An iconic photo of John Fleming while he is recovering from the Newcastle earthquake finished on a mural | Newcastle Herald

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John Fleming became part of Novocastrian history when an iconic photo was taken in the aftermath of the Newcastle earthquake. John, then 20, participated in the recovery effort with the Reserve Army. John said, “I was throwing bricks off the roof as part of the cleaning. The chimney was damaged.” “A photographer from The Sydney Morning Herald showed up and took a photo and the next thing was in the newspaper.” Coincidentally, he’s been working on the roof of Cox Hill’s home where his grandmother lived for decades. She died in the months before the earthquake. “It was the house my mother grew up in,” he said. “We literally worked on 40 to 50 different properties during the cleaning process. But at that very moment, the photographer snapped the photo.” The image was later used in a mural by Newcastle artist Birgit Hansen. The mural was commissioned by the Newcastle Herald to cover the first anniversary of the earthquake. Birgit used news photos for inspiration and the subject of the painting cropped for this story. Faces in the painting include victims, rescue workers, construction workers, and civilians. She said her drawings sought to depict the earthquake “bringing us together as a community.” She added that John’s picture was “a perfect fit” for the mural. The upper-right portion of the mural shows John in a uniform throwing bricks off the roof. He thinks about an earthquake at this time every year. The earthquake marks the 31st of December. “It’s something that you can’t forget. Everyone in Newcastle has a story about their whereabouts.” I was at a friend’s house in Adamstown. We were about to play golf. The house literally felt like it was jogging off its sidewalks. “We ran out of the house and looked up the road and saw the domino effect of everyone outside in front of their homes, wondering what happened on the ground.” John said he felt “very lucky to be in the mural, as part of Newcastle’s history”. “It was a bad day of course,” he said. “But I’m proud that I helped recover.” John Fleming found himself embroiled in another crisis this year – the pandemic. He is the general manager and part owner of the Industree Group that sells personal protective equipment. As you can imagine, the company has had a busy year. While he has a good boss in business, he also has a social conscience. In the early stages of the epidemic, there was a shortage of face masks. People with medical conditions were especially afraid of the lack of any masks. John and his company helped people in need – just as they did all those past years on this surface. To get faster access to the latest news from Newcastle, download our NEWCASTLE HERALD app and subscribe to breaking news, sports and what gets sent directly to your inbox. In the news:

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John Fleming became part of Novocastrian history when an iconic photo was taken in the aftermath of the Newcastle earthquake.

John, then 20, participated in the recovery effort with the Reserve Army.

John said, “I was throwing bricks off the roof as part of the cleaning. The chimney was damaged.”

“A photographer from The Sydney Morning Herald showed up and took a photo and the next thing was in the newspaper.”

Coincidentally, he’s been working on the roof of Cox Hill’s home where his grandmother lived for decades. She died in the months before the earthquake.

“It was the house my mother grew up in,” he said.

“We literally worked on 40 to 50 different properties during the cleaning process. But at that very moment, the photographer snapped the photo.”

The mural was commissioned by the Newcastle Herald to cover the first anniversary of the earthquake.

Birgit used news photos for inspiration and the subject of the painting cropped for this story.

Faces in the painting include victims, rescue workers, construction workers, and civilians.

She said her drawings sought to depict the earthquake “bringing us together as a community.”

She added that John’s picture was “a perfect fit” for the mural.

The upper-right portion of the mural shows John in a uniform throwing bricks off the roof.

He thinks about an earthquake at this time every year. The earthquake marks the 31st of December.

“It’s something that you cannot forget. Everyone in Newcastle has a story about their whereabouts.

“I was at a friend’s house in Adamstown. We were about to play golf. The house literally felt like it was springing off its sidewalks.”

“We ran out of the house and looked up the road and saw the domino effect of everyone outside in front of their homes, wondering what happened on the ground.”

John said he felt “very lucky to be in the mural, as part of Newcastle’s history”.

“It was a bad day, of course. But I am proud that I helped with my recovery,” he said.

John Fleming.

John Fleming found himself embroiled in another crisis this year – the pandemic.

He is the general manager and part owner of the Industree Group that sells personal protective equipment.

As you can imagine, the company has had a busy year.

While he has a good boss in business, he also has a social conscience.

In the early stages of the epidemic, there was a shortage of face masks.

People with medical conditions were especially afraid of the lack of any masks. John and his company helped people in need – just as they did all those past years on this surface.

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