Lost names – “White Gates”

The localities we live in all have names. As new suburbs are built new names arrive, but we are usually unaware of those that have disappeared from our city. “White Gates” for example, formerly described three different locations in Newcastle, each associated with a railway.

  1. In 1857 the Governor General opened the Hunter River Railway, which ran from Newcastle to East Maitland. Two miles from Newcastle station the line crossed the Maitland road, and with the erection of a barrier there, by 1864 the location was known as the “White Gates”. It did not last long, for with increasing rail traffic due to coal cartage, in 1876 the government constructed an overhead road bridge, and the name disappeared.
  2. In 1863 the Waratah Coal Company opened a branch line from the Great Northern Railway to their coal workings near Braye Park.  In 1871 Lambton and Waratah councils were deciding what should be the principal road between their municipalities. One option was where Kahibah and Bindera Roads currently run, and the spot where this route went over the colliery railway was referred to as the “White Gates” crossing. The colliery closed in 1876, passenger trains ceased in 1887, and with the railway no longer in use the name disappeared.
  3. In 1861 the Wallsend Coal Company opened a rail line to their colliery. In 1875 the newspaper reported an accident on the Wallsend line “near the White Gates, about 300 yards from the Co?operative junction.” In 1887 the Newcastle to Wallsend tramway opened, and by 1903 there was a White Gates tram stop where Douglas St crossed the rail and tram lines. In 1944 the Housing Commission resumed 35 acres of land south of the tram stop and built 150 homes for the “White Gates” estate. This eventually morphed into just “Whitegates”, a title that has all but disappeared, with only a public reserve and adjacent apartment block bearing that name today.
    Whitegates Reserve in Wallsend, a remnant marker of one of three locations in Newcastle formerly known as “White Gates”. OpenStreetMap.
    Map from a 1939 real estate poster, showing the White Gates tram stop at Douglas St, Wallsend. National Library of Australia.

    The article above was first published in the February 2025 edition of The Local.


    Additional Information

    There were three locations in Newcastle that at various times had the name “White Gates”, each being a place where a road crossed a rail line.

    Location Years mentioned in Trove Notes
    Newcastle West/Wickham 1864 to 1876 Rail line opened 1857.
    Overhead road bridge constructed 1876.
    Lambton/Waratah 1871 to 1880 Rail line opened 1863.
    Colliery closed 1876.
    Passenger train service ceased 1887.
    Wallsend 1875 to 1995 Rail line operated 1861 to 1953.
    Tram line operated 1887 to 1949.
    The three locations in Newcastle that at various times had the name “White Gates”. Wallsend still has an open space named “Whitegates Reserve”.

    1. Newcastle West/Wickham

    The location of the “White Gates” crossing at Wickham/Newcastle West, where a bridge now takes Maitland Rd over the rail line.
    Article Date Event DateNotes
    31 Mar 1857
    30 Mar 1857
    Opening of the Hunter River Railway between Newcastle and East Maitland.
    9 Aug 1864"The double line of rail has already been completed between the Wallsend and Waratah junctions … The work of laying the remaining portion is progressing as rapidly as circumstances will permit, and the operation has proceeded as far as to the east side of the white gate, better known as the Maitland road crossing, near Newcastle."
    17 Jun 1868"Our readers will recollect, that a few months since, a number of allotments of Crown land lying near the Great Northern Railway line, between Mr. McPhail's house at Honeysuckle Point and the White Gates, on the Maitland road, were sold by auction, at the Court-house, and purchased by various persons living in and near Newcastle. On the plan of this land, as exhibited at the sale, there appeared a railway crossing, which the purchasers expected would be given, especially as access to the ground could hardly be had in any other way than by this crossing."
    24 Jun 1868"White Gates" mentioned as one of the points on the boundary of a proposed municipal district to the west of Newcastle, incorporating the colliery townships.
    20 Oct 1870"On Friday, a very large iguana, measuring near upon four feet, was killed by Mr C H Hannell in his garden near the White Gates, at the Railway Crossing."
    27 Jan 1872For sale: "SIX BEAUTIFUL BUILDING ALLOTMENTS situated in front of the Wesleyan Burial Ground, near the White Gates, Maitland-road."
    29 Jun 1872"A new railway platform has been opened at Hamilton, a short distance beyond the "white gates", and about two miles from the Newcastle terminus."
    20 Jun 1874"We understand that, in reply to an application from the Wickham Council, some time since, the Government have declined to construct the crossing at the White Gates in a line with the main Maitland road. It is their intention to erect a high level bridge over the railway, as the future shunting of carriages and the weighing of coal will retard the passenger traffic too much; it is also their intention to bring in the new line of rails from the dyke at Bullock Island, and connect them with the main line on the Newcastle side of the White Gates."
    4 Jan 1876"The junction of the Bullock Island Railway with the Great Northern Railway is at a place known as the White Gates, a mile and half or two miles from Newcastle ... At the junction of this extension with the main line there has hitherto been a crossing-place through railway gates, but as the traffic on this part of the railway will before long be very great, an overline bridge has been built for the traffic across the railway, and the gates will be closed. The bridge is constructed of brick and iron, there being something like a quarter of a million bricks, and forty tons of iron in it. The iron girders were made by P. N. Russell and Co. About twenty thousand cubic yards of earthwork taken from the sandhills at Newcastle have been used in the construction of the bridge and its approaches, and the work will be completed, it is believed, in about a fortnight."

