Making Public Histories: Cold War Spies in Australia
While the idea of Cold War-era spies often evokes cliched images of James Bond or John La Carré, the reality of spies and surveillance in Cold War Australia was far […]
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In Conversation with Megan Herbert, Political Cartoonist of the Year
Online , AustraliaJoin ‘Behind the Lines 2024’ curator Matthew Jones and Political Cartoonist of the Year Megan Herbert as they explore the exhibition and Megan's work. Megan Herbert is a cartoonist, illustrator, […]
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Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall
Online , AustraliaThe next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by […]
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Making Public Histories: Australian Fathering and Family Life: Learning Lessons from History
Online , AustraliaOver the best part of a decade, we've been researching the history of Australian fathering and family life, from 1919 to the present day, working alongside a team that's also […]
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The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own
Online , AustraliaHome ownership is once again a hot political issue. As house prices rose inexorably in the early twenty first century, many young people found themselves locked out of home ownership. […]
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Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s
Online , AustraliaThe next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by […]
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Looking back on the Swinging Sixties
Online , AustraliaWhat comes to mind when we think about the ‘Swinging Sixties’? Is it miniskirts and pop music, street protest, or the Pill? Do we remember rebellious youth and ‘the generation […]
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Making Public Histories: Thinking about the weather heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia
Online , AustraliaHeatwaves are forgotten killers as deaths occur silently, in homes and institutions. In urban and temperate areas heatwaves evaporate from our memory, erased by the drama of fire, flood and […]
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Material Histories: Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Fashionable Consumption and Australian Wool ‘Waste’
Online , AustraliaWe live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and utilitarian, others exotic objects of desire, but all our belongings have something to say about who we are and how […]
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Media Literacy and Political Cartoons in the classroom (for Educators)
Online , AustraliaThe Museum of Australian Democracy is excited to work with The Old Treasury Building to present an online Teacher Professional Development: Media Literacy and Political Cartoons in the classroom. This online […]
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