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The Latest Breaking News from Heritage NSW

Japanese submarine from WWII attack may have been found

A submarine that destroyed an Allied warship in Newcastle in 1942 might have been found off the coast of Coffs Harbour.

AAP

Residents fight late night restaurant plans for heritage cottage

'This will turn it into a circus.'

Newcastle Herald

Breakthrough in mystery of steel ship that disappeared 55 years ago

The vessel was on its way from Newcastle to Townsville

Newcastle Herald

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Shipwreck mystery solved decades after deadly disaster

More than 20 people were killed when a freighter sank off the NSW coast, but 55 years on researchers hope a new discovery will bring closure for their families.

AAP

Next stage of ocean baths upgrade won't impact heritage list process

The site is being assessed for state heritage listing.

Newcastle Herald

First look: Newcastle Ocean Baths upgrade plans revealed

It includes a new kiosk, changerooms and community spaces.

Newcastle Herald

Heritage NSW won't identify missing archaeology reports due to 'privacy'

Several major Newcastle projects are missing final reports.

Newcastle Herald

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Council, Heritage NSW push back against Iris over demolitions, lost views

The final stages of the EastEnd development have sparked outcry.

Newcastle Herald

'Sad day for Newcastle': City's 'oldest timber building' demolished for units

'The city's heritage has been sacrificed on the altar of profit.'

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle heritage dispute: Age-old house worth six more months

Editorial: 19th century building at centre of dispute.

Newcastle Herald

Email shows heritage officer's doubts ahead of demolition decision

Demolition work started on Monday for the project's final stages.

Newcastle Herald

Councillors push to state heritage list city's ocean baths

The council warns it could place the pavilion "at risk of deterioration".

Newcastle Herald

Stop dragging chain on heritage application for ocean baths

Friends of Newcastle Ocean Baths applied for documents under the Freedom of Information Act after its unsuccessful application for an Interim Heritage Order to stop the concreting of the baths floor.

Newcastle Herald

Glenn Murcutt's 1970s 'environmentally responsive' farmhouse added to NSW Heritage Register

Architect Glenn Murcutt's "environmentally responsive" home in Kempsey is the second house designed by him to be included on the NSW Heritage Register.

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East-enders drag return of Newcastle 500 'disruptions' to city streets

The Newcastle East Residents Group have a deafening roar of their own, saying a 'super-nah' to the Supercars event.

Newcastle Herald

Coal giant's plans in 'historic' limbo

Stoush between state government departments and advisory council revealed in coal mine application case

Newcastle Herald

Residents gear up for next fight with Supercars

The community group says Supercars has 'misled' Heritage NSW in the past about the race's impact on the historic precinct.

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Heritage approval to decide Newcastle Supercars fate

A tentative date for the opening round of the 2023 Supercars season in Newcastle hinges on an application with Heritage NSW.

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Supercars plans March race, five more years in Newcastle

Supercars is poised to race in Newcastle in March 2023 and for the following four years after applying for heritage approval until 2027.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government says it did not authorise reburial of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady

Remains removed as a result of ‘dispute between Aboriginal communities’, Heritage NSW says

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous groups angered at reburial of 42,000-year-old Lake Mungo remains despite promise

Labor’s Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney says NSW assured commonwealth the reburial would not go ahead until court action considered

Newcastle Herald

Ravensworth a sacred colonial battlefield

Land earmarked for an open cut mine expansion near Muswellbrook may have the same historical significance as the sacred battlefields of Europe some historians and indigenous communities have argued.

ABC News

SS Wollongbar II mariners remembered at wreck site 79 years after Japanese torpedo attack

Thirty-two lives were lost when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the SS Wollongbar II in 1943. After being lost to the water for decades, relatives have finally paid their respects at the wreck site off the NSW coast.

The Guardian - AU

NSW accused of politicising history scheme as Labor seats miss out on first round of blue plaques

None of 17 markers on buildings where historical figures lived or worked, or where major events occurred, are in Labor-held seats

The Guardian - AU

NSW government told to rework proposal to raise Warragamba dam wall as officials say impacts not justified

Assessment contains inadequate surveys of threatened species habitat and fails to identify that project could cause flooding of 284km of waterways, officials say

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