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Several years ago, I was invited to poke around an old farm by friends of family friends. The site is a mix of new sheds, 200 year old sandstone derelicts, and a few of the old buildings kept in use. "The land grantees brought out windows from Scotland in the 1820s, one of them still has the leather hinges!"
How could I resist?
The current owners gave me a quick tour then left me to it, not befor

24 views Several years ago, I was invited to poke around an old farm by friends of family friends. The site is a mix of new sheds, 200 year old sandstone derelicts, and a few of the old buildings kept in use. "The land grantees brought out windows from Scotland in the 1820s, one of them still has the leather hinges!" How could I resist? The current owners gave me a quick tour then left me to it, not befor

Yesterday, I was looking at historic aerial photography of my neighbourhood. This morning it inspired my feet to take my morning walk back to the creepiest thing I've found in the bush near my house.
A dumped old car is one thing. It's the shoe that's been sitting there for decades that gets me. I check back every few years and there's a little less car each time, but the shoe just keeps going.
It

15 views Yesterday, I was looking at historic aerial photography of my neighbourhood. This morning it inspired my feet to take my morning walk back to the creepiest thing I've found in the bush near my house. A dumped old car is one thing. It's the shoe that's been sitting there for decades that gets me. I check back every few years and there's a little less car each time, but the shoe just keeps going. It

8 views If you haven't ever whispered "bingpot!" in an archive, are you even a historian? #histodons #history #tasmania

After a teaching-induced hiatus, I'm back to writing my book and scouring the archives for inspo.
Today, rickety Tasmanian millhouses.
The Old Mill at Perth by Louisa Ann Meredith, c.1850
https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/LPIC147-5-263
#Tasmania #Histodons #History

5 views After a teaching-induced hiatus, I'm back to writing my book and scouring the archives for inspo. Today, rickety Tasmanian millhouses. The Old Mill at Perth by Louisa Ann Meredith, c.1850 https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/LPIC147-5-263 #Tasmania #Histodons #History

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🔥 Top post: Yesterday, while feeling somewhat braindead, I started a public · 51 likes + reposts

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🔥 Top post Yesterday, while feeling somewhat braindead, I started a public Zotero library of digitised historic map collections. It's mostly Australian at the moment, and mostly the stuff I am always sending my family history students to, plus a few other places I use regularly for my own … ★ 51

Ok, I could ask actual people I know, but I'll throw this out here instead. I know there is a great scene-setting piece out there that I can use for week 1 of my cultural heritage unit, but cannot find it or remember the details. - Under 2… ★ 8 New article alert, and it's even published fully open access thanks to a nifty agreement our library has with the publisher. I do a deep dive into the earliest comprehensive European survey of the land around timtumili minanya – the Derwen… ★ 24

Ok Family Historians and Handwriting Nerds, what do we think someone's name here is? ...case of my female assigned servant Anna ???? .... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Histodons #History #Handwriting ★ 4

"My mother did not know until last year that you were married, much more that you had such a marvellous progeny; this as you may suppose astonished her, as during all your communications with her you had never informed her of such an event… ★ 2 Me looking out at a slightly stunned audience of retirees at the end of a talk: "Apologies if that was a little enthusiastic, I've been watching Eurovision all weekend and am still full of fluro energy." The audience smiles, nods and visib… ★ 10

If you haven't ever whispered "bingpot!" in an archive, are you even a historian? #histodons #history #tasmania ★ 8 "She does not waste time being verbose." Is this my new favourite student eval quote? #AcademicChat #AcademicMastodon #Teaching ★ 8

After a teaching-induced hiatus, I'm back to writing my book and scouring the archives for inspo. Today, rickety Tasmanian millhouses. The Old Mill at Perth by Louisa Ann Meredith, c.1850 https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/LPIC147-5-263 #Tasmani… ★ 5

Several years ago, I was invited to poke around an old farm by friends of family friends. The site is a mix of new sheds, 200 year old sandstone derelicts, and a few of the old buildings kept in use. "The land grantees brought out windows … ★ 24 So, Australian historians, have we worked out how to cite items from the AJCP held by Trove yet? For example: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-766034633 #histodons #AustralianHistory #AcademicChat #Citations #OzHist #AusHist ★ 5

Yesterday, I was looking at historic aerial photography of my neighbourhood. This morning it inspired my feet to take my morning walk back to the creepiest thing I've found in the bush near my house. A dumped old car is one thing. It's the… ★ 15

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Multi-talented. Tea drinker. Cartophile. Lecturer in History at the University of Tasmania. 'The coolest (possibly the only) historian I know.' she/her