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 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
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
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
The Beisty family have been associated with the Newcastle running community for over 50 years. Sue Beisty is a former marathon and long distance runner, she participated in many ‘Fun Runs’ in the Hunter Region, as well as nationally. In March 2022, Sue was interviewed about her running career, she relived some of the special … More Women in Sport – Sue Beisty interview
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
In 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 Interview Transcript: https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/115609 For further images and videos relating to Robin Gordon, … More Robin Gordon: The Accidental Nurse
Material Life on the Hunter By Dr Paula Jane Byrne This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The Scott family arrived in the colony in 1822 and the Rusden family arrived in 1834. The families were linked when Saranna Rusden married Helenus Scott in 1835. The Scotts were … More Material Life on the Hunter
Her Majesty The Queen visited Newcastle on four occasions in 1954, 1970, 1977 and 1988. Our Thanks We thank the staff and volunteers of the Auchmuty Library Special Collections GLAMx Lab who digitised the extensive NBN footage of the Queen’s 1970 visit to the State Dockyard and news broadcasts of the 1988 visit; and to … More Queen Elizabeth II – Visits to Newcastle in the Hunter Region
The Auchmuty Library’s greatest benefactor was Miss Reta Light (1898 – 1989), who, upon her death in September 1989 left the Library a staggering $1.5 million. She was the youngest daughter, and the last survivor of the Light family of Newcastle, leaving an immense legacy to the City. The Light family’s love for the City … More Miss Reta Light (1898 – 1989): The Auchmuty Library’s Greatest Benefactor