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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.

Seminar Series: Semester 2, 2006

Research Group for Religious Cultures, Ethics and Reason (ReCER)

The Research Group for Religious Cultures, Ethics and Reason  (ReCER) will present a seminar series during Semester 2 on Fridays between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm in the Cultural Collections Reading Room in the Auchmuty Library.

For more information, please contact Dr Marguerite Johnson, School of Humanities and Social Science: 4921 5229 / Marguerite.Johnson@newcastle.edu.au

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.

Bishop's letters something to talk about

A researcher from the University of Newcastle has uncovered a different side to one of Newcastle's and the Hunter Region's great church leaders with letters revealing Bishop Francis de Witt Batty enjoyed ripping spins on his motorcycle and roughing it in the outback.

Dr Troy Duncan presented a lecture on Bishop Batty on Tuesday 4 July at 6pm in Christ Church Cathedral. Read the Official University Press Release

There was a display relating to Bishop Batty's life in the Cultural Collections Reading Room.

Digitisation of "Dangar's Index"

We have digitised Cultural Collections' copy of Henry Dangar's Index and directory to map of the country bordering upon the River Hunter…. This important and rare work was published in 1828 for the guidance of emigrant settlers in the Hunter River district.  It sets out the original ground plan and allotments of Newcastle. More …

Anzac Day Display

ANZAC Day Display

Cultural Collections prepared a display  commemorating ANZAC Day containing some of the memorabilia from our Archives collections.

 

Research Group for Religious Cultures, Ethics and Reason's Seminar Series

The Research Group for Religious Cultures, Ethics and Reason  (ReCER) presented a seminar series during Semester 1 on Fridays between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm in the Cultural Collections Reading Room in the Auchmuty Library.

Presentations were:

31 March
Deborah Van Heekeren: "Truth as unconcealment: myth, missions, and the Vula'a of south eastern Papua New Guinea."

7 April
Gregg Heathcote: "Hearing pure music play of the light: the deeply ludic, aesthetic and synaesthetic sense of Shinjin's resonance."

5 May
Gionni Di Gravio: "The snake goddess of the Marsi."

12 May
Terry Lovat: "Mary MacKillop: practical mystic and practical educator."

19 May
Kathleen Butler: "Decolonising theology: indigenous Christianity and social justice in Australia."

9 June
Marguerite Johnson: "Medea"

Tuesday 11th October 2005
Queer Readings in the Rare Book Room

On Tuesday October 11th, there will be a Queer Reading in the Archives at the University of Newcastle (downstairs in the Auchmuty Library) from 12-1pm.

You will be entertained by our readers and performers: Dr Jim Wafer; Dr Penny Longtongue, Dr Kevin Markwell and Sandy O’Sullivan who will be reading extracts from fictional and non-fictional material as well as performing original work. The Queer Reading in the Archives is presented as part of the Rainbow Festival in Newcastle in association with Rainbow Visions Hunter, offering a range of events during the week October 10th-15th.

All Welcome Friends Reading Room Archives & Rare Books Level 2 Auchmuty Library. 12 - 1PM. RSVP archives@newcastle.edu.au Ph: 4921 5354 [Lunchtime Schedule]

Wednesday 21st September 2005
The Virgin (Hippo) Campus with Paul Danks

Mr Paul Danks with The Newcastle Sin
Mr Paul Danks with a rare copy of The Newcastle Sin

In July 1962 a group of intrepid explorers from OPUS magazine from the Newcastle University College made their way to the virgin campus at Shortland. What they saw would change our lives for ever. Their story of mud, mush, mosquitoes (and more) was magnificently retold through surviving expedition photographer Paul Danks’ eyes. He entertained us with stories of OPUS magazine, the early visit, meeting the Aboriginal people, the landscape of bushland and vines, early movers and shakers, the legacy of Lord Mayor Frank Purdue, student antics with the Newcastle Sin, Barry Humphries' 600 pound performance, meeting Olivia Newton-John and June Bronhill's skill at telling dirty jokes. Did you know that a railway network passed through the site? Come to think of it, wouldn't it be great if the University had a roller coaster that went right around the campus? Which University would kids from all around the world wish to come to study? Why the one with the rollercoaster of course! Thank you to Paul Danks for a wonderful and entertaining trip to the virgin campus of the 1960s.

A young Paul Danks wrestling with the vines
A young Paul Danks wrestling with the vines

Proposed site for the University of Newcastle
The Newcastle University Establishment Group Inspects
the proposed site for the University in the early 1960s.