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Newcastle (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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[Military cantonments at Newcastle], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/25
Scope and Contents 230 x 179 mm. A view looking down on the military emplacements perched on the side of a steep hill: 'High, High, High High up in the hills behind the capital, appearing as white specks on the mountain side, are the military cantonments of Newcastle, hanging in terraces like a monastery in Tibet... Perched at a height of four thousand feet above the level of the sea, these barracks were erected by Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor from 1839 to 1841, for the benefit of the white troops, which...
Dates: 1900 - 1910
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