Podcasts

This podcast details the forthcoming podcasts that are to be recorded this July 2026.

Benita Parker from the West Wallsend District Heritage Group recounts the extraordinary life of Mary Johnston

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

Stephen Ticehurst explores the lives of two men named Wallis who lived in Newcastle in the early nineteenth century

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.

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.

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.

In our series, Memories of Newcastle, society member Lea Harris takes us back to the days of the Stockton Tweed Factory, a forgotten piece of our local history.

Society member Jane Ison takes us on a journey into the past, to a place thousands pass by daily without knowing what lies beneath —Rest Park in Wallsend, once the site of the town’s first cemetery.

Join us on a journey through more than two centuries of sacred history — the story of Christ Church Cathedral, the spiritual heart and architectural crown of Newcastle. Presented by Ian Eckford.