Hidden Hamilton

Discovering stories about Hamilton - its people, places, past and present.

30 April, 2014

Inside Gow's Drapery - the Gow Girls

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The first trainload of migrants passing through Hamilton waved wildly to the crowds of spectators gathered along Beaumont Street. Men and wo...
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15 April, 2014

Nina's IGA - Family Kiriakidis

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If you walk into Nina’s IGA expecting a one-size-fits-all suburban grocery, be ready to be surprised. Nina’s is anything but average.
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12 April, 2014

From sandy track to Eat Street - the becoming of Beaumont Street

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It’s the cosmopolitan Eat Street of Newcastle – and so much more. Say ‘Beaumont Street’ and ‘multicultural eats’ springs to mind – not just ...
04 April, 2014

The old Hamilton flour mill

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The towering silos of the Hamilton Flour Mill had stood as Hamilton’s most prominent landmark for over 90 years in Hudson Street, Hamilton. ...
21 February, 2014

Northern Star Cafe

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The character of the Northern Star Cafe on Beaumont Street has been formed over almost sixty years, infused with the history and aspirations...
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04 February, 2014

Sydney Junction Hotel - a family story

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For six turbulent years a young English emigrant, son of a publican, pursued his small business dream as the licensee of the Sydney Junction...
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21 January, 2014

Hamilton's gay history

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‘ The police were great. They were really good. I mean to say, there was the wine bar at Hamilton, and we all used to go up there. And one n...
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05 January, 2014

'A great fall of roof' - the Hamilton mine disaster

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He denied he’d been warned, that the conversations had ever taken place. After all, James Sharp was acting Overman at the Hamilton Pit, and ...
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29 December, 2013

The story of Donald's Corner

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When you were growing up in Hamilton’, I asked memoir writer Margaret Colditz ‘where was the money?’  ‘The money’, she responded without a ...
09 December, 2013

A Mine Manager's retreat - the AA Company house

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Status is having a house on the crest of a hill, fireplaces in every room, and your own underground water tank  so you don’t have to queue t...
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