This newsletter is written by one of our two students from the Australian Catholic University History Honours program. Both are undertaking their internship requirements with us while completing their history honours thesis.
Madeline Pentland writes about her thesis and two articles about the work she's done with us to date:
Pigeons
The layers of history under our feet
Efforts by women parliamentarians to preserve their political history
Who'd have thought pigeons would have their own proud history to share with us! The pigeons of Yarraville were gallant war heros, as well as the making of a Saturday morning for generations of Yarraville locals.
Have you ever walked down your local street and wondered, is there more to what I'm seeing here? That’s what we want to know for our most recent Neighbourhood Postcards project: Croydon Road, Croydon in Melbourne's outer east. We want to hear community [hi]stories from anyone familiar with this neighbourhood
Do you or anyone you know have a history to tell about Croydon Road?
Were you part of a community group that met on or near Croydon Road?
What do you want to learn about the people, environment, or buildings of Croydon Road?
We hope to bring you the full Croydon Road story in the next newsletter, which will be courtesy of Ella Birt, also doing her internship with us from ACU.
