Category: history
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The death of a travel diary…[3/50]
An everyday discipline that I have had for the past 27 years (ouch) is keeping a daily ”travel diary”. I started this arduous task way-back in 1988 during Australias bi-centenary year. This first diary was a Christmas gift from my sister, embellished with pictures of koalas, kangaroos, gum-nuts, and celebratory bi-centenary images of Governor Phillip
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Why is Smith Street important? A history of one of Melbourne’s most diverse streets
This evening, I will discuss the historical significance of Smith Street. This street forms the border of Collingwood and Fitzroy, one of Melbourne’s most important and diverse streets. This presentation borrows from heritage work I did a few years back before the development of the site over the road, which is now the Smith and
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Why is Smith Street important? (Nerd Nite Melbourne, 7 PM, October 14)
If you are free on the night of October 14, come to Mr Wows Emporium, 79B Smith Street, Fitzroy (upstairs), to Nerd Night Melbourne. This is a night were specialists (nerds) talk about all sorts of subjects from environmental politics, moon-landing crafts, and pharmaceutical research. And on the night of October the 14th, I will
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Distant reading the past
This is a really interesting thesis underway at King’s. I suspect he is using the Old Bailey records as some of the findings about the Irish and their likelihood of prison are similar to the Founders and Survivors project about class-background and transportation to Tasmania.
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Death and the Internet
Just as the internet has been integrated into everyday life, it is also increasingly entwined with dying, grieving and memorialising, presenting new challenges. Planning and managing online assets and profiles is an increasingly urgent issue for internet users. Yet, there needs to be more evidence about the implications of this issue for Australians. The team
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Recovering an ephemeral life online
During the past two decades, the Internet and its applications have become among scholars’ wealthiest sources of bibliographical information. The traces of one’s life online can be rich and varied through email lists, web pages, blogs, video and sound recordings, and publications in various guises. At no other time in history has there been so