Category Archives: Environment and Gender

Gender and regenerative histories of landcare in Australia

by Managing Editor Posted on November 18, 2025

In this blog, Andrea Gaynor expands on the themes of her keynote at the 2025 Australian Historical Association Conference. As tree-planting season wound up in southern Australia and the pottiputkis were put away, the warming weather brought new growth and … Continue reading →

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Listening to Kamilaroi Women

by Managing Editor Posted on September 5, 2025

Kerrie Saunders and Margaret Cook explore Kamilaroi women’s knowledge of nature, country and history. We are Kerrie Saunders, a Kamilaroi woman from Moree, New South Wales, and Margaret Cook, a non-First Nations historian from Ipswich, Queensland. We share a dream … Continue reading →

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The Gap in the Greenhouse Effect: Eunice Newton Foote and Climate Science in the 1850s

by Managing Editor Posted on July 21, 2025

In this blog, Harrison Croft examines the life and legacies of Eunice Newton Foote, highlighting her groundbreaking contributions to early climate science and humanitarianism. On the afternoon of 23 August 1856, Eunice Newton Foote presented her research, “Circumstances Affecting the … Continue reading →

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In Her Nature

by Managing Editor Posted on June 19, 2025

Commissioning Editor Ruby Ekkel launches a new VIDA series, exploring the intersections of environmental and women’s history. ‘Make the back-yard the embryo of your future desires. As a country we are not wanting in manhood, or the attributes which count … Continue reading →

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