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Maitland: Our Place, Our Stories
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What, why, how
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Stories
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Keywords
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  • August 2025
    • Aug 26, 2025 Otto Baldwin, colonial entrepreneur with wide-ranging interests Aug 26, 2025
    • Aug 23, 2025 The Maitland Lions Club and ‘Lionsville’ Aug 23, 2025
    • Aug 23, 2025 Floods bigger than the 1955 flood? Aug 23, 2025
    • Aug 18, 2025 Origins and development of the Ambulance Service in Maitland Aug 18, 2025
    • Aug 18, 2025 Maitland’s loss of the regional capital role Aug 18, 2025
    • Aug 15, 2025 Maitland: ‘Hub of the Hunter’ and ‘Capital of the North’ in the mid-1800s Aug 15, 2025
    • Aug 15, 2025 A dignitary’s death and funeral, 1893 Aug 15, 2025
    • Aug 14, 2025 John Gillies, mayor and MP Aug 14, 2025
    • Aug 11, 2025 Dr R J Pierce, loved nineteenth century medico Aug 11, 2025
    • Aug 11, 2025 ‘The Cut’ that severed the Horseshoe Bend meander in 1893 Aug 11, 2025
  • July 2025
    • Jul 22, 2025 Maitland, circa 1830 Jul 22, 2025
    • Jul 22, 2025 A village on the river: Horseshoe Bend Jul 22, 2025
    • Jul 21, 2025 The Glenbawn Dam rumour and the 1955 flood Jul 21, 2025
    • Jul 17, 2025 The electric telegraph comes to Maitland Jul 17, 2025
    • Jul 12, 2025 Those magnificent men and their cycling machines Jul 12, 2025
    • Jul 12, 2025 The shortening of the lower Hunter River Jul 12, 2025
  • June 2025
    • Jun 27, 2025 Helping hands from outside Maitland: the 1955 flood Jun 27, 2025
    • Jun 27, 2025 John McLauchlin and drowning in floods Jun 27, 2025
    • Jun 27, 2025 Re-naming of Maitland’s public high schools in 1987 and 1990 Jun 27, 2025
    • Jun 27, 2025 Thomas Strode and the ill-fated Hunter River Gazette Jun 27, 2025
    • Jun 16, 2025 Alexander (Sandy) McDonald Jun 16, 2025
    • Jun 16, 2025 James Wallis Jun 16, 2025
    • Jun 15, 2025 Sewering Maitland Jun 15, 2025
    • Jun 15, 2025 Walka Water Works Jun 15, 2025
    • Jun 10, 2025 Origin and evolution of Maitland SES Jun 10, 2025
    • Jun 10, 2025 Barrington Tops, development and conservation on Maitland’s edge Jun 10, 2025
    • Jun 2, 2025 West Maitland Fire Brigade Jun 2, 2025
  • May 2025
    • May 27, 2025 Cumberland Hall May 27, 2025
    • May 26, 2025 Caroline Chisholm, humanitarian and philanthropist May 26, 2025
    • May 23, 2025 East Maitland, a century ago May 23, 2025
    • May 20, 2025 The Bolwarra Embankment Committee May 20, 2025
    • May 19, 2025 The origins of flood mitigation in the Maitland area May 19, 2025
    • May 17, 2025 The Falls: first river crossing point at Maitland May 17, 2025
    • May 17, 2025 Trolling, 1890s-style in the Maitland Mercury May 17, 2025
    • May 17, 2025 Stan Dunkley, Maitland’s Town Clerk, 1949-1966 May 17, 2025
  • November 2023
    • Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site Nov 3, 2023
  • October 2023
    • Oct 14, 2023 Maitland Scientific Society Oct 14, 2023
    • Oct 10, 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains Oct 10, 2023
  • July 2023
    • Jul 27, 2023 Maitland remembers Passchendaele Jul 27, 2023
    • Jul 27, 2023 Jack Bowden Pryor Jul 27, 2023
    • Jul 23, 2023 Nineteenth century race relations: a sad story Jul 23, 2023
    • Jul 23, 2023 Hailstorms in nineteenth century Maitland Jul 23, 2023
  • December 2022
    • Dec 14, 2022 Names of early Maitland Dec 14, 2022
    • Dec 14, 2022 Half a century ago … Dec 14, 2022
