Newcastle · Lake Macquarie · the Hunter

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A journal of houses, pests and purchase

Building Inspector Newcastle

A journal of houses, pests and purchase in Newcastle and the Hunter

Image credits

Every photograph on this journal is Creative Commons or public domain. Files are downloaded and self-hosted in the repository. They are also credited beside the image on the page that uses them.

Victorian terraced houses in Civic, Newcastle, New South Wales — Victorian terraces, Civic. Hugh Llewelyn. CC BY-SA 2.0. File:Newcastle, New South Wales.jpg. Licence text.

Miss Porter's House, a heritage residence in Newcastle, New South Wales — Miss Porter's House. Sardaka. CC BY-SA 4.0. File:(1)Miss Porters House-2.jpg. Licence text.

Houses on South Street at Brunker Road, Adamstown Heights — Adamstown Heights houses. Orderinchaos. CC BY-SA 3.0. File:Adamstown Hts houses South-Brunker.jpg. Licence text.

Jesmond House, a Victorian Italianate residence in The Hill, Newcastle — Jesmond House. Mark McIntosh. CC BY-SA 3.0. File:Jesmond House.jpg. Licence text.

A Victorian townhouse on Beaumont Street, Hamilton, Newcastle — Victorian townhouse, Hamilton. Mark McIntosh. CC BY-SA 3.0. File:Victorian Terrace House.jpg. Licence text.

A house in Waratah, Newcastle, with a prominent television antenna — House in Waratah. One Salient Oversight. Public domain. File:Waratah House.JPG. Licence text.

A residential building in The Hill, Newcastle — Residence, The Hill. Mark McIntosh. CC BY-SA 4.0. File:House1 The Hill-1.jpg. Licence text.

Housing Commission homes at Stockton, photographed in 1955 — Housing Commission homes, Stockton. Sam Hood / State Library of New South Wales. Public domain. File:SLNSW 33533 Housing Commision homes at Stockton.jpg. Licence text. Acknowledgement requested by the State Library of NSW.

A mid-century house in the Charlestown–Highfields area, 1955 — House, Charlestown–Highfields. Sam Hood / State Library of New South Wales. Public domain. File:SLNSW 33028 House CharlestownHighfields area.jpg. Licence text. Acknowledgement requested by the State Library of NSW.

Suburban housing in Adamstown Heights photographed in 1955 — Housing, Adamstown Heights, 1955. Sam Hood / State Library of New South Wales. Public domain. File:SLNSW 32892 Housing Adamstown Heights.jpg. Licence text. Acknowledgement requested by the State Library of NSW.

Fields, trees and a distant ridge in the Hunter Valley — Hunter Valley landscape. David Baron. CC BY-SA 2.0. File:Hunter Valley.jpg. Licence text.

A 1930s postcard view of houses in Newcastle, New South Wales — Newcastle streetscape, 1930s. Royal Australian Historical Society. No known copyright restrictions. File:'Newcastle N.S.W.' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s (15775618511).jpg. Licence text.

Coptotermes acinaciformis, a subterranean termite common in Australia — Coptotermes acinaciformis. Mike (via iNaturalist). CC BY 4.0. File:Coptotermes acinaciformis.jpg. Licence text.

Nobbys Breakwater at Nobbys Head in Newcastle, New South Wales — Nobbys Breakwater, Newcastle. DaHuzyBru. CC BY-SA 4.0. File:Newcastle Breakwater (Nobbys Head), Dec 2025 08.jpg. Licence text.

A row of weatherboard Victorian terraces with a corrugated-iron roof — Weatherboard terraces. Michael Gardner. Public domain. File:Rare Weatherboard Terraces.jpg. Licence text. Photographed in Sydney, January 2008. Used here as a close analogue of Hunter weatherboard stock.

Interior view of a curved timber and corrugated-iron roof — Timber and iron roof structure. Sam Wilson. CC BY-SA 2.0. File:Roof interior at the Aviation Heritage Museum, Bull Creek.jpg. Licence text.

A settlement crack running through a masonry wall — Cracked masonry wall. Kabang Bladina Gideon. CC BY-SA 4.0. File:A cracked wall.jpg. Licence text.

Close view of overlapping terracotta roof tiles — Terracotta roof tiles. Procsilas Moscas. CC BY 2.0. File:Terracotta roof tiles.jpg. Licence text.

A fibro and weatherboard cottage on Flora Street, Sutherland — Fibro cottage, Flora Street. Sardaka. CC BY-SA 3.0. File:(1)cottage Flora Street Sutherland.jpg. Licence text. Used as a close analogue of post-war Hunter fibro cottages.

An open-cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley — Open-cut coal mine, Hunter Valley. Max Phillips. CC BY 2.0. File:Coal Mine Field.jpg. Licence text.

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