Hundreds of Hunter Valley oral history tapes have been made available on our Sound Cloud site and more are being added every week, as part of the Voices of the Hunter project.
Historian Jack Delaney
During the 1970s and 1980s, eminent local historian John W. (Jack) Delaney recorded a large number of interviews of people from the Hunter Valley, especially from the coalfields area. These interviews were recorded on audio cassette tapes, copies of which are held by the Coalfields Heritage Group who have kindly agreed to allow us to digitise these tapes and to make them available to the world. Our other partner in this endeavour is Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd who have provided a generous grant towards the work via the Coal & Allied Community Development Fund.
Browse this collection at: https://soundcloud.com/uoncc/sets/voth
Highlights include:
George Bainbridge, an Electrical Engineer at Aberdare Extended Colliery
Stella Bradstreet, owned a Cessnock car dealership with her husband Theo
Fred Hallam, WWII Flight Navigator and Solicitor
Mick Morris, Cessnock Barber
Clarry Hawkins, Keinbah resident, Timber cutter and winemaker
Above photo: Grape pickers at Keinbah, NSW. Courtesy of the Hawkins family and Lexie Matthews.
