Dr Ann Hardy
Coordinator, GLAMx and Digitisation Projects
University Library (History)
- Email:ann.hardy@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4985 4594
Career Summary
Biography
Ann is the Co-ordinator of the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab in Special Collections, Auchmuty Library, supervising Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students on placement in the GLAMx Lab (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums).
Projects undertaken in the GLAMx Lab have a multidisciplinary focus, including :-
- NBN Television digitisation project
- Linius Whizzard video search project
- The Store Oral History Project
- Deep Time project
Ann has a strong commitment to historical and archival research of the Hunter region, collaborating with communities and cultural groups to develop new knowledge. Her key research areas are Newcastle's 'Coal River', Australian 'asylums', health history, Indigenous histories, and interested in the association between cultural heritage and well-being. Ann continues her current research interests in the association of historical research, archival sources and new digital media, collaborating with other academics to write journal articles, book chapters and present at conferences.
Research Expertise
Her doctural research titled “. . . here is an Asylum open . . .” Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801 – 2014 examines visual and written sources associated with the current mental health site known as the James Fletcher Hospital in Newcastle, NSW. The are area previously named Newcastle Government Domain (NGD) was the site for Government House, convict administrative centre, military barracks, then Girl's Industrial School and Reformatory and finally as a 'lunatic asylum' and later psychiatric hospital. Ann's research explores the transition of the NGD from active health care campus to heritage site tracing and exploring contemporary issues in heritage, the role of interdisciplinary non-governmental organisations in heritage advocacy and the possibility of overtly recognising the positive benefits of heritage conservation for mental well-being at this and other sites. The diverse strands of her research consider new directions that are of important for debates in the field of history, heritage, historical archaeology and the links between cultural heritage and well-being.
Teaching Expertise
Tutored Australian History (2008-2011)
Administrative Expertise
Co-ordinator of the University of Newcastle's Hunter (Living) Histories Initiative , a multi-disciplinary research and special interest group investigating history and cultural heritage of Newcastle, NSW. Members come from a variety of backgrounds including history, engineering, geology, surveying, archaeology, creative arts and education, as well as representatives from local Aboriginal community, various corporations and government departments to collaborate in research, projects and events.
Past Projects
- Researcher and co-curator of the RAD Newcastle Exhibition at the Newcastle Museum (July- Sept 2017)
- Margaret Henry Oral History Project digitising several hundred oral histories from the Open Foundation Course (1986-1989). This project was funded by the Vera Deacon Regional History Fund. (2015)
- Researcher and Project lead of NEWYhistory app - UON and the National Trust of Australia (NSW).
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Social Work, Charles Sturt University
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies, Curtin University
Keywords
- Aboriginal Heritage
- Audio-visual digitisation
- Australian Asylum History
- Cultural Heritage
- Digital Humanities
- Heritage & Well-being
- Newcastle History
- Object based learning
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2013 - | Membership - Australian Association of Archivists | Australaian Association of Archivists Australia |
1/1/2011 - 31/12/2013 | Director - National Trust of Australia (NSW) | National Trust of Australia (NSW) Australia |
1/1/2008 - 9/10/2015 | Membership - Hunter Heritage Network | Hunter Heritage Network Australia |
1/1/2006 - |
Membership - University of Newcastle’s Hunter Living Histories Initiative The University of Newcastle’s Hunter (Living) Histories Initiative (previously Coal River Working Party) is a historical research group formed in 2003. https://hunterlivinghistories.com/about/meetings/ |
University of Newcastle's Hunter (Living) Histories Initiative Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle Australia |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2022 - 24/12/2023 |
Member The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) was established in 1969 in Amsterdam to function as a medium for international co-operation between archives that preserve recorded sound and audiovisual documents. IASA has members from 70 countries representing a broad palette of audiovisual archives and personal interests which are distinguished by their focus on particular subjects and areas, eg archives for all sorts of musical recordings, historic, literary, folkloric and ethnological sound documents, theatre productions and oral history interviews, bio-acoustics, environmental and medical sounds, linguistic and dialect recordings, as well as recordings for forensic purposes. |
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) United Kingdom |
1/1/2016 - 1/1/2017 | Membership- The Australian Historical Association | The Australian Historical Association Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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23/8/2019 - | Membership - Community and Culture Advisory Committee | City of Newcastle Australia |
1/1/2018 - 29/12/2019 | Membership - Heritage Working Party | City of Newcastle Australia |
Awards
Recipient
Year | Award |
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2017 |
University of Newcastle 2017 Work Integrated Learning Staff Member of the Year University of Newcastle |
2015 |
Academic Division Award for Collaboration Excellence University of Newcastle, Academic Division - Newcastle |
2014 |
2014 Newcastle Volunteer Service Award - University of Newcastles Coal River Working Party Unknown |
Research Award
Year | Award |
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2010 |
Newcastle Council Prize for Historical Research Unknown |
2010 |
Hunter Bonafide Award from Hunter Heritage Network Unknown |
Teaching
Code | Course | Role | Duration |
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HIST1010 |
Foundations of Australian Society Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
Tutor | 1/3/2008 - 9/11/2011 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (4 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2022 |
