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Library System Outage: from 8pm 23 July to 10am 26 July 2019

Our Library Catalogue & Management System will be going offline from 8pm Tuesday 23 July to 10am Friday 26 July. Branches will be open but with limited services, this outage will also affect access to our app, online catalogue and eLibrary. Find out more...
Exhibition: They Sent Me North - Female Convicts in the Hunter

Lovett Gallery, Newcastle Library
Tuesday 30 July - Saturday 24 August

This exhibition features a display of convict bonnets, children's activities and narratives about the lives of female convicts sentenced to transportation to Australia. The exhibition is part of Roses from the Heart...
National Tree Day 2019

We are celebrating National Tree Day with an open community planting day on Sunday 28 July at Bull and Tourle Reserve in Mayfield.
Our Budget 2019/2020

City of Newcastle will invest $32 million in sustainable waste measures and deliver major infrastructure projects, improvements to cultural facilities and workforce development under our new 2019/20 budget.
Earthquake exhibition at Newcastle Museum

The Earthquake Then and Now and Again Exhibition at Newcastle Museum from July to October reflects on the 1989 natural disaster that claimed 13 lives and tested the resolve of Novocastrians.
New City Admin Centre from October

We're moving to new offices near Newcastle Interchange in October, where it will be business as usual at a temporary customer service centre and parking will be available to our customers.

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Business areas to get events funding boost

Businesses, not-for-profit organisations and community groups are invited to apply for around $900,000 in funding as part of a program designed to attract more people into the City’s business areas.
Breakthrough in finding a car park in the CBD

In an Australian first, motorists can now access new digital parking technology that guides them to available parking spaces within the Newcastle CBD.
International honours for Smart City success

A brace of awards at the IDC Smart Cities Asia-Pacific Awards today has confirmed City of Newcastle’s standing as a leading smart city.
City wheels out first driverless vehicle

The future of automated transport has arrived in Newcastle with the City’s brand-new driverless shuttle bus unveiled today.
New playground open in Adamstown

Local families looking for outdoor fun can mark Fletcher Street Reserve’s new playground down as a fantastic place for the kids to play.
City makes pact with local artist for NAIDOC Week

City of Newcastle is counting down to the days to NAIDOC week 2019 after drawing on the inspiration of a talented local Aboriginal artist to help celebrate First Nations people.