By John ‘Stinker’ Clarke Reproduced with kind permission of News Of The Area (Modern Media) STUDYING local history, one of the most fascinating events was the sailing of the ship "Salamander" through the heads into the calm waters of Port Stephens late in 1791,...
Halifax Park was opened in 1946 by Geoff Wikner using funds from the sale of a Halifax bomber. Geoff was an Australian self-taught aeronautical engineer who flew in the Air Transport Auxiliary during World War 11. Following the end of the war, Geoff purchased a...
When HMAS Assault was operational this beach was known as Engineers Beach. A long 'L' shaped military wharf was built near the centre of the beach. From the 1920's miners from the coalfield areas, built huts along the waterfront on plots leased from the NSW Lands...
The first light at this location was shown from a lantern in a small timber tower structure that was built in 1872. The replacement structure that operated from 1876, is an octagonal shaped room with an attached residence for the lighthouse keeper who tended the...
