It was with great pleasure and pride that we watched, heard and experienced the world premiere of A Slender Strand of Memories by Colin Spiers. The World Premiere of A Slender Strand of Memories by Colin Spiers was performed on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 3pm in Newcastle City Hall (Australia). In 2009 the City … More World Premiere – A Slender Strand of Memories by Colin Spiers
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Fish Feeder (aka Fish Charmer) (1939) https://www.britishpathe.com/video/fish-feeder-aka-fish-charmer-issue-title-is-one/ Description: Part of issue ONE FOR THE ROAD. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Issue Date: 04/05/1939. Various shots of disabled man on crutches, Mr. Laskey, being helped into sea from pier. Mr. Laskey holds a loaf of bread beneath the water, soon a shoal of small fish surround him, nibbling … More Newcastle and related newsreels from British Pathe
Student Research Papers in Australian History was a serial published by the University of Newcastle’s History Club, Department of History, and featured some of the best papers on Australian history written by undergraduate history students at the time. It is great to see such local historical topics afforded University level academic rigour. Many of these … More University Research Papers on Newcastle and Hunter Region
Huntington’s History of Newcastle and the Northern District The Story of Lambton – a Newcastle Suburb Two new important works of local history, Huntington’s History of Newcastle and the Northern District. Compiled by Ken Shilling with additional biographical material written by Cynthia Hunter. Published by the Newcastle Family History Society Inc 2009, and The Story … More New local histories on Newcastle and Lambton
The eagerly anticipated National Trust Heritage Festival kicks off this week with the Interpretations Exhibition at the Lockup. For the latest information check out the Hunter Regional Trust Committee blog: http://nationaltrust-hunternewcastleregion.blogspot.com/ Facebook Event page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=67551780431&ref=mf The listing of events are as follows: Friday 3 – 19 April INTERPRETATIONS: Art Exhibition Local artists were invited to … More Our Place in Space – Under the Southern Cross
We are greatly honoured to host the online digital version of Les Reedman’s landmark work, ‘Early Architects of the Hunter Region: A Hundred Years to 1940’. Read it online here: https://downloads.newcastle.edu.au/library/cultural%20collections/flipbooks/reedman/#p=1 This work is an anthology connecting the development of the Hunter Valley with the architects living and practicing architecture within the region. It outlines … More Early Architects of the Hunter Region
Our overall objective for the year has been to actively research and promote Newcastle’s history, assist in the preparatory celebrations of the 2009 Sesquicentenary of the formation of the Borough of Newcastle on 7 June 2009 and support the Newcastle City Council’s unanimously adopted Coal River Heritage Precinct Interpretation plan (Pizzey Report). With the farewell … More Coal River Working Party – Annual Report 2008
Video: NBN News Broadcast 29 October 2008 featuring Mr Gionni Di Gravio (Chair of the University of Newcastle’s Coal River Working Party) and Dene Hawken (Awabakal Descendent) interviewed by Paul Lobb. Professor John Fryer submitted an application for dual naming for Nobbys/Whibayganba to the Geographical Names Board (GNB) in October 2008. The application was accompanied … More Nobbys (Whibayganba)
On behalf of the University’s Coal River Working Party, I would like to express our sincere thanks to David Witchard and his fellow Dram1020 colleagues for Monday evening’s (10 November 2008) splendid performance piece Where the Coal Meets the Sea. ‘Where the Coal Meets the Sea’ was a University of Newcastle Drama 1020 production of … More Where the Coal Meets the Sea