Stories Of Our Town

11/11/2025

Remembrance Day seems like a perfect time to share this film again, to thank all those who kept us safe.

Fortress Newcastle was the military title given to the protection of the industries of Newcastle in WW2. Proportionately, Newcastle had far more protection t...

07/11/2025

Huge news that we have been desperate to share. We are nearing completion on our current film Generations of Pride and i can now announce our next film. We will be diving deep into a film about the one mineral that has shaped Newcastle over any other, Coal. The film will be call Pit to Port: How Coal Shaped Newcastle. This will be our largest project to date and the really big news is it will be financed by Mining & Energy Union. To have this documentary sponsored by the workers is a massive badge of honour. We can't thank Jodie Harrison MP enough for thinking of the connection and then helping us to connect with the Union. Jodie has been a champion of our movies for years and we couldn't be more grateful. More to Come on this story. Carnivore Films

29/10/2025

The best thing about making the film we do is meeting proper heroes. Today we interviewed Sister Annie Laurie. During the Aids epidemic in the 80’s. She changed the hearts and minds of the church and set up a hospice in an old convent in Carrington (McKillop House). She cared for patients, ate with them, lived and laughed with them. She fought for their dignity and refused to let them die alone. She is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met. We are so proud we get to tell her story.

24/10/2025

We will be Newcastle Pride Fair Day @ Gregson Park today collecting stories and spectacle . This a well run family event that last year attracted over 10,000 people and brought loads of tourist to town. Come and have a look or chat.

18/10/2025

Out filming with our old mate Andrew Mecardo for our upcoming Generation of Pride film. We used to work with Andrew back at Foxtel in the earlier part of this century. He’s lived in Newcastle on and off since the nineties and knows a heaps about our Q***r history. Lucky to have him. We’ve also been editing non stop for the last couple of weeks getting 9hrs of interviews down to 1hr20min of gold. I can’t wait to show it to you.

11/10/2025

Out filming Newcastle Pride March along the harbour. Perfect weather and a welcoming community.

09/10/2025

We've made 21 films about Newcastle's History and I think this is the most underrated. Not for what we did but because it's a great and important story. We were so fortunate to tell this tale with such passionate, well researched storytellers.

This is a story about art, science, family, survival, loss, transformation and conservation. The true story of teenage sisters Harriet and Helana Scott, avo...

06/10/2025

Thank you to the 50,000+ people who have watched this film over the last 6 months. We've got more films coming, stay tuned.

In late 1988 some 8000 glass plate negatives were discovered in the basement of a Newcastle home. These images, having been been hidden for over 60 years ha...

04/10/2025

Stories of Our Town are so proud that our good mate and fairy godmother Carol Duncan OAM has been awarded the highest award Newcastle has to offer, Freeman of The City. Carol is tireless in fighting for the rights of artist of all discipline. Her extended Radio interviews and her page Lost Newcastle are the very basis of our series of films. If we have a question about the history of Newcastle, we ask Carol and/or Lost Newcastle. She also appears in our films and always gives us concise, informative, impassioned and often hilarious stories. On top of all this, she’s just a good person, it’s in her DNA and will also drink you under the table to boot. I was so honoured to speak at this ceremony for this award, in a room surrounded by epic Novocastrians. We thank for her support, proud of her achievements and even prouder we get to call her our Mate. She always jokes that after 30+years in Newcastle that’s she’s still a blow in. I think this award proves she is not only one of us but one of the best of us. We F #$KING Love you Carol Carol Duncan OAM Lost Newcastle - Group

28/09/2025

We had a hysterical night filming drag shows for our upcoming film at Bernie's Bar. These guys were so generous and the interviews reveal a whole lot of new information. We’ve been editing frantically, cutting 30 interviews, 9 hours of interviews down to 4hrs (so far). I know this story will surprise people. Special thanks to Grace, Pat, Kit and crew at Bernie’s. As well as all the Drag Kings and Queens who gave us their truths.

19/09/2025

Another joy of making this new film has been hanging out at Bernies Bar (Formally the Star). Patrick and the team have built something really special. Patrick in bisexual and in his interview he said he never felt q***r enough for the gay venues and too fruity for Fannies (The Venue). One of the long term answers has been Bernies. Everyone we've spoken too says it a bar like no other. Older people have said they have felt this kind of community since The Star. The fact that they can have a big sandwich board outside saying "Gay Bar" shows how far Newcastle has come. On top of all this and not surprisingly, Patrick is a good bloke. Bernie's Bar

18/09/2025

More incredibly diverse interviews for our upcoming film. One of the sharpest legal minds in the city Dr Justin Ellis. The Very generous Xavier, a drag queen who also mentors baby drag queens. Finally Jaymie (Pictured with her daughter Sal) a trans women that has led a tough life but speaks of hope and resilience. Resilience, hope, family and community are at the centre of all these stories. Jaymie Swan Carnivore Films