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  2. Leaves Telling of Maitland's Enterprise

    The Maitland stock sales are regarded as among the most important in Australia, but few, even of those closely associated with their management, know that they ...

    Article : 1,196 words
  3. THE HOSPITAL

    Prior to the year 1842 there was no systematic care of the sick in the Maitland district. Convicts received such medical care as was provided by the ...

    Article : 949 words
  4. THE SHOW

    The Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association came into existence on September 5, 1859, but prior to that year there been in existence, from ...

    Article : 551 words
  5. STORY ABOUT BRIDGES

    The first road constructed in the district was that between the present site of Morpeth, then known as Greenhills, and Wallis Plains, but is was little more ...

    Article : 460 words
  6. THE RAILWAYS

    The idea of establishing a railway in the Hunter River district originated with a few enthusiasts who met at the Royal Hotel, Sydney, on April 20, 1853, when Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 514 words
  7. OLD MAITLAND BRIDGE

    Jutting from the right bank of Wallis Crook at a point about 150 yards upstream from Victoria Bridge three or four old logs may be seen, parts of the girders of ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  8. THE COAL INDUSTRY

    The first reported discovery of coal in the Maitland district was made by Lieutenant Colonel Paterson's survey party in July, 1801, when Ensign Barrallier found ...

    Article : 693 words
  9. PRIMARY INDUSTRIES

    The almost regular flooding of the Maitland district resulted in the accumulation of alluvial deposits on all low-lying areas, with the result that large areas in the ...

    Article : 475 words
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    An aerial view taken from above the suburb of Lorn showing Lorn in the foreground, Belmore Bridge and part of the river, with the western end of West Maitland and the lucerne farms extending away to the railway on the left. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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