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Following is a list of publications relating to the Hunter Valley, the contact names and telephone numbers for purchasing a publication are included. This is by no means a complete list , after visiting bookstores (new and second hand) in Newcastle I was able to purchase Convict Nobbys (Noel Davies), Williams River, The Land and Its People 1800-1900 (R.L. Ford) and a second hand copy of Hunters River (Cecily Mitchell) all excellent publications for Hunter Valley researchers.
#Please contact the organisation or person selling the publication for the price plus postage
Boyles Lower Hunter Index 1801-1883 (on fiche)
Harry Boyle is a noted Hunter historian, who over the years when going through old records, made notes on subjects as diverse as bridges to shipping, and most important NAMES of the people in the Hunter at that time.
See Newcastle Region Public Library.
Hunter Valley Directory 1841, Elizabeth Guilford
239 Maitland Road,
MAYFIELD NSW 2304
Ph (02) 4968 1091
Cost $44, packaging and posting.
This Directory lists some 10,000 inhabitants of the Hunter Valley in 1841, their professions, trades etc. Most important for family history researchers, information such as whether an individual arrived as a settler, a convict, or was on a Ticket of Leave, and if the information was available, the ship they arrived on is also included.
Knaggs Nautical Almanacs and Directory 1872 - 1906
Business Directory for Hunter River district in two parts. Containing lists of businesses, services and calendar of events. Gives statistics for Port of Newcastle and related information. Contains list of electors for Newcastle City 1880 - 1900.
In 1906, contains list of organisations in Lower Hunter with names of executive committees. Lists heads of households.
At Newcastle Region Public Library.
Federal Directory 1901 and 1909
Includes listing for South Maitland area in later issue.
Sands Sydney NSW Directory 1858 - 1932/33
Lists all commercial businesses in both Sydney and country regions of NSW, gives wider coverage for country regions than Sydney.
At Newcastle Region Public Library
Merchants and Traders Association Country Trades Register 1933
At Newcastle Region Public Library
C.B. Alexander Foundation (Tocal)
Go to the 'Tocal' website for a list of local history books including 'Maitland on the Hunter'
Journals of Hunter Valley History, Elizabeth Guilford
239 Maitland Road,
MAYFIELD NSW 2304
Ph (02) 4968 1091
These excellent publications by Elizabeth are available in four parts, Vol 1, Parts 1 & 2 ($7.50 each plus postage), Vol 2, No 1 ($8.50, plus postage) & No 2 ($10.50, plus postage).
CESSNOCK DISTRICT HISTORICAL & F.H.S. Inc.
PO Box 225,
CESSNOCK NSW 2325
BOOKS FOR SALE
Cemeteries
Aberdare Cemetery
Bandits on the Great North Road
Book 1 - Glenmore Private, Mount Vincent, Rothbury Cemeteries
Book 2 - Black Hill, Brunkerville, Buttai, Mulbring Cemeteries
Book 3 - Ellalong, Millfield Cemeteries
Coal Miners Daughter
Compiling Your Family History
Greta Cemetery
Historical Tours of Cessnock
Inquests of Wollombi & District
Lockout Weston & its Mines 1928-30
Maintaining Law & Order (Wollombi & McDonald Police District)
March of the Wallabies
Millfield School Anniversary
Millfield, a Village on the Wollombi
Pure Merinos & Others
Schools of the Wollombi
Some Wollombi Places & Events
St. Marks, Laguna
The Brush
The Way of the River
With Whips & Reins
Wollombi Births 1856-1905
Wollombi Cemetery
Wollombi Marriages
Software
| Aberdare Cemetery Australasian Ships Black Hill Cemetery Brunkerville Cemetery Buttai Cemetery Ellalong Cemetery Glenmore Cemetery Greta Cemetery Inquests Wollombi & District |
Kurri Kurri Cemetery Millfield Cemetery Mount Vincent Cemetery Mulbring Cemetery Nulkaba Cemetery St. Albans Births Wollombi Cemetery Wollombi Marriages Convict, Immigrant & AA Ships |
on Microfiche
Cessnock Cemetery
MAITLAND FAMILY HISTORY CIRCLE
PO Box 247
MAITLAND NSW 2320
email: mfhc@kooee.com.au
"Death in the Hunter"
2 Volume book set of coroners inquests in the Maitland Region 1834-1942.
Volume A: the names of almost 4,000 deaths and fires included are age, place of birth, inquest number and date (where available) and place of death or inquest.
