06 December, 2015
A discovery place - Hamilton Public School
My first impression was of some kind
of a discovery garden - but it is a public primary school. Buildings are plain
and functional and there is plenty of paving, but what catches my eye are the
creative touches everywhere. A huge funky chair balances high above the
entrance gate in Samdon Street, and colourful hand painted signposts are
immediately helpful to the visitor.
23 November, 2015
Search for the station master's house
Since I first discovered the trove
of online digital images available through Newcastle’s cultural collections[1]
I have been fascinated by the photograph of the Hamilton station master’s
house. Damaged and discoloured with age, the cottage with three people standing
in front had an other-worldly quality. I wondered where exactly it was –
perhaps it still existed – and who those individuals were.
26 October, 2015
Gregson Park
As a gift, it wasn’t quite all it seemed. It was probably the worst piece of land in Hamilton.
That’s hard to imagine today, as we absorb the colourful expanses of spring
flowering annuals and roses, wander the meandering paths, or watch kids in a
playground protected by ancient fig trees.
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