Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan

By Carol Duncan

Hello! I’m Carol Duncan - and welcome to the Lost Newcastle podcast.

With more than 70,000 members, Lost Newcastle has become the online meeting place for generations of Novocastrians, sharing photos... more

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The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.

Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan episodes:

November 13, 2012 Newcastle City Hall Clock Tower
Newcastle's City Hall is a sister building to the Civic Theatre. Built in 1928-1929, the building marks the civic centre of Newcastle and remains a building that bustles with events and activities.
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9min
September 10, 2012 Carrington Pump House
Built in 1877, Carrington Pump House once provided the hydraulic pressure required to drive loading cranes in the port of Newcastle.
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16min
September 06, 2012 5 Beaches, 29 Breaks
Newcastle offers surfers plenty of world-class surf breaks, as recognised by the city's annual Surfest competition and the declaration of Merewether Beach as a National Surfing Reserve in 2009. But a lot of these breaks are known only by way of 'surf vernacular'. So what, and where, are these secret locations? Here's a guide.
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11min
August 01, 2012 Newcastle's Flagstaff
Newcastle's original flagstaff represented both the existence of the early colony and communications between the colony and vessels off the coast.
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10min
June 13, 2012 Newcastle East Public School
Newcastle East Public School is the oldest continuously operating school in Australia having started in 1816.
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22min
May 23, 2012 Newcastle Obelisk
The Obelisk in Newcastle stands on the site of the first windmill in the town which was built in 1820 to grind flour. The windmill itself became an important early navigational aid.
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13min
May 15, 2012 Central Methodist Mission
Newcastle's former Central Methodist Mission in King Street has been home to one of Newcastle's fine dining establishments - Bacchus Restaurant - and now to a new generation of bar and restaurant. It is beautifully ironic that the building that was once gave comfort to the Primitive Methodists of Newcastle has been renamed after the Greek god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology.
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11min
May 11, 2012 Resting in Pieces - The Christ Church Burial Ground Headstones
How often have you stopped for a rest on one of the low stone retaining walls at Blackbutt Reserve? Chances are, you're sitting on the remains of the early headstones from Newcastle's first European burial ground at Christ Church Cathedral.
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3min
May 11, 2012 Herbert's Regent Theatre
The heritage-listed Regent Theatre, formerly Herbert's Theatre, was built in 1928 and is considered one of the few remaining 1920's 'picture palaces' remaining in Australia. Considered rare as there has been little adaption of the building's interior or exterior and it remains recognisable as a theatre.
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18min
May 01, 2012 The Leading Light or Beacon Tower
Newcastle has its very own castle turret on top of The Hill in the form of the Leading Light Tower, or Beacon Tower. It was one of two built to assist captains in bringing their ships safely into the port. The coast around Newcastle is littered with hundreds of shipwrecks and the pair of towers built in 1865/1866 helped to increase the safety of vessels entering the Hunter River.
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11min

FAQs about Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan:

How many episodes does Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan have?

The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.