Richard Fotheringham’s research on entertainer Jenny Howard leads him to the idea of ‘echoic biography’. Two years ago, the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) asked me to research and write an entry for the British-Australian popular singer/comedian Jenny Howard (1902–1996). … Continue reading
In this blog, Peter Woodley explores the place of gender in the Queensland Bush Workers’ Strike of 1891. The Queensland bush workers’ strike of 1891 was, at face value, an almost exclusively male affair. Paid workers in the shearing sheds … Continue reading
Julie Kimber and Phillip Deery explore the challenges of biographical research through the case of Evdokia Petrov. Evdokia Petrov may not have been, to paraphrase Winston Churchill on Russia, a riddle wrapped in a mystery, but she was certainly an … Continue reading
In this blog author Nichola Garvey discusses the experiences of convict women travelling from Britain to Australia aboard notorious transport ship ‘the Neptune’. The captain and the first mate ‘beat women convicts without mercy… like man opposed to man in … Continue reading
In this blog for the AJBH series, Patricia Clarke explores the life, career and struggles with domestic violence of ‘Ace’ reporter Iris Dexter. I first wrote about Iris Dexter in 2020 when I was researching a group of privileged women … Continue reading
Malcolm Allbrook and Michelle Staff introduce a new blog series showcasing articles from the Australian Journal of Biography and History no. 8 (2024), available open access via ANU Press. Barbara Caine,1994. The Australian Journal of Biography and History (AJBH) was … Continue reading