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151705
Surname: Hetor (Hector)
First Name: Richard and Jane
Ship: -
Date: 1846 12 November
Place: West Maitland
Source: Australian Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records
Details: Birth of Mary Eliza, daughter of Richard and Jane Hector
151704
Surname: Hetor (Hextor)
First Name: Mary Eliza
Ship: -
Date: 1846 12 November
Place: West Maitland
Source: Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
Details: Birth of Mary Eliza, daughter of Richard and Jane Hector
203779
Surname: Hetton Colliery shaft, Carrington
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 28 August 1897
Place: Carrington
Source: Australian Town and Country Journal
Details: The Hetton Coal Company, whose colliery is situated at Bullock Island, on the margin of the Newcastle Harbor, is a comparatively recent addition to the coal mines of the Newcastle district, having been formed in the year 1885. The colliery is one of the most remarkable in the Southern Hemisphere, inasmuch as it is the only colliery in these latitudes from which nearly all the coal raised is derived from under tidal waters. The grant worked by the company is described as of semi-lunar shape, and 4360 acres in extent, covering as it does the coal deposits lying under the estuary of the Hunter River, extending right across the Newcastle Harbor towards Nobbys Lighthouse, and embracing the coal deposits under the Big Ben Rocks, which lie in the Pacific Ocean to the south of Nobbys, near which a large number of vessels have been wrecked and lives lost at various times. The shaft from which the coal as drawn is situated on what was at one time known as Pig Island, then a swamp, which at high tide was submerged. This has since been added to the mainland at Carrington by reclamation works. Owing to the nature of the surface strata, which com- prised soft mud and sand, a somewhat unusual process in this colony was adopted for sinking the shaft on the delta ground. Iron cylinders, manufactured by Messrs. Morison and Bearby, iron founders, at Bullock Island, 16ft in diameter, in segments 3ft in depth, were sunk by pressure to a depth of 169ft - the total depth of the shaft being 236ft through the Borehole coal seam, which was entered at a depth of 215ft from the surface. In order to reach the seam, the strata sunk through consisted of 44 ft. of sand, 69 ft. of clay 14ft 6in of clay with a little black sand, 36ft 6in of clay, 5ft of rock - forming 45ft of rock. Then comes 1ft of blue shale, after which the coal seam is entered, which measures 21ft 9in in thickness. As the cylinders were forced down the excavations were proceeded with, till the solid rock was reached. From thence the usual process of sinking was followed. The whole of the work was executed in twelve months. The pit top and surface buildings are constructed on a substantial basis, and are replete with modern conveniences and appliances. From the shaft the seam was cut through to under the harbor by driving winning headings under the Dyke wharf and hydraulic cranes. The coal dips slightly south-east, and has a specific gravity of 1.28. As the works ex- tend the seam improves, and in some places under the harbor it has been found at a greater thick ness. In working the coal the management adopted the system of six-yard bords, and eight-yard pillars, leaving the tops, and working out between 6ft and 8ft of the seam, and more in some places. The air shaft is situated a little to the southward of the main shaft, where the ventilation of the mine is sup- plied by a Guibal fan, capable of distributing 200,000 cubic feet of air per minute. The pumping of water from the mine is conducted from this shaft also by a Tangye pump, capable of lifting 14,000gal of water per hour, and which is worked by steam. The underground haulage is carried out on the tail-rope system, the motive power being supplied by two horizontal engines with cylinders 12in in diameter, which are situated in the main surface block of buildings. The skips of coal are collected from the various bords into the main engine planes, and hauled to the shaft in trains of eighteen to twenty. Here they are brought to bank in cages two skips at a time, and treated at the screens adjoining, the round and small coal being separated, sorted, and cleaned for market, the system in use being that of the sloping parallel iron bars. There are five of these screens now in use, alongside of which a large hopper is erected capable of holding 2000 tons of small coal, in which it is stored when the supply exceeds the demand. The rolling stock of the company consists of 300 steel hopper waggons, which as they are filled are shunted into the sidings adjoining the Government Coal Yards at the Dyke, from whence they can be taken alongside of the wharf for shipment in a few minutes. This advantage not only saves time, but greatly minimises the cost of haulage. The coal from the mine finds its way to the following markets:-San Francisco, Chili, Panama, West Coast South America, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, and colonial ports. The official statistics show that in 1887 the output was 1100 tons, and the following year a jump was made to 22,287 tons. In 1895 the output increased to 207,222 tons, valued at £59,802. During that year employment was found for 422 men - 48 above ground and 374 under ground. The colliery is now (1897) capable of a daily output of 1200 tons. The management is now erecting new machinery for the underground haulage, which consists of two powerful horizontal engines with cylinders 30in in diameter. Mr. J. S. Hutchison occupies the position of secretary to the company, whose offices are in Bond-street, Sydney. The Newcastle offices are in Scott-street, from whence the shipping manager, Mr. Tom Brown, is in communication by telephone with the colliery. Mr. A. Mathieson is colliery manager, which position he has held since 1891, when he succeeded Mr. W. Thornton. Prior to that Mr. Mathieson was colliery engineer, and it was under the joint supervision of these two gentlemen that the mine was opened out. Mr. Mathieson has spent a lifetime in the collieries of this district, and has occupied almost every position a colliery is capable of affording, and he has a thorough grasp of every mans duties. Mr. John Welford, the underground manager, is also a capable official, whose experience has been gained in the English, American, and Colonial mines.
