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Oral History - Local History Research Projects - Department of Community Programmes University of Newcastle

This guide to the Oral History Research Projects of the Open Foundation Course (Department of Community Programmes) 1987 - 1989 held in the Newcastle University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Unit (now the Cultural Collections Unit) was compiled by Mrs Margaret Fryer and Mr Michael Sternbeck in February 1996 and prepared for the Web by Mr Gionni Di Gravio in April 1999.

Project
Person Interviewed
Researcher
Tape Number
Document Number

Coal Mining in the Northern Coalfield.

Mr. & Mrs. Parkinson, Miner

Margaret Blackman

A6731/1

A6732/26 (two folders)

Mining & the development of mining towns.

Bill Shepherd, Miner

Grace Ermer

A6731/2

A6732/31

Harry Delore's War.

Harry Delore, Car dealer

Monica Eichorn

Not trfd

Not trfd

State Dockyard Unions.

Ned Andrews

Nic Curk

A6731/3

A6732/4

Henderson's & Sons Bakery, Weston.

Ruth Hughes

Ann Anderson

Not trfd

Not trfd

History of Seaham.

Tom Wilson

Rosealene Austin

Not trfd

Not trfd

Blackbutt Reserve Newcastle Uni. Newcastle Abattoirs.

Tom Farrell, Environmental-ist and businessman

Val Tripp

A6731/4

A6732/12

Melvic Theatre.

Bill Payne, Proprietor

Diana Blaxell

A6731/4B

Tape only

Author of
Dawn in the Valley.

Allan Wood, Historian

Mary Baker

A6731/5

A6732/36

Merewether.
Resident's Group.

Dorothy Chesters, Secretary

Anita Horton

Not trfd

Not trfd

Wallsend Council.

Mr. Thomas, Last Mayor of Wallsend

Maureen Tobin

Not trfd

Not trfd

Newcastle Nurseryman.

Roy Whalan, Prominent Nurseryman and Commentator

Robbin Hodges

A6731/6

A6732/33

The Practice of Medicine in Mayfield.

Dr. E.W. Ferguson, Medical Practitioner

Pauline Eade

A6731/7A

Tape only

Greta Migrant Camp.

Polish Migrants

Zbigniew Kozela

A6731/7B

Tape only

Fluctuations in the retail industry in Cessnock.

Mrs. Abercrombie, a Cessnock jeweller

Anne Cowan

A6731/8

A6732/1

Medowie.

Mrs. Murfin, a long-time resident

Barbara Beaver

Not trfd

Not trfd

Influence of Miners' Lodges on local community.

Mick Frame, miner

Robyn Cagney

A6731/9

A6732/13

Portrait of Clothing Manufacturer.

Miss Ruby Melville, Proprietor

Evelyn Stuttaford

A6731/10

A6732/24

Newcastle Dramatic Art Club.

Betty Lind, Founding member

Rosalind Evans

A6731/11

A6732/20

A.L.P. Trade Unions - Politics.

C.K. Jones, M.P.

John Young

A6731/12- 13

A6732/18

Two Generations of Nursing - Mater Hospital.

Mother & daughter

Diane Barry

Not trfd

Not trfd

Growing up in the Hawkesbury.

George & Pat Sinclair-Wadham

Vickiann Sinclair-Wadham

Not trfd

Not trfd

Interview with Singleton and Muswellbrook resident living during Depression.

Ernest Smith (now deceased)

Chris Whalan

A6731/14

Tape only

Singleton children in early 1900s - a comparison of class perspectives.

Gladys Shearer, Mrs. Terrey

Barbara Drayton

A6731/15A

A6732/30

Local Government in Port Stephens Shire.

Bruce MacKenzie, Former Shire President

Margaret Owler

A6731/15B

A6732/23

Changes in the Meat Industry.

Keith McGill

Debbie Lewis

A6731/16

A6732/22

History of Lambton.

May Hoy, Historian of Lambton

Kerrie Johnson

A6731/16B

A6732/16

A pioneering Engineering Firm, Morison & Bearby.

Miss N. Morison, Daughter of founder.

Carol Firth

A6731/17

A6732/28

Merrion's Cardiff Bakery. A family business - changes in bakery.

