Category: Histories of Hunter Women

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

Queen Elizabeth II – Visits to Newcastle in the Hunter Region

September 9, 2022

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

Photograph of Miss Reta Light

Miss Reta Light (1898 – 1989): The Auchmuty Library’s Greatest Benefactor

August 19, 2022

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

Fringe Histories series- Dr Anne von Bertouch OAM

March 30, 2022

During March, Special Collections shared social media posts of some of the region’s amazing women and their contributions. We received heartfelt comments and memories about Dr Anne Von Bertouch OA (1915-2003) Anne was gallery director of the Von Bertouch Gallery 1962 – 1998 in Newcastle located in Cooks Hill. Her galleries played a big part … More Fringe Histories series- Dr Anne von Bertouch OAM