Wise and Wonderful Women: A history of academic women in South Australia since the 1970s

by Managing Editor Posted on September 30, 2025

Margaret Allen reflects on an exhibition and research project exploring the academic working lives of women in South Australia since 1970. The Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide has been researching the working lives … Continue reading →

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A matter of right rather than privilege? The opening up of higher education in Aotearoa New Zealand 1877–1920

by Managing Editor Posted on September 16, 2025

In this blog, Tanya Fitzgerald explores the history of women’s access to higher education in Aotearoa New Zealand across the end of the nineteenth century. In July 1877 amidst much fanfare witnessed by approximately 1,000 invited guests, Kate Milligan Edger … Continue reading →

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Feminism and eugenics: strange bedfellows?

by Managing Editor Posted on August 8, 2025

Bridget Brooklyn explores the historical relationships between eugenics and feminist movements in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Australia. From the time of the suffrage campaigns, many feminist claims to equality drew on the essentialist beliefs enshrined in ‘separate spheres’ ideology. They argued … Continue reading →

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Camp Names and Vernacular: Queensland’s Lavender Language

by Managing Editor Posted on July 30, 2025

In this blog, prominent LGBTQIA+ Rights Activist Bill Rutkin (OAM) and Contributing Editor Michael Stockwell explore how homosexual men living in Queensland during the Bjelke-Petersen era used lavender language to circumvent public and political vilification. Homosexuality: Bjelke-Petersen’s Convenient Scapegoat “I … 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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