What a year to have a centenary! The Baha’i Faith in Australia is celebrating the development of the Faith in the 100 years since it was first established here in 1920. Those of you who have been following my blog for a while will know that I am a Baha’i. I have been volunteering this year to help with the celebrations and reflections on this centenary. Like many other … [Read more...] about 100 Years of the Baha’i Faith in Australia – some personal reflections
Australian & NZ Publishers Release New Histories During Covid-19
In the upside-down world of the Covid-19 pandemic business have closed or are running with skeleton staff, queues of newly unemployed people have stretched around the block from Centrelink offices and people have stopped spending money. Well-functioning economies require a healthy population. The economy declines if a rampant disease is affecting society. In times like these … [Read more...] about Australian & NZ Publishers Release New Histories During Covid-19
Historian and Website Developer
I have been very quiet on this blog over the last year. It may look like this duck is gliding quietly through life, but underneath it all I have been paddling furiously. Over the last year I have been developing websites. This involves getting under the hood and doing some coding. You see, I am a hybrid creature. I am a writer, but I am also a bit of a geek. I learned … [Read more...] about Historian and Website Developer
A Lighter Look at #OzHA2018
I have reported a number of keynote presentations from the annual conference of the Australian Historical Association this week, but my representation of the conference would be lacking if I did not report the humour that popped up throughout the five days in Canberra. The conference theme, ‘The Scales of HIstory’, lent itself to some light-hearted quips. Of course there were … [Read more...] about A Lighter Look at #OzHA2018
Behind the Scenes at #OzHA2018
This week I have given you some snippets from the fabulous program at this year’s Australian Historical Association conference, known on Twitter as #OzHA2018. But while it is important, it is not just the program that makes a conference enjoyable. There are two other factors in a successful conference – the manner in which it is organised and administered, and the attitude and … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes at #OzHA2018
