What’s On In September 2026
This podcast details the forthcoming podcasts that are to be recorded this August 2026.
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News
Writers’ SIG Group
Writers’ SIG Group. This new group will hold its first meeting Tuesday 8 September at 10am.
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Celebration of the British Isles
Open Day 29 August 2026 10am to 3pm. There will be a display of memorabilia taking in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
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Westy Women
Benita Parker from the West Wallsend District Heritage Group recounts the extraordinary life of Violet Taylor.
2026 NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Conference
The 2026 NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Conference 18-20 September
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Family Histories
Sandra Boyd looks into the early lives of her ancestors, the Baker family and the world they stepped into as new arrivals in the colony of NSW
Two Men Named Wallis
Stephen Ticehurst explores the lives of two men named Wallis who lived in Newcastle in the early nineteenth century
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The Castle Forbes Revolt
Join Society member Narelle Austen as she uncovers the context surrounding the events at Castle Forbes near Singleton and drawing on historical records and creative reconstruction.
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Hughes Potteries – A Family Concern
Across the road from The Junction Public School in Newcastle once stood a small but mighty institution — a family-run pottery that shaped a community for more than a century. Marie Hughes tells the story of Hughes Potteries – A Family Concern.
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Bushrangers in the Hunter Valley
In this creative non-fiction podcast, Narelle Austen explores the people, places, and forces behind bushranging in one of Australia’s earliest colonial regions – the Hunter Valley.
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