Library Catalogue
Our Library Catalogue, Cemetery Index and Subject Index are updated on a regular basis. To view and search the catalogue or these indexes please download the appropriate PDF file and open it with Acrobat Reader. New Library acquisitions are recorded separately and are listed below until they can be incorporated into the catalogue. Please also refer to these lists.
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The Subject Index contains references to journal articles, microfiche, maps, some books (where the title is not descriptive of the subject) and chapters in books.
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The Society holds a large collection of cemetery records - both from the Hunter Valley and from around Australia.
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New acquisions are listed below as our most recent purchases may not appear in the catalogue so please investgate both locations.
Library Acquisitions July – September 2019
Books
Hunter Valley Research Foundation Newcastle and the Hunter region 2000-2001 [2000] AH5/90/01
Wright, Jim The friends of the University of Newcastle: history, activities and achievements AH7/48/13
Baxter, Carol J, ed. General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825 [1999] A5/20/11/c.2
Old ordnance survey maps: Kentish Town & Camden 1870 M9/14/40
Old ordnance survey maps: Kentish Town & Camden 1913 M9/14/41
Old ordnance survey maps: Liverpool (Prince's Park) 1905 M9/14/42
Mathieson, Alan Newcastle city mission AH8.300/39/01
Swan, Keith A history of Wagga Wagga [1970] AN8.650/0102/
Suters Architects and Planners Heritage Study: Newcastle central business area Background paper [1988] AH5/64/03
Cramer, Debby Newcastle: gateway to the Hunter [1980] AH7/95/05
O'Donnell, D The history of early Newcastle 1800-1870 AH7/01/70
University of Newcastle Cetus: The University of Newcastle Australia 40 years AH7/48/14
Street, Elaine V. Fleming family Newcastle 1836-1982 A4/FLE/02
Hanna, Cliff Bandits on the Great North Road [1993] AH7/15/05
UBD complete street directory of the city of Newcastle [1972?] AH9/16/08
Taylor, Ross In the black: the Auscoal super story [2011] A7/65/02
Maitland & Beyond Family History Inc Many were sent some stayed: the female convicts connected to Maitland [2019] AH7/14/11
Charters, Colin Just add water: the times and tides of the Newcastle Rowing Club [2009] AH7/30/33
Our Lady of Lourdes golden jubilee book [1994] AH7/85/29
Callen, Terry St Peter-in-Chains Stockton centenary 1887-1987 [1987] AH7/85/30
A history of St Patrick's and St Brigid's church and cemetery Cooranbong [2015] AH7/85/31
Neil, W D A tour of the old north road from Castle Hill to Wiseman's Ferry AN8.775/95/02
Young, Lindsay & Breen, Michael Impressions; spotlight on the Hunter Valley [2003] AH3/60/3/c.2
Keating, Christopher A history of the army camp and migrant camp at Greta, NSW 1939-1960 [2019 AH8.334/18/01
Newcastle Western Suburbs Hospital 1885-1985, 100 years of service [1985] AH7/32/18
Evans, J H M Give thanks: commemorating the 101st anniversary of the beginning of Methodism in Waratah [1955] AH8.298/85/01
Arnott's: 125 years of making & selling biscuits [1991] AH7/55/04
Woodford, Mel & Richards, Jan They sent me north: female convicts in the Hunter [2019] AH7/14/12
Holton, Graham S. Tracing your ancestors using DNA A2/15/05
Gardner Brown Planning Consultants Beaumont Street Hamilton: urban design study [1990] AH8.303/79/01
Kirkpatrick, Brianne & Combs-Bennett, Shannon The DNA guide for adoptees A2/15/06
Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Newcastle road hierarchy and transportation study: public transport AH8.300/79/01
McIntyre, Julie & Germov, John Hunter wine: a history [2019] AH7/66/04
Urbis Pty Ltd Newcastle coastal revitalisation strategy: master plan report AH8.300/79/02
