Please contact Special Collections, University of Newcastle:
Postal Address: University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308
Phone: 02 4921 5354
Website: https://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/ccservices
Contact form: https://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/c.php?g=945073&p=6855297
These records are held by University of Newcastle Archives (1975 - current).
The Rosary Convent, Waratah – Archives, is a collection of records held by the University of Newcastle Special Collections created by the Rosary Convent about the School for Deaf Girls, Waratah.
The collection is primarily administrative and relates to the establishment and running of the School. Records include correspondence and letters of support, lesson books and study syllabus, annual reports and financial records.
While there are no files about individual students, the collection contains three photograph albums covering 1901-1941, press clippings, magazines of the former pupils and diaries of former pupils. The photo albums have been digitised and are available online on the Living Histories website.