull - Superintendent of the breakwater1850
- Obelisk erected on site of the old brick and stone windmill1850
- Richard Beacher - pilot185
- Alexander Flood - innkeeper1850s
- Reminiscences of Colin Christie1850s
- Reminiscences of Albert Hudson and Robert Fleming1850s
- Reminiscences Hugh Gilmour1852
- Report on the Sandhills at Newcastle1853
- Richard Ryther Steer Bowker1853
- Presbyterian Church St. Andrews opened on site of the first military barracks1853
- Branch of Bank of NSW opened1854
- Branch of Bank of Australasia opened1854
- Firsts warden of Newcastle District Council John Edward Stacey1855
- Iron gang and convict establishment abandoned1855
- Last of the Military left Newcastle1855
- No. 3 Battery Volunteer Artillery formed1855
- County Electors in Newcastle1856
- Port of Newcastle1857
- Railway between Newcastle and Maitland on March 30th1858
- Signal Staff at Newcastle1858
- Coal Mines at Newcastle by Henry T. Plews1859
- Incorporation of the City of Newcastle1859
- James Hannell elected first Mayor1860s
- Reminiscences of James Charles Davies1860s
- Reminiscences of Owen Ahern1861
- Cosby William Morgan - Honorary Medical Office - Newcastle Hospital1861
- Rob the Ranter - Observer and commentator1861
- Harbour Lights- leading lights at Newcastle1861
- Newcastle Lifeboats1863
- Old convict-built hospital converted from a gaol by Capt. Wallis, pulled down1863
- Ceremony for the laying of the Foundation stone of the Hunter-street Church1865
- New hospital built1867
- 5000 persons in the borough1867
- Gas first turned on 29 October1868
- William Brooks Mayor of Newcastle1870
- Newcastle in 1870 - People and Places1870s
- Lady Jane Barton, wife of Sir Edmund Barton1870
- Joseph Walmsley - Innkeeper, City Arms1870
- W. A. Sparke Mayor Newcastle1870
- Adamstown History1870
- Remnants of the old Gaol pulled down1871
- Newcastle population 75811872
- Post Office building in Watt street completed1872
- A. A. P. Tighe, Mayor of Newcastle1875
- John James Coombes, Convict Ship Captain and later wharfinger at Newcastle1870s
- Reminiscences of Benjamin Joseph Oliver1874
- E. A. White, Mayor of Newcastle1875
- Gas street lighting commenced1876
- F. J. Shaw, Mayor of Newcastle1877
- Custom House Time-ball completed1877
- First asphalt paths laid1877
- George Wallace, Mayor of Newcastle1878
- Railway Station erected1880
- Samuel Chapman, Mayor of Newcastle1880
- City Baths1880
- Reminiscences of Watt Street, Newcastle1881
- Joseph Creer, Mayor of Newcastle1881
- Population of Newcastle 89861882
- Thomas Brooks, Mayor of Newcastle1883
- William Laing, Mayor of Newcastle1884
- Stewart Keightley, Mayor of Newcastle1885
- Newcastle proclaimed a City1885
- C. W. Morgan, Mayor of Newcastle1886
- John Thorn, Mayor of Newcastle1887
- G. W. Webb, Mayor of Newcastle1887
- Tramway to Plattsburg. The first trip was on July 7th; there were three sections, Hamilton, Lambton and Plattsburg; The area around gaol hill was made the tram terminus1888
- Henry Buchanan, Mayor of Newcastle1889
- New hospital to be built1890
- Colin Christie, Mayor of Newcastle1891
- W. T. Gibb, Mayor of Newcastle1892
- J. R. Rodgers, Mayor of Newcastle1893
- A. F. Moore, Mayor of Newcastle1894
- Alfred Asher, Mayor of Newcastle1895
- Dr. May Harris - Newcastle's first female medical practitioner qualified in 18951895
- W. B. Sharp, Mayor of Newcastle1896
- Thomas Smith, Mayor of Newcastle1897
- David Miller, Mayor of Newcastle1901
- Population of Newcastle 12,9471916
- A Last Farewell - Anzac Day at Newcastle1922
- Newcastle Baths officially opened in November 19221923
- Fleming Brothers Reunion sons of Peter Fleming re-unite at Newcastle1932
- Newcastle of the Past1947
- Australia's Strongest Sports Centre1800s - 1900s
- Heritage Buildings in NewcastleHemsworth Huntington's History of Newcastle
Indigenous Notes and Links
Reminiscences of Watt Street Newcastle