Hardy A, Rasmussen G, Di Gravio G, 'Visualising Deep Time History in Context Using Accessible and Emergent Technologies: The GLAM Sector Experience', Visual Heritage: Digital Approaches in Heritage Science, Springer International, Cham, Switzerland (2022) [B1]
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Nova | |||
2020 |
Hardy A, Di Gravio G, 'Engaging tertiary students with university archival collections and digitisation processes', Technology, Change and the Academic Library Case Studies, Trends and Reflections, Chandos Publishing, United Kingdom 131-142 (2020)
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2015 | Hardy AV, di Gravio G, 'Nobbys Whibayganba: Saving the giant kangaroo', Radical Newcastle, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney 24-31 (2015) [B1] | Nova | |||
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Journal article (5 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | |||||
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2018 |
Di Gravio G, Hardy A, 'GLAMx Lab Living Histories Digitisation Lab engaging tertiary students with university archival collections', Archives and Manuscripts, 46 1-8 (2018) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2017 |
Hardy AV, Cushing N, 'A Sensory History of the Newcastle Asylum for Imbeciles and Idiots, 1871-1900', Journal of Australian Colonial History, 19 139-160 (2017) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2015 | Hardy AV, 'Australian Coal Mining industry (1797- 1820s): beginnings, history and the vanished industrial heritage of early Newcastle.', Australian Engineering Heritage Journal, 1-8 (2015) | |||||||
2009 | Hardy AV, 'Attending madness: At work in the Australian colonial asylum', Labour History, - 244-245 (2009) [C3] | Nova | ||||||
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Conference (13 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2019 | Hardy A, 'Survey: Users of the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisaion Lab at the University of Newcastle, Australia.', Adelaide, South Australia (2019) | ||
2018 | Hardy AV, Di Gravio G, '20th INTERNATIONAL ROCK ART CONGRESS IFRAO 2018', Rock Art as a Contextual Archive: Respecting Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions within a Comprehensive Scientific Approach, VALCAMONICA Darfo Boario Terme (BS) Italia (2018) | ||
2017 | Hardy AV, di Gravio G, Martin C, Rigby R, Davidson T, 'Newcastle Time Machine A multidisciplinary approach to digital cultural heritage', Newcastle Time Machine A multidisciplinary approach to digital cultural heritage, Brisbane, QLD (2017) | ||
2015 | Hardy AV, di Gravio G, Robertson B, 'Indigenising the City: Embodying Aboriginal knowledge and wisdom into planning frameworks to create sustainable cities of the future', http://spacesandflows.com/, Chicago, USA (2015) [O1] | ||
2015 | Hardy AV, 'Australian Coal Mining industry (1797- 1820s): beginnings, history and the vanished industrial heritage of early Newcastle', From the Past to the Future: 18th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference 2015, Newcastle, NSW (2015) [E1] | Nova | |
2015 | Hardy AV, 'Islands of the Insane Our Records, Perceptions and the Lost Voices from the Asylum', Hobart, Tasmania (2015) [E3] | ||
2015 | Hardy AV, di Gravio G, 'Turning the Smell of an Oily Rag into the Perfumed Garden of Memory', Hobart, Tasmania (2015) [E3] | ||
2014 | Hardy AV, 'Shared Heritage Care- Multi-disciplinary Approach in Cultural Heritage', http://www.umass.edu/chs/news/conference2014.html, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA (2014) [E3] | ||
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Creative Work (12 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2019 | Hardy A, The Store Oral History Project, Livinghistories@uon, University of Newcastle (2019) | ||
2017 | Hardy AV, Shaw G, RAD Newcastle Exhibition - Newcastle & the Hunter through a Radical Lens, Newcastle Museum, NSW (2017) | ||
2012 | Hardy AV, Hardy V, Art of Ideas - National Trust Exhibition, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle (2012) | ||
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Other (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2015 | Hardy AV, 'Newcastle's Way Forward Radical change, or cultural uniqueness', Winter Edition May - July 2015 ( pp.4-5): The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) (2015) [O1] |
Presentation (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2017 | Hardy A, Hardy AV, ''A little volcano slumbered - Union of Australian Women - Newcastle Branch for International Women s Day - 'Empower a Women -Empower a Nation ', (2017) |
Report (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2009 | Hardy AV, 'Coal River (Mulubinba) Cultural Landscape', University of Newcastle's Coal River Working Party (2009) | ||
2008 | Hardy AV, 'Newcastle Government House & Domain', University of Newcastle's Coal River Working Party (2008) |
Thesis / Dissertation (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2014 | Hardy AV, '. . . here is an Asylum open . . .' Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801 2014, University of Newcastle (2014) | ||
2006 | Hardy AV, Government House, Newcastle, New South Wales: A description of the Government House site from an analysis of historical maps and artworks from 1804 to 1885., Curtin University of Technology, WA (2006) |
News
News • 1 Mar 2023
Papers of Newcastle Aboriginal activist to see the light of day: Stan Masterson Collection
Newcastle is well-known for its energetic trade unionism dating back to the 1870s, more obscure is their support for Indigenous activists fighting injustice, but all this is about to change with the digitising of the papers of the late Stan Masterson through the University of Newcastle’s Special Collections Services.
News • 27 Sep 2019
Community stories keep the memory of iconic ‘The Store’ alive
Memories and stories from members of the Newcastle community of the iconic co-operative ‘The Store’ have been captured and digitised by the University of Newcastle in an oral history project.
News • 12 Apr 2019
Virtual reality unearths ancient Indigenous artefacts
Modern technology is providing a glimpse into the world’s oldest surviving culture, with 3D digital scanning and virtual reality re-creating a 6,500-year-old archaeological site in Newcastle, Australia.
Dr Ann Hardy
Position
Coordinator, GLAMx and Digitisation Projects
Hunter (Living) Histories Initiative
University Library
Academic Division
Focus area
History
Contact Details
ann.hardy@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4985 4594 |
Mobile | 0438509139 |
Links |
Personal Blogs YouTube |
Office
Room | Cultural Collections L329 |
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Building | Auchmuty Library |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |