On this page members of the Maitland and District Historical Society are sharing their research into a variety of aspects of the history of our locality. New stories will be added as they become available.
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Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
Governor Lachlan Macquarie created the first European settlement in the Hunter Valley outside Newcastle by providing convicts with land on which to develop farms.
Henry Dangar, first surveyor
Henry Dangar undertook formal surveys of the original holdings at Paterson’s Plains and Wallis Plains and paved the way for large-scale European settlement of the rest of the Hunter Valley.
Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
Governor Lachlan Macquarie made the decisions that initiated European settlement in the Maitland area.
Rev George Middleton
George Middleton was an important figure in the fledgling community of Paterson’s Plains during the 1820s.