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Monthly Archives: September 2012

Videocast – Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801–2012

11 Tuesday Sep 2012

Posted by Special Collections in James Fletcher Hospital History

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asylums, Government health care, james fletcher hospital site, mental health, thesis

“ ‘Here is an Asylum open…’ Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801–2012” by Ann Hardy PhD candidate in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Presented on the 7th September as part of the 2012 History Seminar Series in Cultural Collections Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle (Australia)

Abstract: The nineteenth century saw a burgeoning of Government institutions in the Colony of New South Wales. Rapid social change in the course of that century generated a need for state-sponsored provision of care and a reorganisation of the management systems that oversaw those services for the state’s growing population. The Newcastle Government Domain (also known as the James Fletcher Hospital) is used in this paper as a case study to demonstrate how administrators used such institutions to alleviate a variety of problems in the Colony. By considering the many uses and policies introduced at the Newcastle hospital, this study explores whether a planned approach was intended, or whether it was simply a ‘testing ground’ aimed at dispersal.

Whatever the case, the result was an ‘accidental’ institution that remains in place as a government institution in 2012.

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Videocasts – Spendour in the Park

05 Wednesday Sep 2012

Posted by Special Collections in heritage listing, John Bingle, King Edwrad Park, Newcastle Recreation Reserve, Nominations, Obelisk Hill

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bogey hole, community activism, king edward park, newcastle recreation reserve, public meetings

Splendour in the Park Public Meeting was held on the 29th August 2012 in the Mulubinba Room of Newcastle Town Hall to raise the awareness in the community of the issues relating to King Edward Park and its environs, the Obelisk, Arcadia Park and the Headland Reserve.

Distinguished speakers included world renown architects, Professors Richard Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury; Archivist, Gionni di Gravio and Cultural Heritage Researcher, Ann Hardy.

Together, they presented an overview of our vitally important public open spaces, the heritage, history, and essential need for public participation.

Dr Bernard Curran acted as independent chairperson to conduct the meeting and open it to general discussion and questions from the floor.

For further information: http://www.friendsofkingedwardpark.org.au/

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