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Maitland, city, eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Hunter River valley. It is located on the New England Highway, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Newcastle. Founded as a settlement for convicts (1818–21), it was called in turn The Camp, Molly Morgan Plains, and Wallis Plains.
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Early Settlers of Wallis Plains. The Early Settlers of Wallis Plains teaching unit has been produced by Council to support local Hunter teachers implement the NSW History K-10 syllabus by providing a local context for classroom studies.
Maitland (/ ˈ m eɪ t l ə n d /) is a city in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) by road north of Sydney and 35 km (22 mi) north-west of Newcastle.
James Mudie constructed a wharf at Wallis Plains in the Horseshoe Bend meander near today’s High Street (Port of Maitland); a cattle yard and grain store established next to the wharf. Newcastle penal station closed; new penal station established at Port Macquarie.
Oct 10, 2023 · Wallis Plains. Wallis Plains (now Maitland) was first settled by Europeans in 1818 and 1819. As at Patersons Plains, its dozen original settlers were mainly convicts deemed by Governor Lachlan Macquarie to be sufficiently trustworthy to be provided with land on which to establish small farms.
May 14, 2022 · Of the people who were granted small plots of land to farm at Wallis Plains in 1818, we know most about Molly Morgan. Born Mary Jones in Corfton, in the western Midlands of England in 1762, she was to become a major figure in early Maitland. Her pioneering contribution was enormous.
[1818 – 1839] Farming settlements at Wallis Plains (later West Maitland); creation of official town of East Maitland; and development of Morpeth steamship service to Sydney. [1840 – 1899] Maitland established as a key colonial city: rise of government, commercial and public buildings and institutions.
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