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Throwback Thursday: 20 photos from the Hunter's history

HISTORY: Hexham bridge

HISTORY: High Street Maitland

HISTORY: Maitland Gaol

HISTORY: Maitland Gaol

HISTORY: Maitland Brewery

HISTORY: Maitland Jockey Club grandstand

HISTORY: Maitland post office

HISTORY: The gates to Maitland Park

HISTORY: Maitland sale yards

HISTORY: Maitland train station during 1951 flood.

HISTORY: Morpeth rail

HISTORY: Produce merchant

HISTORY: Swing bridge Eccleston

HISTORY: Maitland Synagogue

HISTORY: Town Hall

HISTORY: Walka Water Works

HISTORY: West Maitland hospital

HISTORY: West Maitland rail crossing

HISTORY: Wollombi school

HISTORY: Windsor Castle Hotel

From Maitland Saleyards to a swinging bridge at Eccleston, take a look at what the Hunter used to look like, from The Mercury archives.

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