Category: Newcastle Teachers’ College

Altjiringa August 1951 Vol 3 No. 5 with Miss Betty Hill, one of the Debutantes emerging through a butterfly.

UON60: Altjiringa – The Student Magazine That Looked Toward A Better World

October 24, 2025

What Is Altjiringa? Altjiringa, founded in 1949, was the student magazine of the Newcastle Teachers’ College and later the Newcastle College of Advanced Education (N.C.A.E.).  How Long Did It Last? The University Archives holds copies from its very first issue published June 1949 to the last issue published in March 1985. Is it a complete … More UON60: Altjiringa – The Student Magazine That Looked Toward A Better World

Margaret Senior, a masterpiece of natural history scientific illustration and inspirer for the Natural History Illustration Course. (MS2557) https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/73700

UON60: Prehistory of the Newcastle Art School

September 2, 2025

Technical School & School of Mines, Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, 29 August 1895. From an original glass negative taken by Ralph Snowball. (Courtesy of the Norm Barney Photographic Collection) See: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3234440349 The University’s Celebrates its 60th Birthday from 1965-2025 The University of Newcastle celebrates its 60th birthday as an autonomous tertiary institution from 1965. The … More UON60: Prehistory of the Newcastle Art School

Javelin champion - N. Smith - 1952 (See: https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/21331)

UON60: Prehistory – The Newcastle Teachers’ College & Successors (1949-1989)

July 16, 2025

The Newcastle Teachers’ College The end of the Second World War saw an unprecedented increase in Australia’s population with the advent of the “baby boomers” and new immigration policies. Teachers Needed for Baby Boomers To provide the additional teachers for infant and primary schools the New South Wales Department of Education began to establish additional … More UON60: Prehistory – The Newcastle Teachers’ College & Successors (1949-1989)

Master of Ceremonies Emeritus Professor Ken Dutton with Pat Flowers whose history in education as a librarian dates back to 1943.

UON60: Chasing Our Pioneering Tales – Founding Mothers & Fathers Speak!

January 28, 2025

“Chasing Our Pioneering Tales” Great Stories From the Secret Archives. Recorded: 16 February 2005 University of Newcastle (Australia) A Gathering of the Founding Mothers and Fathers It was twenty years ago, back in 2005, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of an autonomous University of Newcastle, that we held a gathering of surviving founding mothers and … More UON60: Chasing Our Pioneering Tales – Founding Mothers & Fathers Speak!