Category: NBN News Rewind
Proudly presented by Port Waratah Coal Services The Carnival of the Pines festival was in full swing. Clarence Street was alive as Easter holiday makers joined locals in celebration. The reigning Queen of the Carnival led the parade, followed by a rousing brass band of marchingmusicians. Sea Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and Brownies all walked […]
Proudly presented by McDonald Jones The waters of the Manning provide an abundance of activity for those living in this glorious party of the Mid North Coast. Local NBN News Cameraman – Lynn Stanfield, captured life across the region, the Manning River Aquatic Festival was a favourite. These scenes from 1968 shows Taree’s Victoria Street […]
Proudly presented by Port Waratah Coal Services From the beginning of broadcast in 1962, NBN News was in the community informing viewers of the latest sporting action in the region. Tournaments and events kept our cameras busy capturing the lives of locals interacting for friendship, fitness and recreation. Weekly fixtures and Grand Finals were covered […]
Proudly presented by McDonald Jones NBN cameras filmed the iconic clocks of Newcastle in preparation for the implementation of Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT). For most people, the idea was favoured by a ratio of 2:1. The idea of moving an hour of day light from the morning to the evening was thought to be […]
Proudly presented by Port Waratah Coal Services The floating dock in 1970, an important piece of infrastructure crucial to ships in need of service. The dry dock had the ability to lift ships completely out of the water, to aid inspection and repair. One such vessel, the Cable Enterprise arrived for maintenance on the hull. […]
Proudly presented by McDonald Jones In our early years of broadcast, NBN cameras travelled to all corners of our region to cover the creative side of life. An exhibition in Taree, a fundraiser in Muswellbrook. Art shows gave local creatives the chance to be discovered. Cessnock High School students presented more than 400 works indicating […]
Proudly presented by Port Waratah Coal Services 40 years since the beginning of operations at the Kooragang coal loader. NBN News covered the construction and the first delivery of coal, soon to be shipped through the new facility. Its a story of rapid change…. just 20 years earlier, coal arrived by rail in timber hoppers […]
Proudly presented by McDonald Jones The International Sport Centre was commissioned in 1967.. To be built at Broadmeadow on the former site of the Newcastle Aerodrome, and on occasions, the sporting car club gymkhana course.. An official plaque was unveiled and the development was underway… The New Grandstand was a striking landmark Queen Elizabeth officially […]
Proudly presented by Port Waratah Coal Services The American crew joined Australians from HMAS Hawk and HMAS Snipe for the march along Hunter Street… NBN Cameraman John Longworth filmed from atop the News Car, to capture this Historic occasion. It was just 21 years, since the World War 2 battle, in which Imperial Japanese forces […]
Proudly presented by McDonald Jones In the early years of the University, graduation ceremonies took place off campus at Newcastle City Hall.. But by the late 60’s a grand new plan was underway.. to build The Great Hall Dignitaries unveiled the foundation stone in 1971, and Construction began.. The design was unique…an architectural building of […]