Eric Merrion, Proprietor

Elizabeth Cox

A6731/18

A6732/25

Changing treatment of T.B. [Rankin Park Hospital].

Dr. R. Mills, Chest Specialist

Cheryl Newell

A6731/19

A6732/27

Tanilba Bay 1940s.

Clara Brown & Joan McInerney

Margaret Owler

A6731/20

A6732/8

Establishment of Working Womens Centre.

Mary Calcott

Jennifer Gregory

A6731/21

A6732/9

Mayfield Telephone Exchange.

Gordon Sutherland

D. Patch

A6731/22

A6732/42

Driving a Store bread van.

Charlie Watters, driver

Elizabeth Watters

A6731/23

A6732/32

Nursing changes - Wallsend Hospital.

Matron Narelle Punton

Margaret Piefke

A6731/24

A6732/29

Stockton Surf-Life Saving Club.

Ray Williams, Long-standing member

Suzanne Lowndes

A6731/25

A6732/34

Trains History - Newcastle.

Les (Casey) Jones, Train driver

Hazel Paton

A6731/26

A6732/19

Timber Industry - Yarramalong Valley.

Reginald Bradley

Janelle Talbot

Not trfd

Not trfd

Experiences of anaesthetist.

Dr. Margaret Tyrell

Carolyn McMahon

Not trfd

Not trfd

History of Morpeth area.

Tom Hickey, Pearl Hickey

Kay Davies

A6731/27 + another tape

A6732/15

The legal firm, Harris, Wheeler & Williams.

Howard Williams & Neville Wheeler

Lyn Lucas

A6731/28

A6732/35

The Newcastle Repertory Theatre 1957-1987.

Peter & Shirley Bloomfield, Founders

Dorothy White

A6731/29

A6732/5

The Toronto Bus Service.

Bob Hertogs

Ineke Garaty

A6731/30

A6732/14

Elizabeth Kenny & her treatment of Poliomyelitis.

Joe Harper (wardsman)

Christine Hills

Document only

A6732/37

A.L.P. politics, Cardiff.

Isabel Tylee

Margaret Wardley

Not trfd

Not trfd

Coalmining - Rothbury & Branxton area.

Arthur Goodwin

Barbara Taylor

Not trfd

Not trfd

North Rothbury Mine Lock-out.

Mrs. Elliot

Narene Williams

A6731/31

A6732/11

Australian Women's Army.

Rita Borger & Mildred Baxter

Christine Howard

A6731/32

A6732/6

The Corner store.

Mrs. Irene Lonsdale, Shopkeeper

Colleen Purdy

A6731/33

A6732/21

Happy Valley, Depression Camp, Coalfields.

Olive Convery

Patricia Neal

A6731/34

A6732/10

The Newcastle Herald.

James Hatlan

Carmel Noonan

Not trfd

Not trfd

Muswellbrook Coal Company - the early days.

 

Chris Whalan

Document only

A6732/3

Lives of two pioneering women of the Hunter Valley.

Roslyn Macey

Document only

A6732/38

Profile on a successful, independent woman, Miss Phyllis Bennett.

Phyllis Bennett

Mavis Pattinson

A6731/35

A6732/2

The Marks Family. [History of Lake Macquarie]. Ann Gee [member of Marks family]. Jackie Boyton A6731/36 A6732/41
[Family Life in early 20th Century at Singleton]. Mrs. Leslie - born at Singleton. Helen Adam A6731/37 Tape only

[Women in education and society - Newcastle Girls Grammar School].

Mrs. Kath. Stewart [Headmistress Newcastle Girls Grammar School 1968-1978].

Olive McCrea

A6731/38

 

A6732/39

[Changes in Nursing Practice 1937-1987]. Kurri Hospital 1904 1939-1980. Mary Louisa Corke (Matron, Kurri Hospital 1960 - 1980). Born 16.1.1916 at Warialda. Marilyn Donn A6731/39 A6732/40

Newcastle Vietnam War Memorial.

Jim Husband

Gary Jolliffe

A6731/40

A6732/17

Local History.

Harry Boyle, Local Historian

Roslyn Macey

A6731/41

A6732/7

Memoirs of the Hunter Valley Timber Industry.

