Join us for the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All Welcome. WHEN – Monday 14 October 2024 (1.00pm-2.30pm) WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRIES (Gionni di Gravio OAM) PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATION 1 : ‘The Fettler’: a biography of ‘Uncle’ Bill Smith, an Aboriginal elder and leader in the Hunter region by Dr Greg Blyton (Author). … More Hunter Living Histories October 2024 Showcase
This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Peoples: This paper contains the names of Aboriginal People who are deceased. Material Culture and Exchange at the Australian Agricultural Company Settlement, Port Stephens, 1826-1833 By Eleanor Foster, PhD … More Material Culture and Exchange at the Australian Agricultural Company Settlement, Port Stephens 1826-1833
A children’s book, penned by a woman and published in 1830, is possibly the earliest work of fiction set in Newcastle, Hunter’s River revolving around the relationships between settlers and Aboriginal people. The book, by the name of Alfred Dudley; or, The Australian Settlers was published in London for Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street in 1830, … More The Earliest Work of Fiction Set in Newcastle, Hunter’s River Involving Relations Between Settlers and Aboriginal People, 1830.