Charmaine Robson

Just let me know if you tire of him/her. I’ll be waiting.

Hope you picked it up! 🤭

Visits and social activities by thr elite, in particular, were reported in the city papers but also ordinary folk in country towns. Big fish in little ponds!

Love it! I still have the original album given to me by my older sister

📣 Are you a First Nations individual studying, researching or working in a history-related field?

Our First Nations Officer Jadzia Stronell is inviting First Nations history students to be spotlighted across our social media platforms!

Check out more information via buff.ly/r5vKXHN

Seeking: NSW History Teachers. Have you taught History 7-10 in NSW? Are you interested in taking part in an online interview for a PhD study at WSU about the representation of women in the NSW history syllabuses? Please enter your details into the form below for further details. https://forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb Contacts: Kate Littlejohn, Kay Carroll

#PhD research callout!

I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.

forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb

Ethics approval: H16788

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Hi there! I’m a historian working on biography of a woman who fought (and sang!) for equal pay in Melbourne in the ‘60s

Beautiful!

Yes, great article! What amounts to censoring history by the AWM is deeply concerning and scarily akin to Trump’s America.

Richard Waterhouse reviews, ‘We Are a Farming Class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870–1950, by Peter Woodley
@anupress.bsky.social

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Today marks 50 years of Papua New Guinean independence!

In honour of the occasion, Brad Underhill, Keimelo Gimapau, and Helen Gardner published Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975.

On APH, Nick Ferns reviews the new collection!

aph.org.au/2025/09/book...
#PNG

Maroubra’s migrant past remembered at special community event A special event to honour the legacy and 75th anniversary of the opening of the former Bunnerong Migrant Hostel will be held on Monday 22 September 2025 at the Heffron Centre in Maroubra.

www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/about-us/new...

ABC Radio National's #Top100Books of the 21st century (so far). Voting closes in 18 days. 📚 #books #BookSky www.abc.net.au/listen/radio...

It is!

People in Melbourne, get along to the rally at 9am tomorrow (Thursday 11 September) on the footpath outside Melbourne University Press (715 Swanston Street, Carlton) to demand that Meanjin be saved. (I'll be there in spirit)

I didn’t interpret the program as supportive of Barron. 4 Corners showed him as a disgrace

Maybe a whole lot spoke at the same time and nobody knew what anyone was saying - like my family

Hi there! Welcome! Do follow Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine! @anzshm.bsky.social

My sister has same name as you and expects people to include the acute on the ‘e’. The least pretentious person you could meet, just wants correct pronunciation. Still ,people assume she’s male!

Great opportunity! @anzshm.bsky.social

Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack! Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane are academics at the University of Sydney and long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians. Since October 7, in articles, on social media and at ...

Two Sydney Uni staff members are being sued in Australia's Federal Court by complainants who claim that statements opposing genocide and Zionist oppression of Palestinians are racist hate speech. Please give what you can to help @nickriemer.bsky.social & @professorjkeane.bsky.social's legal defence

📜 Witness History tonight with #hcnswmember Parliament of NSW

Celebrate the centenary of Millicent Preston-Stanley’s 1925 election — the first female MP

Register for the livestream taking place tonight at 5:30pm via buff.ly/MehlAx4

#NSWParliament #MillicentPrestonStanley #WomenInPolitics

Pacific powers: Imperial competition and cooperation in Micronesia

I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.

We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested

www.acu.edu.au/research-and...

Make it stop

Perfect!

Trove has now digitised the Richmond Guardian from 1931-1936. If you're looking for local footy legends, vintage ads or just want a glimpse of what life was like for the residents of Richmond Victoria during the Depression, check it out!

#trove
#phavictas

Please share and join the
MARCH FOR HUMANITY
SAVE GAZA
March across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sunday 3 August 2025
Meeting at Lang Park 1pm

Called for by the
Palestine Action Group Sydney
#MarchForHumanity
#SaveGaza #FreePalestine

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...

It baffles me that @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to hang this failed, unfair policy around its neck, when they could condemn it as a folly of the unpopular Morrison government and ditch it. Sign our petition to urge them to abolish it now!

www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Histories of Birth Trauma and Obstetric Violence | Australian Women's History Network In this blog, Managing Editor Paige Donaghy explores the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence in Britain and Australia for “Birth Trauma Awareness Week” 2025.

This week is Birth Trauma Awareness week in Australia 📢

I wrote a blog exploring the hidden histories of birth trauma and obstetric violence ⬇️

www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...

#birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #obstetricviolence

History shows Coalition split a trial separation, not a divorce The Coalition alliance between the Liberals and Nationals has hardly been without conflict, with the two parties having split and come back together many times.

Me on: History shows Coalition split a trial separation, not a divorce www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/21/c...