Hidden Hamilton

The secret ingredient to Blue Heaven milkshakes is one that Mervyn Roberts has kept all his life. ‘And it will die with me’, he chuckles.

It had begun in the kitchen and lounge room of Eric Blatchford’s parents’ home. Eric was just 20, and unable to afford his own place, had br...

‘When my son was in London’, Bill Bozinoski tells me, ‘he went to where the Aussies were. Here in Newcastle, I go where the Macedonians are’...

It was an announcement that struck at the heart of the tight-knit community of Italian migrant families that had formed around the Italian C...

Acrobatic dogs balanced on two front legs on impossibly slim posts, somersaulted, danced and waved goodbye. Responding to the skilful hands ...

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

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.

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

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

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