    2. Lambton

    The location of the “White Gates” crossing in Lambton, at the intersection of Griffiths Rd and Kahibah Rd
    1873 Waratah Coal Company map, showing where the Lambton to Waratah road crossed the colliery railway. National Library of Australia.
    Newcastle Parish map, with location of Betty Bunn’s crossing marked in blue, and the White Gates crossing marked in red. University of Newcastle, Living Histories.
    Article Date Event DateNotes
    26 Sep 1863Waratah Coal Company railway to be opened “next week”.
    18 May 1871At the Waratah Council meeting, a motion "for the repairing of the road between the Railway Station and Lambton. Alderman Kerr wanted to know where this road was, and was informed that it crossed the Waratah Company's line at the White Gates, near the small coal heap."
    23 Sep 1871Mention of White Gates at a Lambton Council meeting. This reference is significant because it clearly establishes that the white gates were NOT at Betty Bunn's crossing (bottom end of Acacia St today), but lower down the rail line. "In reference to the line of road to be surveyed and proclaimed between Lambton and the Waratah railway station, stating that the conference had met, when two lines were proposed, one crossing the Waratah Coal Company's railway where it meets the boundary of the two municipalities at the place known as Betty Bunn's crossing ; the other at the company's white gates, or lower crossing, the latter being adopted by the conference."
    26 Sep 1871Lambton Council meeting refers to a "sketch of a main road through the municipality, commencing at the crossing-place on the Waratah Coal Co.'s railway at the white gates at the east of the old tunnels."
    20 Jan 1872
    16 Jan 1872
    Public meeting regarding upcoming Lambton council election … "Then they had had trouble about which should be the road from Waratah to Lambton, and a conference, at which most of the principal persons differed in opinion ; he himself was confident that the lower road, or that by the White Gates crossing was by far the best for both townships, as it could be made more cheaply, and would be a better road. They had adopted the top road, and it was not likely that Waratah would do their part of it for a long time to come. If they did make a bridge over Betty Bunn's Creek, it would not be used much."
    27 Jan 1872
    23 Jan 1872
    Accident on the rail line near the White Gates … "His father's residence is close to the White Gate, or lower crossing of the Waratah and Lambton road, at the lower end of Griffiths' Flat, and when the train was a little beyond this, and approaching the other, or Bunn's crossing …"
    6 Jul 1872In a discussion at Lambton Council about a possible change in municipal boundaries … "Lambton should get the piece of railroad from the New Tunnels to the Junction at the White Gate Crossing."
    7 Aug 1873The White Gates is mentioned in the satirical poem "Lambton Bleatings".
    30 Jan 1875"The crossing place at the creek near the Waratah Company's white gates crossing has also been made much better by the erection of a bridge."
    15 May 1876"I beg to call the attention of our Council to the dangerous state of the bridge across the creek on Griffith's Flat, below the White Gates Crossing."
    17 May 1877Suggested site of a new cemetery near the white gates … "After a careful examination of the ground it was resolved to recommend to the Government the advisability of granting that portion running parallel with the Waratah Company's railway, commencing at the white gates, and running twenty chains down the line with a width of six chains."
    16 Aug 1878
    12 Aug 1878
    "On Monday last, a child belonging to Mr. Richard Hughes, gate keeper at the White Gate Crossing on the Waratah Company's railway, had a most miraculous escape from death."
    19 Mar 1880Last mention in Trove of White Gates in Lambton - at a Lambton Council meeting "Alderman BEVERIDGE called attention to the state of the road from the white gates crossing."

