The stories on this website are organised below under the NSW Historical Themes.
Click on a theme to browse stories relevant to that theme.
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Aboriginal cultures and interaction with other cultures
- 23 July 2023 Nineteenth century race relations: a sad story
- 14 Dec 2022 Names of early Maitland
- 23 Mar 2022 Aboriginal nations and European invasion
- 14 Jan 2022 Deep time
- 13 Jan 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies
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Agriculture
- 6 Dec 2022 Ploughing matches
- 13 Jan 2022 Pioneers on the Bolwarra flats
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Birth and death
- 7 Apr 2022 Spanish flu
- 31 Mar 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery
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Commerce
- 3 Nov 2023 The Gallery site
- 12 June 2022 Port of Maitland
- 14 Jan 2022 Maitland’s first merchants
- 14 Jan 2022 Thomas Dimmock, printing entrepreneur
- 13 Jan 2022 Gentleman John Smith
- 13 Jan 2022 Maitland’s High Street
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Convict
- 10 Oct 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
- 17 May 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
- 14 May 2022 Molly Morgan, redoubtable pioneer
- 13 Jan 2022 Gentleman John Smith
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Creative endeavour
- 27 July 2023 Maitland remembers Passchendaele
- 11 Nov 2021 Our past in the Maitland Mercury
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Defence
- 27 July 2023 Maitland remembers Passchendaele
- 27 July 2023 Jack Bowden Pryor
- 11 Nov 2021 Service to soldiers
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Environment - cultural landscape
- 3 Nov 2023 The Gallery site
- 14 Dec 2022 Names of early Maitland
- 6 Dec 2022 The great flood of 1893
- 23 May 2022 The first failed attempt to move Maitland
- 21 Mar 2022 Changes to vegetation and wetlands
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Environment - naturally evolved
- 23 July 2023 Hailstorms in nineteenth century Maitland
- 19 May 2022 The great flood of 1820
- 14 Jan 2022 Deep time
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Ethnic influences
- 31 Mar 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery
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Events
- 6 Dec 2022 The great flood of 1893
- 1 June 2022 Grandest party - July 1858
- 31 May 2022 Grand opening - March 1857
- 19 Apr 2022 Back to Maitland 1927
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Exploration
- 23 May 2022 Nowland’s Gap
- 14 Jan 2022 A trip to Coal River in 1801
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Government and administration
- 12 June 2022 John Wright
- 17 May 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
- 18 Apr 2022 Poundkeeping in colonial Maitland
- 5 Apr 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt
- 13 Jan 2022 Maitland’s federation connections
- 11 Nov 2021 Church and politics
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Health
- 19 Apr 2022 Back to Maitland 1927
- 7 Apr 2022 Spanish flu
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Industry
- 3 Nov 2023 The Gallery site
- 30 Mar 2022 Wolstenholme memorial
- 11 Nov 2021 Maitland’s brickmasters
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Labour
- 23 May 2022 Sex in the town
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Land tenure
- 3 Nov 2023 The Gallery site
- 10 Oct 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
- 13 Aug 2022 The veterans of Veterans Flat
- 17 May 2022 Henry Dangar, first surveyor
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Law and order
- 13 Aug 2022 Depredations by bushrangers
- 13 Aug 2022 Bushranging in the Maitland area
- 23 May 2022 Sex in the town
- 5 Apr 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt
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Persons
- 3 Nov 2023 The Gallery site
- 14 Oct 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- 27 July 2023 Jack Bowden Pryor
- 12 June 2022 John Wright
- 23 May 2022 Nowland’s Gap
- 17 May 2022 Henry Dangar, first surveyor
- 17 May 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
- 14 May 2022 Molly Morgan, redoubtable pioneer
- 18 Apr 2022 Rev George Middleton
- 5 Apr 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt
- 30 Mar 2022 Wolstenholme memorial
- 14 Jan 2022 Maitland’s first merchants
- 14 Jan 2022 Thomas Dimmock, printing entrepreneur
- 13 Jan 2022 Gentleman John Smith
- 13 Jan 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies
- 13 Jan 2022 Maitland’s federation connections
- 13 Jan 2022 Pioneers on the Bolwarra flats
- 11 Nov 2021 Church and politics
- 11 Nov 2021 Lily White washer
- 11 Nov 2021 Maitland’s brickmasters
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Religion
- 18 Apr 2022 Rev George Middleton
- 31 Mar 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery
- 11 Nov 2021 Church and politics
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Science
- 14 Oct 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- 13 Jan 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies
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Social institutions
- 14 Oct 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- 11 Nov 2021 Service to soldiers
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Sport
- 15 Oct 2022 Bob Watson - sprinting champion
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Technology
- 14 Oct 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- 11 Nov 2021 Lily White washer
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Towns suburbs villages
- 3 Nov 2023 The Gallery site
- 10 Oct 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
- 14 Dec 2022 Half a century ago …
- 13 Aug 2022 The veterans of Veterans Flat
- 12 June 2022 Port of Maitland
- 23 May 2022 The first failed attempt to move Maitland
- 14 Jan 2022 A deep-water river port
- 14 Jan 2022 Maitland’s first merchants
- 13 Jan 2022 Maitland’s High Street
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Transport
- 14 Oct 2022 The Long Bridges
- 12 June 2022 Port of Maitland
- 12 June 2022 The railway that never was
- 1 June 2022 The railway extends 1863-1932
- 1 June 2022 Grandest party - July 1858
- 1 June 2022 East Maitland to West Maitland railway 1857-1858
- 31 May 2022 The new railway in use 1857-1858
- 31 May 2022 Grand opening - March 1857
- 26 May 2022 East Maitland to Hexham railway 1855-1857
- 26 May 2022 Hunter River Railway Company 1853-1855
- 23 May 2022 Nowland’s Gap
- 18 Apr 2022 Punts in the Lower Hunter
- 14 Jan 2022 A deep-water river port
- 13 Jan 2022 Maitland’s High Street
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Utilities
- 12 June 2022 Port of Maitland