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An Historical Survey 1858-1966

June 6, 2012

The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate An Historical Survey 1858-1966 – 108 Years of Journalism in Newcastle was published as a feature on Wednesday February 23rd 1966. It in turn was reproduced from the Centenary Supplement published in 1958. Click on each of the images to access the larger scan.         … More An Historical Survey 1858-1966

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🎉 Happy Autonomy Day! . Autonomy Day is the an 🎉 Happy Autonomy Day! 
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Autonomy Day is the annual celebration of the University of Newcastle becoming independent from the University of New South Wales in 1965. Autonomy was declared by the Governor of NSW, Sir Eric Winslow Woodward. 
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Each year students celebrate the University's independence with with a range of events which have historically included billy kart derbies, marches, fairs and live music. 
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đź“· Pictured here is the @Uni_Newcastle Autonomy Day procession through Newcastle in 1967. 

The photographs, by Ross Smith, are part of the University of Newcastle History Collection, held by Special Collections. 
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A new addition to our rare books collection - "Cul A new addition to our rare books collection - "Culpeper's English physician; and complete herbal" published in 1813.
 
The author, Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654), was an astrologer-physician at a time when astrology was linked to health, and divination was used to produce herbal remedies to heal afflictions.

This book is a medical treatise of such remedies. It includes listings of herbs (and their medicinal and occult properties); and anatomical drawings linking the body to the zodiac, showing celestial influences. 

Illustrations by Ebenezer Silby [1751-1799].

Book an appointment to see this intriguing book in our Reading Room! - Link in Bio

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Spotlight on our student intern Freda! Freda has Spotlight on our student intern Freda!

Freda has been working with us in Special Collections for the last 4 months, helping to design and curate the Ea la Wamanbila exhibition (on now!).

Freda is a proud Gomeroi yinarr woman born and raised in Moree.  Freda has always been interested in Aboriginal history and social justice. These interests encouraged her to commence an internship with Special Collections, and work on the decolonising collections exhibition project.

Freda described that working with Special Collections allowed her to gain experience working in different areas of Aboriginal affairs, as well as how to appropriately engage and utilise Indigenous archival materials in her work.

Other skills Freda gained while working with us include; creating blog posts, handling rare books, digitising collections, 3D scanning, and book scanning to name a few.

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On display as part of the Ea la Wamanbila (Here lo On display as part of the Ea la Wamanbila (Here look, lets go) exhibition, is this recent acquisition purchased by the Reta Light Memorial Trust. 

The hand coloured copper engraving [c.1821] depicts a colonial view of Newcastle looking towards Whibayganba/Nobby's Head. 

The print was engraved by Walter Preston (1777-18??) "from a drawing by Captain James Wallis" (1785-1858). Wallis was the commandant of the penal settlement at Newcastle (1814-1818). Preston was charged with highway robbery and transported to the penal settlement at Newcastle in 1814.

You can see it in person - Level 2, Auchmuty Library.
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Today is #InternationalMoonDay, a United Nations-d Today is #InternationalMoonDay, a United Nations-designated day for cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space and marks the anniversary of the first moon landing. 

Here are some photos of the window displays at the Newcastle & Suburban Co-Operative Society (The Store) in 1969 that were created to celebrate this remarkable event. 

The talented designer of the window displays was Terry Stanmore. Special Collections is fortunate to hold a digital archive of The Store's shop window displays on the Living Histories web site. 

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You don't need to bend over backwards to access ou You don't need to bend over backwards to access our collections...
All you need to do is book an appointment to view archives and rare books in our Special Collections Reading Room. Link in Bio.

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It's time for O-Week library tours at Callaghan to It's time for O-Week library tours at Callaghan today, so we have brought out a few of our favourite things. 

One of the items we have on display is a volume of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) by Isaac Newton (1642-1726). The first edition was published in 1687. Our edition was published in 1739, in Latin. 

The work presents Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation, which remained unchallenged until Einstein's theory of relativity was published in 1916.

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Did you know…Special collections has a Reading R Did you know…Special collections has a Reading Room located on level 2 of the Auchmuty Library? Researchers can access fragile, significant and unique materials.

Come join us on one of our library tours tomorrow if you would like to have a look!

🔎 You can use Library Search to access thousands of digitised heritage objects including University Archives, Rare Books, historical and cultural records on the University and the local region. It's available for all students!

You also have access to Living Histories, an online platform for digitised items such as artefacts, audio, video and records. Link in bio.

📷 Also included are amazing photographic collections of the Newcastle Hospital, 1980’s Surfest and the 1900’s Newcastle Show.

Everyone is welcome to visit!
Film released today! 'Biraban and Threlkeld: Findi Film released today! 'Biraban and Threlkeld: Finding the Third Space' tells the story of how two men became this nation’s first civil rights activists. 

Biraban, a bilingual Aboriginal man and leader of Newcastle/Lake Macquarie’s First Nations peoples, and Reverend Threlkeld, a British missionary. Over 21 years they undertook the first systematic study of an Aboriginal language anywhere in the country. 

Watch the full film - Link in Bio. 

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