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Charlestown: Planned subdivision of the old Waratah Company's estate Charlestown Heights. Sale by auction Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown Heights Saturday, May 2nd 1914
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…Media … Charlestown: Planned subdivision of the old Waratah Company's estate Charlestown Heights.……charlestown … charlestown extension … charlestown heights … farming blocks … great northern railway … jewell's hotel … kahibah … lake macquarie … land wood & co. auctioneers … new lambton … newcastle … old waratah…
Follow the Plaques 1988 bicentennial plaques
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…Plaque 14 IMAGE … South Waratah Colliery - Kirkdale Drive, Kotara South … The Waratah Coal Company transferred operations from Waratah to Raspberry Gully (sited opposite) in 1876. Thus creating the town of Charlestown. In 1902 the gully line connected the mine with Port Waratah.……Plaque 14 IMAGE … South…
Eleebana
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…In 1976 Hooker-Rex Estates announced its plans to deliver its first stage of 240 acres around Glad Gunson Drive. This estate took in parts of the old Croft Estate, Portion 41 and also Portion 40 originally belonging to GL Yorston.……In 1976 Hooker-Rex Estates announced its plans to deliver its first…
Teralba
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…They travelled by steam boat to Nords Wharf and then walked the remaining distance, … Railway: … Teralba station opened with the Gosford to Waratah section of the Great Northern Railroad on the15th August 1887.……They travelled by steam boat to Nords Wharf and then walked the remaining distance, … Railway: … Teralba…
Coal Mining
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…Brown, opened a mine at the Burwood Estate in 1852 after successfully operating a mine at Four Mile Creek, near East Maitland since 1843. Doctor James Mitchell and others formed the Newcastle Coal and Copper Company in 1853.……Brown, opened a mine at the Burwood Estate in 1852 after successfully operating…

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