The Castle Forbes Revolt
Join Society member Narelle Austen as she uncovers the context surrounding the events at Castle Forbes near Singleton and drawing on historical records and creative reconstruction.
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What’s On In April 2026
This podcast details the forthcoming podcasts that are to be recorded this April 2026.
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Hughes Potteries – A Family Concern
Across the road from The Junction Public School in Newcastle once stood a small but mighty institution — a family-run pottery that shaped a community for more than a century. Marie Hughes tells the story of Hughes Potteries – A Family Concern.
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What’s On In March 2026
This podcast details the forthcoming podcasts that are to be recorded this March 2026.
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March 2026 Monthly Meeting
Tuesday 3 March—7.30 pm
Guest Speaker—Laurie Allen
‘The Inroads of Strange Tribes’: Alliances between Aboriginal People of the Hunter and Brisbane Water Districts in the Early Years of Settlement
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Bushrangers in the Hunter Valley
In this creative non-fiction podcast, Narelle Austen explores the people, places, and forces behind bushranging in one of Australia’s earliest colonial regions – the Hunter Valley.
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What’s On In February
This podcast details the forthcoming podcasts that are to be recorded this February.
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What’s On In 2026
What’s On In 2026 Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts will be taking a short break over December and January but here’s a preview of our podcasts coming up in 2026.
Memories of Newcastle
In our series, Memories of Newcastle, society member Lea Harris takes us back to the days of the Stockton Tweed Factory, a forgotten piece of our local history.
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Lost Cemeteries
Society member Jane Ison takes us on a journey into the past, to a place thousands pass by daily without knowing what lies beneath —Rest Park in Wallsend, once the site of the town’s first cemetery.