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The history it writes or fails to write

Aug 16

Aug 16 The history it writes or fails to write

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South of my days' circle

Mar 22

Mar 22 South of my days' circle

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Women’s History Month is here

Mar 1

Mar 1 Women’s History Month is here

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If you think you can do any better come up and bloody try

Feb 22

Feb 22 If you think you can do any better come up and bloody try

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The start of so many towns

Feb 15

Feb 15 The start of so many towns

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The strangeness and familiarity of the past

Feb 8

Feb 8 The strangeness and familiarity of the past

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What is forgotten and what is remembered?

Jan 26

Jan 26 What is forgotten and what is remembered?

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Hope and history rhyme

Jan 18

Jan 18 Hope and history rhyme

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They did so with no great fuss or rejoicing

Nov 11

Nov 11 They did so with no great fuss or rejoicing

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History can’t be a sword to justify injustice

Nov 9

Nov 9 History can’t be a sword to justify injustice

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If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach

Nov 2

Nov 2 If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach

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An archaeological eye not only allows us to dream of deep time

Oct 26

Oct 26 An archaeological eye not only allows us to dream of deep time

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The writer's object should be the reader

Oct 19

Oct 19 The writer's object should be the reader

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No such thing as one narrative of the city

Oct 12

Oct 12 No such thing as one narrative of the city

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The Sydney Olympics – 20th anniversary

Sep 15

Sep 15 The Sydney Olympics – 20th anniversary

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Jul 20

Jul 20 Moon day, 2020

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History, its greatest virtue is uncompromising complexity

Jul 13

Jul 13 History, its greatest virtue is uncompromising complexity

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Thousands of Australian families handed their stories down

Apr 25

Apr 25 Thousands of Australian families handed their stories down

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Never had so much been owed by so many to so many

Apr 15

Apr 15 Never had so much been owed by so many to so many

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In honour of International Women's Day

Mar 8

Mar 8 In honour of International Women's Day

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