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A Place Called Hollywood

A Place Called Hollywood

Hollywood, located near Jesmond in Newcastle, NSW, was one of several shanty towns that ...
London Beefeater Restaurant

London Beefeater Restaurant

We recognise the late Warwick Teece and the Leading Light Tower at Newcastle East - but who ...
Fran Milburn – Dressmaker

Fran Milburn – Dressmaker

From the 1930s to the 1970s, dressmaker Fran Milburn made more than 200 wedding dresses for ...
Duke Kahanamoku visits Newcastle 1915

Duke Kahanamoku visits Newcastle 1915

The 1915 visit to Newcastle by the legendary swimmer and surfer Duke Kahanamoku.
Rick Pointon – Hey Rock ‘n Roll

Rick Pointon – Hey Rock ‘n Roll

Art Ryan describes Rick Pointon as 'Newcastle rock royalty', and Rick is perhaps best known ...
Newcastle from Nobbys Head c1886

Newcastle from Nobbys Head c1886

The August postcard for Lost Newcastle #PostcardPatrons is a beautifully printed c1886 image ...
Ruth Cotton

Ruth Cotton

Ruth Cotton is well known to many in Newcastle for her huge body of local history work on the ...
Mary and Elsie Kingwell

Mary and Elsie Kingwell

In 1907, young Newcastle sisters Elsie (b1894) and Mary (b1896) Kingwell were receiving some ...
Dossie Violet Lucas

Dossie Violet Lucas

She was the daughter of George Charles Lucas (died Newcastle 1923) and Mary Wilhelmine Peschel ...
Baby Ballerinas 1968

Baby Ballerinas 1968

Baby ballerinas at Newcastle Civic Theatre for their concert with the Tessa Maunder School of Ballet.
Dr Roland Bannister – podcast

Dr Roland Bannister – podcast

Dr Roland Bannister spent his early years growing up in Waratah, NSW but recalls many family ...
1954 Royal Visit Plaque in Tudor Street

1954 Royal Visit Plaque in Tudor Street

When I posted this photo in the Lost Newcastle Facebook group recently, it quickly became ...

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