State Dockyard, Newcastle State Dockyard, Newcastle The State Dockyard was a ship building and maintenance facility operated by the Government of New South Wales in Newcastle, Australia between 1942 and 1987. In 1942, the State Dockyard opened on the site of the Government Dockyard at Dyke Point in Newcastle that had closed in 1933. Officially the New South Wales Government Engineering & Shipbuilding Undertaking, it was universally referred to as the State Dockyard. The dockyard facility was located at Carrington on Newcastle Harbour, on of land in addition to the ship repairs site on . The dockyard launched its first vessel in July
White City Stadium (Newcastle) reported that tote receipts were £75,000 of which £47,000 was taken out by taxation. The government policy continued to make matters difficult for greyhound racing totalisators with close scrutiny and restrictions of gambling still considered in the interests of the general public. The net result for White City was the closure of the track on 26 May 1951, exactly 23 years after it opened. Newcastle had lost its first greyhound track and the site became a depot and then eventually industrial units on Toll Bridge Road. White City Stadium (Newcastle) White City Stadium (Newcastle) was a greyhound racing stadium near