Obelisk Newcastle
In 1821, Major Morisset, Commandant of Newcastle, ordered the construction of a windmill on a windy hill overlooking the port.
It was built to replace the unsatisfactory hand mills the convicts were using to grind flour from their wheat ration. A second mill was added to increase capacity.
The mills were not used for long before being superseded by the larger, more modern mills in the Hunter Valley. Demolition of the first mill in the late 1840's resulted in an outcry from the shipping industry, which had been using it as a landmark for the approach to Newcastle.
The ships' Captains were pacified by the erection of an Obelisk on the site. At first built of timber and later brick, the existing stone Obelisk has been rebuilt on several occasions after being damaged by lightening strikes, and the earthquake in 1989.
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