I am in Melbourne for a few weeks for someone very special. Our first grandchild was born a couple of weeks ago. It was not only the first grandchild on both sides of the family, but the first great-grandchild for all great-grandparents. She is so calm and quiet when we are around although the parents have had some sleepless nights. She squawks a bit on the change table but … [Read more...] about A Gleam of Hope
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Review: Visiting the Neighbours – Australians in Asia
Visiting the Neighbours: Australians in Asia gives an overview of more than a century of Australian travel in South-east Asia. It demonstrates that the Australian relationship with Asian countries is long and complex. Focussing primarily on private travel, the author, Agnieszka Sobocinska provides a book which will cause many readers to reflect on their own relationship with … [Read more...] about Review: Visiting the Neighbours – Australians in Asia
Twitter Themes During 2015 Australian Historical Association Conference
During the four days of open sessions at the conference, participants tweeted over forty thousand words excluding hashtags and Twitter handles. This year’s conference had the biggest Twitter stream of any Australian Historical Association conference since 2012 and as my last post showed, more people tweeted the conference than ever before. A conference Twitter stream is a news … [Read more...] about Twitter Themes During 2015 Australian Historical Association Conference
#OzHA2015 Conference Tweets – the numbers and the people
Back in 2012 some Australian historians were following the annual conference of the American Historical Association on Twitter. We did the Australian thing and stayed up late to follow a live event in another country and immersed ourselves in the torrent of tweets from conference participants reporting the events via the #AHA2012 hashtag. I have written about this, my first … [Read more...] about #OzHA2015 Conference Tweets – the numbers and the people
Aboriginal Digital Knowledge Takes Centre Stage at International Conference
Ground breaking use of technology by Australian Aboriginal people was featured at the recent Global Digital Humanities Conference held at the University of Western Sydney. In a session that captivated the attention of academics from around the world the Indigenous Digital Knowledge plenary panel demonstrated that Aboriginal people are innovative in their embrace of … [Read more...] about Aboriginal Digital Knowledge Takes Centre Stage at International Conference