Charles Lewis

Glenda Aoake

A6963 (i)(a)

A6963 (i)(a)

The History of Newcastle from the 1920s.

Raymond McDonagh

David Alwood

A6963 (i)(b)

A6963 (i)(b)

Dining out [Newcastle Restaurants].

Clem Ashford

Michele Ashford

A6963 (ii)

A6963 (ii)

Early Settlers Port Stephens Estate and Australian Agricultural Company.

A. & D. Eggelton & Les. H. Savage

June Bailey

A6963 (iii)

A6963 (iii)

A. Goninan and Co. Limited.

R. Burns

Lynne Bonser

A6963 (iv)

A6963 (iv)

Interview with Les Sternbeck about his life in Murray's Run.

Les Sternbeck

Mary Barnet

A6963 (v)

A6963 (v)

Her life during the Depression.

Josephine Leis

Lorna Boyd

A6963 (vi)

A6963 (vi)

Macedonians then and now in Newcastle.

Kiril Murgev

Blagoja Bozinoski

Not trfd

A6963 (vii)

Croatians in Newcastle.

-

Marica Batkovic

A6963 (viii)

A6963 (viii)

The ABC in Newcastle.

John Bracken

Helen Bracken

A6963 (ix)

A6963 (ix)

Toorumbee Creek Community.

John Linehon

Peter Blanch

A6963 (x)

A6963 (x)

The Rise and Fall of the Abattoir.

Ross Lindsay, Terry Warnaby

Shern Boogaard

A6964 (i)

A6964 (i)

Views of Belmont Past and Present.

John Milliss

Suzanne Campbell

A6964 (ii)

A6964 (ii)

Dominican Order of Nuns, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

Sister Catarina Heffernan

Raelee Caswell

A6964 (iii)

A6964 (iii)

Electricity in the Hunter.

John A. Tubb

Kim Cooper

A6964 (iv)

A6964 (iv)

Mosquito Island, 1916-1923.

John Duggan

Carmel Creasy

A6964 (v)

A6964 (v)

Police in Newcastle.

Douglas Lithgow, Keith Parsons

Glenn Crompton

A6964 (vi)

(two tapes)

A6964 (vi)

Stephen Simpson and his trade of bootmaking.

Stephen Simpson

Lesley Dickinson

A6964 (vii)

A6964 (vii)

Tailoring in Newcastle - transcript of tape and essay.

Margaret Hughes

Caroline Duncan

A6964 (viii)

A6964 (viii)

Coal mining in the early 1950s
[Attached papers:

"Women in politics"; "History of Industrial volatility in Newcastle District coal mines";

"Was Australia Peaceably (sic) Settled or Violently Conquered?"]

Wal Partridge

Chris Durie

A6965 (i)

A6965 (i)

The History of Shipping on the Paterson River (Assignment). Growing up in Paterson. Dick Burgess Leanne Durie A6965 (ii) A6965 (ii)

History of Morpeth.

Mildred Pankhurst

Helen Finegan

A6965 (iii)

A6965 (iii)

Aborigines in Singleton.
[Restricted]

Mrs. Cathryn Foggo

Shelley Fisher

A6965 (iv)

A6965 (iv)

The History of Shipbuilding and ship repair in Newcastle. (3 documents and tape).

Harry Douglas Harding

Esther Galbraith

A6965 (v)

A6965 (v)

Morison and Bearby's Soho Foundry and Engineering Works, Carrington N.S.W.

Miss A.J. "Nancy" Morison

Graeme Grace

A6965 (vi)

A6965 (vi)

Greeks in Newcastle. (3 documents and tape).

Toula

Judy Gavrilis

A6965 (vii)

 

A6965 (vii)

Depression resilience. How did the Great Depression affect Newcastle?

Essay: Women and education. (3 documents and tape).

Doreen Maher

Allen George

A6965 (viii)

A6965 (viii)

Belmont South.

Joan Hicks

Karen Hicks

A6966 (i)

A6966 (i)

The Early History of Awaba.

Edna Mann

Ronald A. Heathcote

A6966 (ii)(a)

A6966 (ii)(a)

Tanilba House. (3 documents and tape).

