Walka Water Works: A Historic Museum Proposal

Walka Water Works and Newcastle's harbour history could go hand in hand

Your correspondents Jenny and Bill Hawke ("Walka agenda doesn't work", Letters, 24/1) make a powerful case for the Walka Water Works becoming a museum to highlight its important historic role, as well as Maitland's relationship with the Hunter, and the contribution Maitland made to Newcastle's development in the early 19th century, helping it become more than just a "coal town"..