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MUSTER POINT:MUSTER POINT: Started by: aub, 12/07/12 05:52 AM Views:42115, Replies:0
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12/07/12 05:52 AM We are now taking bookings for
2013, The Muster Point is ideal for
Service Clubs like Lions, Apex, Probus,
Lodges, Rotary, Sporting, Historical,
CWA and Seniors Groups.
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THE BHP REUNION_THE BHP REUNION_ Started by: aub, 09/23/12 09:15 AM Views:44224, Replies:0
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09/23/12 09:15 AM15 Year BHP Anniversary Reunion
15
Year BHP Anniversary Reunion
6th
Newcastle Bar Mill Reunion OneSteel /
Arrium Employees.
BHP Newcastle
Employees 1915 to 1999 – OneSteel /
Arrium Employees 2000 to 2014
In
September 2014 it will be 15 years since
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Guest SpeakerGuest Speaker Started by: aub, 04/24/12 23:05 PM Views:48192, Replies:0
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04/24/12 23:05 PMThe Newcastle Industrial Heritage
Assocation provides for groups, Guest
Speaker presentations on "Remember
BHP"
for more information and
bookings,
Remember BHP is ideal for
Service Clubs like Lions,Apex, Probus,
Lodges, Rotary, Sporting, Historical, CW
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BHP MEMORIAL FUND DONATIONS.BHP MEMORIAL FUND DONATIONS. Started by: aub, 11/10/11 23:24 PM Views:40796, Replies:0
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11/10/11 23:24 PMPlease let all of your contacts know
that any donations can be made at all
branches of Hunter United,
“Steelworkers Memorial Fund, account
number 69833” IMPORTANT: Please make
cheques/money orders out to
The
STEELWORKERS MEMORIAL FUND
For those
Men a
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Henry McKenzie Henry McKenzie Started by: aub, 08/11/11 23:56 PM Views:24864, Replies:0
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08/11/11 23:56 PM :question:
Rob McKenzie
Wednesday, August 10 2011 @ 04:21
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Contributed by: A.C.Green I am
hoping someone out there may be able to
help me track down an early BHP Chief
Engineer. Henry John Garnet McKenzie
(Mackenzie) k/a Rob after whom a street
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Friday, July 01 2011 @ 12:52 PM Contributed by: aub
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FREE.. BHP MUSTER POINT TOURS. |
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Sunday, January 16 2011 @ 11:00 AM Contributed by: aub
Hello Aubrey,
Thankyou so much for showing the us the Muster Point. Both the teachers and all students thought it was very interesting; it was a first visit for all of them. I'm sure there will be a few return visits as they tell their families and friends about it; I know students have sent their photos to various places around the world.
Some of the students were from Korea and Pakistan. In the preparation for our visit to the site they said they had lived near steel making industries in their home countries, and commented on the environmental problems associated with steel making in those places. You can't make an omelette without cracking eggs.
Thanks once again,
Chris
Hi
It was great to know you and have this opportunity to talk to you at Muster Point Tours.I did really enjoy your presentation about the history of BHP. Apart from your beautiful explanation the background music was appealing too.
As thanks, Samira
Dear Aubrey
Last week I attended a group tour of Muster Point with the Amateur Geological Society of the Hunter Valley http://www.agshv.com/
I had hear of the Muster Point but didn’t know where it was. I was expecting a walk around a monument of some sort but I didn’t expect to be transported into another time and place and into others lives including your own.
Your explanation of the Muster Point, how it came to be and the stories that it holds was truly a moving experience. I could almost feel the heat of the furnace and the rattle of the rails and the jokes of the workers. Thank you for making the history of that place so real and for passing it onto others. Many would not bother.
I hope that the Muster Point http://www.niha.org.au can become more known as an important place in the history of Newcastle but also the country. I hope you can continue your gift of story telling for many years to come.
My Regards,
Rob
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On behalf of all the people in the U3A tour this afternoon thank you very much for your time and the excellent tour. I think you really brought the steelworks alive with your talk of personal experiences and personal trauma. I hope you sold a few books. I bought one and I look forward to reading it. All of our people told me that they really enjoyed the tour and again thank you very much for your time, your expertise and your memories. Well done! Keep up the good work!
Geoff
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Terrific Aub!
All eight of us thoroughly enjoyed your presentation at the Muster Point today. Your use of music to introduce and finish your story was very 'atmospheric' and certainly set the scene. Living at Carrington through the shutdown period, I heard all the things in the press at the time and walked over to the mangroves on Throsby Creek to watch the last burn off on the Saturday morning, but of course the stories you told us filled in so much more - you made it far more 'human'. I had walked in to look at the sculpture not long after it was first installed but today's visit made it so much more meaningful.
I would love to bring some of my eight grandchildren for a visit at some stage but it would be better for you to combine them with others at the same time. Perhaps I will contact you around school holiday time.
The idea to make it a park with machinery as you mentioned would be a great asset for Newcastle.
Thanks again for alll your efforts in preserving the history of Newcastle.
Cheerio
Heather
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The opening of the Muster Point was a similar cause for excitement and sadness. Excitement at the thought of seeing a wonderful metal sculpture gracing the landscape in such a majestic style and likened to a cathedral. Sadness because here again is a tombstone that states that "people once worked here - where have they gone?" I would like to see a new sort of memorial become part of Australian working community culture. Rather than erecting monuments that are really 'gravestones for remembrance', we should get into the habit of erecting them while we live and work together and link the community into it as well. This is a binding mechanism that reconnects people toward their communities and industries and prevents the loss of hope and desperate detachment that many people feel today towards their regional communites.
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10 year event to commemorate closure of the steelworks |
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Sunday, January 24 2010 @ 08:20 PM Contributed by: bobcook
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NBN TV News on 2 events to remember 10 years since the steelworks closed |
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Saturday, October 17 2009 @ 10:55 PM Contributed by: bobcook
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