Capital history in the news
Australian War Memorial news
Australian War Memorial Expansion: Crowds rally to commemorate Anzac Hall | Crowds gathered on Sunday night, June 20, 2021, to commemorate Anzac Hall which will be demolished under a controversial redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial.
New sculpture to recognise the Sufferings of War and Service | Following three years’ work with veterans, their families, ex-service organisations and the Departments of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs, a new sculpture will be placed on the grounds of the Australian War Memorial recognising the sufferings of war and service.
National Archives news
Funding for National Archives will be allocated, announcement still months away | Additional funding is likely to be allocated to the National Archives to ensure disintegrating records can be saved but an announcement is months not weeks away.
Canberra place names and images
Mountain monikers evoke bush lore | Matthew Higgins writes about the place names of the Canberra region’s high country and what they tell us about the history of the region.
Iconic negatives depicting Canberra history go up for sale | The Rose Stereograph Company Collection of more than 100,000 pictures dating back as far as 1880 is being auctioned online. It includes images of Parliament House, the War Memorial and St John’s Church from around a hundred years ago.
First Australians’ history
The teller and the tale | Tim Rowse reviews Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe’s critique of Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu.
Collector’s Bushranger Hotel history
Kevin's brush with the Witch of Kings Cross | Tim the Yowie Man story about Rosaleen Norton a notorious occultist and bohemian who in the 1950’s painted exotic murals on the walls of the historic Bushranger Hotel in Collector.
Acknowledgement: The image above is of the Australian War Memorial sometime after its opening in 1941. It comes from the State Library Victoria. Full details here. This image is one of the pictures in the Rose Stereograph Company Collection, the collection of pictures that are to be auctioned online.
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