Lost Newcastle - Carol Duncan

<p>Dr Roland Bannister lived his early life in Waratah. After training as a carpenter, Roland because a music teacher and studied at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music. Moving further inland in NSW for many years...

<p>It's often rumoured that Little Richard - considered the founding father of rock music - suddenly found God while on tour in Australia in 1957 and threw his jewellery into Newcastle's Hunter River.</p> <p>But is it...

<p >It started with a brick and has led to a community of nearly 70,000 people connecting over a love of history and mystery. </p> <p >This is Lost Newcastle. A corner of the internet where you can have nice things...

<p>Carol Duncan music feature interview with Joe Camilleri (Jo Jo Zep, Black Sorrows) - July 2014</p>

<p>The Victoria Theatre is the oldest theatre still standing in NSW. Opened in 1876, it was rebuilt in 1890/91 and added to the NSW State Heritage Register in 1999. </p> <p>Nancy Tapp performed at the Victoria Theatre...

<p>After 194 years, a previously unknown album of drawings from 1818, including landscapes and portraits of Aboriginal people from the Newcastle region, returned to Newcastle for a brief exhibition by the State Library...

<p>Carol Duncan Friday Music Show 20 August 2010 - Australian Rock. Features Zoot, Chain, Stevie Wright, TMG, Sherbet, AC/DC, The Ferrets, Skyhooks and a chat with Bob Spencer. Play it loud. Really loud. </p>

<p>So, about that time Alice Cooper shot Neal Smith in the leg ... allegedly. This one is a loud rock chat. Enjoy! </p>

<p>The late Australian star joined me on the show on his return from performing in Sweden. </p>

How often have you stopped for a rest on one of the low stone retaining walls at Blackbutt Reserve? Chances are, you’re sitting on the remains of the early headstones from Newcastle’s first European burial ground at...

The Wallis Album After 194 years, a previously unknown album of drawings from 1818, including landscapes and portraits of Aboriginal people from the Newcastle region, returned to Newcastle for a brief exhibition by the...

Brad Keeling is a man best known as the co-founder of One Tel. But he is also a dear and close friend of ABC broadcaster Carol Duncan. When she discovered Brad had been diagnosed with throat cancer she asked if he'd...

Assoc Prof Karen Canfell is a researcher with the Lowy Cancer Research Centre at the University of NSW. HPV is her area of expertise. What does she want us to know about HPV and the vaccination program? Five years ago...

One month after his surgery for throat cancer, Brad talks about the experience and his reflections on having a cancer that is now preventable. HPV. The same virus which causes cervical cancer.<br>

Brad's throat cancer would require two operations. The first, the removal of a tumour from the base of his tongue, would be performed using the Da Vinci Surgical System (robot) - mostly only used in Australia to date...