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.

NO MEETING THIS MONTH