Centre Director Ruth Morgan will be presenting the 2020 History Council of Victoria Annual Lecture on Thursday 8 October 2020.
Futures Past and Possible: H...
Many thanks to Yuin artist Natalie Bateman for sharing her work with us - her painting is titled djirali muriyira (blood whale). Please visit her website to se...
We are seeking papers on the history and policy of tree planting to restore Australian and New Zealand forests and landscapes. They will be published on-line c...
Tom Griffiths reflects on names given to bushfires – all those Black Sundays and Mondays, etc. – and wonders if they truly capture what is new about this s...
Joy McCann's Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean was shortlisted and highly commended for the 2019 ACT Book of the Year awards.
Dr Joy McCann is an e...
Reviewed by Libby Robin in Australian Book Review, January–February 2020, no. 418
One of the pleasures of reviewing a book is reading it slowly, paying...
Daniel MayInside Story 17 January 2020
During five years of researching the history and politics of Indigenous burning, I have often found myself being pull...
Tom GriffithsInside Story 8 January 2020
As fires engulf us in this terrifying summer, some politicians and commentators continue to duck and weave around t...
