Miss Porter’s House, a distinctive Edwardian Terrace, was the lifelong home of Ella and Hazel Porter. The Porter family built this house in 1910. The building and its contents are representative of the middle-class urban lifestyle of the early twentieth century. It retains Edwardian and 1940s period furnishings, unique stenciled ceilings and a collection of thousands of objects acquired by the sisters over the decades. Before she passed away in the mid-1990s Hazel bequeathed the house and its contents to the National Trust of Australia (NSW) who now maintain the property and open its doors to the public. On the opposite side of the road (King St) is The Workers Club. The Workers Club forms the legacy of one of the most prominent cultural, political and social hubs in Newcastle. The Newcastle Trades Hall Council Workers Club otherwise known as the ‘Red Inn’ and ‘The Newcastle Workers Club’ opened on 8 October 1948, to prepare and teach skills for workers in preparation for the revolution. During the 1950s and 60s, the club played an important role in the local labour movement and acted as a platform for organising and staging community events. By the 1980s it was a popular live music venue. The club is also the site of one of the city’s greatest tragedies. On 28 December 1989, the Workers Club was due to host a performance by popular band Crowded House, with thousands expected to attend. Hours before, at 10.27 am, the city was devastated by an earthquake. Parts of the Workers Club collapsed resulting in nine deaths.