June 20, 2020
by Sonia Jennings
Comments Off on Congratulations to Karen Twigg
Living Histories is extremely proud to announce that our partner, colleague, friend and all-round great historian Karen Twigg, is now the newly anointed ‘Dr’ Karen Twigg. Karen recently completed her PhD at La Trobe University with her thesis: ‘Along Tyrrell … Continue reading
March 12, 2020
by Mary Sheehan
Comments Off on Were these the good old days?
Watching the rapid spread of the Coronavirus today seems like a re-enactment of events a century ago. But then too, many things were very different in 1919 when the ‘Spanish’ influenza virus arrived in Australia. The nation was recovering from … Continue reading
August 30, 2017
by Mary Sheehan
Comments Off on Celebrating nationhood
Friday 1 September is Wattle Day. Celebrated for more than a century on this date, Wattle Day has encouraged generations to identify with the unique aspects of Australia that sets the nation apart from other nations, especially the Mother Country. The … Continue reading
July 19, 2016
by Karen Twigg
Comments Off on Mammalian weeds … a report from AHA conference
Mammalian weeds? What could this person be talking about? The speaker, Professor Katie Holmes, was in fact speaking about mice. Delivering a paper at the recent AHA conference, Katie discussed mice plagues in the Victorian Mallee, drawing attention to the … Continue reading