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Tuesday 2 September 2:00 pm

Dr John Fluit
'Major Medical Innovations'

Guest Speakers

Jude Conway – Zell Meehan vs Newcastle City Council

Cessnock Coalfield
and the Scottish Connection

The focus of this
presentation is the Aberdare South Colliery, a mine on the edge of the Cessnock
Coalfield. Founded in 1913 with capital raised by the Caledonian Coal Company,
this was to be the greatest mine in the southern hemisphere, producing coal
equivalent in quality to the best in the world. All that is left is a tall
chimney, a crumbling engine house, an overgrown pit dam and a ruined pub, its
gracious second floor and wrought iron balcony removed. The mine closed forever
in 1929.

In this talk, Beverley
Richardson relates her childhood memories of visits to the abandoned mine site
and of summer holidays spent on the Cessnock Coalfield with her mining family.

Lachlan Wetherall
Dating and Locating Historical Photographs
“In the past ten years I have written over 100 short local history articles for Newcastle’s community newspaper, The Local.
Each article is based on an old photograph, but not every photograph
had a clearly identified location or date when I began my research. In
this presentation I explain and give examples of the tools, techniques
and resources I have used to identify the exact date, location, or
occasion of various historical photographs.”

Annual General Meeting

Julie Keating

Come along and enjoy our Christmas in July afternoon tea with a fun a trivia afternoon with John & Judy Mulhearn to follow. Please bring a plate of goodies to share.

Benita Parker – ‘Bush to Bar’, the story of Mary Johnston

In this talk we will be looking at what sick people were faced with at the start of the 19th century, and the major medical innovations throughout that century and their impact. These ranged from quack cures and blood letting, to effective surgery, from brandy to ether as anaesthetic and from certain death from infections to survival on antibiotics and sterile operating conditions. 
A question for you all to ponder before the meeting: “What are the two achievements or innovations that over the history of mankind have had the greatest impact on improving the health of the world’s population?”

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