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Alexandra Dellios

@alecadell.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in heritage studies; researcher of diaspora history, memory studies, oral history with migrant background communities, multiculturalism/s, public history, social history, labour history @ the ANU https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-2419

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Journalist Chris Hedges on being cancelled by the National Press Club - ABC listen Australiaโ€™s National Press Club was due to host Pulitzer prize winning journalist, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for the New York Times, Chris Hedges on Monday October 20, 2025. But after receiv...

Wow. David Marr's interview with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Chris Hedges is extraordinary. And not in a good way.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

20.10.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 133    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Congrats, Jon! Looking forward to seeing it.

09.10.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Full article: 1975: Working Migrant Women www-tandfonline-com.virtual.anu.edu.au/doi/full/10....

08.10.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.

29.09.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1880    ๐Ÿ” 413    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

So delighted to see 'Playtime' reviewed by Marian Quartly alongside 'Fathering' and its stellar collective of authors!

24.09.2025 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt

24.09.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 447    ๐Ÿ” 166    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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The Greek Left, Whitlam and the Dismissal: a radical legacy Whitlam meant a great deal to working-class migrant communities.

Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...

24.09.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Deviating demographics with Liz Allen - ABC listen Dr Liz Allen is a demographer fascinated by Australia's demographic trends. But her own story is a remarkable case study in deviating from the norm

Hi folks, this is me. I come from a disadvantaged background including youth homelessness, teen parenthood, high school dropout, poverty & more. Education was my passport to life. Demography helped me realise I was never the problem; society is unequal & needs fixing. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

21.11.2024 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 244    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

If you have a relevant oral history collection in Victoria, we'd love to hear from you! #oralhistory #history #GLAM

10.07.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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refugee and migration Studies | Berghahn Books Independent Publishing since 1994

Sampler chp from our book "Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia" included in Berghahn's new Refugee and Migration Studies: Key Readings, in honour of World Refugee Day. Open access: www.berghahnbooks.com/samplers/ref...

17.06.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Testimony in โ€˜But I wouldnโ€™t want my wife to work here: a study of migrant women in Melbourne industryโ€™, 1975 Over the last few months, Iโ€™ve spent a lot of time with one documentโ€”the well-cited (but rarely in detail) โ€˜But I wouldnโ€™t want my wife to work here: a study of migrant women in Melbourne industryโ€™โ€ฆ
11.06.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Elgar Companion to the Arts and Global Multiculturalism This Companion examines the evolution of multiculturalism as a political philosophy, public policy and cultural practice. Demonstrating the key role of artists, activists and migrants in the inception...

๐Ÿ“ข New open access book chapter by @alecadell.bsky.social, "Migrant Rights Activism and the Community Origins of Australian Multiculturalism, 1970s"
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20.04.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I know her

18.11.2024 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There is love out there

18.11.2024 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Historic โ€˜Welfare Cheatsโ€™ โ€“ the Greek Social Security Scandalย explained

The episode is variously called โ€˜the Greek Social Security Scandalโ€™, the โ€˜Greek Compensation Caseโ€™ or the โ€˜Greekโ€ฆ

http://migrantheritage.blog/2024/11/13/historic-welfare-cheats-the-greek-social-security-scandal-explained/

13.11.2024 04:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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