Digital Scriptorium

Digitised Works from the Archive and Manuscript Collections

The Second B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. (British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition) Voyage to Antarctica (1930-1931) - We were fortunate to have had a set of Antarctic images donated to us as part of a larger collection of archives from Mr Jim Downie of Mayfield. We have scanned 53 of these images and made them available via our Flickr site. Gionni Di Gravio, the University Archivist, discussed these photographs during his regular broadcast over 1233 ABC Newcastle, the transcript of which is available via our blog.
M. Campbell & Co. Pty Ltd, Merchants (1886 - 1942) - Scanned images from the Accounts Books and Ledgers of this Hunter Valley business and enterprise held in the Cultural Collections Unit.
The Dalton Family Papers - We are proud to present three items from our Dalton Family Archive, donated by Gwen Hamment in June 1999, which includes the full version of Captain John Dalton's diary and log book dating from the 1860s, as well as other treasures.
The Grainger - Burnard Correspondence 1932 - 1956 - The correspondence from Australian composer Percy Grainger and his wife Ella to composer Alex Burnard and his wife are presented here in full from the the Papers of Alex Burnard Australian Composer 1900 - 1971.
Images from the Pioneer Session (1949-1950) - A photographic journey through the early years of the Newcastle Teachers' College.
The 1871 Census of St John's Parish Newcastle - We present the complete digital version of this remarkable manuscript recently discovered from the Papers of the Estate of Vida Lee.
"Speaking of Union Street…" Reminiscences of Newcastle Teachers' College 1949-1973 3.12 Mb PDF file. [Archives Shelf Location A7460 (v)]
'Address' from Huldah Turner to Dr Douglas Huxley. 4th March 1992 Additional Reminiscences of Newcastle Teachers' College. Click here for the Original Recording [2.20 MB mp3 file] [Archives Shelf Location A7460 (v)]
A Journal Kept By Lancelot Edward Threlkeld . [65MB PDF] An original manuscript Journal belonging to the late Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld (1788-1859), missionary to the Aborigines in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas in the 1820s onward has been digitised and uploaded to the University of Newcastle’s Virtual Sourcebook for Aboriginal Studies in the Hunter Region. There is also some information about this journal on our blog.
University of Newcastle Photographic Collection - Our entire listing of accessioned historical images of the University of Newcastle is on line, with some links to scanned images. We are also placing many of the photographs on our Flickr site.
Images of Wallsend - A selection of images from Thesis 611 and other archival collections relating to the history and heritage of the local suburb of Wallsend.
Newcastle, N.S.W. : 90 views of Newcastle and surroundings. Hunter the Stationer, 1915.
10MB PDF.
ARCHIVES BOX A5886(ii)
The Jim Lucey Collection - Images of the 1955 Maitland Flood. These wonderful photographs by Jim Lucey were digitised by David E. Sciffer and are available from our Flickr site.
The Nelly Bligh Collection - Postcards and Photographs of Newcastle, Wallsend and surrounding district. [c. 1905 - 1915]
ARCHIVES BOX A5886(ii)