Category: Histories of Hunter Women

Collections & Archives in Creative Writing & Women's Histories

Hunter Living Histories Showcase – November 2023 – Collections and Archives in Creative Writing and Women’s History

October 31, 2023

Hunter Living Histories Showcase “Collections and Archives in Creative Writing and Women’s History” Monday 6 November 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) WHERE: via (ZOOM or in Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN –  Monday 6 Nov 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) VIEW HERE :  ‘EARLY VISIONS Women Artists of Newcastle and the Hunter … More Hunter Living Histories Showcase – November 2023 – Collections and Archives in Creative Writing and Women’s History

Elma Gibbs (1904-1973)

October 31, 2023

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)

Rose Selwyn water colour 1856 FL8674730 State Library of New South Wales. The viewer’s attention is drawn to the exotic Datura lily, with its white trumpet shaped flowers.

Rose Selwyn – Women and Intellectual Life in New South Wales

March 21, 2023

If you are interested in trail blazing women of distinction, who also happen to be watercolour artists, then join the University of Newcastle’s  Historical, Cultural and Critical Inquiry Group and co-host Gender Research Network for: “Women and Intellectual Life in New South Wales 2 – Rose Selwyn.” Dr Paula Jane Byrne When: Friday 24 March … More Rose Selwyn – Women and Intellectual Life in New South Wales

Marion Wyndham and the ‘Wollong’ Weather Diaries, 1891 to 1928

March 16, 2023

Marion Wyndham and the ‘Wollong’ weather diaries, 1891 to 1928 On the first Monday of June 1891, eighteen-year-old Marion Wyndham recorded details of her first weather observation at her parent’s vineyard, ‘Wollong’ at Mt Vincent, in the New South Wales Hunter Valley (north of Newcastle). She observed and recorded wind direction, wind force and cloud … More Marion Wyndham and the ‘Wollong’ Weather Diaries, 1891 to 1928

International Women’s Day, Celebrating Margaret Senior

March 8, 2023

Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrate with us by learning more about the celebrated natural history and children’s book illustrator, Margaret Senior (1917-1995). Margaret Senior OAM Life and Work Born and raised in London, Senior began her working life designing sets and costumes for small London theatres. In 1939, she moved to Australia, to the coast … More International Women’s Day, Celebrating Margaret Senior

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

First leaf of Eliza Nowlan's Letter or Diary 16th December 1822

Eliza Nowlan’s Manuscript Diary Letterbook 1822-1824

November 10, 2022

Eliza Nowlan’s Diary and Correspondence You can now read for the first time Eliza Nowlan’s original hand-written diary and correspondence documenting the first period of farming settlement outside the infant colony of Sydney Town, at Patterson’s Plains, Hunter River, New South Wales from 1822 to 1824. Original hand-written manuscript of Eliza Nowlan’s Diary and Correspondence … More Eliza Nowlan’s Manuscript Diary Letterbook 1822-1824

Robin Gordon: The Accidental Nurse

September 20, 2022

Interview TranscriptIn August 2022 as part of an Oral Histories project for the University of Newcastle Library, Robin Gordon was interviewed by Isabel Whittle, a first-year student undertaking a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement in the GLAMx Lab. Robin Gordon OAM Oral History Interview Click on this link for Interview Transcript For further images and … More Robin Gordon: The Accidental Nurse