“This was a perfect opportunity to spark an interdisciplinary ‘science meets the arts’ research approach to these important historical works.”
On the Hunt for the Lost Threlkeld Manuscript
An original manuscript Journal belonging to the late Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld, 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.
Archival detective work in action at the University of Newcastle
The Jarry – Gray manuscript was purchased in March 2001 as an early settler’s diary by the University of Newcastle Cultural Collections’ then archivist Denis Rowe. Mr Rowe retired soon after and it stayed under lock and key until late 2005….
Grant of Arms – The University of Newcastle’s Declaration of Independence
This historic document, along with Autonomy Day celebrates the University’s emergence as an autonomous institution in 1965.
Sesquicentenary of Local Government in Newcastle
How did local government in the form of the Newcastle City Council come to be? The Local Government Area, of which Newcastle city is its centre, has gone through a number of name changes over the years.