Helen Taylor

Suzanne Heffernan

A6966 (ii)(b)

A6966 (ii)(b)

The Growth of High Street and Family Business.

Colin Johnston

Gloria Higginbottom

A6966 (iii)

A6966 (iii)

The History of Mr. Dodds' retailing and manufacturing career in the tailoring and dry cleaning trade.

Arthur Dodd

Gail Hill

A6966 (iv)

A6966 (iv)

Life on the land in the Gloucester Region.

Irene Phillips

Raylene Hitchcock

A6966 (v)

A6966 (v)

The History of a Newcastle coal miner.

Alan Murnain

Cathy Holmes

A6966 (vi)

A6966 (vi)

Cordial manufacturers of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.

Ian Sherman

Lynette Jackson

A6966 (vii)

A6966 (vii)

Allco Steel.

Mr. Delbianco

Angela Jankovic

A6966 (viii)

A6966 (viii)

Cardiff Railway Workshops.

Douglas Bradford

Leigh Johnston

A6966 (ix)

A6966 (ix)

The Country Women's Association.
Research paper: Newcastle Seaside Homes.

Barbara Bushel

Sonya Jones

A6966 (x)

A6966 (x)

The life of Mrs. Annie Whilamena Kelly who is of Aboriginal descent from 1909.

Annie Whilamena Kelly

Shay Kelly

A6967(i)(a)

A6967(i)(a)

Change from trams to buses in Newcastle.

Norman Kelty

Tracey Kelty

A6967 (i)(b)

A6967(i)(b)

The History of the Boydell Family in Australia.

Richard Grant Boydell (+ 2 photographs Caergwrle and Allyn River).

Jeannette Lee

A6967 (ii)

A6967 (ii)

History and Bishops of Maitland.

Rev. Fr. Harold Campbell

Darryl Mackie

A6967(iii)(a)

A6967 (iii)(a)

Glimpses of the past from 95 years on - The Diocese of Maitland, its early beginnings.

Elizabeth Woodbine

John Lewis

A6967(iii)(b)

A6967 (iii)(b)

Green Point - Lewers Estate Area.

Duncan McEwan, Pauline Keating

Fiona McEwan

A6967(iv)

A6967(iv)

Living conditions of the Worimi Aborigines of Port Stephens before and after the appearance of the Europeans.

Essay

John McLachlan

Document only

A6967(v)

Saint Elizabeth's Girls Home, Singleton.

Marlene Kennedy

Jan McLeod

A6967 (vi)

A6967(vi)

Seamen's working conditions and their effect on Newcastle.

Neville Cunningham

Ian McQualter

A6967 (vii)

A6967 (vii)

A history of the de Glorion Family and their involvement in live theatre in Newcastle. [The Victoria Theatre].

Del de Glorion

Rosemary Melville

A6967 (viii)

A6967 (viii)

The Newcastle and Suburban Co-operative Society.

Esme Allan

Christine Miller

A6967 (ix)

A6967 (ix)

Life and pubs in Newcastle and Cessnock.

Marion Davey

Grant Miles

A6968 (i)

A6968 (i)

Customs House, Newcastle.

Captain James Fletcher

Terry Muir

A6968(ii)(a)

A6968 (ii)(a)

Conservation and the history of the Northern Parks and Playgrounds Movement.

Doug Lithgow

Vicki Neech

A6968(ii)(b)

A6968 (ii)(b)

Domestic Science Schools - the thirties.

Lottie Young

Helen New

A6968(iii)(a)

A6968 (iii)(a)

The history of Theatres in Newcastle.

Peter Whipper

Jenny Nichols

A6968(iii)(b)

A6968 (iii)(b)

Swansea Bridges.

Bill Vernon

Mark Stephen Nolan

A6968 (iv)

A6968 (iv)

Retailing at Scott's - A Woman's View.

Selma Hare and Maisie Sharp

Jennifer Noseworthy

A6968 (v)

A6968 (v)

Working at Zaara Street Power Station from the 1920s to the early 1960s.

Clarrie McLennan

Louise Parker

A6969 (i)(a)

A6969 (i)(a)

The life of Mrs. Annie Whilamena Kelly who is of Aboriginal descent from 1909.

Annie Whilamena Kelly

Shay Kelly

A6969(i)(b)
(two copies)
[Duplicate of
A6967(i)(a)]

A6969 (i)(b)
(two copies)

Merewether and its Beaches.

Alice Ferguson

Trish Pattendon

A6969 (ii)

A6969 (ii)

The end of an Era: Paediatric care at the Newcastle Mater Hospital.

Sister Mary Barnabas Gardiner

Elaine Perry

A6969 (iii)

A6969 (iii)

Depression 1930s Relief Organisations and Housing.

Kath Jones

Bob Price

A6969 (iv)

A6969 (iv)

History paper on the town of Greta.

Elsie Allan

Valerie Randall

A6969 (v)

A6969 (v)

A woman growing up in the Hunter.

Veronica Phillips

Heather Rooney

A6969 (vi)

A6969 (vi)

The Seventh Day Adventists at Cooronbong.

Ivy Easthope

Helen Sankowsky

A6969 (vii)

A6969 (vii)

The emerging role of Newcastle Trades Hall Council as an active participator in the social issues of the community.

Keith Wilson

Nicki Saroca

A6969 (viii)

A6969 (viii)

Electric Lamp Manufacturers Australia Pty, Ltd.

Ken Millington

Janelle Schmidt

A6969 (ix)

A6969 (ix)

A short history on W.E. Bramble.

Elizabeth Anderson

Rosemary Soto

A6970 (i)

A6970 (i)

Single working women in the Depression.

Joyce Staley

Lynn Staley

A6970 (ii)

A6970 (ii)

John Sobb's life in retail.

John Sobb

Boyd Stewart

A6970 (iii)

A6970 (iii)

The background of a displaced person who settled in the Hunter Region.

Bazil Manunczak

Desmond Thomas

A6970 (iv)

A6970 (iv)

Young and Green.

Alexander Young

Tracie Thornberry

A6970 (v)

A6970 (v)

The growth and development of the fishing industry in Nelson Bay.

Alfred Mitchell and George Pain

Julie Tregarthen

A6970 (vi)

A6970 (vi)

John Lysaght (Australia) Limited.

Clarrie Withers

Ann Walker

A6970 (vii)

A6970 (vii)

The Dillon Family, Dungog.

Vincent Dillon

Ray Ward

A6970 (viii)
(two tapes)

A6970 (viii)

History of Purfleet.

Horry Saunders

Randall Wiggers

A6971 (i)

A6971 (i)

The rise of environmental awareness in Australia (with reference to Barrington Tops National Park).

Selby Alley

David Williams

A6971 (ii)

A6971 (ii)

Early settlement in the Buttai-Black Hill area.

Dianne Parnell

Yvonne Wardell

A6971 (iii)

A6971 (iii)

Retailing menswear in King Street, Newcastle, 1971-1989.

Sue Vandervalk

Jane Wells

A6971 (iv)

A6971 (iv)

History of the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop. (3 documents and tape).

Robin Winston

Lee Williams

A6971 (v)

A6971 (v)

The Abermain Eisteddfod.

Agnes Madeline James

Lisa Maree Williams

A6971 (vi)

A6971 (vi)

Removal of the occupants of Coon Island.

Henry and Catherine Nicholls

Peter Winsor

A6971 (vii)

A6971 (vii)

The history of single Friendly Societies in the Hunter River Region of New South Wales.

Vernon Wong-See

Frank Woodgate

A6971 (viii)

A6971 (viii)

[A7462 (i) - (iv):
not assigned]

       

Hotel-keeping in Singleton.

Mrs. Kit Foggo

Christine Abrahams

A7462(v)

A7462 (v)

The Port of Newcastle.

Sidney Alexander Ayerst

Pamela Walters

A7462(vi)

A7462 (vi)

Women in Newcastle Industries during World War II.

Kathleen Blackett

Jodie Calvert

A7462(vii)

A7462 (vii)

Greta Migrant Camp 1949-1958.

William Williamson

Julie Kay

A7462(viii)

A7462 (viii)

Immigration of displaced persons to Australia - Greta camp.

