History Week 2023: Stories in ‘Voice’ Past & Present Event

August 8, 2023

History Week 2023: Stories in ‘Voice’ Past & Present – Newcastle & Hunter History Week Event 2 – 10 September 2023 | #HistoryWeek2023   Join the September 2023 Hunter Living Histories showcase and University of Newcastle Special Collections team, academics, GLAM colleagues and community members who will share how they are digitising oral history archives, … More History Week 2023: Stories in ‘Voice’ Past & Present Event

Hannan Photographic Archive – Coordinating the WIL Student & Volunteer Work

August 7, 2023

Since 2022, Volunteers and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students at the GLAMx Lab have worked on several phases of the Hannan Photographic Archive, including scanning and transcribing ledgers associated with the photographic business. As well as digitising, researching and creating metadata for each individual photograph. As at August 2023, the team have digitised over 500 … More Hannan Photographic Archive – Coordinating the WIL Student & Volunteer Work

Hannan Photographic Archive – WIL perspective

August 6, 2023

Hannan Photographic Archives By Tamara Asmus, WIL student placement (HUMA2000) Original photographic negatives from the Hannan Photographic Archive were donated to the University of Newcastle’s Auchmuty Library (special collections) in 2014. As a Work Integrated Learning Student (WIL), I was able to have the opportunity to gain experience from the GLAM Lab, how to scan … More Hannan Photographic Archive – WIL perspective

“All Things Hannan” Hunter Living Histories – Showcase 7 August 2023

August 1, 2023

“All Things Hannan” Hunter Living Histories Showcase Monday 7 August 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm)   Hybrid meetings are held via ZOOM and in Person in Room L326 at the Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, NSW. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) Showcase Program Online showcases are held on the first Monday of every month (except January and … More “All Things Hannan” Hunter Living Histories – Showcase 7 August 2023

Detail of boy with slate from Carrington Public School Upper Third Class ca.1890s-1900s (Archives Shelf Location: A7795 (ix)

Carrington Public School Turns 150! Here are its Historic Archives dating from 1873 and rescued from a trash skip by an 80 year old pensioner

July 27, 2023

Carrington Public School Turns 150 Carrington Public School turns 150 this year. Onybigambah Public School in the County of Northumberland was established in August 1873.  The School was re-named Carrington Public School in January 1889. Rescued from a trash skip Important local historical records salvaged from a skip around the 15 September 2000 turned out … More Carrington Public School Turns 150! Here are its Historic Archives dating from 1873 and rescued from a trash skip by an 80 year old pensioner

Aerial view of Kurri Kurri, NSW, [n.d.] Courtesy of the Coalfields Heritage Group, based at the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum at Kurri Kurri.

Is Kurri Kurri (NSW) the original Garden of Eden?

July 18, 2023

Aerial view of Kurri Kurri. (Coalfields Heritage Group) Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/33065 This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land.   Kurri Kurri, the most important word and place According the this recently unearthed 1933 article below, Kurri Kurri, a township in Newcastle, South Wales is … More Is Kurri Kurri (NSW) the original Garden of Eden?

The Hunter Valley Research Foundation Minute Book (Archives Shelf Location: C3108)

Hunter Valley Research Foundation Archives

July 12, 2023

“The Hunter Valley Research Foundation is an expression of the determination of the citizens of this Valley to bring knowledge gained from scientific research to the solution of the problems they face in bringing the resources of the Valley to full development and in contributing still further to the prosperity of the Commonwealth. It is … More Hunter Valley Research Foundation Archives

Newcastle Town Hall, now Newcastle's former City Hall

Is Newcastle (Australia) a “Town” or a “City”?

July 3, 2023

Town Hall verses City Hall Is Newcastle a “town” or a “city”. Most locals refer to it as “town”, and its former majestic Town Hall building is generally referred to as Newcastle’s Town Hall, as it was built in the 1920s, and opened in 1929, when Newcastle was still a town. Newcastle officially became a … More Is Newcastle (Australia) a “Town” or a “City”?