Arts & Entertainment Archives - Hunter Living Histories

Hunter Living Histories – December 2025 Showcase

November 24, 2025

Hunter Living Histories Showcase Monday, 1 December 2025, 1.00pm-2.30pm ZOOM link HERE Join us at 1.00pm-2.30pm for our final Hunter Living Histories showcase for 2025. All Welcome. WHERE: via ZOOM link HERE or in person Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN – Monday 1 December 2025 (1.00pm-2.30pm) Afternoon Tea will be … More Hunter Living Histories – December 2025 Showcase

Bringing Out The Stories of Your Town (ASA2025) Slide 24 QandA

Bringing Out The Stories Of Your Town – ASA 2025 Presentation

November 14, 2025

Bringing Out The Stories of Your Town Presentation to 2025 Australian Society of Archivists National Conference Bringing Out The Stories of Your Town (ASA2025) Slide 1 Intro Presentation to Australian Society of Archivists 2025 National Conference by Gionni Di Gravio OAM This is a photograph of a “bus” by the late (and great) photographer John … More Bringing Out The Stories Of Your Town – ASA 2025 Presentation

UON60: Weaving History – The Makers Behind the Hunter Tapestry

September 15, 2025

UON60: Who created the exquisite tapestry that hangs in the Great Hall of the University of Newcastle? In celebration of the University of Newcastle’s 60th anniversary, we highlight the story of the Hunter Tapestry and its creators. This significant piece of community art was commissioned by the Friends of the University of Newcastle. Funded by … More UON60: Weaving History – The Makers Behind the Hunter Tapestry

Margaret Senior, a masterpiece of natural history scientific illustration and inspirer for the Natural History Illustration Course. (MS2557) https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/73700

UON60: Prehistory of the Newcastle Art School

September 2, 2025

Technical School & School of Mines, Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, 29 August 1895. From an original glass negative taken by Ralph Snowball. (Courtesy of the Norm Barney Photographic Collection) See: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3234440349 The University’s Celebrates its 60th Birthday from 1965-2025 The University of Newcastle celebrates its 60th birthday as an autonomous tertiary institution from 1965. The … More UON60: Prehistory of the Newcastle Art School

Musical Futurist (AI Generator: Google Gemini)

Calling All Musical Futurists, Rhythmic Provocateurs & Sonic Alchemists! Newcastle Youth Orchestra Explores New Musical Horizons

August 7, 2025

The Newcastle Youth Orchestra: A New Chapter of Growth and Innovation https://www.nyo.com.au The Newcastle Youth Orchestra (NYO) has been a vibrant part of the region’s cultural life for over a decade. Now entering an exciting new phase, the orchestra is rebuilding in response to shifting family priorities after COVID-19 and a shortage of … More Calling All Musical Futurists, Rhythmic Provocateurs & Sonic Alchemists! Newcastle Youth Orchestra Explores New Musical Horizons

Slide 1 - Translating and Staging Greek Drama in Newcastle NSW 1983-2009 by Conjoint Professor Micahel Ewans (University of Newcastle) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Professor Michael Ewans Greek Drama Theatrical Productions Archive 1983-2009

July 10, 2025

TRANSLATING AND STAGING GREEK DRAMA IN NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES 1983-2009 Michael Ewans This paper discusses nine performances of three plays each by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Aristophanes, which I translated and directed with drama students here at the University of Newcastle in three cycles between the years 1983 and 2009. On leaving the classics department … More Professor Michael Ewans Greek Drama Theatrical Productions Archive 1983-2009

Ralph Snowball as 'photographic sorcerer'. (Image generated partly by AI and Digital Photoshop work by Gionni Di Gravio)

Newcastle & Hunter Region’s History Through the Photo Lens

May 20, 2025

Introduction – Newcastle & the Hunter Through the Photographic Lens Recent discussions following the launch of the Stories of Our Town on the photographic mastery of Ralph Snowball has inspired us to prepare this post on the history of Newcastle & the Hunter Region captured by the photographers eye, in the photographic lens. Our conservator, … More Newcastle & Hunter Region’s History Through the Photo Lens

Australia Presents INDUSTRIAL CITY The Story of Newcastle (1959)

The People & Places in “Industrial City The Story Of Newcastle” (1959)

May 13, 2025

Industrial City The Story of Newcastle (1959) “Australia Presents INDUSTRIAL CITY The Story of Newcastle” is a documentary film made by the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1959. Directed by Richard Mason. Digitised by the National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA) The People & Places in the Film The following is a listing of the identified … More The People & Places in “Industrial City The Story Of Newcastle” (1959)

Jan Dean, Former President of Poetry at the Pub (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Clarke Gormley)

Vale Jan Dean: Writer, Artist and Former President of Poetry at the Pub

May 12, 2025

Vale Jan Dean Jan Dean, Newcastle writer and artist, has died. She was a life-member and former president of Poetry at the Pub. She had been involved in that group since 1997. Prizes & Accolades Jan won the 2018 Newcastle Writers Festival joanne burns Microlit Award for her prose poem ‘Fish Flops and Flaps’ published … More Vale Jan Dean: Writer, Artist and Former President of Poetry at the Pub

Lambton Mural - 4 March 2025 on Corner of Grainger and Elder Streets, Lambton.

A Lambton Photo Mural featuring Ralph Snowball Photographs

March 11, 2025

Lambton Photo Mural Unveiled On the 4 March 2025, a 12-metre long photo mural was unveiled in Lambton. It contains 17 images of Lambton taken by Ralph Snowball, before the township became a suburb of Newcastle. Who Was Ralph Snowball? Ralph Snowball came from Durham in the United Kingdom and settled in New Lambton. … More A Lambton Photo Mural featuring Ralph Snowball Photographs