History of Suburbs

Events

  Arcadia Vale Depression (c.1930's)
  Brightwaters Bushfire (1875)
  Dora Creek Flood c.1978.
  Dora Creek Flood c.1981
  Dora Creek Floods
  Dudley Mine explosion (1898)
  Gateshead 'army camp on the site of the present Gateshead High School'
  Gateshead 'wartime petrol shortages'
  Jewells Army Camp
  Kahibah Baden Powell visit. Scout Camp was visited by Baden Powell in 1932
  Killingworth Mine explosion, Killingworth Colliery
  Pulbah Island 'island was declared a reserve'
  Pulbah Island Kangaroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies and emus were settled on the island (1920)
  Pulbah Island Koala sightings (1969)(1976)
  Pulbah Island Koalas found shot dead (1960)
  Pulbah Island Parma Wallabies released on Pulbah Island (1972)
  Rathmines Outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia wiped out the cattle industry around Lake Macquarie ( c.1860)
  Rathmines RAAF base was purchased by Lake Macquarie Shire Council (1963)
  Rathmines RAAF Station formed (1939 - 1952)
  Redhead Bushfire set alight a mine powder magazine (1949)
  Redhead Mine explosion killed 5 men (1926)
  Swansea Archaeological Excavation (1972)
  Swansea Midden was uncovered while clearing for housing near Swansea Heads (1971)
  Teralba Lake Macquarie Shire Council's first meeting (1906)
  Tingira Heights Bushfire (1982)
  Valentine Cawarra Gale (1866)
  West Wallsend Mine explosion, West Wallsend Colliery (1979)
  West Wallsend Mine explosion, West Wallsend Extended (Killingworth) (1910)
  West Wallsend West Wallsend Colliery, Miners General Strike (1888)
  Whitebridge Fire, Burwood Colliery (1979)
  Whitebridge Gas explosion, Burwood Colliery (1901)