Currawong Project Archives - Hunter Living Histories

The Yallarwah Interviews With Paul F. Walsh OAM & Susan Harvey (2024)

September 25, 2025

The story of Yallarwah Place as told by authors Paul F. Walsh & Susan Harvey through interviews recorded in 2024 with Richard Jeans, Hunter New England Local Health District. Paul is an alumnus of the University of Newcastle and recipient of the Newton-John Award. He, together with Dr Raymond Kelly and partner Susan, together with an amazingly … More The Yallarwah Interviews With Paul F. Walsh OAM & Susan Harvey (2024)

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

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

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)