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During World War II, Newcastle was an important industrial centre for the Australian war effort. In the early hours of 8 June 1942, the Japanese submarine I-21 briefly shelled Newcastle. Among the areas hit within the city were dockyards, the steel works, Parnell Place in the city's now affluent East End, the breakwall and Art Deco ocean baths.
During 1942 and 1943 Imperial Japanese Navy submarines conducted a number of patrols along Australia's east coast. [1] On 16 May 1942 the submarine I-29 attacked the Soviet freighter Wellen 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Newcastle, but did not cause any damage to the ship. In response, a naval force was dispatched from Sydney to attempt to ...
The Newcastle Covering Force was an Australian militia force responsible for protecting the strategically important Newcastle region in New South Wales and its approaches during World War II. Established on 8 April 1941, the formation's composition changed over the course of its existence, starting from a single infantry battalion support by a ...
The Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch was an anti-tank trench constructed in 1942 as part of the southern perimeter defensive system of the Port of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, as part of Fortress Newcastle during World War II. The anti-tank ditch was located 12 kilometres south of Newcastle, south of the town of Belmont.
During World War II, Newcastle was an important industrial centre for the Australian war effort. In 1942, the Japanese planned to attack Sydney Harbour . On the early hours of 8 June, the Japanese submarine I-21 briefly shelled Newcastle.
[7] [8] In the same year, Newcastle Transport began trialling an on-demand bus service [9] within the Lake Macquarie area, servicing the suburbs of Dudley, Mount Hutton and Warners Bay. [10] Newcastle Transport commenced operations with a fleet of 172 MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo buses. [11] Buses are operated out of depots in Belmont and Hamilton.
The rudder of the sunken ferry was recovered by two fishermen in the Hunter River during 1974 and it is now kept in the Newcastle Maritime Museum at Honeysuckle. The last survivor of Bluebell , Mr. Ed Felton, died two-weeks shy of the seventieth-anniversary of the sinking in 2004.
Three people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while cleaning the interior of a water tank on a rural property. [424] Fire: Footscray, Victoria: 3: 2017 Mar 1: Three homeless people died in a fire in a dis-used factory. [425] Air accident: Renmark, South Australia: 3: 2017 May 30: Three killed in light aircraft crash. [426] Air accident ...