Acknowledgment of Aboriginal Country The Dunghutti people are the traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Macleay River catchment and the Apsley River catchment. This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. DOWNLOAD Macleay River report on entrance to. by Sir John Coode. Sydney : George Stephen … More Report on The Entrance To The Macleay River (1890)
What is the aim of the Project? To archaeologically survey, document and verify the location of the Sturt expedition’s (1844-1846) underground room at Depot Glen, near Milparinka. What is the “Underground Room”? The “underground room” is a subterranean bunker dug out by Sturt’s expedition team in 1845 to escape the heat of the summer, and … More The Quest for Sturt’s “Underground Room” (1845)
During January 2022 Dr Alison Clark from National Museums Scotland contacted HLH, she is conducting provenance research on a brass breastplate in their collection. Dr Clark would like to find out more about the individual who was given the breastplate, and asks who gave it to him, and how the breastplate came to Scotland. “The … More Aboriginal breastplate ‘Sandy, Chief of Coringori’
ABC’s Paul Turton spoke to Dr Ann Hardy, who is the Coordinator for Hunter Living Histories at the University of Newcastle. LISTEN HERE – Drive – ABC Radio – Interview about the Chinese Presbyterian Church Students, alumni or academics were invited to contribute blog posts to Hunter Living Histories website on themes reflecting diversity, … More Fringe Histories 2022
HUNTER LIVING HISTORIES 2021 ANNUAL REPORT At a glance (as at 6 December 2021) Hunter Living Histories Blog Site – 128,892 Views Living Histories Data Platform – 4,378,345 Views Special Collections Flickr Site – Over 66 million views Special Collections YouTube – 61,306 Views for 2021, Over 400,415 Views since 2008 with 727 Subscribers Over … More Hunter Living Histories 2021 Annual Report
Presentation Newcastle Time Ball at November Hunter Living Histories Meeting – Associate Prof Nancy Cushing (University of Newcastle) Bob Donnelly kindly loaned the following sources to Special Collections to share with the wider community. As an Engineer he worked on the reinstatement of the time Ball at Newcastle’s former Customs House in 1988. A … More Newcastle’s Customs House Time Ball
Fraternal Societies Collection Digital Exhibition About the Project By Dr Amir Moghdam Conservator, University Library The University of Newcastle Library Special Collections is making its fraternal societies collection available online. The collection is named after its donor Dr Bob James. Since 2015, a small project team made up of Special Collections staff collaborating with student project officers have documented, … More Fraternal Societies Collection Digital Exhibition
Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot: A Proposal For Its Conservation and Adaptive Reuse This post honours the memory of the late Dr Bernard (“Bernie”) Curran AM. Bernie, at the time of his passing, was working with the rail heritage community to establish the Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot as a Newcastle regional heritage centre. This post has been … More Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot: A Proposal
Joanna Callaghan is an artist filmmaker and Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. She was born and bred in Newcastle and grew up in Singleton in the Hunter Region. Visiting Fellowship In 2017, she commenced a visiting fellowship in the School of Creative Industries at University of Newcastle. She began research … More Record (2020) Film Essay on growing up in regional Australia
Acknowledgement to Country The Chair delivered an acknowledgement of country. This work is conducted in memory, and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. PRESENTATIONS Newcastle Time Ball – Associate Prof Nancy Cushing (University of Newcastle) PRESENTATION HERE How to use NOVA open access repository -Jennifer Skulander (Research Liaison Librarian) PRESENTATION HERE Perkins … More Hunter Living Histories Meeting – 1 November 2021