Posts relating to Aboriginal people, culture and history, rock art and engraving sites, mapping, awareness and education.
![Magill [picture] / [Richard Browne] [ca. 1819] Courtesy of the National Library of Australia.](https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1819-Magill-Browne-365x365.jpg?crop=1)
Biraban – A Warrior, Not A Servant by Leigh Budden Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Peoples: This paper contains reference to cultural practices surrounding male initiation – but does not provide secret details about these ceremonies. It also contains the names of Aboriginal People who are deceased. The author pays respect to … More Biraban – A Warrior, Not A Servant.
ALLA As an Awabakal Traditional Owner, I want to draw your attention to a project that has recently kicked off in the Hunter Valley called the Hunter Transmission Project (HTP). https://www.energyco.nsw.gov.au/projects/hunter-transmission-project The Proposal This project proposes a major power transmission line corridor to carry 500 (kv) lines from Bayswater to Eraring power stations. … More Hunter Transmission Project (HTP) – Concerns for Aboriginal and Living Cultural Heritage
‘What The Land Had To Say’ Reese North is a poet, historian and gardener. He was born in New Lambton, Newcastle, and from the age of 23, through his travels, became connected, attached and inspired by Aboriginal people, their lives and culture under colonisation. The poems reflect his journey which began with his involvement with … More “What The Land Had To Say” by Reese North (Newcastle Launch)
A Foreword by Isabel Whittle As part of my responsibilities as the 2023 Vera Deacon Intern, I have been working closely with the Special Collections team on a range of projects to gain experience within the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) Industry. One of these projects involved working with the Special Collections archivist, Gionni di … More Elma Gibbs (1904-1973)
This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Wollotuka Wollotuka means “eating and meeting place” and is the name of the strategic and operational body that co-ordinates all indigenous activities at the University of Newcastle (Australia). This timeline of archival resources has been … More The Birth of the Wollotuka Aboriginal Institute: A Timeline
Hunter Living Histories Showcase “Return to Yallarwah” Monday 9 October 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. WHEN – Monday 9 October 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) Presentation 1: 5oth Anniversary of Biology at the University of Newcastle with Emeritus Professor Tim Roberts AM. (10 mins) VIEW HERE … More “Return to Yallarwah” Hunter Living Histories Showcase – 9 October 2023 All Welcome
The Currawong Project (2001) This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The Currawong Project was a national reconciliation project featuring the Currawong Exhibition, opened in 2001 by NSW Governor Marie Bashir, and inspired by the novel Black Feather White Feather by Paul F. … More The Currawong Project (2001)
This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The Yallarwah Bicentenary Memorial is believed to be among the first united Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal memorials in Australia. Yallarwah Place: An Act of Reconciliation was originally published on the University of Newcastle Archives Website as a record of … More Yallarwah Place: An Act of Reconciliation (19 February 1999)
![Aerial view of Kurri Kurri, NSW, [n.d.] Courtesy of the Coalfields Heritage Group, based at the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum at Kurri Kurri.](https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Kurri-Kurri-365x365.jpg?crop=1)
Aerial view of Kurri Kurri. (Coalfields Heritage Group) Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/33065 This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Kurri Kurri, the most important word and place According the this recently unearthed 1933 article below, Kurri Kurri, a township in Newcastle, South Wales is … More Is Kurri Kurri (NSW) the original Garden of Eden?
This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. YIRANNALI Yirannali is the First Nations Aboriginal name of the cliffs and beach shore areas of South Newcastle Beach, New South Wales (Australia). Where Does The Word ‘Yirannali’ Come From? https://www.dermandar.com/p/bIASLD The primary historical source on … More Yirannali (Yi-ran-na-li) “sort of sacred place near Newcastle on the sea-beach, beneath a high cliff”