Material Histories: Wearable Protest
We 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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Making Public Histories: Why Republics Die
Online , AustraliaThreats to democratic and republican regimes in the contemporary world have caused historians to reflect on how they fail. Are they vulnerable to authoritarian and military threats, or are they victims of their own shortcomings? Three historians of very different periods in world history join with host Peter McPhee to discuss this fundamental issue. Host: […]
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Material Histories: Belief, Magic and the Supernatural: the Power of Objects
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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In Conversation with Matt Golding, Political Cartoonist of the Year
Online , AustraliaJoin Political Cartoonist of the Year Matt Golding and last year’s winner Megan Herbert as they discuss Behind the Lines 2025 with the exhibition curator Matthew Jones. Both hailing from Melbourne […]
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Making Public Histories: Women and the criminal justice system in Australia
Online , AustraliaWomen were outsiders in the criminal justice system for most of the nineteenth century. Unable to practice law, sit on juries or serve in the police force, they were subject […]
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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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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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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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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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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 their passion for objects! The 1960s is a period defined by change. An era of unprecedented growth in youth culture and synthetic fibres saw the […]
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