What is the Hannan Photographics Archive? The Hannan Photographics Archive consists of approximately 1 million photographic images taken across Newcastle and the Hunter Region spanning over half a century from the early 1950s to the 2010s. Where Did It Come From? It was generously donated to the University’s Cultural Collections (Archives), now Special … More Hannan Photographics Archive Overview
Unrolled Comes to an end Our Unrolled Exhibition featuring The Hunter Region’s Forgotten Maps has now come to an end. You can relive it here: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/10/30/unrolled-forgotten-maps/ Where in the World Are You From? One of the highlights was this circa 1940s map of the World where we invited our students, staff and visitors to pin … More Where Do Our Uni Students Come From?
Lambton Photo Mural Unveiled On the 4 March 2025, a 12-metre long photo mural was unveiled in Lambton. It contains 17 images of Lambton taken by Ralph Snowball, before the township became a suburb of Newcastle. Who Was Ralph Snowball? Ralph Snowball came from Durham in the United Kingdom and settled in New Lambton. … More A Lambton Photo Mural featuring Ralph Snowball Photographs
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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)
Celebrating 50 Years of Colour On March 1st, 1975, NBN Channel 3 Newcastle Television launched its permanent colour broadcasts, bringing a vibrant ‘colour burst’ to local screens. NBN Special Broadcast – 50 Years of Colour TV Here is a news story from NBN Television (1 March, 2025) about the introduction of colour television in the … More 50 years of Colour Television
The Newcastle Show: Photographs (1900s-1990s) Gionni Di Gravio OAM University Archivist & Chair, Hunter Living Histories.
The Cultural Collections Unit presents With Assistance from Professor Harold Tarrant and Emeritus Professor Godfrey Tanner Prepared by Gionni Di Gravio On the Occasion of Dr Rhona Beare’s Retirement from the University of Newcastle 2nd Edition 2001 Preface Dr. Beare has been very much part of the Department of Classics for longer perhaps than … More A Most Mysterious ‘Angelic’ Manuscript: The story of how a discarded fragment of a medieval book was sourced and translated on the 100 bus to Newcastle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCKe_1MT8k Join us for the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All Welcome. WHERE: via (ZOOM link HERE) or in person Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN: Monday 3 March 2025 (1.00pm-2.30pm) Welcome & Acknowledgement of Countries (Gionni di Gravio OAM) PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATION 1 – UON60: … More Hunter Living Histories March Showcase – Cosmic Fragments From Space and Time
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The Poly-Moo-Zuke at the Newcastle Show (1923) By Robert Watson, Community Researcher The Newcastle Showground at Broadmeadow The University of Newcastle, Special Collections, holds this undated image of Newcastle Showground: What Does The Banner Read? Zooming in to read the signs, my curiosity was piqued by this sideshow banner SIX-LEGGED POLY-MOO-ZUKE … More The Six Legged Poly-Moo-Zuke at the Newcastle Show (1923)
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?