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1:14

What's on in April.

Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts ·

2026/03/21

Get a preview of our April podcasts.

35:36

Lost Cemeteries - Ep5 Newcastle Roman Catholic Burial...

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2026/03/14

Jane Ison looks at the first Newcastle Roman Catholic Burial Ground once situated beside Cottage Creek in Newcastle West.

25:39

Notable Novocastrians - The Wood Family

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2026/03/07

Arriving as free settlers with little wealth, the Woods rose through mining, hotels and brewing to become some of the Newcastle’s richest and most influential citizens. Their money built grand houses on the Hill, funded hospitals, schools and charities, and helped shape the city's civic life.

27:49

Bushrangers in the Hunter Valley - Ep2 Jacob’s Irish...

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2026/02/28

In episode one we left Molly Morgan, Joe Hunt, Irish Frank and the Anvil Creek household awaiting the arrival of the bushranger gang, Jacob’s Irish Brigade. Drawing on historical records and creative reconstruction, this episode imagines how Jacob’s Irish Brigade may have been received by Molly Morgan - on a frontier where survival depended on knowing when to speak, and when not to.

1:09

What's on in March.

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2026/02/21

Get a preview of our March podcasts.

32:58

Lost Cemeteries - Ep4 Newcastle West Presbyterian...

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2026/02/14

Jane Ison looks at the Presbyterian cemetery once situated beside Cottage Creek in Newcastle West.

31:01

Hughes Potteries - A Family Concern

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2026/02/07

Across the road from The Junction Public School in Newcastle once stood a small but mighty institution — a family-run pottery that shaped a community for more than a century. Marie Hughes tells the story of Hughes Potteries – A Family Concern.

29:26

Bushrangers in the Hunter Valley - Ep1 - Imperial...

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2026/01/31

In this creative non-fiction podcast, Narelle Austen explores the people, places, and forces behind bushranging in one of Australia’s earliest colonial regions - the Hunter Valley.

1:30

What's on in February.

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2026/01/24

Get a preview of our February podcasts.

1:43

What's On in 2026.

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2025/11/22

Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts will be taking a short break over December and January but here's a preview of our podcasts coming up in 2026.

33:06

Lost Cemeteries - Ep3 St Andrew’s Church of England...

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2025/11/15

Jane Ison traces the history of St Andrew’s – its foundation, its people, and the painstaking research that has helped rediscover more than a thousand names once thought forgotten.

19:48

Felonious Females - Ep16 Hannah Williams

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2025/11/08

Jan Richards traces the life of her ancestor Hannah Williams whose fate was sealed by a single decision in London in 1828.

15:58

Stockton Tweed Factory

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2025/11/01

In our series, Memories of Newcastle, society member Lea Harris takes us back to the days of the Stockton Tweed Factory, a forgotten piece of our local history.

1:23

What's On in November.

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2025/10/25

Get a preview of our November podcasts.

39:14

Lost Cemeteries - Ep2 Christ Church

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2025/10/18

In this episode Jane Ison takes you back to the very first graveyard in Newcastle – the burial ground at Christ Church, high on the hill where the Anglican Cathedral now stands.

23:15

Felonious Females - Ep15 Convicts Assigned to Major...

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2025/10/11

Mel Woodford takes a look at some of the early landholders & the female convicts who were assigned to them.

10:35

New Lambton Public School – A Hidden Chapter

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2025/10/04

Written by the late Maree Shilling, this podcast tells of a little-known chapter in Newcastle’s history during World War II, from the recollections of a young girl who experienced that time.

1:33

What's On in October.

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2025/09/27

Get a preview of our October podcasts.

28:00

Lost Cemeteries - Ep1 Old Wallsend

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2025/09/20

Society member Jane Ison takes us on a journey into the past, to a place thousands pass by daily without knowing what lies beneath —Rest Park in Wallsend, once the site of the town’s first cemetery.

31:20

The History of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.

Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts ·

2025/09/13

Join us on a journey through more than two centuries of sacred history — the story of Christ Church Cathedral, the spiritual heart and architectural crown of Newcastle.

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