    • Dec 6, 2022 Ploughing matches Dec 6, 2022
    • Dec 6, 2022 The great flood of 1893 Dec 6, 2022
  • October 2022
    • Oct 15, 2022 Bob Watson - sprinting champion Oct 15, 2022
    • Oct 14, 2022 The Long Bridges Oct 14, 2022
  • August 2022
    • Aug 13, 2022 Depredations by bushrangers Aug 13, 2022
    • Aug 13, 2022 Bushranging in the Maitland area Aug 13, 2022
    • Aug 13, 2022 The veterans of Veterans Flat Aug 13, 2022
  • June 2022
    • Jun 12, 2022 John Wright Jun 12, 2022
    • Jun 12, 2022 Port of Maitland Jun 12, 2022
    • Jun 12, 2022 Social class in early Maitland Jun 12, 2022
    • Jun 12, 2022 The railway that never was Jun 12, 2022
    • Jun 12, 2022 Rail link to Sydney Jun 12, 2022
    • Jun 1, 2022 The railway extends 1863-1932 Jun 1, 2022
    • Jun 1, 2022 Onward to Singleton 1858-1863 Jun 1, 2022
    • Jun 1, 2022 Grandest party - July 1858 Jun 1, 2022
    • Jun 1, 2022 East Maitland to West Maitland railway 1857-1858 Jun 1, 2022
  • May 2022
    • May 31, 2022 The new railway in use 1857-1858 May 31, 2022
    • May 31, 2022 Grand opening - March 1857 May 31, 2022
    • May 26, 2022 East Maitland to Hexham railway 1855-1857 May 26, 2022
    • May 26, 2022 Hunter River Railway Company 1853-1855 May 26, 2022
    • May 23, 2022 Nowland’s Gap May 23, 2022
    • May 23, 2022 Sex in the town May 23, 2022
    • May 23, 2022 The first failed attempt to move Maitland May 23, 2022
    • May 19, 2022 The great flood of 1820 May 19, 2022
    • May 17, 2022 Henry Dangar, first surveyor May 17, 2022
    • May 17, 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland May 17, 2022
    • May 14, 2022 Molly Morgan, redoubtable pioneer May 14, 2022
  • April 2022
    • Apr 19, 2022 Back to Maitland 1927 Apr 19, 2022
    • Apr 18, 2022 Rev George Middleton Apr 18, 2022
    • Apr 18, 2022 Poundkeeping in colonial Maitland Apr 18, 2022
    • Apr 18, 2022 Punts in the Lower Hunter Apr 18, 2022
    • Apr 7, 2022 Spanish flu Apr 7, 2022
    • Apr 5, 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt Apr 5, 2022
  • March 2022
    • Mar 31, 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery Mar 31, 2022
    • Mar 30, 2022 Wolstenholme memorial Mar 30, 2022
    • Mar 23, 2022 Aboriginal nations and European invasion Mar 23, 2022
    • Mar 21, 2022 Changes to vegetation and wetlands Mar 21, 2022
  • January 2022
    • Jan 14, 2022 A deep-water river port Jan 14, 2022
    • Jan 14, 2022 Maitland’s first merchants Jan 14, 2022
    • Jan 14, 2022 Deep time Jan 14, 2022
    • Jan 14, 2022 A trip to Coal River in 1801 Jan 14, 2022
    • Jan 14, 2022 Thomas Dimmock, printing entrepreneur Jan 14, 2022
    • Jan 13, 2022 Gentleman John Smith Jan 13, 2022
    • Jan 13, 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies Jan 13, 2022
    • Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s federation connections Jan 13, 2022
    • Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s High Street Jan 13, 2022
    • Jan 13, 2022 Pioneers on the Bolwarra flats Jan 13, 2022
  • November 2021
    • Nov 11, 2021 Service to soldiers Nov 11, 2021
    • Nov 11, 2021 Our past in the Maitland Mercury Nov 11, 2021
    • Nov 11, 2021 Church and politics Nov 11, 2021
    • Nov 11, 2021 Lily White washer Nov 11, 2021
    • Nov 11, 2021 Maitland’s brickmasters Nov 11, 2021

The Maitland and District Historical Society acknowledges the traditional Country of the Wonnarua people; recognises and appreciates their cultural heritage, beliefs, and ongoing relationship with the land; and pays respect to their elders and people past and present.

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