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Collections & Archives in Creative Writing & Women's Histories

Hunter Living Histories Showcase – November 2023 – Collections and Archives in Creative Writing and Women’s History

October 31, 2023

Hunter Living Histories Showcase “Collections and Archives in Creative Writing and Women’s History” Monday 6 November 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) WHERE: via (ZOOM or in Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN –  Monday 6 Nov 2023 (1.00pm-2.30pm) VIEW HERE :  ‘EARLY VISIONS Women Artists of Newcastle and the Hunter … More Hunter Living Histories Showcase – November 2023 – Collections and Archives in Creative Writing and Women’s History

David Murray’s “Words for the Heat of Deeds” – A Story of Newcastle’s Convict Years

July 2, 2012

Newcastle has a rich literary history, being the site that created the first full length autobiography ever written in Australia, and  the first dictionary ever compiled in Australia. These were the works of the infamous convict James Hardy Vaux and the 5th of July 2012 celebrated the bicentenary of this important milestone in Australia’s literary … More David Murray’s “Words for the Heat of Deeds” – A Story of Newcastle’s Convict Years