Newcastle NSW, Australia, 28 December 1989
image sources: Dr Adrian Page, IE Aust report; Kevin McCue; Bill Jordan, Electricity Commission of NSW, Newcastle University Library
Apartment Block, Kemp St, the Junction
Apartment Block, Kemp St, the Junction
Damage to suspended awning
Awning
Movement of brick veneer, High rise building Greater Newcastle Permanent Building Society, Hamilton
Distress in masonry caused by ground movement
Brickwork damage
Hamilton
Car
Cathedral finial twisting
Cathedral NW tower
Chimney damage
Church brickwork
Church brickwork
Junction column
Corrosion of wall ties
Corrosion of wall ties
Corrosion of wall ties
Dentist Surgery
Dentist Surgery
Failure of porcelain insulators supporting 132 Kv circuit breakers (courtesy Electricity Commission of NSW)
Failure of porcelain insulators supporting 132 Kv circuit breakers (courtesy Electricity Commission of NSW)
Gable wall collapse
Hamilton
The Institution of Engineers, Australia Report co-ordinated by Prof RE Melchers
John Hunter Hospital
Junction Motel
Ground floor column, Junction Motor Lodge
Kotara High School
Photos courtesy Newcastle University Library
Photos courtesy Newcastle University Library
Photos courtesy Newcastle University Library
The Junction Demonstration School
Newcastle Technical College, Tighes Hill
Obelisk
Internal shear wall failure
Shopfront
Terrace Damage
Setting up seismograph
Unreinforced Masonry failure
Unreinforced Masonry internal
Seismologists
Wooden house moved on footings
X wall damage
