Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan

By Carol Duncan

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

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The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.

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August 30, 2013 The Muster Point - BHP
Artist Julie Squires was commissioned to build the Muster Point sculpture for the closure of Newcastle's BHP Steelworks in 1999. The sculpture reflects on the experiences of the tens of thousands of people who worked at the plant over the 84 years of operation. Interview with Aubrey Brooks - former BHP employee and member of the Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association.
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15min
August 20, 2013 Memorial Drive Tunnel
One of Newcastle's many hidden places, not open to the public, is a remnant of the Shepherds Hill defence group. A tunnel underneath Memorial Drive enabled power to be supplied to the WWII No 1 Searchlight which was situated on the face of the cliff below Strzelecki Lookout. [2013 - Carol Duncan speaks with Newcastle City Council Heritage Strategist, Sarah Cameron, about the hidden WWII tunnel underneath Memorial Drive which provided power to the No 1 Searchlight.]
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12min
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

FAQs about Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan:

How many episodes does Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.