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  1. Web page: A Brief history of Norah Head
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  2. WRECK OF THE ELIZABETH SELDON.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 10 December 1861 p 5 Article
    THIS vessel, commanded by Captain M'Eveny, left sydney on Saturday last, bound for Newcastle, with a strong breeze from the S.E., and shortly before midnight she, from some extraordinary cause unexplained, ran on shore near Bungary's, Norah Head, near ... 407 words
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    Wreck of the Elizabeth Seldon in 1861

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  3. SHIPS' MAILS.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 4 March 1863 p 4 Article
    MAILS will close at the General Post Office as follows:— FOR LONDON,—By the Sarah Neumann, this day, at noon, if not underway. FOR AUCKLAND AND CALITORNIA.—By the Constance, this day, ... 1120 words
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    Accident to the steamer Coonambarra off Norah Head in 1863

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  4. NEWCASTLE. ARRIVALS.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 9 October 1868 p 4 Article
    October 7.—Lady Enmore, brig. 128, M'Eachern, from Brisbane. October 7.—Drover, brig, 17[?], Furguson, from Nelson, DEPARTURES. October 7.—Water Lily, brig, Gallios, for Nelson, with 392 tons ... 330 words
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    Wreck near Norah Head in 1868

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  5. LOCAL NEWS.
    The Maitland Mercury ' Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 26 February 1870 p 2 Article
    WEST MAITLAND BOROUGH COUNCIL — The usual weekly meeting of this Council was held last evening, in the Chambers Devonshire-street. The correspondence was unimportant. A report from the ... 3408 words
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    Edward Hammond Hargraves' angora goat raised at Noraville near Norah Head

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  6. LOSS OF THE TAMAR (S.) (From the Newcastle Chronicle, January 30.)
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 31 January 1873 p 4 Article
    YESTERDAY, a Court of Enquiry was held in the magistrates' ro[?]m, at the Court-house, Newcastle, respecting the loss of the steam-tug Tamar. The court consisted of Mr. Scott. P.M., Mr. E. Parnell, J.P., with Captain Allan as nautical assessor. The ... 811 words
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    Loss of the steamer Tamar off Norah Head in 1873

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  7. NEWCASTLE. December 19.
    Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 22 December 1877 p 38 Article
    A close, humid air during the day, and a lowering sky at night, with an occasional thunderstorm of short duration, is about the state of the weather around here just now. The export of coal, according to the published returns of ... 1522 words
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    Wreck of the schooner Industry in 1877

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  8. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 20 July 1878 p 3 Article
    THE following notifications appear in the Government Gazette published yesterday:— APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Arthur Wigloey Batman, L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, as ... 523 words
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    Removal of the lifeboat stationed at Norah Head in 1878

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  9. SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 14 November 1882 p 5 Article
    The half-yearly general meeting in connection with the Shipmasters' and Officers' Association was held at No. 11, Bridge-stree last night, Mr. Alexander K[?]thed occupying the chair. After some formal business had been disposed of, ... 992 words
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    Shipmaster's Association calls for a light and signal station to be erected at Norah head in 1882

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  10. Early Morning Experiences of Sydney. II— FISH MARKET AND SURROUNDINGS.
    Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 15 September 1883 p 25 Article Illustrated
    YES, amid the discoloured polluted waters, these fish were rinsed backwards and forwards in order to "freshen" and give them a more presentable appearance. Verily a disgnasting operation, yet who can expect ... 1892 words
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    Tuggerah fish carted over to Norah Head and forwarded by steamers the night before the fish markets in Sydney 1883

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  11. THE WEATHER. SOUTHERLY AND WESTERLY GALES ON THE COAST. LOSS OF A SYDNEY-OWNED VESSEL. THE CREW'S ESCAPE. HEAVY SNOWFALL INLAND.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 11 July 1892 p 8 Detailed lists, results, guides
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    Wreck of the vessel 'Mystery' off Norah Head in 1892. The Myster was built at Brisbane Water

