Forthcoming Hunter Living Histories Showcase
Monday, 4 November 2024 1.00pm-2.30pm
Join us at 1.00pm-2.30pm for the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All Welcome.
WHERE: via ZOOM or in Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP)
WHEN – Monday 4 November 2024 (1.00pm-2.30pm)
- WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY (Gionni di Gravio OAM)
- VALE Ian Sherman 24/04/1943—23/09/2024 Fondly known as the “the Brickman” Listen to Oral History Interview HERE
- PRESENTATION 1 : “Material Culture and Exchange at the Australian Agricultural Company Settlement, Port Stephens, 1826-1833″ by Eleanor Foster, PhD Student, Trinity College, Cambridge.
- PRESENTATION 2: “Newcastle’s Historic Shipwreck Archaeology” Dr James Hunter (Curator of Naval Heritage and Archaeology at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney)
- PRESENTATION 3: “Old Maps: senescence or opportunity?” Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM is a leading Australian clinical immunologist, in addition promotes the study of maps and mapping and has authored several books on mapping, such as “The Long Enlightenment: Australian Science from its Beginning to the mid-20th Century.”
- New Stories of our Town film “Shipwrecked Newcastle” – Chit Chat von Loopin Stab and Tony Whittaker.
Shipwrecked Newcastle (2024) Premiere Screening @ Rogue Scholar
- Dr Carl Caulfield – Performance “Reformation of Joseph Lycett” Wednesday 6 November 4pm Reformation of Joseph Lycett by Dr Carl Caulfield – Hunter Living Histories
The Reformation of Joseph Lycett by Dr Carl Caulfield: Free Workshop Performance
- New Book Newcastle in the 1800s………from penal settlement to Coalopolis by Julie Keating.
UPDATES FROM THE REGIONS
- Regional GLAM Institutions Updates
Murrook Culture Centre – NSW Archaeology Forum 2024 – Papers and Resources
NSW Archaeology Forum – Murrook Culture Centre – 18 October 2024
UON60: A (very) Brief Journey Through the Print Thesis Collection
Clergy Abused Network (CAN) Presentation on Children’s Home Records
Clergy Abused Network (CAN) Newcastle Hunter Manning – October 2024 Meeting
What Ever Happened To Margaret & Ned’s Land at Lake Macquarie?
What Ever Happened to Margaret and Ned’s Land at Lake Macquarie?
- Hunter Regional Committee Hunter National Trust Updates
RECENT NEWS
UNROLLED EXHIBITION LAUNCH – DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THE HLH SHOWCASE
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