BELIEVE it or not, the suburb we call Mayfield, just west of Newcastle, is unique, according to a new Hunter book.
Most of us think we know Mayfield well, from its landmark pubs, like the Stag and Hunter, to once being the home of the Newcastle BHP Steelworks until 1999. Or perhaps, there are memories of restored mansions, Lysaght's old village of 'Pommy Town', quirky shops, places of worship like the imposing Mayfield Redemptorist Monastery, the former Murray-Dwyer Boys Orphanage (demolished 1997) or from just regularly travelling over the Tourle Street bridge to Stockton, Williamtown and Port Stephens.