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  12. LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS [FROM GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY.] SYDNEY. Friday, received 3.0 afternoon.
    The Maitland Mercury ' Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 15 March 1884 p 4 Article
    Flour, £9 to £10 15s per ton; wheat 4s 2d to 4s 4d per bushel; maize, 4s l0d to 5s. Cattle in heavy supply; best beef, 24s per l00lbs; sheep, in moderate supply; market ... 1108 words
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    Petition for the erection of a light house at Nora Head 1884

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  13. WRECK OF A SYDNEY STEAMER. THE GWYDIR, FROM SYDNEY TO NEWCASTLE. ASHORE ON NORAH HEAD. PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 30 November 1894 p 5 Article
    Groping her way along the coast in fog and smoke before daybreak yesterday, the steamer Gwydir found herself upon a rock off Bungaree Norah, with every prospect of becoming a total ... 379 words
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    Wreck of the steamer Gwydir in 1894

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  14. THE WRECK OF THE GWYDIR. THE VESSEL IN AN ALMOST HOPELESS POSITION. SEAS BREAKING OVER HER. THE QUESTION OF SIGNALS AT NORAH HEAD.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 1 December 1894 p 9 Article
    Everything in the line of news yesterday received from the Gwydir points in the direction as first indicated, namely, that the rocks off Norah Head will not release their hold of the steamer. They ... 342 words
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    Calls for a lighthouse at Norah Head after the wreck of the Gwydir 1894

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  15. WRECK OF THE STEAMER WOLLUMBIA. ALL HANDS SAVED. (By Telegraph from our Correspondent.) NEWCASTLE, January 27.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 29 January 1896 p 5 Article
    News was received here to-day of the stranding of the steamer Wollumbia, which, was bound North, at Norah Head early this morning. The steamer left ... 310 words
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    Wreck of the vessel Wollumbia off Norah Head in 1896

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  16. PUBLIC WORKS TENDERS.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 29 January 1901 p 8 Article
    Tenders were accepted for the following public works for the week ending 26th instant:- Road Works.—Bombala to Nimitybelle, P. Keefe, Cooma, £366 19s 8d; East Maitland to Raymond ... 611 words
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    Tender for the erection of a lighthouse at Norah Head in 1901

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  17. New Public Works.
    Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 12 April 1902 p 59 Article
    Tenders have been accepted for the following public works:—Roads: Inverell to Strathbogie, Caldow and Poulton, Inverell, £237 9s; Cooranbong to Wattagan Mount (Wollombi-road), ... 322 words
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    Tender to provide wharf material in connection with the Norah Head lighthouse in 1902

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  18. NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 1 November 1902 p 12 Article
    The following preliminary notice to mariners respecting the proposed Norah Head Lighthouse it published in the " Government Gnzctte ":—" Notice is hereby given that n lighthouse is in course of ... 126 words
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    Notice to Mariners - the Norah Head Light house in course of construction

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  19. NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 30 October 1903 p 7 Article
    Arrangements have been completed by the Department of Navigation for the opening of the Norah Head Lighthouse about the 15th proximo (says the ... 117 words
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    Opening of the Norah Head lighthouse in 1903

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  20. LOSS OF A SCHOONER. THE VENTURE FOUNDERS. CLOSE TO THE HEADS. AN EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 5 March 1904 p 11 Article
    The little fore-and-aft schooner Venture, in command of Captain Charles Lloyd Gittins, founded off the Heads in about 30 fathoms of water at an early hour yesterday morning. The Venture had loaded ... 373 words
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    Loss of a schooner that had loaded gravel at Norah Head in 1904

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  21. SAILOR LOST OVERBOARD.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 17 August 1904 p 10 Article
    On arrival yesterday morning from Newcastle Captain Joseph Sanders, of the schooner Isabella, reported to the Water Police that one of his crew was ... 180 words
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    Sailor lost overboard near Norah Head in 1904

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  22. INTERSTATE TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, THURSDAY. A BOY KILLED.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 16 September 1904 p 4 Article
    A boy named William Patrick Farrell was in h[?] father's cart at Redfern to-day when he fell out, and the wheels passing over him inflicted injuries to which he ... 433 words
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    Drowning of fisherman near Norah Head in 1904