Elly Slechter

Cynthia Barker

A7462(ix)

A7462 (ix)

The Salvation Army.

Mrs. Phyllis Foster

Regina Bollinger

A7462(x)

A7462 (x)

A brief history of Toronto.

George Woodman

Anne Woodman

A7462(xi)

A7462 (xi)

The rise and fall of communist control of the Federated Ironworkers Association in Newcastle.

Thomas Graham

Anne Dunne

A7462(xii)

A7462 (xii)

Coalmining, Rothbury and Miners Federation.

Francis Joseph Manning

Lucyna Manning

A7462(xiii)

A7462 (xiii)

Changes in railways.

Leonard John Young

Kerrie Young

A7462(xiv)

A7462 (xiv)

RAAF Base Williamtown.

Keith Sullivan

Sharon Foster

A7462(xv)

A7462 (xv)

Charlestown: from mining village to commercial centre.

Ada W. Pickering

Lorraine Slaven

A7462(xvi)

A7462 (xvi)

Life of Mrs. Lantry and the changes in the Morpeth area.

Mrs. Mary Lantry

Jill Nean

A7462(xvii)

A7462 (xvii)

Newcastle State Dockyard 1942-1962.

John Aubin

Mark Perriman

A7462(xviii)

A7462 (xviii)

Memoirs of The Maitland Show.

Robert P. Johnston

Jane Guy

A7463(i)

A7463 (i)

The Masonite factory, Raymond Terrace.

David Bowtell

Dorothy Harrison

A7463(ii)

A7463 (ii)

William Arnott. The man and his factory till 1908.

Doris Piper

Margaret Probert

A7463(iii)

A7463 (iii)

Coal-miners of the Hunter Valley.

Clyde Jones and Mick Jurd

Wendy Stuart

A7463(iv)

A7463 (iv)

150 years farming at Phoenix Park/Morpeth.

Thomas Wright

Yvonne Eggins

A7463(v)

A7463 (v)

A decade in the Newcastle State Dockyard 1966-1976.

Jim Smith

Robyn Sanderson

A7463(vi)

A7463 (vi)

Greta Migrant Camp and Newcastle.

Anna Buldecki

Katherine Granter

A7463(vii)

A7463 (vii)

History of Greeks in Newcastle.

Bob Tsousis and Michael Karaberidis

Susan Karaberidis

A7463(viii)

A7463 (viii)

Coal mining.

John Ambler and John Redding

Lori Cummings

A7463(ix)

A7463 (ix)

Ship Building industry in the Manning District.

Claude Mann

Collene Braye

A7463(x)

A7463 (x)

Stockton - transport as an issue for resident action.

Terry Callan

Carol Plooy

A7463(xi)

A7463 (xi)
(report; no transcript)

Highlights of Joy Cummings whilst Lord Mayor of Newcastle.

Ray Cummings

Phyllis Southall

A7463(xii)

A7463 (xii)

Life in the country 1890-1910.

Miss Eva Stott

Ann Fenwick

A7463(xiii)

A7463 (xiii)

[A7463 (xiv):
not assigned]

       

Newcastle State Dockyard.

Frank Neat

Natalie Sanderson

A7463(xv)

A7463 (xv)

Family Planning Assoc. of NSW.

Ms Joy Gageler

Heather Hancock

A7463(xvi)

A7463 (xvi)

History of Newcastle.

Mrs. Ross

Paul Vella

A7463(xvii)

A7463 (xvii)

Newcastle Herald.

James Edward Hattam

Carmel Noonan

A7463(xviii)

A7463 (xviii)

[A7464 (i) - (ii):
not assigned]

       

Richmond Vale Railway.

 

Annette Young

Document only

A7464 (iii)

Newcastle Gas Company Limited 1866-1987.

 

David Neighbour

Document only

A7464 (iv)

[A7464 (v):
not assigned]

       

Background to the MacLaren's life in Hunter Region of West Wallsend and Morisset.

Mr & Mrs Don MacLaren

Dorothy Reading

Document only

A7464 (vi)

The Growth of Morisset.

Mary France

Angela Bentley

A7464(vii)

A7464 (vii)

[A7464 (viii):
not assigned]

       

History of the Mine Subsidence Board.

