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|   Newcastle East Public School - 1816, NSW, Australia
in First of its Kind This is the OLDEST School in Australia; being established a couple of blocks away by Henry Wrensford, a convict on a conditional pardon. The current site goes back to 1878 - Wiki.
It is on the corner of Tyrrell and Brown Streets. posted by:  Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 12/11/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Comet Halley, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
in Time Capsules At the base of the large white-painted iconic obelisk on Cooks Hill is this Time Capsule that will commemorate the return of Halley's Comet in 2061. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/24/2017 last visited: 09/17/2017 |
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in Orientation Tables This Direction Plate sits on top of a sandstone plinth, beside the large white-painted obelisk. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/26/2017 last visited: 09/17/2017 |
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in Timelines Around the direction plate beside Cooks Hill Obelisk, is a set of concrete 'pavers' outlining the history of the HDWB [Hunter District Water Board - now Hunter Water]. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/22/2017 last visited: 09/17/2017 |
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in Australian Trig Points Originally built as a maritime navigation point in 1850 after a distinctive windmill was demolished in 1847, this ~6 m tall obelisk has a passive aiming point of the top of the obelisk at a height of some 82 m. Official Code: TS3595 posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 11/22/2015 last visited: never |
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in Obelisks Situated on 'The Hill' of central Newcastle is an iconic obelisk I would estimate at being at least 6m tall. This was built in 1850 to aid in maritime navigation after a windmill on this site was demolished in 1847. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 11/22/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Leading Light Tower, Cooks Hill, NSW, Australia
in Coastal Lighthouses This 'castle-looking tower' on the corner of Brown and Tyrrell Streets, Cooks Hill, is one (remaining) of a pair of Lead Lights for the Newcastle Harbour in the 19th century. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/23/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Southern Cross/Ten, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
in Television and Cable Broadcasting Stations Southern Cross is the 'north coast of NSW' section of the Channel TEN TV network. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 05/14/2017 last visited: never |
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in Art Galleries On Laman Street, in the centre of Newcastle is this Art Gallery that opened in 1977. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/12/2017 last visited: never |
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in Grand Opening The Newcastle Art Gallery was originally in the War Memorial Cultural Museum next door, from October 1957; but this building was opened on Friday 11 March 1977, by Her Majesty the Queen. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/22/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km | RAAF Memorial, Newcastle, NSW, Australia in Obelisks In the south eastern corner of Civic Park, in the Memorial Grove is a sandstone obelisk for the Royal Australian Air Force. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/23/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km |  Gigantic Nest and Egg, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
in Figurative Public Sculpture This gigantic [bird's] nest and HUGE egg are towering over the entrance to the Newcastle Art Gallery. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/11/2017 last visited: 11/08/2020 |
 view galleryNW0.5 km |  War Memorial Cultural Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials This Multi-storey building, built in 1955/7 now just houses the District Library. "The Cultural Centre was designed to be a war memorial of architectural beauty and of practical cultural use to the community." posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 03/14/2017 last visited: never |
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in Libraries This is now in the War Memorial Cultural Centre in the centre of Newcastle. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/22/2017 last visited: never |
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in Flatirons Situated at 21-23 Darby Street, Newcastle, Finnegan's double-storey bistro hotel occupies an acute-angled property on the Northeast corner. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 11/30/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km |  James Cook Memorial Fountain, Civic Park, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
in Fountains On the southern side of Civic Park, in the centre of Newcastle, is this languid fountain, as seen 8 November, 2015. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/14/2017 last visited: never |
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in Baptist Churches This 'unique' Baptist Church was built in 1890, and is right beside the main Newcastle Library. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/09/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km |  Baptist Tabernacle, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
in This Old Church The Baptist Tabernacle in Cooks Hill, an inner suburb of Newcastle, started to be built in 1889, and finished in 1890. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/09/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km | War Memorial Obelisk, Newcastle, NSW, Australia in Obelisks This obelisk is in the Newcastle Civic Park, opposite the City Hall, and the Newcastle Art Gallery in the opposite direction. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/12/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km | St Andrew's Presbyterian, Newcastle, NSW, Australia in This Old Church As the Memorial Stone states, the St Andrews Church was 'built' in 1889, in the centre of Newcastle, NSW. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/15/2017 last visited: never |
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in Presbyterian Churches This old Presbyterian Church is in the centre of Newcastle, NSW. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/15/2017 last visited: never |
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in Subway Restaurants This is one of two Subways on Hunter Street, and several in the CBD of Newcastle. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/07/2017 last visited: never |
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in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This dark-brown brick two-storey building looks like it is three storeys tall by the height of the facade that has the Date and Name of the building. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/12/2017 last visited: never |
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in City and Town Halls The Newcastle City Hall was opened in 1929, and was undergoing renovations to outside in 2015. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/22/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0.6 km | 1935 - Warrah House, Newcastle, NSW, Australia in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This is a dark-red brick two storey building on Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 02/14/2017 last visited: never |
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