Hastings Heritage
Mitch McKay was Heritage Officer for Hastings Council for 10 years and during that time, established a niche for Port Macquarie as a heritage tourist destination. Mitch has now branched out on his own and has his own research and consultancy. He also runs tours of the cemetery and other historic areas of this beautiful seaside town. His website and details can be found at http://pmheritage.com.au
Introducing “Heritage Hunter”
“Heritage Hunter” is an established group whose purpose in life is not too dissimilar to our own (you know what we mean – sharing similarly admirable and lofty ideals of conserving the important bits of the past through the pursuit of knowledge, empowerment and promotion) and we have to add, this group has such a neat-O name – a hunter of heritage, we can’t help but visualise an intrepid hunter on his quest for interesting historic places. We thought we’d introduce them to you, as we want to join them and them us as we pursue shared goals. You probably know one or two of the peoples in the group already, and are familiar with the organisational members…Hunter Industrial Heritage Association, Richmond Vale Museum, Newcastle Regional Museum – yep this “Heritage Hunter ” has a pedigree. They are presided over by the illustrious Mr Bob Cook, a Councillor on the Newcastle City Council. Here is their latest newletter which we’re sure you’ll agree is a fantastic inititative. Welcome and hello Heritage Groups of the Hunter!
If you want to email them go to heritagehunter@pacific.net.au
Stockton Community Based Heritage Study 2009
The Stockton Community Forum heritage sub-committee released its final report on the heritage of Stockton in April 2009. The report was made possible through a grant of the NSW Department of Planning Heritage Branch and the Royal Australian Historical Society, along with a small grant through the Strategic Heritage Committee of Newcastle Council.
We think its a great initiative by the Stockton community and one that we can all look to as a model for other community heritage studies. It also goes to show what you can achieve at the grass roots level. Congratulations to Dianne Pope and the members of the Stockton Community forum for taking this giant leap into heritage assessment and acting on conviction. Theyv’e even set up their own website for comments and feedback through wordpress – go to stocktonheritage.wordpress.com.
Here is a copy of the report by the consultant heritage expert Co Associates Pty Ltd.