    3. Wallsend

    The location of the “White Gates” crossing in Wallsend. The shared pedestrian and cycling path follows the route of the former Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company railway.
    1927 Wallsend map showing “White Gates” marked near the west end of Wilkinson Ave. State Library of NSW.
    Map of the tramways of Newcastle in 1938, showing White Gates to the east of the Co-Operative Junction. Sydney Tramways Museum.
    A street directory map (date unknown) shows the location of the “White Gate” tram stop.
    Hexham Parish map showing 35 acres of land resumed by Housing Commission for the Whitegates housing estate. Historical Land Records Viewer.
    Whitegates Reserve in Wallsend is one of the few reminders of the original name of this housing estate. SIX Maps
    An apartment block in Wallsend adjacent to Whitegates Reserve also bears the name “Whitegates”.
    Article Date Event DateNotes
    19 Jan 1861Report on the completion of the Wallsend Coal Company railway.
    3 Apr 1875
    31 Mar 1875
    First mention of White Gates at Wallsend. "On Wednesday afternoon last one of the most painful and lamentable accidents that it has ever been our lot to witness occurred on the Wallsend line, near the White Gates, about 300 yards from the Co-operative junction."
    2 Jun 1875"For Sale, A LEASEHOLD OF FIVE ACRES OF LAND, on which is built a Substantial House, with a Large Garden, well trenched, and planted with Fruit Trees and Grape Vines; also, Good Tank of Water, and the whole securely fenced in. The above is situated at Blue Gum Flat, near the White Gates. For particulars apply to JOHN EVANS."
    24 Sep 1896Deputation to Railway Commissioners call for a tram stopping place “at the white gates”.
    27 Aug 1903Wallsend Council meeting … "Improvements at the road leading towards the White Gate tram stopping place were recommended."
    14 May 1908Wallsend Council meeting referred to "the necessity of a waiting shed being erected at the white gates on the tramline."
    23 Jul 1908Wallsend Council meeting motion to "urge the necessity of having the white gates fixed as a regular stopping place for the trams."
    25 May 1917"The clerk also reported that Mr. Munro, of the Tramway Department, proposed altering the name of the stopping place known as the White Gates. The report was adopted, and it was decided that the name "White Gates" remain as previously."
    25 Mar 1925"The duplication of the [tram] line has now reached as far as the White Gates."
    23 Dec 1925"Along the portion of the line between the stop known as the White Gates and the stopping place for Wallsend Hospital, a difficulty presented itself to the authorities. There the tram line ran parallel with, and in close proximity to, the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company's railway, which was higher than the tram line."
    12 Dec 1936"From Wallsend-Borehole collieries loading yards, the train had passed the White Gates level crossing and was ascending the long rise which continues above the Heaton-Birmingham Gardens crossing, when a number of trucks with the brake-van stopped and then began to run back down the grade."
    22 Jan 1940
    20 Jan 1940
    "The station officer of Wallsend branch of Newcastle Ambulance (Mr. W. Lowe) found Darrell Davis, 25, of Douglass street, White Gates, Wallsend, in a state of collape in the cutting of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company's branch railway, above the Heaton-Birmingham Gardens' level crossing on Saturday."
    12 Nov 1941Passing of the Housing Bill that established the NSW Housing Commission.
    5 May 1944Acquisition by Housing Commission of 35 acres of land at Wallsend for the Whitegates estate.
    8 Jul 1944"Men have been putting in allotment pegs, and I understand bricks and timber have been ordered," said Ald. McGrath, referring to a start on the Housing Commission's homes at Wallsend, on an area adjacent to Birmingham Gardens. He added that the Government had gazetted the taking over of the land. On the suggestion of Ald. McGrath, it was decided to send another letter to the council asking that a tramway shelter shed be provided at White Gates.
    22 Jul 1946
    21 Jul 1946
    Formation of the White Gates Welfare Association.
    28 Nov 1947
    19 Dec 1947

    The Minister for Housing (Mr. Evatt) would unveil a commemorative stone at the Housing Commission's project at Wallsend on Friday, December 19, at 2 p.m., Whitegates Welfare Association was advised. Replying to a Ministerial inquiry on the origin of the name "Whitegates," the Secretary (Mr. G. Kendon) said he had been told that the area was once an orchard, entry to which was through a set of white gates. The area was generally known at Whitegates, and that name had been accepted by the association.

