A 30 year project to restore one of the guns at Newcastle's Fort Scratchley will culminate later this morning in its firing. The Nordenfelt gun is capable of hitting a boat four kilometres off shore ...

After a multimillion-dollar restoration, Newcastle's fort is about to reopen its doors, writes John Burfitt. Fort Scratchley is a must-see destination when visiting the Steel City, if for no other ...

The Fort Scratchley Historical Society says it hopes Prime Minister John Howard will announce more funding for the site when he visits the region this week. The Government has allocated more than $5 ...

THE big guns boomed, cymbals crashed, bells tolled, and even mother nature got into the act with some complementary lightning and rain for added apocalyptic ambience.

The Aboriginal flag flying at Fort Scratchley. Source: Supplied: Newcastle City Council. When Brett Johnson visited the Fort Scratchley War Memorial at Newcastle a few weeks ago he was disheartened ...

The exhibition that last year saw a giant timber whale installed at Fort Scratchley has returned for another round with almost triple the number of sculptures taking over the historic Newcastle ...

Fort Scratchley will be alive with sculptures from around the country on Saturday in an artistic first for the area. Lucinda Garbutt-Young is a public sector and federal politics reporter. She was ...