Category: NBN Television Archives

News and information relating to the digitisation of the archive of NBN Television Newcastle. Includes 16mm film, betacam tapes, scripts, tapes and photographs. Please note: All digitisation of the NBN Television Archive will cease on 1 June 2021.

Union representative, Don Williams, Hamilton Bus Depot (With NBN Television Stuart Osland behind the camera) 28 December 1989, just prior to the Newcastle Earthquake.

A Premonition in Passing: the Newcastle Earthquake 1989 As It Happened

October 30, 2025

The Unedited Video of the Newcastle Earthquake There is some extraordinary video footage recording the Newcastle Earthquake as it occurred on Thursday 28 December 1989 at 10:27am. “Tape 36” contains the raw NBN news shot on the morning of the Earthquake. The NBN reporter, Ross Hampton, is interviewing a Union representative, Mr Don Williams. They … More A Premonition in Passing: the Newcastle Earthquake 1989 As It Happened

Media Mutations ‘Unlocking a Television Archive in the digital Era’ International conference

July 7, 2025

Media Mutations ‘Unlocking a Television Archive in the digital Era’ International conference Bologna University, Italy 26 May 27 May 2025 By Dr Ann Hardy I had the honour a few weeks ago to present a paper at the ‘Media Mutations ‘Unlocking a Television Archive in the digital Era’ International conference at Bologna University, Italy, the … More Media Mutations ‘Unlocking a Television Archive in the digital Era’ International conference

Rewind Exhibition 2024 - "A Hunter Region NBN Television Retrospective”

Rewind: A Hunter Region NBN Television Retrospective Exhibition

July 4, 2024

REWIND : Hunter Region NBN Television Retrospective Step back in time with the “Rewind” exhibition! Explore a collection of photographs from the NBN television archive and the fascinating history of ‘Channel 3’, the iconic broadcaster that brought television to the Hunter Region in 1962.   Transmissions from the Mount Sugarloaf Tower Witness the magic as … More Rewind: A Hunter Region NBN Television Retrospective Exhibition

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

History Week 2022 event – From Analogue to digital – ‘Hands On’ audio-visual formats

August 12, 2022

From Analogue to digital – ‘Hands On’ audio-visual formats History Week 2022: Hands-on History 3 – 11 September 2022 | #HistoryWeek2022 PRESENTATION available HERE About this online event Join the Hunter Living Histories online showcase where the Special Collections and GLAMx team at the University of Newcastle Library discuss their audio-visual digitisation projects spanning the … More History Week 2022 event – From Analogue to digital – ‘Hands On’ audio-visual formats

Super digitisers save four decades of Hunter regional news television from oblivion

August 31, 2021

A selection of digitised resources from the NBN Television Archive are available to VIEW HERE on Living Histories A crack team of super volunteer audio visual digitisers from the University of Newcastle’s GLAMx Lab in the Auchmuty Library have managed to safeguard approximately four decades of local Hunter Regional news stories and programmes dating the … More Super digitisers save four decades of Hunter regional news television from oblivion

Revitalisation of Indigenous Culture & Knowledge Project – review of AV footage 1980s

December 16, 2020

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the traditional Aboriginal owners of the lands on which our compuses are located, as well as other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations from which our students, staff and community are drawn. Project Description and Context The University archives already has a substantial listing of sources relating to … More Revitalisation of Indigenous Culture & Knowledge Project – review of AV footage 1980s

Interview with Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater

July 17, 2020

  Interview with former Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater who talks about events of 12th November 1963 when he was piloting a Royal Australian Air Force Sabre fight jet (RAAF serial number: A94 – 929) in a formation of eight aircraft from RAAF Williamtown’s No.2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU), his aircraft entered a spin. Ron … More Interview with Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater

“Stories of Our Town” Newcastle Documentary Series – progressing well

June 11, 2020

  By Glenn Dormand Visit storiesofourtown.com   Making the Stories of Our Town series constantly takes Tony Whittaker and I to cool places to meet passionate people. Thursday afternoon 4 June 2020 was one of those days, meeting some of those people. We spent the whole afternoon in the Australian Museum’s archive with Vanessa Finney, … More “Stories of Our Town” Newcastle Documentary Series – progressing well