12 April, 2014
From sandy track to Eat Street - the becoming of Beaumont Street
It’s the cosmopolitan Eat Street of Newcastle – and so much
more. Say ‘Beaumont Street’ and ‘multicultural eats’ springs to mind – not just
the first comers the Italians and Greeks, but nowadays Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, Himalayan, Mexican, Turkish, Lebanese and Fijian.
04 April, 2014
The old Hamilton flour mill
The towering silos of the Hamilton Flour Mill had stood as
Hamilton’s most prominent landmark for over 90 years in Hudson Street, Hamilton.
Just one month short of his 90th birthday, Charles McIntyre, the oldest mill owner in Australia, died. His life had been devoted to the Mill, and he had never married. Thus ended a lineage of four generations of millers extending over 170 years. [1] These are remarkable records.
21 February, 2014
Northern Star Cafe
The character of the Northern Star Cafe on Beaumont Street has been
formed over almost sixty years, infused with the history and aspirations of its
Greek, Italian and Australian owners. Today, like any 60 year old, it knows who
it is. It will have a few regrets - like all of us - and escapades best left
hidden, but it enjoys the status of a Hamilton icon.
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