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
Newcastle City Hall (Australia) acre grant to the Australian Agricultural Company. Newcastle City Hall still stands on Lots 10, 11, and 12 of this portion, while Christie Place occupies Lots 13 and 14 with Wheeler Place occupying lot 9. The firm of Archibald Rodgers previously occupied the site. The firm was established in Carrington in 1854. In 1870 the name was changed to Rodgers Bros. and the business moved to King Street on which City Hall now stands. The land was swampy and required six feet of fill to prepare it for the new engineering works including a blacksmiths' shop, fitting and machine shop