This is Maitland's centenary year. The exact date of the proclamation of the town is not known. It was in the year 1829, and evidence suggests that it was in the early half of the year. To-day, however, is the centenary of the first Circuit Court held in the new town of ...
Article : 619 wordsOne of the outstanding personalities of the earliest days of the Maitland district was a woman who had been a convict, but arrived in the district with a ...
Article : 2,045 wordsTo-day is the centenary of the holding of the first Circuit Court at Maitland. There was no courthouse in the town in that year, 1829, the dining-room of Muir's ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,139 wordsIn references to the convicts who were sent to the Newcastle district in the early days of the settlement as a special punishment, one has to visualise the ...
Article : 447 wordsIn March of 1804, Governor King decided once more to establish a settlement at Newcastle. Many causes contributed to his belated decision, but he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,196 wordsThe town of East Maitland was incorporated as a municipality in 1803. The following were elected—Messrs. J. N. Brunker, E. Coberoft, A. Dodds, J. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 103 wordsThe population of Maitland in 1820 was about 150. The settlers were not impressed with the proclamation of the new town of Maitland, their preference being ...
Article : 518 wordsDate concerning the early settlement in the Maitland district is very scant and obscure. Tradition has it that the early timber getters, operating on the cedar ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 17 Aug 1929, Page 3
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