Kingsclear Books
Kingclear Books is a small but diverse Sydney based publisher. Our catalogue covers a wide spectrum from photographic histories of Sydney suburbs to health books, crime books and tourist books.
Pictorial History Newcastle
Newcastle
City, Maitland, the Port of Newcastle, Merewether, Lambton, Cooks Hill,
Hamilton, Adamstown, Wallsend, Minmi, Hexham, Swansea, Tighes Hill, Belmont
and Lake Macquarie.
This book describes 200 years of Newcastle history as seen by well-known local historian John Turner, author of over 12 books on Newcastle. Beginning with the coal discoveries, early convict settlement and cedar getting, growth was rapid with the arrival of the AA company, rail and other industries. Newcastle's development into one of Australia's major industrial cities is brilliantly documented with text and photographs. The book includes the development of suburbs and the emergence of the working, middle and upper classes according to their position in commerce and industry. Concludes in the 1980s.
Written by John Turner. 144 pages, black & white. A4 format. $21.95 plus $5 postage (includes GST).
ISBN 0-908272-48-0
This book is currently out of print