Join me for my Scholar's Talk State Library of NSW exploring the love story of Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland through their correspondence. Find out about Park's unwavering dedication to writing and the story of their “inky comradeship”. You can register at the link in comment below

An absolute honour to learn that I have won the ACNZSN Domna Coates Book prize!

The AHA is saddened by the passing of Lyndall Ryan. Few in our profession have had a greater social impact. She received an AHA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022 to celebrate her remarkable scholarship and influence. Our deepest sympathies to her family, friends and colleagues.

This week, it's time to work in the archives and read the news, to create a lecture that shows undergrads the stories of women like Corporal Dolly Garinyi Batcho> abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2…

#twitterstorians #missedinhistory

The Gweagal spears are on their way home. How extraordinary smh.com.au/world/europe/f…

New article online by Galiina Ellwood & Janice Wegner (James Cook Uni), ‘Australian Aboriginal Women’s Control of Mineral Resources’. It’s part of a themed AHS issue that will be published in print in early 2025, but you can read it online now.
#OzHist
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Big news. Archie Moore has won Australia’s first Golden Lion for best national participation at the Venice Biennale, with his work kith and kin, spanning 65,000 years of genealogy.

“We are all one and share a responsibility of care to all living things now and into the future.”

'The form of this “direct persuasion” is unclear, but it indicates Aboriginal women were directly encouraged to control their fertility if they did not make the “choice” the white officials wanted for them.' Important historical research into late-stage eugenics.

Fresh air, fellow historians and friends.

A wonderful afternoon with Nosey Bob at the Blackheath History Forum. Thank you to everyone who came … with special shoutouts to Richard and Naomi for the invitation 📚

Great to see the Freedom Rides acknowledged in Walgett. 60th anniversary in 2025!

in honour of #TransDayOfVisibility here's a piece I made with Paper Radio on the power of inscrutability for Powerhouse
(audio and transcript at the link)
powerhouse.com.au/stories/hard-r…

Don't miss today's conversation with Alexis Wright, about bringing Aboriginal notions of story, of time, & of scale to the novel form; about extreme weather events, unchecked white supremacy & the donkey scheme to save the world🌎
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/alexis… Giramondo Publishing

Read it here first! My latest blog post on the Anglo-Jewish Association in the colonies in the late 19th century!

Who were the Anglo-Jewish Association? How did it form? Find out here!

elizabethofferhistory.wordpress.com/jewish-interna…

Very happy to see our special issue of French Australian Review out ISFAR, with some truly outstanding contributions isfar.org.au/the-french-aus… particularly grateful to our Keynote speakers Nic Maclellan and Matthew Graves at Aix Marseille👇

Dr Alecia Simmonds on colonialism and marriage in 19th century Australia: “What does it mean to be a propertied gentleman in a settler colony? It means you have blood under your fingernails.” #colonialism #marriage #loveandthelaw

SYDNEY AND NSW: Didn't get tickets to Tay-Tay this coming weekend? I'll be giving a talk on NSW Trans History in the Blue Mountains on Saturday afternoon, 24 February.

Details and how to book tickets available here: blackheathhistoryforum.org.au

#transally

A fabulous group of Fellows and Visiting Scholars were officially welcomed to State Library of NSW yesterday by Caroline Butler-Bowdon and Richard Neville … It’s terrific to see them start work!

Happy Lunar New Year and welcome to the Year of the Dragon! This 1901 photo of a Federation procession in Melbourne features Loong (meaning dragon) who now resides at the Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo. Golden Dragon Museum #yearofthedragon
High res image: prov.vic.gov.au/archive/0B949C…

Well this will be a fabulous event (in person and online) for IWD at PRO Victoria! Can't wait to see Yves Rees talk about the Australian women who found independence and new ideas on their sojourns in the US. eventbrite.com.au/e/travelling-t…

Bookings are now open! In our first in-person Book+Author event on Thursday, February 29th, Dr Yves Rees will be chatting with historian Alecia Simmonds about her recent book, Courting. Book here: tinyurl.com/4ytmpmxn