    Note: I am somewhat sceptical of the explanation for the origin of the name offered here. The name had been in use for at least 72 years by this time, and the orchard explanation had not been documented previously. In contrast, all the early references to White Gates are in connection with the railway or tramway, so it is much more likely the gates are related to a crossing of a railway rather than an entrance to an orchard.

    19 Dec 1947"A residential area of 147 homes and a shop with a house attached, Whitegates was established by the Housing Commission. It will be officially named to-day by the Minister for Housing (Mr. Evatt), who will unveil a tablet commemorating the completion of the project."
    20 Dec 1947
    19 Dec 1947
    "The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) read out framed letters announcing the approval of Greater Newcastle Council and the Postmaster-General's Department of the designation "Whitegates," and presented them to the Secretary of Whitegates Welfare Association (Mr. G. Kendon)."
    25 Jan 1995The last mention in Trove of Whitegates, named as a polling place by the NSW Electoral Commisioner. The polling place was probably the former St James church hall on the corner of Abbott/Douglas, Wallsend, which has been a pre-school since 1978. This site was used for polling in 2007 and 2010, but named as "Wallsend East".

    This page is part of the collection of Newcastle’s Obsolete Place Names.

    Then and Now Tram

    This is a series of ‘then and now’ photographs of trams and tramways that I published in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic had just started, I was working from home instead of in an office, and the state government was mandating various restrictions of movement. However leaving home for exercise was always allowed, so each of these tram-related photographs I took involved a walk or a bike ride to get to the destination.

    Then and Now (Summer 2014/15)

    This is the series of ‘then and now’ photographs that I put on my blog in the summer of 2014/15, which led to my writing monthly history articles for The Local community newspaper.

    To mark the 10 year anniversary of this series, in the summer of 2024/25 I revisited each of the locations and took another photograph to add to each entry.

    Local History

    This is the home for various pages on Newcastle local history that I have written that are not part of my series of monthly articles for The Local.

    Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown

    In 1862 Robert and Mary Love and their children migrated from Scotland to New South Wales. The family settled in Lambton, where Robert worked as a storekeeper. In July 1874 an advertisement placed by Robert invited tenders to construct a brick building in Adamstown, 30ft by 25ft by 20ft high. After obtaining a publican’s licence, in December 1874 he opened Adamstown’s second hotel, the Royal Crown, on the north-east corner of Victoria and Union St (Brunker Rd).

    Three years later Robert Love died, aged just 46. Mary took on the hotel, assisted by her family. In the next four decades three of her sons-in-law were licensees of the hotel she owned. In 1904 Mary offered the hotel for sale at auction, however the reserve price was not met. The recent Local Options amendment to the NSW Liquor Act, which gave electors the ability to vote for liquor licence reductions, meant that owning a hotel was not as secure a business as it was previously. The Love family continued with the Royal Crown until Mary’s death in 1913. Castlemaine Brewery and Wood Brothers then purchased the hotel.

    A societal desire for curbing alcohol consumption led to further changes to the Liquor Act, and the eventual demise of the hotel. In January 1921 the Licence Reduction Board determined that 23 hotels in Newcastle would be closed, including the Royal Crown in Adamstown. The hotel ceased in July, and the property was advertised for sale.

    Mary Love’s fourth son-in-law then purchased the property. Thomas and Janet Freeman owned the adjacent Kitchener Hall that they had built in 1915 “for picture show purposes”. Acquiring the former hotel allowed the Freemans in 1937 to rebuild and widen their picture theatre. The cinema operated until 1965, when it was sold and converted to shops. The art deco façade of the former cinema survives to this day. However next door on the corner block, the Royal Crown Hotel building was demolished sometime between 1967 and 1974.

    Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown, 9 September 1902. Photo by Ralph Snowball. The University of Newcastle, Living Histories.
    The hotel’s location in 2024, corner of Brunker Rd and Victoria St, with the former cinema building behind the tree.

    The article above was first published in the December 2024 edition of The Local.


    Additional Information

    Licensees

    There has been some confusion arising from Snowball’s photograph, because the sign above the door reads “William Russell”, suggesting that he was the licensee at the time.

