Author: Special Collections

Local Treasures: Progressive Sydney – The Newcastle, Mayfield and Toronto Bits (1938)

April 15, 2013

Day Shift – 16/04/2013 – 02:10 PM Presenter: Carol Duncan Interviewee: Gionni Di Gravio, Archivist, Newcastle University University of Newcastle Archivist Gionni Di Gravio explores a work entitled “Progressive Sydney as it stands today : a pictorial directory of its most attractive centres, in sepia” published in Adelaide by G.H. Baring, 1938. This unusual book … More Local Treasures: Progressive Sydney – The Newcastle, Mayfield and Toronto Bits (1938)

John Turner Memorial Lecture 2013 – Emeritus Professor Michael Rosenthal

April 15, 2013

  See the video here: http://vimeo.com/66219981 Emeritus Professor Michael Rosenthal will deliver the John Turner Memorial Lecture Colonel Paterson’s Scrapbook. “When, in 1809, he knew he would be returning to Britain, colonial hand Colonel William Paterson took great care to commission watercolours from John Lewin and George Robert Evans, arguably the leading artists in the … More John Turner Memorial Lecture 2013 – Emeritus Professor Michael Rosenthal

Newcastle’s 7000 Years of Achievements Before The Commonwealth

March 10, 2013

To co-incide with the spectacular Treasures of Newcastle from the Macquarie Era exhibition, currently on display at the Newcastle Art Gallery, the University’s Coal River Working Party has submitted a nomination for national recognition for Newcastle’s 7000 years of historic achievements to the Commonwealth of Australia. Newcastle’s birthplace, the Coal River (Mulubinba) and Government Doman … More Newcastle’s 7000 Years of Achievements Before The Commonwealth

Lake Macquarie in 1907

February 10, 2013

DEED, CAPTAIN ERNEST SNOWDEN (NEWCASTLE PILOT) Deposited by Mrs Diana Stephenson (Grand daughter) February 2007 MAP: M4802 TITLE: Lake Macquarie CARTOGRAPHER: Captain Ernest Snowden Deed DATE: 1907-1908 SCALE: 40 chs 2 inches = 1 mile (land mile) FORMAT: Laminated Linen SUBJECT/ AREA/ FEATURES: Original hand drawn map on linen, with annotations in pen and pencil … More Lake Macquarie in 1907

Port Stephens in 1828

February 8, 2013

The Alexander Turnbull Library, The National Library of New Zealand,  in Wellington New Zealand holds a copy of The Plan of the Australian Agricultural Company’s grant at Port Stephens, New South Wales. (London: J. Cross, 1828). Scale 1: 126 720. Size: 112 x 72 cm Reference Number: MapColl -817gbbd/1828/Acc.10 Courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, … More Port Stephens in 1828

Newcastle in 1830

February 7, 2013

The Alexander Turnbull Library, The National Library of New Zealand,  in Wellington New Zealand holds what we believe is the best-ever early map of the township of Newcastle. The map, at Shelf Location MapColl 817.95gbbe/1830/Acc.3580 was drawn by Surveyor John Armstrong, an employee of the Australian Agricultural Company, in 1830, and shows every building and … More Newcastle in 1830

Ludwig Leichhardt in Newcastle

January 29, 2013

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-1848?), Prussian born naturalist and explorer, visited Newcastle and the Hunter Region on his journey of explorations through Australia during the years 1842-1843. We have prepared this timeline below of his chronological movements throughout Newcastle and the Region to assist a German documentary team, planning to produce a documentary for German … More Ludwig Leichhardt in Newcastle