Cost
Booking fees may apply.
When
Thursday 19 December 2024, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 20 December 2024, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Thursday 02 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 03 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 04 January 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 06 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 07 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 08 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 09 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 10 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 11 January 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 13 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 14 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 15 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 16 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 17 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 18 January 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 20 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 21 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 22 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 23 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 24 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 25 January 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Tuesday 28 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 29 January 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 30 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 31 January 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 01 February 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 03 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 04 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 05 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 06 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 07 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 08 February 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 10 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 11 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 12 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 13 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 14 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 15 February 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 17 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 18 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 19 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 20 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 21 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 22 February 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 24 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 25 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 26 February 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 27 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 28 February 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 01 March 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 03 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 04 March 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 05 March 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 06 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 07 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 08 March 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 10 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 11 March 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 12 March 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 13 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 14 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 15 March 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Monday 17 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday 18 March 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 19 March 2025, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Thursday 20 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 21 March 2025, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 22 March 2025, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
In the 1960s, teenagers Robert and Bruce Wheatley were given the freedom by their parents to roam the NSW railway network by themselves. With packs on their back and pocket money for survival, they travelled on all manner of trains, slept in railway waiting rooms, rode with the guard on goods trains, and, when confidence grew, with the crew in the cab. The brothers carried a 35mm camera on their journeys, using it to capture candid photographs of the last days of the age of steam.
This photographic exhibition is drawn from the first five volumes of the Wheatley brothers' popular Railway Portraits book series and includes images taken across the state, with many recording the people, places, and locomotives of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.
Cost: Free entry
Exhibition period: On display from 18 March 2024
Open during Local History Library hours
Love the exhibition? Book tickets for the Book Launch: Railway Portraits Volume Six with Robert and Bruce Wheatley on Friday 15 November at Newcastle (City) Library.