Join us at 1.00pm-2.30pm 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.
(See ONLINE MAP)
WHEN – Monday 3 August 2026 (1.00pm-2.30pm)
Afternoon Tea will be provided for those attending in person (from 12.30pm)
WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY
RECENT NEWS & UPDATES
- HISTORY WEEK 2026: Keeping Stories
From 5–13 September. Registrations close Monday, 3 August, 2026
Further Information HERE
- EXHIBITION: Finding Home: Life Outside Institutions
Linked to our ARC grant (led by Prof Catharine Coleborne, with incredible RA help from Tess Gardner and Erica Wright)
Opens on 8 July at 6pm at the University of Newcastle’s Watt Space Gallery until mid-September.
Further information HERE.
- BOOK LAUNCH “Personalities, Purpose and Place: The Making of Tocal College”.
Tocal College Paterson.
When: Sunday 16 August 2026, 2.00pm
Please book https://www.trybooking.com/DNPGX Sydney Event:
When: 4.30pm, Wednesday 5 August 2026
Where: Cox Architects, 70 George Street, The Rocks
Please book: https://www.trybooking.com/DNPFSydney event
UPDATES
- Regional GLAM Institutions Updates (Hunter National Trust and Newcastle Family History Society)
- GLAMx Lab Updates -Welcome Career-Ready Placement students
PRESENTATIONS
- “What Recollect can offer oral historians” – Hunter Rainbow History Group (John Witte)
https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/59991 - Autonomy Day Prank – The Harbour Swim – Jeanne Woodlands
- Storyplace, Museums & Galleries NSW (Bren Donnellan (she/they) Storyplace Manager)
- Brass Band Histories – Dr Mark Pinner
https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/118996
NEXT SHOWCASE: 7 September 2026