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In 1801, a convict camp called King's Town (named after Governor King) was established to mine coal and cut timber. In the same year, the first shipment of coal was dispatched to Sydney. This settlement closed less than a year later. A settlement was again attempted in 1804, as a place of secondary punishment for unruly convicts. The settlement was named Coal River, also Kingstown and then renamed Newcastle, after England`s famous coal port. The name first appeared by the commission issued by Governor King on 15 March 1804 to Lieutenant Charles Menzies of the marine detachment on HMS Calcutta, then at Port Jackson, appointing him superintendent of the new settlement. The new settlement, comprising convicts and a military guard, arrived at the Hunter River on 27 March 1804 in three ships: HMS Lady Nelson, the Resource and the James.
Newcastle will have a permanent reminder of its 150th birthday when a group of leading citizens plant eight trees in the suburb of Hamilton this afternoon. The trees will be put in the middle of Tudor St., between Parry St. and Parkway Ave., and will be a preliminary to a major tree-planting scheme which ultimately will extend from Hunter St. along Tudor and Belford Sts. and Lambton Rd. to the Gully Line. The scheme will not be completed until the big job of widening Tudor St. by reducing the middle section to a narrow strip has been completed. Those to plant trees this afternoon are the City Ward representatives, Aid. McDougall. McDonald and Pepperall, the president of the Historical Society (Mr. W.J.Goold, the president of the Tree Planting and Preservation League (Mr. J. M. C. Corlette), the vice-president of the league (Ald. Henderson), and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) and Mrs. Purdue.
Newcastle Sun (NSW), 30 March 1954.
Location
| Address: | Tudor Street, between Gordon and Parkway Avenues, Hamilton East, 2303 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.924488 Long: 151.752582 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Trees |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Tuesday 30th March, 1954 |
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Plaque:
This Line Of Memorial Trees Has
Been Planted To Commemorate The
Visit To Newcastle Of
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH 11
And
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
On 13th February 1954
And Also To Mark The 150th Anniversary
Of The Settlement Of Newcastle
On 30th March 1804
W. Burges R.J. Purdue
Town Clerk Lord Mayor
