Hunter Living Histories Showcase
Monday, 4 May 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 4 May 2026 (1.00pm-2.30pm)
Afternoon Tea will be provided for those attending in person (from 12.30pm)
PRESENTATIONS
- Newcastle Maritime Museum Collection: A Treasure Trove of the Past (Hamish Monk, Career Ready Placement Student)
- Significant Women of Newcastle City walk (Dr Johanna Trainer, Hunter National Trust) Self-guided walking guide
- Grafton Showground Pavilion (John O Donnell, local historian)
UPDATES
- Collection engagement activities (Dr Amir Moghadam – University Library, Special Collections & Archives) – Postponed until June.
- Regional GLAM Institutions Updates (Hunter National Trust and Newcastle Family History Society)
- GLAMx Lab Updates – Career-Ready Placement students – Coren, Mila, Jacqueline
RECENT NEWS
- Launch: Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War. Watt Space Gallery Newcastle, Saturday, May 9 • 5 pm – 6:30pm. Further details HERE
- Australian Heritage Festival 2026 Further details HERE
- Don McNair Herbarium Biennial Report. Don McNair Herbarium is kindly supported by donations.
- The Raspberry Gully Railway (video) (Stephen Miller, local railway historian)
- EXPLORE series of Heritage Walks of Newcastle Suburbs (Julie Keating) AVAILABLE HERE
- Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts https://nfhs.org.au/podcasts/
and Videocasts https://www.youtube.com/@newcastlefamilyhistorysoci2923/videos
Breaking Barriers: Libby Marshall on the Growth of Women’s Hockey
Restoring The Birdwood Flag: From Fragments to the Community
Search for Brisbane’s First ANZAC Day Bugler: Sergeant Herbert “Jerry” Barnes of Raymond Terrace
Newcastle Maritime Museum Collection: A Treasure Trove of the Past