    Snowball on his listing for negative box 290, has also labelled the photo as “W. Russells Hotel Adamstown – Sept 9”

    However records show that Arthur Carnley was the licensee between December 1898 and November 1904. Also the Federal Directory of Newcastle 1901, shows the licensee of the “Royal Crown” was “Carnley, A.”

    The apparent discrepancy can be reconciled by understanding that both Arthur Carnley and William Russell were sons-in-law of Mary Love, whose husband Robert opened the hotel in 1874. William Russell had previously been the licensee from 1889 to 1891. A third son-in-law, Adam Hogg, became licensee in 1904. The hotel was owned and run by the same family from 1874 until 1914, the year after Mary Love died. The presence of the name “William Russell” above the door may be just an old sign that the family never updated, or an indication that William Russell still had a hand in running the hotel in the period when his brother-in-law Arthur Carnley was the licensee.

    [Note that in the period April 1891 to October 1893, James Gray is named as the licensee. I have found no evidence that this was the undertaker James Gray who was Adamstown’s alderman and Mayor on several occasions. My strong suspicion is that it was another James Gray, or indeed a James Grey as he is spelled in the newspaper article in April 1891.]

    When Mary Love died on 27 August 1913, the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate printed the following obituary …

    Mrs. Mary Love, proprietress of the Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown, died yesterday, in her 81st year. During the past few months the deceased had been in declining health, and has not been able to leave her room. Mrs. Love, whose husband predeceased her 37 years, opened the Royal Crown Hotel 39 years ago. It was the second hotel opened in Adamstown. For many years she conducted a large business at the hotel, that was always noted for its respectability. The deceased lady, who was respected by all who knew her, was of a generous disposition, and contributed liberally to any movement that was for the progress of the district in which she resided. She left Scotland with her husband 51 years ago, and after spending a couple of years in New Zealand, carried on to New South Wales, and settled down in Lambton, where they lived prior to opening the hotel in Adamstown. Mrs. Love retired from the hotel business about 20 years ago, and the business has since been conducted by members of her family. She leaves a family of two sons and four daughters, 24 grandchildren, and 17 great-grand-children. Her oldest son, Mr. James Love, is in West Australia.

    Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, 28 August 1913

    Other Photos

    Newcastle Libraries Online Collections has an undated photo of the Royal Hotel in Adamstown. Their notes indicate that the photo with “Arthur Carnley, owner”. This suggests the photo was taken in the period 1899 to1904 when Arthur Carnley was the licensee.

    The Royal Hotel, Adamstown. Newcastle Libraries Online Collection 056 000044

    Location

    Although the hotel was licensed as the “Royal Crown Hotel”, it was often referred to as simply the “Royal Hotel”. This is somewhat confusing as there was another hotel very nearby named the “Royal Standard Hotel”.

    The Royal Crown Hotel shown opposite the Adamstown Hotel, and the Royal Standard Hotel on the corner of Victoria St and Gosford Rd. 1890s Water Board map, The University of Newcastle, Living Histories.

    Photographs from the NSW Historical Aerial Imagery site show that the Royal Crown Hotel building was demolished between 1966 and 1974. A photograph of the adjacent picture theatre on page 3 of the book “Front Stalls or Back?” by K J Cork and L R Tod shows that the Royal Crown building was still there in 1967.

    Aerial image, 1966. NSW Historical Aerial Imagery
    Aerial image, 1974. NSW Historical Aerial Imagery

    Arthur Carnley

    In researching the Royal Crown Hotel and finding that Arthur Carnley, son-in-law of Mary Love was licensee for two periods, I wondered if there was any connection to Carnley Avenue in New Lambton, that runs beside Blackbutt Reserve. The answer is yes. In September 1904 Arthur Carnley purchased 7 acres of land in New Lambton. (See Vol-Fol 1733-192 and 1739-181.) Overlaying this land into Google Earth we can see that Carnley Ave

    Location of Arthur Carnley’s 7 acres of land. Vol-Fol 1739-181

    Carnley lodged a subdivision plan (DP20046) for his 7 acres of land in 1945 …

    Plan lodgement for DP20046. HLRV

    … and in 1949 land was resumed for the construction of Carnley Avenue through the middle of the subdivision. Carnley Avenue is first mention in Trove in January 1950.

    Reservation for Carnley Ave in 1949, recorded on Vol-Fol 4748-83.

    Interestingly, at the same time that Arthur Carnley purchased his 7 acres in 1904, his brother-in-law Thomas Freeman also purchased 7 acres, to the south of Carnley’s land, and there is now a Freeman St at that location.

