44 Third Avenue, home of Jack Common

HER Number

13287

District

Newcastle

Site Name

44 Third Avenue, home of Jack Common

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Jack Common (author) 1903 - 1968 was born here in the upstairs flat. His autobiographical books are "Kiddar's Luck" (1961) and "The Ampersand" (1964).

Easting

427128

Northing

565345

Grid Reference

NZ427128565345

Sources

Ben Smith, 2010, Newcastle Commemorative Plaques (unpublished Word document); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Common; https://libcom.org/library/jack-common-selected-articles