Details of inquest 1860-1864 (Archival records are not available for this period). Many names are not included in BDM records. Dates of available newspaper reports 1841-1898.
Areas covered include Maitland, Wollombi, Gresford, Hexham, Black Creek, Lochinvar, Buchanan, Greta, Heddon Greta, Richmond Vale, Buttai, Mulbring, Brunkerville, Morpeth, Clarence Town, Paterson etc.
Volume B: The Reports
More than 170 reports from newspapers between 1841 and 1898 inclusive. Reports often include: personal information, address, family members, neighbours, employers, witnesses etc.
Local background information: place where inquest was held, factors which contributed to death, descriptions of the area plus information on medical ideas and treatments. An insight into many of the attitudes prevalent in the 19th century.
This volume is fully indexed for all people featured in the reports.
MERRIWA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
Bettington St
MERRIWA NSW 2329
Phone/Fax (02) 6545 2059
email: douch1@bigpond.com
Lure of the Land, by Helen Bettington - $12.00 plus postage
Cassilis History, a Frontier village, by Frank Hayes - $22.00 + p/p
Down Came a Jumbuck, by Tess O'Brien - $22.00 plus p/p
Practioner, Pioneer, Pastoralist (Traill Family & Collaroy Station) by Sheila Galbraith. POA
PORT STEPHENS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC
PO Box 32
TANILBA BAY NSW 2319
Telephone: (02) 4982 1275
email: frazz@tpg.com.au
A History of the Tilligerry Peninsula, 80+ pages including photos, maps, etc $20 plus $5 Postage
Henry F. Halloran in Port Stephens, the Legacy - Yvonne Fraser - $15 plus $5 Postage
Monumental Inscription Index Anna Bay, Birubi Point & Nelson Bay, 18 pages
Convicts of the A.A. Company, 1825-1850
Contains:
1. An index of convicts who were assigned to the AA Company in Port Stephens, Newcastle, Peel River and the upper Hunter.
2. Includes convicts who were assigned to the Company officers and indentured servants.
3. Includes Ticket of Leave holders and freed men who chose to work for the A.A. Company.
4. over 1100 names: 142 pages
5. Includes some convicts not found in the index to convict indents.
6. Includes some deaths not found in the NSW Indexes.
PO Box 255,
RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324
Phone (02) 49886425
Obituaries 1893 - 1925 from the Examiner Newspaper
Raymond Terrace Pioneer Cemetery
Master Index of 40 Cemeteries
The Hunter River - Cecily Mitchell (Hard Cover History)
Landholders from Parish Maps (Lower Hunter 1820's onwards)
Bushrangers 1860-1911
Raymond Terrace & District - History and Heritage, Cynthia Hunter
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY SINGLETON Inc
PO Box 422
SINGLETON NSW 2330
Cemetery Inscription Books Volumes 1 to 4 (covering all in Singleton District) - Volume 5, Branxton
John Waddell
40 Cumberland Street,
EAST MAITLAND NSW 2320
Phone (02) 49337638 (evenings)
Burials in the Old Glebe Cemetery (St Peters), Transcriptions of the Headstones
MAITLAND CITY COUNCIL
High Street,
MAITLAND NSW 2320
Phone (02) 49349700
email: mcc@maitland.nsw.gov.au
Index of Burials in the Cemeteries that the Council administers which are East Maitland, Morpeth, Maitland Jewish, Campbells Hill, Rutherford, Oswald Methodist, Old Glebe, Hilands Crescent
This printout measures 39cms x 30cms and is 3cms deep
Note: This Index is now available on CD
Bourke Street Maitland, by Cynthia Hunter
Maitland City Heritage Committee decided to prepare a condensed version of the historical report on Bourke Street, the land Mary Hunt (Molly Morgan) was granted. In 1834 she sold it to John Burke, the land was eventually sub-divided and Bourke Street was the principal street of this development.
The use of historical photographs and a series of especially commissioned drawings of Bourke Street houses by Maitland artist Marea Kozaczynski-McCraig, together with key historical maps has created an unusual publication aimed at fostering the appreciation of this street of diverse and historical homes.
