Published history

Oral history

Digital, website and recorded history

Interpretations, displays, and exhibitions

Memoirs

Many private individuals and some families. Please see Mr Sam Smorgon AO for an example of one we have written about.

Please also see our Memoir Toolkit if you are looking for assistance in writing your own memoir or family history yourself.
 

Cultural heritage significance assessments

This work began in 2008 with the ‘Memory Victoria’ Victoria-wide assessment of 58 local history collections in public libraries for the State Library of Victoria.

We have since completed dozens of collection assessments for historical societies, both specialist and local, and for libraries, museums, research institutions, hospitals, community organisations, and corporate archives. Some of our blog posts on these include:

Place-based histories and cultural heritage assessments

As with collections, places also benefit from rigorous cultural heritage assessments before an understanding can be had of how best to manage them and their values. Solid historical research is the cornerstone of a rigorous place or precinct assessment.

We have provided historical research and assessment assistance for many private property owners, some of which required research for VCAT hearings. We have also worked on multiple projects for the following heritage consultancies:

  • Ecology & Heritage Partners

  • Extent

  • GJM

  • Line of Sight Heritage

  • Nigel Lewis Pty Ltd

  • Ruth Redden Conservation Design

Other object and archive collection work

This includes management, auditing, preservation needs assessments, rehousing, cataloguing, training and workshops in various aspects of collections work:

  • Australian College of Educators

  • Seaworks

  • Glenelg Shire Council

  • City of Yarra

  • Coburg High School

  • Women’s Legal Service

  • CoInvest

  • Maribyrnong City Council

  • Whittlesea Community Connections

  • Surrey Hills Historical Society

  • Professional Historians association (Victoria)

  • Museums Australia (Victoria)

Other historical research:

  • Queen Victoria Market Traders Association

  • Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network

  • Save the Beaconsfield Reservoir Group

  • Techno Park Residents Association

Editing (manuscripts) and transcription (handwritten works and oral transcripts)

Advocacy and professional support

  • Trove funding threat

  • The Value of History (link to the full document on history council vic)

  • Supporting student internships

Personal projects and additional writing

 
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