132671
Surname: Heuston (Laverty)
First Name: Jane
Ship: Cressy 1856
Date: -
Place: Singleton
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p. 44
Details: Born 1834 in Killyguillib co. Ireland, daughter of Arthur Heuston and Ellen Burlington. Spouse William Laverty. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
161974
Surname: Heveron (Haveron)
First Name: James
Ship: Ferguson 1829
Date: 26 March 1829
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671
Details: Age 17. Farm boy from Armagh. Tried 24 July 1828 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for house robbery. Assigned to G. Suttor at Baulkam Hills on arrival
113151
Surname: Heveron (Havoren)
First Name: James
Ship: Ferguson 1829
Date: 1837
Place: Maitland
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to Edward Drinkwater
113377
Surname: Hewarth (Haworth)
First Name: James
Ship: Mermaid 1830
Date: 1837
Place: Port Stephens
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company
140099
Surname: Hewitt (80th Regt)
First Name: Corporal George
Ship: -
Date: 20 December 1838
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: Corporal George Hewitt and Sergeant Edmond Cook employed at the Stockade at Newcastle
59440
Surname: Hexham Christmas Races
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1849 22 December
Place: Hexham
Source: MM
Details: Hexham Christmas races to be held on Hanell's race course
78346
Surname: Hexham Colliery
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1850 18 September
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: Proposal for Bill to enable Messrs. Turner to form a tramroad from the coal pit near Hexham to a wharf at Hexham negatived by the Council
203810
Surname: Hexham Railway Station
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 1 July 1863
Place: Hexham
Source: The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News (NSW : 1859 - 1866)
Details: Notice - Great Northern Railway - Opening of the New Station at Hexham. On 1st July, the trains will call at the New Station near the Minmi Crossing and will cease stopping at the present station
74888
Surname: Hexham Regatta
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1850 22 May
Place: Hexham
Source: MM
Details: To be held near the Wheath Sheaf Inn in honour of the Queen's Birthday
112315
Surname: Heynsworth (?Hainsworth)
First Name: William
Ship: -
Date: 1854 1 March
Place: Tamworth
Source: MM
Details: On subscription list for fencing in five acre of land granted by the A.A. Company as a church cemetery
172971
Surname: Hibbard
First Name: James
Ship: Mary Ann (came free)
Date: 9 August 1842
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland as a debtor
48517
Surname: Hibbard
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1846 7 September
Place: East Maitland
Source: BR
Details: Died aged 3 1/2. Buried in Glebe Cemetery
113385
Surname: Hibbard (Hibbert)
First Name: Adam
Ship: Royal Admiral 1830
Date: 1837
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GRC
Details: Ticket of leave holder
132073
Surname: Hibberd
First Name: John
Ship: Planter 1832
Date: 1837 6 December
Place: Invermein
Source: GG
Details: Shoemaker age 23 from Wiltshire. 5ft 5 1/4in, ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, scar on left cheek. JK and anchor inside lower right arm. Absconded from Peter McIntyre 28th November 1837
132090
Surname: Hibberd
First Name: John
Ship: Planter 1832
Date: 1837 13 December
Place: Invermein
Source: GG
Details: On List of Runaways apprehended during the last week.
15870
Surname: Hibbert
First Name: Adam
Ship: -
Date: 1845 5 April
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: Procured summons against his master James Richards for breach of Hired Servants Act
97211
Surname: Hibbert
First Name: Adam
Ship: -
Date: 1853 2 February
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Fined 5s or 24 hrs in the cells for drunkenness