    Freeman St, New Lambton, now runs through the land purchased by Thomas Freeman in 1904.

    Newspaper articles

    Article Date Event DateNotes
    1 Jul 1874"Notice to Bricklayers. WANTED, TENDERS for the BRICKWORK of a HOUSE, 30 feet by 25 feet, by 20 feet in height, situated in Adams' Town. For all information apply to ROBERT LOVE, Near Lambton Colliery Railway."
    16 Dec 1874Robert Love granted a license for "The Royal Crown Hotel" in Adamstown.
    13 Feb 1878
    14 Feb 1878
    Funeral of Robert Love - "The procession to move from his late residence, the Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown."
    22 Dec 1888"Mrs. Love, who has conducted the business at the Royal Crown Hotel so creditably and with so much respectability for the past fourteen years, has retired from business. During her proprietorship of the hotel, it has always been looked upon as a model establishment. Mr. William Russell, Mrs. Love's son-in-law, took charge of the hotel on Thursday." (Note that while Mary Love retired from running the hotel in 1888, she continued to own the property until her death in 1913, and held the hotel licence again during the period 1894-1898.)
    4 Sep 1893"FOR SALE, the Lease, License, Furniture, and Goodwill of the ROYAL CROWN HOTEL, Adamstown. For particulars apply to James Gray, on the premises, or to the Castlemaine Brewery and Wood Bros. & Co., Limited."
    15 Dec 1908
    14 Dec 1908
    "The Royal Crown Hotel, or what is better known as Mrs. Love's hotel, at Adamstown, was offered for sale by public auction yesterday by Messrs. Goodman, Wright, Ltd. It was anticipated there would be keen competition amongst the brewers for the hotel, as it is a free house. Such, however, was not the case. The bidding started at £2000, and ran up to £3000, and at that figure the property was withdrawn. The sale has made it evident that the new Liquor Act has had its effect on hotel property, for it is almost certain that had the same property been offered for sale before the passing of the new Liquor Act it would have realised £5000."
    28 Aug 1913
    27 Aug 1913
    Death of Mary Love, proprietress of the Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown.
    24 Jan 1914Advertisement for the sale of the estate of Mary Love, deceased, including the Royal Crown Hotel.
    9 Mar 1914
    7 Mar 1914
    "Messrs. Lang, Wood, and Co. report a very large attendance at the sale on Saturday last of the Adamstown properties belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mary Love, deceased, when as the result of spirited competition, every lot was sold. The most important item was the well-known RoyalCrown Hotel, for which there was some lively bidding; starting with £2000, bids came in quick succession until £4000 was reached, when by hundreds and fifties the price of £4350 was reached, at whichfigure it was knocked down to the local Castlemaine Brewery, the announcement being greeted with a hearty round of applause. "
    14 Jan 1921
    13 Jan 1921
    License reduction board hearing for the Royal Crown Hotel.
    29 Jan 1921
    28 Jan 1921
    Licenses Reduction Board announces its decision to close 23 hotels in the Newcastle electorate, including the Royal Crown at Adamstown.
    20 May 1921Licences Reduction Board awards compensation for hotels to be closed. For the Royal Crown hotel, £1640 to owner, but the licensee had no claim.
    15 Jun 1921Renewal of license to Stanley W Barnes. (Presumably the renewal was only to 28 July 1921, that being six months from the Licenses Reduction Board determination for closure made on 28 January 1921.)
    24 Oct 1921Advertisement for the sale of the Royal Crown Hotel property at Adamstown.
    10 Feb 1947Death of Isabella Carnley whose "parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Love, moved to Adamstown to build and establish Adamstown's first hotel, the Royal Crown. In 1894 she married Mr. Arthur Carnley, who in turn was licensee of the Royal Crown Hotel, the Commercial Hotel, Wickham, and the Commercial Hotel, Adamstown." (Note, the Royal Crown was actually Adamstown's second hotel.)

    Styles Grove

    Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, 9 May 1902.
    An 1890 map showing the 25 acre “Styles Grove” property. State Library of NSW.

    Overlaying the 1890 map into Google Earth shows that the Glendor property was where the northern tip of Maryland is today.

    The 1890 map with “Glendor” overlaid into Google Earth.
    The approximate 25 acre area of “Styles Grove” as marked on the 1890 map. The site is now part of Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College.

    This page is part of the collection of Newcastle’s Obsolete Place Names.