When someone donates library collected over 50 years…

Trying to start new health regime by doing more walking. Saw this house has a DA app. Grabbed a photo before whatever happens, happens.

The Source Citations Group is a new research group to improve skills in citing sources. Come along to this FREE session Tuesday 3rd Dec 6pm AEDT/7am GMT. The first session is free to all and then following meetings will be member-only: www.sag.org.au/event-5946983

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Stories of Our Town is a series of short(ish) documentaries about #Newcastle , NSW. The latest one is “Shipwrecked Newcastle” about the huge number of #shipwrecks along our coast. Check it out & consider subscribing to help raise funds to make more #StoriesOfOurTown #LocalHistory #History

We have recently digitised an early record of the #Newcastle District Baseball Association 1934-1937 and #Stockton #Baseball Club 1949-1961. Below describes the colours for uniforms for the 1935 season - Stockton, Newcastle, Hamilton, Wickham, Co-Op, Waratah, Maitland & Western Suburbs.

Welcome to BlueSky, @stocktonhistsoc.bsky.social! Consider yourselves followed on this #OnePlaceWednesday – and added to our Starter Pack of 50+ projects, organisations and businesses likely to be of interest to #OnePlaceStudy (and #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory) people. 😀

Hello, new #genealogy and #OnePlaceStudies peoples. Here is photo for #OnePlaceWednesday.

School photo. Inscribed on reverse: "1919 or 1920. Frank Mayo, 18 Douglas St, Stockton"

📷: SHS-009-033, Maree Schache Collection, Stockton Historical Society

Tonight was out first meeting for the year and our first in person/online hybrid meeting. It was a huge success with members from as far away as Queensland logging in to participate!

Going forward all our monthly meetings will have online attendance as an option.

📷: Stockton Bowling Club

A toddler, Margory Fairless, and two women, Lil Fairless (nee Davies) and Jess Fairless. Caption: “Marg, at Peterson River, New Years Day, 1918”

When accessioning a collection, esp photographs, there always seems to be one item that jumps off the page. That one image you keep coming back to again and again. The one that makes you want to know more.
📷: SHS-021-199-163, Walker-Fairless Collection, Stockton Historical Society

“Xmas Tea at the Mission 1916”. Christmas dinner far from home at the Stockton Missions to Seaman - Chelmsford Institute.
📷: Stockton Historical Society Inc - Walker Fairless Collection - SHS-021-199-068