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Malay Heritage Centre: A peek behind the colonial veil

29/01/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 6 Comments

We want to take advantage of living in Singapore so I have a spreadsheet listing all the things we want to see and do. During the week I prepare the weekend’s itinerary. On Saturday morning we don our walking shoes, grab our public transport cards and set forth. The Malay Heritage Centre was on last weekend’s itinerary. We have had our serve of British colonial history at … [Read more...] about Malay Heritage Centre: A peek behind the colonial veil

History in the Building at the National Museum of Singapore

28/08/2014 by Yvonne Perkins 11 Comments

I find buildings interesting, not the rectangular glass and concrete blocks which plague cities world-wide, but buildings that have a story. The building may demonstrate thought in its design or it may have been a place where people made stories which changed their society at the time or which we are interested in today. The building housing the National Museum of Singapore is … [Read more...] about History in the Building at the National Museum of Singapore

Exhibition of Soldier Diaries at State Library NSW

14/07/2014 by Yvonne Perkins 3 Comments

We gasped as we entered the exhibition. The enormous room was dominated by a wall of hundreds of World War I diaries. Born at Gallipoli, on the Western Front, the Middle East or on an Australian naval boat, these diaries now sit in the calm and comfortable conditions of a new exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales. There are big diaries, little diaries, stout ones … [Read more...] about Exhibition of Soldier Diaries at State Library NSW

East of India: Forgotten Trade with Australia

27/06/2013 by Yvonne Perkins 16 Comments

Many Australians would be unaware of how much Indians have contributed to this country.  Indians have traded with Australia since the first European settlement; they have lived and worked here for over two hundred years.  Yet we don’t often hear about this aspect of Australian history.  The exhibition, ‘East of India: Forgotten trade with Australia’ currently being held at the … [Read more...] about East of India: Forgotten Trade with Australia

Design 29: Creating a Capital

17/06/2013 by Yvonne Perkins 3 Comments

This is the year of Canberra.  The celebrations of the centenary of its founding mark a point where Canberra can reflect on its past.  The one hundredth anniversary which coincided with one of my daughters moving to Canberra has caused me to rethink my attitude to the city and recognise that as a place I should take it more seriously. A couple of months ago I wrote a review of … [Read more...] about Design 29: Creating a Capital

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Yvonne Perkins launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. She has now researched and written over 250 posts for this blog. These posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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