Hunter Living Histories Showcase – 7 November 2022


Hunter Living Histories Showcase
Monday 7 November 2022 (1.00pm-2.30pm)

This event was a hybrid showcase in person in Room L326, Auchmuty Library, at the University of Newcastle’s Callaghan Campus or online through this ZOOM.

PROGRAM

Guests : Military history educational material of the Hunter Region (Yvonne Fletcher & John Gillam) (10mins+5min questions) – WATCH HERE See PowerPoint presentation HERE .

"Fury as WW1 Medals 'Likely Destroyed'" Newcastle Herald, 26 October 2022 pp.22-23
“Fury as WW1 Medals ‘Likely Destroyed'” Newcastle Herald, 26 October 2022 pp.22-23

Discussion: Hunter Valley Museum of Rural Life. with Dr Amir Mogadam and Lesley Gent – WATCH HERE

Guest : The Convicts Who Built Dalwood House 1828-1836 (Don Seton Wilkinson) (10mins+5min questions) (Presentation cancelled)

Doric Columns of Dalwood House
Doric Columns of Dalwood House

NEWS & UPDATES 

"Heritage defeats coal" Newcastle Herald 29 October 2022 p.5
“Heritage defeats coal” Newcastle Herald 29 October 2022 p.5
  • Death of Hunter playwright John O’Donoghue

See John O’Donoghue’s interview on Ron Hurst’s The Valleys People, 1981. (Digitised by the GLAMx AV Digitisation Team Volunteers and UON WIL students)

Obituary for John O'Donoghue by Felicity Biggins. Newcastle Herald 29 October 2022 p.26
Obituary for John O’Donoghue by Felicity Biggins. Newcastle Herald 29 October 2022 p.26

John O’Donoghue in Living Histories

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End : (2.30 pm)

Next Showcase – 5 December, 2022


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