Hunter Living Histories November Showcase

Forthcoming Hunter Living Histories Showcase Monday, 4 November 2024 1.00pm-2.30pm Join us at 1.00pm-2.30pm for the University Library’s monthly Hunter Living Histories showcase. All Welcome. WHERE: via ZOOM or in Room L326, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle. (Type Room no. into ONLINE MAP) WHEN –  Monday 4 November 2024 (1.00pm-2.30pm) WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY … More Hunter Living Histories November Showcase

Shipwrecked Newcastle (2024) Premiere Screening @ Rogue Scholar

Due to the overwhelming response to the early screening of the new Stories of Our Town film Shipwrecked Newcastle at Rogue Scholar Brewery this Wednesday 30th October, we are putting on a second session. Book here for free to secure a seat. It’s our 20th film and we couldn’t be more proud. Come along and … More Shipwrecked Newcastle (2024) Premiere Screening @ Rogue Scholar

Remembering the Sygna Storm: 50 Years Later

University of Newcastle Bachelor of Media and Communications student, Jack Lewis, began his work in the Professional Career-Ready placement at the GLAMx Lab, Auchmuty Library. Editing old archival footage, this enabled Jack to develop his storytelling and editing skills as well as viewing historic film digitisation to get a glimpse as to what the process … More Remembering the Sygna Storm: 50 Years Later

Remembering Lost Lives & Legacies: W. S. Procter and the 1841 Procter Chart

DOWNLOAD AND READ W.S. PROCTER AND THE 1841 PROCTER CHART BY SHANE FROST (58MB PDF) First Navigational Chart of Lake Macquarie The Procter Chart is the first navigational chart of “Reid’s Mistake”, a.k.a. Lake Macquarie, New South Wales produced in 1841. It has fascinated researchers attempting to understand and unlock its annotations and references to … More Remembering Lost Lives & Legacies: W. S. Procter and the 1841 Procter Chart

Shipwrecks of the Hunter A comprehensive survey compiled by Norm Barney (1994)

  The next in the series of Stories of Our Town films will be on Shipwrecks of the Hunter, and has just gone into pre-production.  This will be the third film that Chit Chat von Loopin Stab (a.k.a. Glenn Dormand) and Tony Whittaker have embarked on this year. We have digitised this important Newcastle Herald … More Shipwrecks of the Hunter A comprehensive survey compiled by Norm Barney (1994)

“Searching for the St Michael” Sunken Hulk at Morpeth 1841

“Searching for the St Michael“.     The St Michael was a hulk, later converted to a store-ship, that sank at Morpeth, New South Wales in 1841. She arrived in Sydney from Calcutta on the 30 October 1820, with Master Henry Marsh. According to the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage site: “This Ship rigged … More “Searching for the St Michael” Sunken Hulk at Morpeth 1841

Natural History Illustration Field Studies & Culture Class NHIL3004 visits the historic sites of Newcastle and Beyond

On the 6th October 2017  the University of Newcastle (Australia)’s Natural History Illustration Field Studies & Culture Class NHIL3004 visited the historic sites of Newcastle. Under the supervision of Dr Bernadette Drabsch, the students were introduced to a variety of important places on a walking tour including Christ Church Cathedral, the former Parsonage site, the … More Natural History Illustration Field Studies & Culture Class NHIL3004 visits the historic sites of Newcastle and Beyond

Wreck of the Cawarra, at Newcastle (Illustrated Sydney News 16th August 1866)

THE RECENT GALE THE first premonition of the storm was felt on the morning of the 11th ult; : the barometer became very unsettled, and heavy banked clouds along the eastern horizon became heavier as the day wore on, until about two o’clock, when the wind, shifted from W. to S. and E., and the … More Wreck of the Cawarra, at Newcastle (Illustrated Sydney News 16th August 1866)