Category: University Living Histories

Rhona Beare (1935-2018) [Photo Credit: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/giving/legators-and-their-stories]

UON60: The Unique Dr Rhona Beare (1935-2018) Classics Lecturer at UON (1966-2000)

March 5, 2025

The Unique Dr Rhona Beare (1935-2018) Classics Lecturer at the University of Newcastle (1966-2000) By Dr Jude Conway Rhona Beare was born on 20th July 1935, the oldest child of Sylvia Gibson and William Beare, professor of Latin at Bristol University, and the author of The Roman Stage which is still available for purchase today. … More UON60: The Unique Dr Rhona Beare (1935-2018) Classics Lecturer at UON (1966-2000)

METAL BELIEVED PIECE OF SOVIET SPY SATELLITE. Professor Colin Keay pictured with metal fragment of what he believes is part of a Soviet spy satellite. Newcastle Morning Herald, Front Page, 2 May 1979.

UON60: A Satellite’s Legacy: Where is the Piece of Crashed Spacecraft that fell to Earth in the Pilliga Forest in 1975?

February 21, 2025

Search for a “Piece of Metal” Found in the Pilliga Forest We get the most intriguing enquiries. In February 2025 Davina Pellatt, Library Officer in Special Collections received a request from an enquirer trying to locate information “regarding a piece of metal that was found in the Pilliga Forest by a sleeper cutter, Philip Roser … More UON60: A Satellite’s Legacy: Where is the Piece of Crashed Spacecraft that fell to Earth in the Pilliga Forest in 1975?

The Wagga Wagga Playhouse portrait of Colin Anderson, an image looking for a home [Photo: Roland Bannister]

UON60: Mr Anderson “Newcastle Celebrity” Goes To Wagga Wagga

February 20, 2025

  Recollections of Colin Anderson by Ethnomusicologist Roland Bannister, PhD This wonderful posting above with its stories about the establishment of the University of Newcastle, and of Colin Anderson and his University College revues, inspires me to write my own recollections of those events. From 1955 to 1959 I studied the ‘theory’ component of my … More UON60: Mr Anderson “Newcastle Celebrity” Goes To Wagga Wagga

University Of Newcastle's Grant of Arms (1965)

UON60: The University of Newcastle’s Grant of Arms

February 14, 2025

University of Newcastle’s Grant of Arms By Gionni Di Gravio, University Archivist The Grant of Arms is our University’s Declaration of Independence The University’s beautiful Grant of Arms is our very own Declaration of Independence. This historic document, along with Autonomy Day celebrates the University’s emergence as an autonomous institution on 1st January 1965. Design … More UON60: The University of Newcastle’s Grant of Arms

Harold Lobb Concert Hall

UON60: Prehistory of the University of Newcastle – The Newcastle Conservatorium of Music – Born in 1952

February 13, 2025

  FROM NEWCASTLE BRANCH OF THE STATE CONSERVATORIUM OF NEW SOUTH WALES TO NEWCASTLE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC Junior Strings Classes With Teachers Rene Kearns and William Bowmore, at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, late 1960s.   In a nutshell: (i) Nissan Hut in Civic Park (1952-1957) (ii) The Cultural Centre (1957 – 1980) (iii) The … More UON60: Prehistory of the University of Newcastle – The Newcastle Conservatorium of Music – Born in 1952

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!

Newcastle University College Graduation Ceremony, 22 March 1957. Photograph taken by Beryl Buckler. [Courtesy of Geoff Barcan, son of Beryl Barcan, nee Buckler)

UON60: The Prehistory of the University of Newcastle – Newcastle University College (1951-1964)

January 24, 2025

Rare Colour Photograph of Newcastle University College Graduation Emerges Geoff Barcan, son of the late Dr Alan Barcan, recently sent us this rare colour image of a graduation ceremony at the Newcastle University College. The Graduation ceremony was held on the 22 March 1957. The photograph taken by his mother, Beryl Barcan, nee Buckler, who … More UON60: The Prehistory of the University of Newcastle – Newcastle University College (1951-1964)

University Posters - Archives in the Auchmuty Library Map Room

UON60: University Student Posters 1970s-1990s – The Archaeology of Social Media

November 28, 2024

University Student Posters 1970s-1990s The Archaeology of Social Media View The University Student Posters here: https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/116898 (Under Construction) and https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/albums/72177720322227718/ What is It? A Collection of University Posters created by students and others, and dating from the 1970s to the 1990s documenting student life at the University of Newcastle (Australia).   What Does It Represent? … More UON60: University Student Posters 1970s-1990s – The Archaeology of Social Media

A Wall of University Theses

UON60: A Brief Journey Through the Print Thesis Collection

October 24, 2024

In early October 2024, taking advantage of a lull in enquiries, in ten days I single-handedly moved and consolidated our entire print thesis collection, held across two floors of the Auchmuty Library, to the denizens of the lower Stack. Proving to myself that the “young storeman and packer” archivist still lay within this aging body. … More UON60: A Brief Journey Through the Print Thesis Collection

Dwelling, Shortland Site circa May 1963 (2400dpi scan of original 16mm NBN Television Film Courtesy Mark Rigby UON GLAMx Lab)

Historic Film Emerges of Aboriginal People and Dwellings on Shortland Site, 1963

March 23, 2023

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: This post contains images and references to people who are deceased. The NBN Television News Reel After sixty years, historic film has emerged of Aboriginal people living in … More Historic Film Emerges of Aboriginal People and Dwellings on Shortland Site, 1963