 

Joanne Rose

Document only

A7464 (ix)

The Friends of Wallsend Hospital.

Miss Janet Budge

Lyn Davies

A7464(x)

A7464 (x)

Seaham.

Lucy Ralston

Margo Wilkinson

A7464(xi)

Tape only

History of Winns Ltd - Oct. 1879 to Jan. 1980.

Two former employees

Gwyneth Robertson

Document only

A7464 (xii)

Mayfield 1910-1920. Impact of BHP.

Bertha Bathurst Downie

Judith Hughes

Document only

A7464 (xiii)

Federated Ironworkers Association.

Hugh McCarthy

Allan Foster

A7464(xiv)

A7464 (xiv)

History of E.H. Blatchford.

Doris Blatchford

Mladen Lazic

A7464(xv)

A7464 (xv)

The Great Depression.

Victor A. Stamford

Maureen Jane Sinclair

A7464(xvi)

A7464 (xvi)

Women at work in industry during World War II.

Moia DeMartin

Jeanette Dixon

A7464(xvii)

A7464 (xvii)

Newcastle State Dockyard.

Miss Betty Wilkinson

Ann Noud

A7464(xviii)

A7464 (xviii)

Family History.

Hilma Maybury

Michael Williams

A7464(xix)

A7464 (xix)

History of Raymond Terrace and the dairy industry.

Mrs. Linda Poole

Doug Biddle

A7464(xx)

A7464 (xx)

Newcastle Harbour.

Captain Ken Hopper

Kathy Beautement

A7465(i)

A7465 (i)

Jerry's Plains.

Elsie Ball

Christine Lamborn

A7465(ii)

A7465 (ii)

Ryland Brothers Proprietory Limited.

Ken McTaggert

Anne McTaggert

A7465(iii)

A7465 (iii)

Trams and the Hunter Street Mall.

Len Smith
Emily Mahoney
Stella Smith

Linda Murray

A7465(iv)

A7465 (iv)

Nobby's Signal Station.

Barrie Baker

Carmel Baker

A7465(v)

A7465 (v)

The emancipation and recognition gained by women in the twentieth century.

Rosemary Simpson

Loraine Haywood

A7465(vi)

A7465 (vi)

The 1949 Coal Miners Strike.

Mrs. Eileen Penglaze

Susan Moran

A7465 (vii)

A7465 (vii)

Newspaper reporting in the Hunter during the Depression.

Mrs. Jean Chapman

Robert Kerr

A7465(viii)

A7465 (viii)

Latham family history.

James Arthur Latham

Andrea Keirs

A7465(ix)

A7465 (ix)

Changes in Newcastle's East End.

Alf Sargeant

Jill Dorey

A7465(x)

A7465 (x)

Teralba and Stockton Borehole.

Wilfred Dews

John Donkin

A7465(xi)

A7465 (xi)

The Story of Greta and James Boland.

M. & J. Speight

David Helmers

A7465(xii)

A7465 (xii)

History of Fort Scratchley.

Ted Pricter

David Latimore

A7465(xiii)

A7465 (xiii)

Immigration and Newcastle.

James Woodward, Anna Violet Woodward and Gisela Noll

Stephen Garz

A7465(xiv)

A7465 (xiv)

History of education in New South Wales in the Twentieth Century.

Mrs. Mildred Storer, B.A.

Cathy Abra

A7465(xv)

A7465 (xv)

The emerging role of Residents Groups as a necessary balance at the "grass roots" of local politics.

Joyce Bond

Jan Reynolds

A7465(xvi)

A7465 (xvi)

Vineyards in the Lower Hunter Valley.

Megan Cooke

Cindy Ryan

A7465(xvii)

A7465 (xvii)

The 1930's Depression: Life in Dungog.

William Tickle

Gai Shelton

A7465(xviii)

A7465 (xviii)

Changes in Post-WWII housing in the Hunter.

Larry Short

Helen Whitehouse

A7465(xix)

A7465 (xix)

Early apprenticeships in hairdressing, Newcastle.

Gordon Edwards

Jo Fenwick

A7465(xx)
(two tapes)

A7465 (xx)

Stevedoring industry in Newcastle.

