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Australian cities
Australian harbour cities
Australian local history
Australian memoir
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Hunter Valley
Newcastle
Newcastle architecture
Newcastle artists
Newcastle culture
Newcastle earthquake 1989
Newcastle music scene
Newcastle NSW
Newcastle steelworks
Novocastrian identity
Regional Australia
Urban transformation
Product details
- ISBN 9781742238043
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2025
- Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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Newcastle finds itself on shifting ground. But it's not an earthquake, or subsidence due to an old mine. It's perception that's shifting.
Not only is Newcastle rapidly changing, but so are people’s views of the city. People are ‘discovering’ Newcastle. Or, more pointedly, they are seeing Newcastle for what it is. In Newcastle Scott Bevan examines the character and the soul of the city he grew up in, its past and where it’s likely to head. He traverses from early contact between the Awabakal people and missionary Lancelot Threlkeld, Newcastle’s convict and steel city past, its famous children (from Silverchair to William Dobell) and the city’s role as the world’s largest coal export port, to its recent blossoming as a tourist destination and creative hub.
Not only is Newcastle rapidly changing, but so are people’s views of the city. People are ‘discovering’ Newcastle. Or, more pointedly, they are seeing Newcastle for what it is. In Newcastle Scott Bevan examines the character and the soul of the city he grew up in, its past and where it’s likely to head. He traverses from early contact between the Awabakal people and missionary Lancelot Threlkeld, Newcastle’s convict and steel city past, its famous children (from Silverchair to William Dobell) and the city’s role as the world’s largest coal export port, to its recent blossoming as a tourist destination and creative hub.
Scott Bevan was born in Newcastle and is a writer, journalist, broadcaster and playwright. He is the author of eight books, including The Harbour, Return To The Hunter, Battle Lines: Australian Artists At War, Water from the Moon: A Biography of John Fawcett and Bill: The Life of William Dobell. His documentary work includes Oll: The Life and Art of Margaret Olley, The Hunter and Arthur Phillip: Governor, Sailor, Spy.
