Hunter Living Histories Showcase
Monday, 13 April 2026, 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 (Join Zoom Meeting) or in person Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (See ONLINE MAP)
WHEN – Monday 13 April 2026 (1.00pm-2.30pm)
Afternoon Tea will be provided for those attending in person (from 12.30pm)
PRESENTATIONS
- Elisabeth Sacco (Energy Corporation of NSW (EnergyCo) – EnergyCo’s Port to REZ (Renewable Energy Zones) project which is a series of road upgrades from the Port of Newcastle to Elong Elong, to enable to transportation of large components for renewable energy developments in Central-West Orana and other REZs.
- Garden History Panel – Francesca Beddie (Editor Australian Garden History Society) Catherine Blanch (Cintra House), Erika Wright (UON Intern, post grad student), Dr Ari Chand (Adelaide University) article “Margaret Senior OAM: Illustration as a tool for environmental communication and conservation”
UPDATES
- Collection engagement activities (Dr Amir Moghadam – University Library, Special Collections & Archives)
Collections Update: Bishop Tyrrell Anglican School Visit to special collections
Collections Update: Object Based Learning Session at Murrook Culture Centre
- Regional GLAM Institutions Updates (Hunter National Trust and Newcastle Family History Society)
- GLAMx Lab Updates – Career-Ready Placement students – Enze, Hamish, Coren, Mila.
RECENT NEWS
- Looking Ahead 2030: University releases its Strategic Plan.
The University released it Looking Ahead 2030 plan: www.newcastle.edu.au/our-uni/strategic-plan
The September HLH 2025 Showcase was completely dedicated to listening to people’s experiences and wishes for the future University plan. The following ideas for our Special Collections & Archives, GLAMx Hunter Living Histories 2026 goals as a response are for provided below for discussion at our forthcoming June 2026 Hunter Living Histories Showcase. Let us know what you think.
- What do we remember about polio?
View the presentation recorded on 25 March 2026 with Professor Catharine Coleborne in Room L326, Auchmuty Library AVAILABLE HERE
- Jacob Ure’s ‘Operation Seagull: The Stockton Bight Disaster’
Jacob Writes:
“I’m reaching out to share a documentary I recently completed titled Operation Seagull: The Stockton Bight Disaster. The film documents the events of the 1954 training exercise off Stockton Bight and records the memories of several of the men who were involved.
If you would like to read more about the project, additional background information is available here: https://www.ourpast.au/operation-seagull
If your organisation would like to use the film, I have included access options below.
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z7tImdQ5sk This is the version intended for general online viewing. If you share the film on your website, social media, or in a newsletter, please use the YouTube link so viewers can watch it directly online.
If you choose to screen the film within your museum or exhibition space, you do not need to seek approval beforehand. You are welcome to display it.” – Filmaker Jacob Ure
- Julie Keating’s Heritage Walks Now Accessible on Living Histories
EXPLORE series of Heritage Walks of Newcastle Suburbs (Julie Keating) AVAILABLE HERE
- Hunter Stories from Robert Watson and the late Athel D’Ombrain
A March by the Maitland Lancers to Lake Macquarie 26th-28th May 1900
- UON History Seminar Series See Sem 1,2026 Program HCCI Seminar Programme S1 2026 (2)
- Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts https://nfhs.org.au/podcasts/
and Videocasts https://www.youtube.com/@newcastlefamilyhistorysoci2923/videos