Aboriginal History and Culture Archives

Uncle Bob Smith with elders and clergy mingles the soils

“Return to Yallarwah” Hunter Living Histories Showcase – 9 October 2023 All Welcome

September 21, 2023

Forthcoming Hunter Living Histories Showcase “Return to Yallarwah” Monday 9 October 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) ZOOM LINK AVAILABE HERE This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The session includes short presentations from invited guests and general discussion, hosted as part of the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All … More “Return to Yallarwah” Hunter Living Histories Showcase – 9 October 2023 All Welcome

Paul F. Walsh, Ray Kelly with Sir William Deane and wife, Lady Helen Deane.

The Currawong Project (2001)

September 11, 2023

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)

Yallarwah Place: An Act of Reconciliation (19 February 1999)

August 24, 2023

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.

Is Kurri Kurri (NSW) the original Garden of Eden?

July 18, 2023

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?

Yirannali (Photographed by Gionni Di Gravio 18 September 2020)

Yirannali (Yi-ran-na-li) “sort of sacred place near Newcastle on the sea-beach, beneath a high cliff”

June 29, 2023

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”

NAIDOC Week – Hunter Living Histories – Showcase 3 July 2023

June 23, 2023

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Hunter Living Histories Showcase is on Monday 3 July 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) ZOOM link available HERE Hybrid meetings are held via ZOOM and in Person in Room L326 at the Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, NSW. (Type … More NAIDOC Week – Hunter Living Histories – Showcase 3 July 2023

Dwelling, Shortland Site circa May 1963 (2400dpi scan of original 16mm NBN Television Film Courtesy Mark Rigby UON GLAMx Lab)

Historic Film Emerges of Aboriginal People and Dwellings on Shortland Site, 1963

March 23, 2023

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: This post contains images and references to people who are deceased. The NBN Television News Reel After sixty years, historic film has emerged of Aboriginal people living in … More Historic Film Emerges of Aboriginal People and Dwellings on Shortland Site, 1963

The Stan Masterton Collection with academics from Purai Global Indigenous History Centre, Wolloutuka Institute and Special Collections (Archives) in the University of Newcastle (Australia)

Stan Masterson Collection: Papers of Newcastle Aboriginal activist to see the light of day

March 8, 2023

Newcastle is well-known for its energetic trade unionism dating back to the 1870s, more obscure is their support for Indigenous activists fighting injustice, but all this is about to change with the digitising of the papers of the late Stan Masterson through the University of Newcastle’s Special Collections Services. Stan Masterson Stan Masterson was the … More Stan Masterson Collection: Papers of Newcastle Aboriginal activist to see the light of day

Fringe Histories 2023 – Call for blog posts

January 30, 2023

We are calling for Fringe Histories Project blog posts on the Hunter Living Histories website. We are inviting students, alumni, and academics to use Special Collections resources and contribute blog posts on themes reflecting diversity, our marginalised communities and lost histories on the fringe of research. Some of our research and resources are available online … More Fringe Histories 2023 – Call for blog posts

Notes on Aboriginal Place Names and People

December 9, 2022

Notes on Aboriginal Place Names and People by Leigh Budden Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: This paper contains references to Aboriginal cultural practices surrounding male initiations ‒ but does not provide secret details about those ceremonies. It also contains names of Aboriginal People who are deceased. The author pays respect to all … More Notes on Aboriginal Place Names and People