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  23. A COLLIER ASHORE. THE MAUD WESTON SPRINGS A LEAK. Sydney, November 11.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Saturday 12 November 1904 p 12 Article
    The steam collier Maud Weston, on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney, sprang a leak off Norah Head, and had to be beached. ... 213 words
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    Collier Maud Weston wrecked in Norah Head in 1904

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  24. CIVIC ADMINISTRATION. THE SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. A MATTER OF GRAVEL SUPPLY.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 18 January 1905 p 7 Article
    The special committee appointed by the City Council to inquire into the administration or the city surveyor's department met yesterday afternoon. The chair was taken by ... 989 words
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    Norah Head gravel company 1905

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  25. COLLISION AT SEA. THE TUG ENERGY FOUNDERS. ELECTRA RETURNS TO PORT. THE LIFEBOATS LAUNCHED. ALL HANDS SAVED.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 1 June 1906 p 7 Article
    A collision of a serious character, resulting in the total loss of the well-known steam tug Energy, but happily unattended by loss of life, occurred at sea in the vicinity of ... 1852 words
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    Steam Tug 'Energy' lost of Norah Head in 1906

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  26. SMALL COASTER ASHORE. NO LIVES LOST. NEWCASTLE, Sunday.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 22 October 1906 p 7 Article
    The steamer Sphene, which arrived from Sydney on Saturday morning, reported having seen a small steamer like the Colo ashore six miles south of Norah Head lighthouse, at ... 309 words
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    Steamer Colo on shore near Norah Head 1906

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  27. PICTURES OF TRAVEL. VI. NEWCASTLE TO SYDNEY.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 31 January 1914 p 5 Article
    To the ordinary business traveller, Newcastle is a well-known centre for coal and commerce; consisting of miles of straggling coal trucks, shops, and shipping—a sombre ... 1628 words
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    A visit to Norah Head in 1904 describing E.H. Hargraves house

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  28. Advertising
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 2 December 1921 p 6 Advertising
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    Vincent Rosetti, born in Italy and residing at Norah Head (fisherman), applying for naturalization 1921

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  29. WRECK OF YACHT. CORONER'S INQUIRY. LOSS OF TWO MEN. NEWCASTLE, Monday.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 1 October 1935 p 11 Article
    Eye-witnesses gave graphic descriptions of the loss of the yacht Warrani, north of Norah Head, in the huge seas of June 18, at a magisterial inquiry held by the Newcastle District ... 298 words
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    Wreck of the yacht Warrani near Norah Head in 1935

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  30. Deep Sea Trapping
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 14 September 1946 p 6 Article
    SAM KNOX, a local fisherman, was standing on the verandah when I opened the door of my cottage at Noraville, near Wyong. ... 1189 words
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    Fishing off Norah Head in 1946

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  31. BEACHED
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thursday 20 November 1947 p 4 Article Illustrated
    When her wooden hull sprang a leak during a voyage from Swansea (N.S.W.) to Sydney with coal, the coastal steamer Paterson was beached in Bungaree Bay near Norah Head lighthouse. ABOVE: The Paterson with decks awash and her nose buried in ... 65 words
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    Coastal steamer 'Paterson' wrecked near Norah Head in 1947

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  32. FATAL DEATH ADDER BITE
    Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Tuesday 17 October 1950 p 5 Article
    A three-year-old boy who was bitten by a death adder at Norah Head, died in Royal Newcastle Hospital early next ... 162 words
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    Boy died in Newcastle hospital after being bitten by a snake at Norah Head. The snake was later killed by S. Rosetti.

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  33. SMALL INSECT COULD CAUSE A SHIPWRECK
    The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953) Sunday 5 June 1949 Supplement: Playtime p 6 Article Illustrated
    A BLOWFLY could sink a ship! If you pay a visit to Norah Head Lighthouse, 40 miles north of Sydney, you will notice how ... 158 words
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    A small insect could cause a shipwreck! - Norah Head Lighthouse 1949

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  34. "HERALD" SATURDAY MAGAZINE Lighthouse Won Freedom For Convict
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 30 May 1953 p 9 Article Illustrated
    NEXT Monday will be the 70th anniversary of the lighting of the Macquarie ... 1509 words
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    History of Lighthouses in New South Wales

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