Spent the day with Tony Whittaker talking about the Architecture of Civic Park. Talking to Pastor Vince at the Tabernacle (who let us climb around in the roof) Sue who has the driest wit and let us shoot the Him and Her sculpture … Read More
Stories Behind The Stories
A proud Worimi man.
Such a joy to hang out with Prof John Maynard this week to get a fascinating insight into the work of Joseph Lycett. John, a proud Worimi man wrote True Light and Shade: An Aboriginal Perspective of Joseph Lycett’s Art … Read More
Mitchell Library to film and talk about 3 extraordinary artifacts of Newcastle’s history.
Last week Tony and I were invited by Richard Neville to the vault at the Mitchell Library to film and talk about 3 extraordinary artifacts of Newcastle’s history. Firstly, Macquarie’s Chest, one of two commissioned by Commander Wallis in 2019 … Read More
Chit Chat aka Glenn being interviewed by Kia on ABC Newcastle morning radio
Chit Chat aka Glenn being interviewed by Kia on ABC Newcastle morning radio.It’s been such an overwhelmingly positive response to the film Listen Here
An afternoon with Dr Ann Hardy & John DiGravio OAM
Spent Thursday afternoon with 2 champions of History. John DiGravio OAM and Dr Ann Hardy are a huge part of the equation of making our films work. They run the Universities Archives amongst a hundred other thankless tasks. They have … Read More
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami Bayly
Spent a rainy morning with the an immense talent yesterday. Sami Bayly is helping us tell the story of The Scott Sisters of Ash Island. She studied the sisters 170yr old work at the University of Newcastle then won the … Read More
Two grand dames, Carol Duncan at the City Hall.
Tony and I spent the afternoon with two grand dames when we interviewed Carol Duncan at the City Hall. She may not be from Newcastle but you’d be hard pressed to find someone more passionate about our history. Yes she’s … Read More
Cool places and passionate people
Making the storiesofourtown.com series constantly takes Tony Whittaker and I to cool places to meet passionate people. Thursday afternoon was one of those days, meeting some of those people. We spent the whole afternoon in the Australian Museum’s archive with … Read More
Frank Kadlec
This is Frank Kadlec, he escaped the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and came to Australia as a refugee with his wife, 1yr old son and the clothes on their back. He arrived at the Mayfield Migrant Hostel on … Read More