Shipwrecks Archives - Hunter Living Histories

Hunter Living Histories November Showcase

October 30, 2024

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

What's On? Shipwrecked Newcastle (2024) Film Release @ Rogue Scholar

Shipwrecked Newcastle (2024) Premiere Screening @ Rogue Scholar

October 29, 2024

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

May 28, 2024

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

Title Page of Forget-Me-Not Remembering Lost Lives and Legacies W.S. Procter & The 1841 Procter Chart. An Analytical Examination of the Production of the First Navigational Chart of Reid's Mistake, Lake Macquarie with Reference to Reverend L.E. Threlkeld & Others. Researched & Written By Shane Frost. April 2023.

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

May 28, 2024

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 (Newcastle Herald 26 May 1994)

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

May 15, 2024

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)

Stories of Our Town (Series Two) in Production

November 20, 2023

The Stories of our Town Film Project is back doing what they do best; capturing the history of Newcastle as told by the people who lived it. Building on Success Over the last four years, Stories of Our Town have created 19 original films about the Hunter region. Five of the longer films have been … More Stories of Our Town (Series Two) in Production

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

July 23, 2021

“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

The Wreck of the Berbice, Stockton Beach June 1888

August 3, 2018

The Wreck of the Berbice, Stockton Beach June 1888 By Russell Rigby The Berbice ran aground at Stockton Tuesday 5th June 1888. The Rocket Brigade saved all on board. The location of a shipwreck, believed to be the Berbice, and recent images from a drone, was reported in a Newcastle Herald article in August … More The Wreck of the Berbice, Stockton Beach June 1888

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

November 15, 2017

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)

April 7, 2017

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)