Woodlands, Newcastle Woodlands, Newcastle Woodlands is a heritage-listed house at 51 Church Street, Newcastle, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. It was designed by James Henderson and built in 1877 for Joseph Wood, operator of the Castlemaine Brewery. It housed the Cathedral Hill Grammar School, was an Australian Red Cross home for convalescent soldiers, Iluka in 1916-17, during World War I, reverted to use by the school, became the Centaur Hospital during World War II, served as a boarding house for migrants, then was a private
Shelling of Newcastle flashes, the submarine ceased its attack and submerged before the Australian gunners could open fire on it. "I-21" began her bombardment of Newcastle two hours after the attack on Sydney. At this time submarine was from Newcastle, and was sailing eastwards as her deck gun was stern-mounted. Prior to the attack the submarine's gun crew had prepared 34 rounds of ammunition; these comprised 26 conventional rounds and eight illumination rounds. The target of the attack was the BHP steelworks in the city. Between 2:15 am and 2:31 am "I-21" fired 34 shells at Newcastle. These rounds landed over a wide