Newcastle

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Newcastle finds itself on shifting ground. But it's not an earthquake or subsidence due to an old mine. It's perception that's shifting.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Not only is Newcastle rapidly changing but so are people's views of the city. People are 'discovering' Newcastle. Or more pointedly they are seeing Newcastle for what it is. In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Newcastle</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)> Scott Bevan examines the character and the soul of the city he grew up in its past and where it's likely to head. He traverses from early contact between the Awabakal people and missionary Lancelot Threlkeld Newcastle's convict and steel city past its famous children (from Silverchair to William Dobell) and the city's role as the world's largest coal export port to its recent blossoming as a tourist destination and creative hub.</span></p><p></p><p></p>