Category: UON60

The very beautiful Jim Beiers, from the article on BOX which appeared on page 10 of the Stockton Ferry OPUS, 1970.

The Very Late Jim Beiers: The Strange and Wonderous Tale of the Stockton Ferry (OPUS)

May 3, 2025

The Very Late Jim Beiers: The Strange and Wonderous Tale of the Stockton Ferry (OPUS) “If it looks like an OPUS..” Back in late 1998, during a sort of the University of Newcastle’s student publication, OPUS, we came across a couple of issues that looked like OPUSes, but went under the name of “The Stockton … More The Very Late Jim Beiers: The Strange and Wonderous Tale of the Stockton Ferry (OPUS)

Hunter Living Histories May 2025 Showcase – 200 Years Threlkeld’s Arrival in Newcastle & OPUS Student Magazine Reunion (1954-Present)

April 28, 2025

  Join us for the University Library’s Hunter Living Histories May 2025 Showcase. All Welcome. This month featuring the 200 Years since the Reverend Threlkeld’s arrival in Newcastle & OPUS Student Magazine Reunion (1954-Present) WHERE: via (ZOOM link HERE) or in person Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN: … More Hunter Living Histories May 2025 Showcase – 200 Years Threlkeld’s Arrival in Newcastle & OPUS Student Magazine Reunion (1954-Present)

Baby Alexander, from The Newcastle Herald Front Page, 4 February 1998.

UON60: What Ever Happened to Baby Alexander? Abandoned under a Gum-tree in a University Car-park in 1998

April 10, 2025

What Ever Happened to Baby Alexander? “Baby Alexander” as the Newcastle Herald named him, was found abandoned and crying under a gum tree in a University car-park, on the 3 February 1998. Luckily, he was found at 8:30am by a medical student on what is now the present site of the Information and Communication Technology … More UON60: What Ever Happened to Baby Alexander? Abandoned under a Gum-tree in a University Car-park in 1998

OPUS Magazine 2008 Issue 4 Published by the Newcastle University Students' Union - Front Cover (University of Newcastle, Australia)

UON60: Calling all OPUS Student Magazineers Across Time & Space

March 25, 2025

  What’s Happening? An OPUS get together!   The University turns 60 this year as an autonomous Institution! So, we thought it would be a good idea to organise a get-together of as many living OPUS editors and associates (i.e., The OPUS Student Magazineers) as we can find to join us to remember the great … More UON60: Calling all OPUS Student Magazineers Across Time & Space

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!