The last month has been about doing what I do, but differently. For the first time I have participated in the annual NSW History Week, participated in a panel discussion at a symposium and used programming to aid my historical research. History Week had many great events both for historians and for the general public. I attended six events in four days. Over the last month … [Read more...] about Pause, Reflect and Share – September 2013
Digital History
Search For WWI Soldier Diaries Held by State Library NSW
11/11/2013: I have taken down the page referred to in this post because the State Library of NSW has launched a new portal to their WWI collection and now have one page on their website which lists all the transcribed diaries. See my post 'New WWI Website from State Library NSW' for an overview and links to the Library's WWI pages. Are the World War I diaries or letters of the … [Read more...] about Search For WWI Soldier Diaries Held by State Library NSW
Reaching Out to the Public – Australian Historical Association Conference 2012
Sharing history with the public has been a strong theme at the Australian Historical Association Conference. Wonderful! There is so much to be done and so much that can be done. It is encouraging to see that so many historians are actively addressing this in their work. Reaching out to the public was shown in myriad ways throughout this conference. Aside from writing a … [Read more...] about Reaching Out to the Public – Australian Historical Association Conference 2012
Top 10 Posts for 2011
Blogs and cricket have something important in common - statistics! This week I've enjoyed spending lots of time with my family visiting from interstate and watching the exciting Boxing Day test match between India and Australia. It was a great example of test cricket - four days of see-sawing between the teams until Australia finally won. I tried to write a blog post while … [Read more...] about Top 10 Posts for 2011
GLAMming it up – Canberra in Two Days!
GLAM is an evocative acronym referring to Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. I had booked an extra couple of days in Canberra after attending a digital humanities 'unconference' (called THAT Camp Canberra), so I GLAMmed it up and visited some of our national cultural resources. I had a ball, but there was a more serious motive behind it all. Aside from generally … [Read more...] about GLAMming it up – Canberra in Two Days!