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
- Jul 23, 2023 Nineteenth century race relations: a sad story
- Dec 14, 2022 Names of early Maitland
- Mar 23, 2022 Aboriginal nations and European invasion
- Jan 14, 2022 Deep time
- Jan 13, 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies
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Accommodation
- May 27, 2025 Cumberland Hall
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Agriculture
- Dec 6, 2022 Ploughing matches
- Jan 13, 2022 Pioneers on the Bolwarra flats
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Birth and death
- Apr 7, 2022 Spanish flu
- Mar 31, 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery
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Commerce
- May 23, 2025 East Maitland, a century ago
- Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site
- Jun 12, 2022 Port of Maitland
- Jan 14, 2022 Maitland’s first merchants
- Jan 14, 2022 Thomas Dimmock, printing entrepreneur
- Jan 13, 2022 Gentleman John Smith
- Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s High Street
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Convict
- Oct 10, 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
- May 17, 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
- May 14, 2022 Molly Morgan, redoubtable pioneer
- Jan 13, 2022 Gentleman John Smith
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Creative endeavour
- Jul 27, 2023 Maitland remembers Passchendaele
- Nov 11, 2021 Our past in the Maitland Mercury
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Defence
- Jul 27, 2023 Maitland remembers Passchendaele
- Jul 27, 2023 Jack Bowden Pryor
- Nov 11, 2021 Service to soldiers
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Environment - cultural landscape
- May 27, 2025 Cumberland Hall
- May 23, 2025 East Maitland, a century ago
- May 20, 2025 The Bolwarra Embankment Committee
- May 19, 2025 The origins of flood mitigation in the Maitland area
- May 17, 2025 Stan Dunkley, Maitland’s Town Clerk, 1949-1966
- Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site
- Dec 14, 2022 Names of early Maitland
- Dec 6, 2022 The great flood of 1893
- May 23, 2022 The first failed attempt to move Maitland
- Mar 21, 2022 Changes to vegetation and wetlands
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Environment - naturally evolved
- Jul 23, 2023 Hailstorms in nineteenth century Maitland
- May 19, 2022 The great flood of 1820
- Jan 14, 2022 Deep time
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Ethnic influences
- Mar 31, 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery
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Events
- Dec 6, 2022 The great flood of 1893
- Jun 1, 2022 Grandest party - July 1858
- May 31, 2022 Grand opening - March 1857
- Apr 19, 2022 Back to Maitland 1927
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Exploration
- May 23, 2022 Nowland’s Gap
- Jan 14, 2022 A trip to Coal River in 1801
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Government and administration
- May 17, 2025 Stan Dunkley, Maitland’s Town Clerk, 1949-1966
- Jun 12, 2022 John Wright
- May 17, 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
- Apr 18, 2022 Poundkeeping in colonial Maitland
- Apr 5, 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt
- Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s federation connections
- Nov 11, 2021 Church and politics
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Health
- Apr 19, 2022 Back to Maitland 1927
- Apr 7, 2022 Spanish flu
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Industry
- Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site
- Mar 30, 2022 Wolstenholme memorial
- Nov 11, 2021 Maitland’s brickmasters
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Labour
- May 23, 2022 Sex in the town
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Land tenure
- Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site
- Oct 10, 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
- Aug 13, 2022 The veterans of Veterans Flat
- May 17, 2022 Henry Dangar, first surveyor
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Law and order
- May 17, 2025 Trolling, 1890s-style in the Maitland Mercury
- Aug 13, 2022 Depredations by bushrangers
- Aug 13, 2022 Bushranging in the Maitland area
- May 23, 2022 Sex in the town
- Apr 5, 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt
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Persons
- May 26, 2025 Caroline Chisholm, humanitarian and philanthropist
- May 17, 2025 Stan Dunkley, Maitland’s Town Clerk, 1949-1966
- Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site
- Oct 14, 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- Jul 27, 2023 Jack Bowden Pryor
- Jun 12, 2022 John Wright
- May 23, 2022 Nowland’s Gap
- May 17, 2022 Henry Dangar, first surveyor
- May 17, 2022 Lachlan Macquarie and Maitland
- May 14, 2022 Molly Morgan, redoubtable pioneer
- Apr 18, 2022 Rev George Middleton
- Apr 5, 2022 ‘Doc’ Evatt
- Mar 30, 2022 Wolstenholme memorial
- Jan 14, 2022 Maitland’s first merchants
- Jan 14, 2022 Thomas Dimmock, printing entrepreneur
- Jan 13, 2022 Gentleman John Smith
- Jan 13, 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies
- Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s federation connections
- Jan 13, 2022 Pioneers on the Bolwarra flats
- Nov 11, 2021 Church and politics
- Nov 11, 2021 Lily White washer
- Nov 11, 2021 Maitland’s brickmasters
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Religion
- Apr 18, 2022 Rev George Middleton
- Mar 31, 2022 Maitland Jewish Cemetery
- Nov 11, 2021 Church and politics
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Science
- Oct 14, 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- Jan 13, 2022 Inciting another to exhume bodies
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Social institutions
- Oct 14, 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- Nov 11, 2021 Service to soldiers
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Sport
- Oct 15, 2022 Bob Watson - sprinting champion
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Technology
- Oct 14, 2023 Maitland Scientific Society
- Nov 11, 2021 Lily White washer
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Towns suburbs villages
- May 23, 2025 East Maitland, a century ago
- Nov 3, 2023 The Gallery site
- Oct 10, 2023 Macquarie’s great experiments: Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains
- Dec 14, 2022 Half a century ago …
- Aug 13, 2022 The veterans of Veterans Flat
- Jun 12, 2022 Port of Maitland
- May 23, 2022 The first failed attempt to move Maitland
- Jan 14, 2022 A deep-water river port
- Jan 14, 2022 Maitland’s first merchants
- Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s High Street
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Transport
- May 17, 2025 The Falls: first river crossing point at Maitland
- Oct 14, 2022 The Long Bridges
- Jun 12, 2022 Port of Maitland
- Jun 12, 2022 The railway that never was
- Jun 1, 2022 The railway extends 1863-1932
- Jun 1, 2022 Grandest party - July 1858
- Jun 1, 2022 East Maitland to West Maitland railway 1857-1858
- May 31, 2022 The new railway in use 1857-1858
- May 31, 2022 Grand opening - March 1857
- May 26, 2022 East Maitland to Hexham railway 1855-1857
- May 26, 2022 Hunter River Railway Company 1853-1855
- May 23, 2022 Nowland’s Gap
- Apr 18, 2022 Punts in the Lower Hunter
- Jan 14, 2022 A deep-water river port
- Jan 13, 2022 Maitland’s High Street
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Utilities
- May 23, 2025 East Maitland, a century ago
- Jun 12, 2022 Port of Maitland
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Welfare
- May 26, 2025 Caroline Chisholm, humanitarian and philanthropist