Heritage Newsclippings
The Park is laid out
This article from 1924 notes Council's works in Pacific Park, King Edward Park and a new spot at the intersection of King and Darby Streets... "It will be some little time before the full effect of this latter work is seen."
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Thursday 10 July 1924, page 4
Wattle Trees
In 1924 Mayor Kilgour came to Church Walk Park to plant wattle trees.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Friday 11 July 1924, page 8, (excerpt).
Annual Plantings
Once upon a time Church Walk Park was a place of annual plantings as described in this article from 1929.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Friday 11 October 1929, page 2.
Our Changing City
Cliff Towers was described as "a new city battlement" in 1936 as it rises above Church Walk Park.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Saturday 11 January 1936, page 7.
Picnic Shelter
The Park's picnic shelter was an advanced structure for the time!
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate
(NSW: 1876 - 1954), Saturday 14 May 1938, page 22.
Transformation
This writer noted in 1939 the Park's transformation from a "desolate wilderness into a splendidly attractive garden".
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Friday 10 March 1939, page 18
Swearing
Unfortunately in 1939 a person was imprisoned for swearing in Church Walk Park!
Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), Friday 17 March 1939, page 8.