Surname:
Breakwater fog bell
Place:
Bullock Island (Carrington) Newcastle
Details:
On the island are several important establishments, the chief of which is the Soho Foundry of Messrs. Morrison and Bearby, situated at euphonious Onebygamba. Here the other day a large fog-bell, for the Northern breakwater, was cast. I believe it was one of the largest castings ever made in the colony, and the event created quite an excitement in the local Press
Surname:
Breakwater Stockade
Details:
Archibald Clunes Innes appointed Visiting Justice at the Breakwater Stockade
Surname:
Macquarie Pier (Newcastle Breakwater)
Details:
Partly laid when Colonel Morisset was commandant between the mainland and Nobbys. Now tumbling into decay
Surname:
Macquarie Pier (Newcastle Breakwater)
Details:
Government Orders. Statement of the Police and Orphan Institution Funds 31st March 1819. -£ 82/14s/- to be paid to Mr. R. Jenkins for Iron for the Macquarie Pier at Newcastle
Surname:
Macquarie Pier, (Newcastle Breakwater)
Source:
Convict Settlement
Details:
Temple and Evans overseers at Macquarie Pier
Surname:
Newcastle breakwater
Details:
Select committee appointed to inquire into the state of the breakwater. Col Snodgrass, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Dangar, Mr. Nichols and Mr. Dickson
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
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Convict gangs preparing road to convey necessary materials for work on the breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Tenders called for material for the construction of breakwater. 1800 feet of hardwood boards needed
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Surveyor Nicholson to superintend the progress of the breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Inspected by Chief Engineer Captain Barney and declared to be a decided failure
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
40 labourers forwarded from Sydney to Newcastle to work on the breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Two prisoners at work at the breakwater badly injured in an explosion
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
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Gang of men employed on Nobbys Island to commence the breakwater at that end
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Extensive breach made in the Breakwater during a violent gale. 20 chains length completely washed away. The rails of the tram road torn up and cast into the harbour.
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Estimates for 18 41 - £ 600 towards completing the breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Six or seven convicts killed in an accident at the breakwater
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
Convicts previously employed building the military barracks sent to the breakwater ballast wharf leaving 40 to complete the parade ground
Surname:
Newcastle Breakwater
Details:
26 years in the making. 54 feet of the breakwater washed into the harbour in high seas