Hunter Living Histories

Join us for the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All Welcome.

WHERE: via (ZOOM link HERE) or in person Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP)

WHEN –  Monday 5 August 2024 (1.00pm-2.30pm)

• • Welcome & Acknowledgement of Countries (Gionni di Gravio OAM)

PRESENTATIONS

• Lt General Ralph DarLing and the Dumaresqs (Ross Edmonds, Community Researcher) WATCH HERE
• Muswellbrook Research (Geoff Brokate International Researcher) WATCH HERE
• Newcastle Thematic History (Minna Muhlen Schulte, Manager, Interpretation and Design GML Heritage) WATCH HERE

TOPIC DISCUSSION : History and Heritage

UPDATES FROM THE REGIONS

• • Regional GLAM Institutions Updates
  • Hunter Regional Committee Hunter National Trust Updates

RECENT NEWS

• • Arts and Culture Strategy We invite you to have your say in the Universities Arts and Cultural Strategy! Discission Paper and Survey found HERE
  • NSW History Week 2024 on 7-15 September, with the theme, “Marking Time”. Further details HERE 
  • Wallsend 150th Celebrations – see Facebook page ‘Wallsend Area Then and Now’
  • Descendants’ Day at Dalwood 2024. The 194th anniversary of the planting of Australia’s oldest continuous commercial vineyard will be celebrated at Dalwood, Branxton on Saturday 7 September 2024.HERE

HUNTER LIVING HISTORIES -Latest

• • Chips Rafferty, Jack Jones and the Dream of a Permanent Australian Picture Industry https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/07/16/chips-rafferty/
  • The Earliest Work of Fiction Set in Newcastle, Hunter’s River Involving Relations Between Settlers and Aboriginal People, 1830 https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/07/17/newcastle-fiction-1830/
  • 50 Years of Open Foundation: Enabling People & Pathways to University – Share Your Story https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/07/20/50years-openfoundation/
  • Celebrating the Centenary of the 1924 Overseas Tour of the BHP Newcastle Steel Works Band https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/07/26/bhp-band-centenary/
  • The Stan Masterson Collection https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/07/26/stan-masterson-listing/
  • The Art of Shield Making: A Mangrove Masterpiece https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/07/29/the-art-of-shield-making-a-mangrove-masterpiece/

EXHIBITION

“Rewind – A Hunter Region NBN Television Retrospective“ – A University Library Exhibition, Level 2 Auchmuty Library Callaghan Campus. Starts 1 July, 2024 to 15 September 2024.

End : (2.30 pm)