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Constitutional recognition – so what?
Mal Brough, Professor Garth Nettheim and Alison Page
Platform Conversations, 8 July 2011
The inaugural Platform Conversations event was a provocative panel discussion facilitated by David Speers debating whether recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian Constitution will make a meaningful difference to Indigenous peoples’ lives.
The Identity Game or How Irish is Australia?
Shane Carmody, State Library of Victoria
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 2 July 2011
Shane begins by singing lyrics about Ned Kelly written to the The Patriot Game that he wrote for the centenary of the Ned Kelly’s execution in which he drew a connection between that event, Armistice Day and the dismissal of the Whitlam government.
Not Just Ned: what sort of history of the Irish in Australia?
Pat Cooke, Shane Carmody, Vale Noone, Keira O'Toole and Orla Tunney
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 2 July 2011
Symposium chaired by Orla Tunney, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, with short contributions from other speakers giving their opinions on the Not Just Ned exhibition.
A few of my favourite things: some objects from the Not Just Ned exhibition
Dr Richard Reid and Andrew Sayers, National Museum of Australia
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 1 July 2011
Richard Reid, senior curator of the Not Just Ned exhibition, tells some stories and presents a few of his favourite objects from the exhibition to open the 18th Australasian Irish Studies conference: The Irish in Australia 1788 to the present.
Sorting out the Irish immigrants of colonial Australia
Eric Richards, Flinders University, Adelaide
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 1 July 2011
Eric Richards examines the reciprocal relationship between Ireland and the Australian colonies and looks at such questions as what characteristics and qualities did Irish immigrants embody and how selectively did the colonies draw on these immigrants.
The National Museum of Ireland: an ideological history
Pat Cooke, School of Art History and Cultural History, National University of Ireland
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 1 July 2011
Pat Cooke discusses the history and evolution of the National Museum of Ireland in the context of the material culture of Ireland in modern times.
Irish immigrants from Australian records: the real keys to finding them in Ireland
Dr Perry McIntyre, historian and genealogist
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 29 June 2011
In the genealogical rush to return to Ireland and where our ancestors were from, records of their lives in Australia were sometimes overlooked. Perry will outline key documents which provide clues to finding ancestral spots in Ireland.
Book launch: Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
Andrew Sayers, Shane Mortimer, Martin Thomas, Anne McGrath, Professor Mandy Thomas and Margo Neale
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 June 2011
The book, co-edited by Martin Thomas and Margo Neale, extends on the papers presented at the ‘Barks, Birds and Billabongs: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land’ Symposium held in November 2009.
Ancestry.com.au: Where do we start?
Brad Argent, Ancestry.com.au
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 16 June 2011
Brad outlines what’s on the Ancestry.com.au website and how to get the best out of it. He’ll also talk about other free online databases that could enhance your family history research without breaking the bank.
Gallery launch: Landmarks: People and Places across Australia
Dr Kirsten Wehner, National Museum of Australia
3 June 2011
Senior Curator Kirsten Wehner introduces the new National Museum gallery exploring a broad history of Australia through stories of places and their peoples.
agriculture, colonial, environment, gold, history, indigenous, place