Bettinger, Blaine T. The Family Tree guide to DNA testing and genetic genealogy, 2nd ed. [2019] A2/15/03a
Blishen, Diane Wallis Plains (now Maitland) settlers 1818 [2018] AH7/17/01
Osborn, Vicki & Watson, Marcia Female convicts assigned to George Wyndham [2019] AH7/14/13
Ramsland, John The struggle to establish Blackbutt Reserve, Kotara AH8.289/79/01
Newcastle City Council Carrington study: local environmental study no.3 [1981] AH8.294/79/01
DeBerg, Marion Stories from Sunnyside: Ellen White in Australia 1891-1900 [2017] A4/WHI/02
Hawkesbury Historical Society Spanning the history of Hawkesbury's history: Journal of HHS Vol 1 [2006] AN7/01/18a
Hawkesbury Historical Society Spanning the history of Hawkesbury's history: Journal of HHS Vol 2 [2006] AN7/01/18b
McKillop, Bob Furnace, fire and forge: Lithgow's iron and steel industry 1874-1932 [2006] AN7/61/02
Bell, Ted Ebenezer Church - Australia's oldest [2009] AN7/85/08
Mein, James D. The Coromandellers Ebenezer AN7/18/12
Sagazio, Celestina Conserving our cemeteries [2003] A2/24/01
Halliday, James & Jarratt, Ray The wines & history of the Hunter Valley [1979] AH7/66/05
Maps
NSW Dept of Lands Village of Copeland [1932] Map Y3/AH79/1
Newcastle Crematoriun Newcastle Memorial Park Y3/AH80/1
New Lambton school RAAF base WW2 Y3/AH81/1
NSW Dept of Lands Central Mapping Authority Parish of Newcastle 1883 Y3/AH82/1
J.C. Bonarius, Auctioneer Adamstown - Mssrs Bryant's auctions 1875 Y3/AH83/1
The Daily Telegraph Aerial photograph of Newcastle [2004] Y3/AH84/1
Adamstown - Mssrs Bryant's auctions 1875 - buyers list Y3/AH83/2
Library Acquisitions April to June 2019
Diver, Matt Nicknames at Catherine Hill Bay [2005] AH8.281/01/06
East Lake Mac Hist Soc ANZAC centenary: a celebration of life and sacrifice 1915-2015 [2015] AH8.280/81/01
Ferguson, Penny Pickett lines: descendants of Samuel Piggott/Pickett and Mary Thompson [2005] A4/PIC/01
Hunter Valley Research Foundation This is Newcastle New South Wales [1969] AH8.300/01/05
Keating, Julie Wickham, Islington and Tighes Hill: the early days near Throsby Creek [2009] AH8.293/01/01
Paton, Chris Discover Scottish land records, 2nd ed [2017] P5/35/01
Dolan, Allison The Family Tree guidebook to Europe S2/10/02
Keating, Julie & Wetherall, Lachlan Lambton: a nineteenth century mining town [with photos by Ralph Snowball], 2nd ed [2019] AH8.299/01/04
Bettinger, Blaine & Wayne, Debbie Parker Genetic genealogy in practice [2018] A2/15/04
Friends of the Battye Library Convict records of Western Australia: a research guide [2016] AW5/50/01
Clarke, Lorraine & Strickland, Cherie Australia's last convicts [2016] AW5/50/02
Snippers NMH 1932 Jan-Mar: Suburban & Hunter News [2019] NLP/06/1933a
Snippers NMH 1933 Jan-Mar: domestic notices & accident reports [2019] NLP/03/1933a
Snippers NMH 1933 Apr-Jun: domestic notices & accident reports [2019] NLP/03/1933b
Walker, Val, comp. Newcastle Herald: Jan-Jun 2018 domestic notices and index of deaths, funerals, in memoriam & probate notices only [2019] NLP/03/2018b
Snippers Sports reports & results: Jan-Mar 1933 [2019] NLP/08/1933a
Snippers NMH 1933 Jan-Jun: court reports [2019] NLP/04/1933a
Snippers NMH 1933 Jan-Jun: Industrial & Mining news [2019] NLP/07/1933a
Snippers NMH 1933 Jan-Mar: Newcastle news [2019] NLP/05/1933b
Snippers NMH 1933 Jan-Jun: miscellaneous news from Australia & overseas [2018] NLP/02/1933a
Teale, Ruth, ed. Colonial Eve: Sources on women in Australia 1788-1914 [1982] A7/25/13
Punch, Marcus, ed. Toby's gun ….: James Tobias Ryan's Reminiscences of Australia 1788-1894 [2017] A4/RYA/02
Elder, Bruce Blood on the wattle: massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788, rev. ed [1998] A7/06/04 [Carol Frazer]
Campbell, Harold Saint Anne's Church Merriwa 1881-1981 [1981] AH7/85/28