Research presentations

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Pink Bans

Sam Wallman, Pink Bans, courtesy Sam Wallman.

Pink and Green Bans with Sam Wallman

Comics-journalist and cartoonist Sam Wallman presented a lecture on his 2023 Creative Arts Fellowship research into the Pink and Green Bans movement and how it will contribute to a new artwork celebrating the 1970s coalition of blue collar union workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

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atorikku dai jiten, 1940-60

Katorikku dai jiten, 1940-60, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1472320, photo plate III.

Trauma and world heritage on the Gotō Islands: 1856-1899 with Dr Gwyn McClelland

Dr Gwyn McClelland presented a lecture on his 2022 National Library Fellowship research that considers one of the four cultural World Heritage sites of ‘Hidden Christianity’ of the Gotō Archipelago region, drawing on an oral history, and the Library's Japanese historical records.

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1969 Aust FolkLore Expedition

1969 Australian Folklore Expedition, courtesy of Martie Lowenstein.

What Wendy Found: The story of the 1969 outback 'Australian Folklore Expedition' with Martie Lowenstein

Martie Lowenstein presented a lecture on her 2023 National Folk Fellowship research about Wendy Lowenstein's significant contribution to the development of the folk movement in Australia and her year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969.

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Frank Hurley and Masly Williams looking towards Jerusalem

Frank Hurley, Frank Hurley and Maslyn Williams Looking Out Over the Kidron Valley Towards Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Palestine, 1940?, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151339245

A cultural biography of Ron Maslyn Williams with Associate Professor Deane Williams

Associate Professor Deane Williams presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research about how Ron Maslyn Williams – filmmaker, photographer, writer, musician and radio playwright – became one of Australia’s post-Second World War cultural innovators.

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Robertson addressing a room in China
The many lives of Mavis Robertson with Dr Alice Garner

Dr Alice Garner presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research on the life of Mavis Robertson.

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Professor Chris Wallace Whats On Image
2023 Seymour Biography Lecture: Professor Chris Wallace

In 2023, the Seymour Biography Lecture was delivered by Professor Chris Wallace.

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Pakies Club

Pakies Club, Pakie's Club Interior from Records, 1928-1994 MS9071, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1420498

Pakie's Club: A modern arts salon in interwar Sydney with Dr Deirdre O’Connell

Hear from Dr Deirdre O’Connell as she presents a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the extraordinary influence of Augusta 'Pakie' Macdougall who brought suffragist activism, Greenwich Village’s salon culture, and the Little Theatre movement to interwar Sydney.

A sepia image of a group of people marching in a protest for Australian First Nations land rights

Black Resources Centre, Black Liberation/Black Resources Centre, 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1649258

Publishing the anti-colonial struggle with Dr Angelique Stastny

Dr Angélique Stastny presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about anti-colonial activist publications in Australia and the Pacific.

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Presentation of Wool cover AWW supplement 1961
From shoddy to superfine: a material history of Australian wool with Dr Lorinda Cramer

Dr Lorinda Cramer presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the material history of Australian wool.

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fourth draft of Papua New Guinea constitution

Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea - Fourth draft of 10 May 1975 (renumbered and revised), Papers of C.J. Lynch 1901-1985, MS Acc11.0776 Box 6 Folder 2/38

Waves and currents: the movement of constitutional texts and ideas across Oceania with Dr Anna Dziedzic

Dr Anna Dziedzic presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about the movement of constitution texts and ideas across Oceania.

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starfish diver Simon O'Dwyer
An environmental history of ballast water management in Australia with Dr Adam Sundberg

Dr Adam Sundberg presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the environmental history of ballast water and management in Australia.

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A person with long hair sitting at a table in a big room with lots of papers in front of them.
Fellowship presentation: Community singing in interwar Australia

Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney presented a participatory musical lecture on her 2020 National Library Fellowship research about community singing in interwar Australia.

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