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Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 40 pages b/w photos - Hexham is a suburb of the city of Newcastle, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) inland from Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia on the bank of the Hunter River.Settlement occurred at Hexham in the 1820s when the land was granted to Edward Sparke.[citation needed] Hexham was named after the market town of Hexham, England with both towns being near to a Newcastle and sharing a history with one another; many of the coal miners from Newcastle upon Tyne and elsewhere in Northumberland moved to New South Wales at the time of settlement. The history of Hexham is closely associated with that of the nearby suburbs of Tarro (originally Upper Hexham), Ash Island, Tomago and Minmi. Hexham has its own railway station on the Main north line, which passes through the area. It was the riverine terminus of the Richmond Vale Railway line, an early coal hauling railway from Minmi and…
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- Title Coals to Hexham
- Author Kenn Pearce
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition Unstated
- Publisher Railmac Publications, Elizabeth, South Australia
- Date 1982
- ISBN 9780949817075
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Coals to Hexham
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