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Floods in the Hunter (Local Treasures Radio Broadcast Notes)

July 22, 2021

Floods in the Hunter (Local Treasures Radio Broadcast Notes) ABC Radio 1233 Broadcast – 19 June 2007 1.30pm Presenter: Carol Duncan Guest: Gionni Di Gravio, Archivist, University of Newcastle (Originally Posted on Monday, 25 June, 2007 on the UONCC WordPress site, updated July 2021) The recent devastating storms and floods and the beaching of the … More Floods in the Hunter (Local Treasures Radio Broadcast Notes)

Floods in the lower Hunter, 1857

May 8, 2019

The University Library is delighted to have acquired a rare map and report showing the “extent to which the low lands of the River Hunter, and its tributaries between Oakhampton and Hexham were submerged by the Great Flood of August 1857.” The map was drawn by J. Francis Adams, Licensed Surveyor, and ordered to be … More Floods in the lower Hunter, 1857

Maitland Flood (1930) Panorama

November 15, 2017

Hunter Living Histories community researcher, Mr Robert Watson, identified four photographs within the Cultural Collections image archive as a ‘panorama’, and has stitched them together for us. These are the four originals: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/6372485563/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/6372488413/in/photostream/ On this next one Robert marked two boys on a homemade raft, and also the rotunda in Maitland Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/6372490151/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/6372491915/in/photostream/