Mike Scanlon

Reporter at Newcastle Herald

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Articles

Milking memories of a beloved Hunter rest stop

4 days ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

A rare picture of the poppet head and music shell at Freemans Waterhole in late 1978. Pictures: Mike Scanlon CollectionIT'S been a long time since this popular west Lake Macquarie area has been called The Gap.
Solid reminder remains of Hunter's pioneering trade network

1 week ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

A visitor takes a closer look at one of the mystery Karuah River stone walls in 1976. Picture by Athel D'Ombrain, Courtesy UON Special Collections. HIDDEN far up the Karuah River is a strange sight.
Unveiling WWII's military giants: Blamey vs MacArthur

2 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

The cover of the new book about the two great Allied generals who clashed with the Imperial Japanese army and each other. ANZAC Day has passed, but there's always interest in tales of great military leaders.
Russian railway worker rumour still echoes throughout the valley

3 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

'Navvies' creating one of the many RVR cuttings in 1904. Picture: Ed Tonks. THE Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! That's the name of a film comedy parodying Cold War hysteria back in 1966, and it really has nothing to do with today's story except, well, Russians, who are now strangely, somehow, well embedded into Hunter rail folklore.
Celebrating World Piano Day and its musical evolution

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

Piano prodigy and comic Chico Marx (left) with his brother, Harpo, in the 1941 movie The Big Store. Picture - supplied. There's nothing quite like the sound of a good, old-fashioned piano, is there?
Tributes to HMAS Psyche's naval legacy

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

The cover of the new book outlining on the surprising origins of the Royal Australian Navy. On the foreshore at Corlette is a memorial to a historic, almost forgotten, warship that capsized and sank only about 200 metres away.
Great Northern Hotel: Newcastle's historic survivor

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

The Great Northern Hotel, in Scott Street. Newcastle. Picture, Newcastle Herald. NEWCASTLE's 'people's pub' is truly a great survivor. And, for many people, the fact it is still trading today seems a modern miracle. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Ralph Snowball's priceless photographic legacy is clear

2 months ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

An elegantly composed picture taken in 1890 outside Fort Scratchley looking west over Newcastle Harbour awash with square riggers following a strike. Picture by Ralph Snowball. WITHOUT a doubt, Ralph Snowball was a true Hunter Valley visionary. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Maitland's Flood Level 1955 exhibition shares stories of survival

2 months ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

Above, Maitland railway station under water in 1930, and, inset, Suzanne Martin. Picture by S. Smith. Below, Maitland's former Royal Hotel. Picture by Mike ScanlonHIDDEN in plain sight at the entry to Maitland railway station you can see the recent history of the Hunter's big floods.
Historian's peak sleuthing solves a Port Stephens mystery

2 months ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

Troops under fire storm a beach (possibly Shoal Bay) in a WWII practise landing. Picture: Australian War Memorial AN 304848NOW the story can finally be told, about 82 years later.