To us, Necromancers Just remember, All who read and glaze With fascination Across dusty ancient tomes, of manuscripts and archives, Commune with the dead. We are, as necromancers. The Ancient Egyptians said, ‘To speak of the dead, is to make them live again’. When we open a book, That ancient author again speaks and lives … More A Message From The Necromancers This Halloween, MMXXV
What may have been our National Capital – Pindimar – M1590 – Pindimar City Map, Port Stephens, New South Wales. [c.1919] Lecture notes for the students of the History and Theory in Architecture Second Year Course at the University of Newcastle (Australia) presented by Gionni Di Gravio OAM on the 9 August 2024. What … More What Is “Modernity” for the 50,000 Year Lived Experience of Newcastle Mulubinba (Australia)?
A Foreword by Isabel Whittle As part of my responsibilities as the 2023 Vera Deacon Intern, I have been working closely with the Special Collections team on a range of projects to gain experience within the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) Industry. One of these projects involved working with the Special Collections archivist, Gionni di … More Elma Gibbs (1904-1973)
Meeting No. 15 of GLAM Peak was held on Friday 26 July and hosted by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). GLAM Peak is the peak representative bodies of the galleries, libraries, archives and museums across Australia – which began meeting in mid-2015, collaborating to enable people to access, use and build on our … More GLAM Peak Meeting 15 National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA) Canberra
This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. During 2018 several Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students and volunteers have worked on The Deep Time Project, 3D scanning and photographing artefacts, as well as collating information to better understand this significant Aboriginal archive. The following … More Deep Time Project – REFLECTION I
GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab The University of Newcastle Library’s Cultural Collections is establishing the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab in the Auchmuty Library to provide its students with the work experience opportunities to participate and collaborate in a range of exciting archival digitisation research projects. The new facilities will assist in placing our young … More Under Construction: GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab
The National Library of Australia has just launched the beta version of its Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954. With new titles being added, in time it should emerge as a fantastic resource, unlocking the historical treasures lying within our newsprint archives. The direct link is here: http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home