HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) Seahawk and one AS350B Squirrel. "Newcastle" was laid down by AMECON at Williamstown, Victoria on 21 July 1989, launched on 21 February 1992 and commissioned into the RAN on 11 December 1993. Unlike the first four "Adelaide"-class frigates, "Newcastle" was not constructed in the United States of America, so was never assigned a US Navy hull number. "Newcastle" is the only "Adelaide"-class ship not named after a state capital city. Instead, she is named after Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest regional city in the country. She is the first ship of the RAN to be named "Newcastle". "Newcastle" was
White City Stadium (Newcastle) White City Stadium (Newcastle) White City Stadium (Newcastle) was a greyhound racing stadium near Scotswood Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear. In 1927 the Tyneside Sports Stadium Ltd Company planned to construct a stadium just south of the River Tyne at the end of the Scotswood Bridge. There was a spare plot of land where the stadium could just about squeeze into between the river and the Redheugh Branch railway line. It was the first greyhound track to open in Newcastle and the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) also had a financial interest in the venture. The stadium opened