Category: Photography

Newcastle WWF May Queen candidate Wendy Harris on float, NSW, 1968

A Snapshot of ‘Golden Age Newcastle’ – The Merv and Janet Copley Slides

October 28, 2022

Over 500 images capturing Newcastle in its ‘Golden Age’ have been digitised and are freely available through the University of Newcastle’s Living Histories. These images are from a collection of over 3000 slide images captured by the late Merv and Janet Copley and were digitised by Emily Connell, the University’s Inaugural 2022 Vera Deacon Intern. … More A Snapshot of ‘Golden Age Newcastle’ – The Merv and Janet Copley Slides

1906-2022 Ralph Snowball/ David Diehm Cooks Hill Panorama (Taken 22 March 2022)

Looking for Lemnos Parade Resident to Help Complete a 116 Year Old “Then and Now”

March 8, 2022

Scroll Down for December 2022 Update Attention People of Lemnos Parade The University of Newcastle Hunter Living Histories Team is searching for a resident of Lemnos Parade Newcastle to assist in creating a “then and now” photographic panorama of Newcastle, originally taken by legendary photographer Ralph Snowball in 1906. Ralph Snowball’s 1906 Panorama Restored in … More Looking for Lemnos Parade Resident to Help Complete a 116 Year Old “Then and Now”