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Newcastle Obelisk (Newcastle Windmill site)
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An Obelisk having been erected at Newcastle as a landmark, His Excellency the Governor directs the publication for general information of the following directions for vessels entering that port. Port Master's Office, Sydney 12 June 1850. When the Obelisk is in with the Tower by the light, you are nearly off the rocks east southerly of the Nobby's and when the Hobby is in with the same, you are off the rocks north east of the same. The Obelisk open to the westward of the Queen's Wharf will lead you clear of the rock on the port hand going in. The Obelisk open to the eastward of the Wesleyan chapel will clear the Oyster Bank and the North Bank, and will lead in from twenty four to fourteen feet water as you approach the Oyster Bank on the starboard side going in, and from eighteen to twelve feet as you approach the North Bank, also on the starboard side...Merion Moriarty, Port Master
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Newcastle Windmill
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Tenders called for the lease of the larger windmill. Lessee required to enter bond and two securities
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Newcastle Windmill
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Patrick Dunn per 'Guildford' permitted to return to Sydney due to his industry and good conduct in the construction of the windmill at Newcastle
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Newcastle Windmill
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Larger windmill at Newcastle recently occupied by Patrick Reilly advertised to be let
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Newcastle Windmill
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Notice - Tenders will be received at this Office up to the 20th day of April from such persons as are desirous of renting the large Government Windmill and House adjoining at Newcastle.....Engineer's Office
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Newcastle Windmill
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An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales - John Dunmore Lang
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When Newcastle was a penal settlement, there had been a windmill erected on the highest laud near the town. It had been disused for many years; but it had stood so long, and was so conspicuous an object from the sea, that it had become a land-mark for mariners, and was indicated as such on the charts of the coast. Not adverting to this circumstance, however, the local government had ordered the materials of the old windmill to be sold by auction, and they were purchased accordingly by a Scotch builder in the place for 12/. No sooner, however, had the sale taken place, than the harbour-master, another Scotchman, who had not been consulted in the matter, and was not aware of the circumstance till it was too late, wrote to the Government, recommending that the sale should by all means be annulled, on account of the importance of the land-mark to navigation. But the wily builder, hearing of the circumstance, and not willing to forego his bargain, quietly collected a number of the colliers of the vicinity, one evening, after they had finished their daily task under ground, who, marching up to the windmill in a body, pulled it down, and carried off the materials at once. Immediately thereafter, a shipmaster, a stranger on the coast, running along the land for Newcastle, and not finding the windmill where his chart directed him to look for it, was either kept at sea for days together, or had to return to port without reaching the place of his destination. The Government had therefore to erect an obelisk of solid masonry on the site of the old windmill, the cost of which was necessarily much greater than the sum realized from the sale of the materials, while it was much less'conspicuous as a land-mark for mariners. But this is merely one of the numerous benefits and blessings which the colony derives from the system of centralization
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Newcastle Windmill
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Completion of windmill at Newcastle
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Newcastle Windmill
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James Gates per Marquis of Wellington permitted to return to Sydney due his good conduct and industry in the construction of the windmill at Newcastle
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Newcastle Windmill
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John Boreham per Marquis of Wellington permitted to return to Sydney due to his industry and good conduct in the construction of the windmill at Newcastle
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Newcastle Windmill
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John Bruce, millwright and overseer at Newcastle permitted to return to Sydney due to his industry and good conduct in constructing the windmill at Newcastle
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Newcastle Windmill
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Roof of the large windmill blown off in a gale
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Newcastle Windmill
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Return of all Buildings and Establishments at New Castle reported by Mr Rodd the Superintendent of Public Works As being the Property of Government shewing their present actual state etc. August 27th 1829 no. 147/143 (NRS 905, Letter No 32/4776 [4/2146] Courtesy of NSW State Records
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No. 1 Windmill situated on rising ground to the southwest of the town. Occupied by Mr. Riley – A Brick Mill rough cast. Circular 32 feet diameter and 38 feet altitude.
