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The Blog (26 June, 2007)

Cultural Collections now has a blog, wherein all our latest news will be posted. Please visit it today to see the latest stories.

Flickr (26 June, 2007)

We are starting to post scans of some of the photographs in our collections to Flickr. There are not many there at the moment, but the collection will gradually grow. Please visit our Flickr site to see them.

2007 Book Fair

July 21 - July 28

Saturday & Sunday
10.00am - 5.00pm
Monday to Friday
10.00am - 4.00pm

OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT TILL 7.00PM

Enquiries: (02) 4946 8859

AT THE UNIVERSITY'S GREAT HALL

Books - Rare Books - Magazines - Sheet Music - Records - CDs
Texts - Australiana - Art - Medical - Engineering - Commerce

FREE PARKING ON WEEKENDS

For more information about the Friends of the University of Newcastle, please visit their website.

University solves mystery of valuable hand-written archive

The University of Newcastle has unravelled the mystery surrounding an unusual antique hand-written manuscript, housed in Cultural Collections, revealing the authors as a leading French general of the Napoleonic era, and a pioneer settler in Port Macquarie.

Read the official University press release.

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