Next Meeting
Next Monthly Meeting
Tuesday 7 June - 7.30pm
In the Society's rooms
and via Zoom
Masks still required
Guest Speaker:
Julie Keating
Newcastle in the 1800s:
Government Services
Guest Speakers
Carol Duncan
Jill Ball
Annual General Meeting
Julie Keating
Newcastle in the 1800s – Government Services
In the early 1800s, a penal settlement to house re-offending convicts, was established in Newcastle. Free settlers were banned from the area and thus government services centred on the care and supervision of convicts. This situation changed in 1823 when Newcastle became a free city. Government services expanded to meet the needs of free settlers and emancipated convicts and initially included the building of postal, legal, harbour and customs facilities.
Peter Cave
Professor Janis Wilton
Memorabilia
Greg & Sylvia Ray
Professor John Ramsland
Christmas Trivia