August 14 – FREE tour of our local Commonwealth War Cemetery at Maitland Road, Sandgate. Renowned local historian Ed Tonks, OAM has volunteered to lead the tour. You’ll hear stories of Army, Navy, Marine and Royal Marine servicemen who are buried in the cemetery.
Newcastle War Cemetery Tour Read More »
Do you have a serviceman or woman in your family whose story deserves to be shared with others? We are looking for stories of service either on the home front or in any theatre of war.
They Served Their Country Read More »
Tuesday 7th June – Monthly Meeting Day.
Sale will start at 1.00 pm and resume after the meeting ends. Come early to grab your choice of bargains and support the Society. All income goes back into resources.
Guest speaker and member Julie Keating will be talking about Novocastrians’ lives in the 1800s so it will make for a very interesting afternoon.
In conjunction with the research and writing of They Sent Me North: Female Convicts in the Hunter (2019) members of the NFHS undertook to participate in the Australia-wide Roses from the Heart Female Convict Bonnets initiative.
Female Convict Bonnets Project Read More »
Friday, 3 June, we will meet at the Dungog Museum, at 105 Dowling Street, at 10am. After viewing the Museum we will walk down the street and a guide will come with us to give the history of the buildings.
Dungog Trip 3 June Read More »
On Thursday, 26 May we will hold a fundraising morning tea for the Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day.
This 32 page booklet in full colour guides the reader to places for finding information about service personnel from the well-known to the lesser-known local resources.
Research Guide No.4 Read More »
A lot of the courses that were planned for 2021 were unable to be held due to the lockdowns. So these are now planned to be run in 2022.
15 May 2022. The focus is on DNA. 10.00am – 11.00am An introduction to DNA. 11.30am – 12.30pm Using colours to group your DNA results. 12.30pm – 1.30pm Using DNA results and Mirror Trees to find missing ancestors.
People of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley Volume III Volume III is now being proofed and will be launched soon NO MORE STORIES CAN BE ACCEPTED
People of the Hunter Volume III Read More »
