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The forgotten political history of Australia's convicts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-30/forgotten-political-history-of-australia-convicts/103621728
Hello fellow academics and teachers!
Have you used one of my publications, or digital projects like the Real Face of White Australia, in your teaching (since 2020)?
If so, I would love to hear how you've used my work and how students have responded – and see your unit / course outline, too!
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"‘Remarkable’ Mithaka cultural landscape featuring Australia’s oldest houses placed on national heritage list"
This area in south-west Queensland has 55 hectares of quarries and was on a major trading route from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Northern Flinders Ranges.
#OzHist #Australia #Queensland
What a wonderful partnership between The Headstone Project SA and a school in South Australia!
Around 2,500 WWI veterans were buried in unmarked graves in South Australia. Through this partnership, students research these graves so that the deceased veterans can be properly recognised.
#SouthAustralia #OzHist #WW1 #FamilyHistoryAU #FamilyHistory
Descendent emotional to see WWI digger in unmarked grave receive recognition - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/students-uncover-legacy-of-lost-world-war-i-veterans/106095386
Read about about the colourful life of a bloke called George featuring a riot at a cricket match in Sydney between NSW and England in 1879 with random appearances by Banjo Patterson and Edmund Barton.
This tale is very well written by Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins.
#cricket #OzHist
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/12/ashes-test-cricket-rivalry-1897-sydney-riot
Remembering the day school children around Australia broke the news of the sacking of the Whitlam government by the Governor-General...
The announcement of the sacking by the Governor-General's secretary on the steps of old Parliament House was broadcast to all the children watching kids programmes after school. With no social media and most parents working, the children heard about the dismissal of the government first and told their parents when they got home. I remember running out to my parents with my younger brother shouting the news to them. Coincidentally, our car had broken down so my mother arrived in a tow truck pulling the car.
I was in primary school and old enough to understand how big this news was. At school for years afterwards my friends and I recalled this momentous occasion and how we told our parents.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/the-dismissal-50th-anniversary-photo/105958494
I started reading newspapers from a young age and remember reading Michelle Grattan's articles in The Age. Here are her recollections of The dismissal:
https://theconversation.com/politics-with-michelle-grattan-remembering-the-day-gough-whitlam-lost-his-job-269387
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