Greg Ray is one of Newcastle’s most well-known history writers.
A former Newcastle Herald journalist, Greg and his wife Sylvia now write and research history books with a focus on Newcastle and the Hunter Region.
Rays first book, Newcastle, The Missing Years, was published in 2010, and set them on a course of book publishing, yielding nine volumes to date.
Greg Ray has a long-running column in the Herald’s Saturday magazine, Weekender, which features a local historical photo.
Each week a new photo, and the story that comes with it, is added to this online collection. It gives readers the opportunity to explore local Hunter and Newcastle history through photos.
Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email Greg at gregory.paul.ray@gmail.com
All of Greg Ray and Sylvia Ray’s history books are available through the Newcastle Herald. They include: The Missing Years, Recovered Memories, Changing Places, Destination Newcastle, Newcastle Slideshow, Images on Glass, The Hunter Region in the Great War, Travelling Through Time, Newcastle in the 1960s.