Carlton George Parrott

Carolyn Brent

A7466a(i)

A7466a (i)

Baker's Bakery and the origin of the family.

Frank Baker Jnr

Julie Guion

A7466a(ii)

A7466a (ii)

Women employed at "The Store".

Melissa Cameron

Maureen Tobin

A7466a(iii)

A7466a (iii)

[A7466a (iv):
not assigned]

       

Rankin Park Hospital.

Beryl Clinton

Dan Ryan

A7466a(v)

A7466a (v)

A Cessnock Business Woman.

Marjorie Brown

Sue Brown

A7466a(vi)

A7466a (vi)

Coal Shipping in the Port of Newcastle.

Mr. D.F. Gray

Maureen Wilson

A7466a(vii)

A7466a (vii)

The Depression.

Ernie & Ellen Fenly

Ann Cummings

A7466a(viii)

A7466a (viii)

The Life of Elizabeth Madden.

Elizabeth Madden

Stephen Scrogings

A7466a(ix)

A7466a (ix)

Kurri Kurri in the beginning.

Dorothy May Temperley

Patricia Cowen

A7466a(x)

A7466a (x)

The Great Depression.

May March

Judy Johnston

A7466a(xi)

A7466a (xi)

Local Government in Maitland 1962-83.

Fran Dawson OAM

Narelle Penman

A7466a(xii)

A7466a (xii)

Early shipping and shipbuilding in the Hunter Valley.

Mr. R.L. Ford

Ian Walker

A7466a(xiii)

A7466a (xiii)

Newcastle State Dockyard 1955-1987.

Jim Carter

Margaret Rees

A7466a(xiv)

A7466a (xiv)
[two folders]

How one man survived during the Depression.

Joe Chappell

Enid Ross

A7466a(xv)

A7466a (xv)

History of Seaham and family connection.

Alexander William McDonald

Anne Louise Austin

A7466a(xvi)

A7466a (xvi)

Nursing at the Mater Thirty Years Ago.

Sister Barnabas

Sarah Willis

A7466b(i)

A7466b (i)

Life and times.

Annie McGregor

Margaret Logvyn

A7466b(ii)

A7466b (ii)

Career of a female radio personality.

Mrs. Twink Story

Leonie Milgate

A7466b(iii)

A7466b (iii)

Working for the Bank of New South Wales.

Edward Swinton

Melissa Withers

A7466b(iv)

A7466b (iv)

[A7466b (v):
not assigned]

       

Stockton.

Don Sheriff

Charles Freeman

A7466b(vi)

Tape only

Mining - the Changes.

Ben Gumbleton

Edith McArthur

A7466b(vii)

Tape only

Steggles Bros and Henny Penny.

Bruce Steggles

Susan Meldrum

Docu-ment only

A7466b (viii)

Local Shipwrecks.

Terry Callen

Danielle Robertson

A7466b(ix)

Tape only

Colliery Strikes.

Joseph Cummings

Meghan Johnson

Document only

A7466b (x)

Linsley Bus Company 1943-86.

Fred Linsley Jnr

Julie Gray

Document only

A7466b (xi)

Family Life in Newcastle 1905-1928.

Mrs. M. Gam

Shane Harris

Document only

A7466b (xii)

Sulphide Corporation, Cockle Creek.

Lester Miller

Tony Miller

Document only

A7466b (xiii)

Destitute Women in Maitland.

Winifred Nealy

Barbara Wills

Document only

A7466b (xiv)

How effectively did Aboriginal people resist the European invasion of their country?

-

David Latimore

Document only

A7466b (xv)

Why have so few women been involved in politics in Australia?

-

Christopher Veitch

Document only

A7466b (xvi)

-

Eileen Doyle

-

Document only

A7466b (xvii)

Life in the Great Depression.

May Hoy?

Karen Rae

Document only

A7466b (xviii)

Women who dared.

Sister Constance Casey R.S.M.

Mary Guy

Document only

A7466b(xix)

Nursing from 1929-1978.

Miss Mary Knodler

Jill Alcorn

Document only

A7466b (xx)

Their history. Mrs. Alice Ellis and Mrs. Ruth Croll Margaret Hudson Document only A7466b(xxi)


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