Posts in Musings
Beaconsfield Reservoir | Croydon Road | Victorian Curriculums

This newsletter was written by one of our two intern students from the Australian Catholic University History Honours program. Ella Birt writes here about her thesis and two pieces using the work she’s done with us to reflect on the meanings of places and communities in the context of history and heritage.

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Pigeons | What's underground? | NPs | And more ...

This newsletter was written by one of our two intern students from the Australian Catholic University History Honours program. Maddy has written about two projects she’s been involved in with us - pigeons and layers of history underground - and her own thesis on the political legacy of Natasha Stott Despoja through collections of objects.

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Maribyrnong | Neighbourhood Postcards | EMILY's List Australia | And more ...

We’ve got new stories for you from Maribyrnong, Neighbourhood Postcards - Spencer Street Bridge, and EMILY’s List Australia

And updates from Monbulk RSL’s Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library Collection and from The East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and our exhibition - part of Open House Melbourne 2022

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Sleuthing | Neighbourhood Postcards | Nhill | And more ...

A 19th century lottery bill
Neighbourhood Postcards
Our visit to Nhill
And more from ...

  • Our archive: The lottery ticket reminded us of another piece of forensics work we did a couple of years ago

  • Our research: So much doesn't get to see the light of day if it's not front and centre in our delivered projects, so occasionally we'll share some of the more interesting stuff with you through this newsletter

  • And beyond ...

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Cultural competency | Neighbourhood Postcards | FKCLC | And... (Copy)

We've been in Flemington with filmmaker Malcolm McKinnon on an oral history project for the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre. Our Neighbourhood Postcards for the month (now individual places rather than long walks) tell tales of a basketball court, horticultural hall and radio station. We're keen to tell you about two truly amazing courses we completed last year, thanks to AIATSIS and AMaGA, and encourage everyone to consider doing them too. And some extras… 🍒🍕

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Book aficionados | Old sheds | Pandemic clothing | Living by the bay | April 2021

We’ve been discovering new communities and diving deeper into old places recently. You can read about the book loving community in Monbulk, the retention and restoration of a simple old goods shed (but one that happens to be the only place in the port of Melbourne that can show us how shipping operated in the pre-containerisation era), and how museums have ‘pivoted’ to accommodate and reflect the COVID pandemic.

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HistoryAtWork Newsletter | December 2020

Neighbourhoods, placemaking, recipe collections and a new edition of our Memoir Toolkit have filled our 2020 work year.

Articles on the first two explain our ‘Know Your ‘Hood’ project - our contribution to community- and place-making - and our involvement with Riverlee’s New Epping development - a different kind of placemaking work.

We finish with a reflection on 2020’s Covid-induced resourcefulness and self-sufficiency in the kitchen by exploring a collection of recipes from the 1930s and ‘40s, and a heads up for the January launch of our revised edition of the DIY Memoir.

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