Email Clare James
clarej@maitland.nsw.gov.au
for information on cost & postage
NEWCASTLE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC.
PO Box 189,
ADAMSTOWN NSW 2289
Phone (02) 49533265 - Margaret Owens
Pre 1920 Newcastle & Lower Hunter Region Pioneer Register (microfiche - includes Index on Fiche)
Index for Pre 1920 Pioneer Register (Book)
Pre 1900 Newcastle & Lower Hunter Region Pioneer Register (microfiche) + index book
Index for pre 1900 Pioneer Register (Book)
Newcastle & Lake Macquarie War Memorials (Book)
West Wallsend Cemetery Transcriptions (Book)
Catherine Hill Bay Cemetery Transcriptions )Book)
The Morpeth Story
Jack Jones
Morpeth Progress Association (Morpeth Museum)
18 Glendale Drive,
GLENDALE NSW 2285
Phone (02) 4954 8808
Where Bishops and Ships Ride Tall (Morpeth)
Trevor Richards
Campbells Store
PO Box 36
MORPETH NSW 2321
Phone (02) 49331407
NEWCASTLE REGION PUBLIC LIBRARY
Laman Street,
NEWCASTLE NSW 2300
Phone (02) 49258300
Bark Hut or Horse to Toronto (Doug Saxon)
Barrington Tops - A Splendid Vision (Dulcie Hartley)
Battling for a Crust (Bob James)
Beneath Tidal Waters (E. Tonks)
Birth of Newcastle (Wilfred J. Goold)
Boyle's Lower Hunter Index 1801-1883 (on fiche)
Brooms (B. Nurse)
Burning Bush (Paul Walsh)
Coal Mining in Newcastle 1801-1900
Copeland Gold (N. Mitchell)
Cousin Jack in Australia (L.E. Fredman)
Damn You John Christie (J. Lahey)
Daydream Valley (L. Boyd)
Dr. James Mitchell (Charles E. Smith)
Faces of Australia (R. Neville)
First Came Willis (Eric Schofield)
First Rescue Station (Rhonda Geale)
Fort Scratchley (R. Mort)
From Central to Hunter (Sandra Bernhardt)
From Fullerton Cove to Motto Farm (Dulcie Hartley)
From Nobbys to Paterson (John William Turner)
Greetings from the Land where Milk & Honey Flow (Patricia Clooch)
Greta Town and its People (Greta Tidy Town Committee)
Growth of Newcastle (Wilfred J. Goold)
Happenings under Belmont (Hilary Fallins)
Inns and Hotels (C. Foggo)
James and Alexander Brown (John William Turner)
James Fletcher, the Miners Advocate (J.G. Lowndes)
James Hannell, Currency Lad (D. O'Donnell)
Lambton 1862-1872 (George Hubbuck)
Looking up the Gully Line (Peter Armstrong)
Manufacturing in Newcastle 1801-1900 (John William Turner)
Men of Their Time (Dulcie Hartley)
Newcastle 'Old Town' 1997 (Newcastle Concerned Citizens)
Newcastle in the Great Depression (Sheila Gray)
Newcastle and the Hunter Region (Focus Books)
Newcastle Seen (R. Morrison)
Nobby's Collection (Mark Jurisich)
Pegasus of Pulbah (Betty Hodges-Linton)
Pit Tops and Prams (Betty Hodges-Linton)
Settlement of the Paterson District (Paterson Historical Society)
Stockton over the Years 11 (Ross Craig)
Wades Cornflour (Cynthia Hunter)
Way of the River (Joe Whitehead)
When Mabel Laid the Table (W. Fahey)
Sandgate Cemetery Burials on Fiche
PATERSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Go to their website for a list of the Societies publications
PARACENSUS OF AUSTRALIA 1788-1828
Author - James Hugh Donohoe
email: jamesdonohoe@bigpond.com
On CD - Price $65
There are about 120,000 names of people listed in this work including almost 8,000 troops and several hundred sailors, as well as the entire compliment of La Perouse's expedition who were in Botany Bay in January, 1788. Those listed also include 6,700 migrants, 2,700 New South Wales orphans, 18,190 children born in New South Wales, 3,100 children born in Tasmania, 637 children born on Norfolk Island and several New Zealanders living in Australia.
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