Look History in the Eye, Melbourne

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Look History in the Eye, Melbourne

Look History in the Eye is produced in Melbourne, Australia at the Victorian Archives Centre, where a hundred kilometres of historic records about Victoria’s past are carefully preserved in climate controlled vaults. We meet the people who dig into archival boxes, look history in the eye and then wonder why. You can download copies of original records featured in each episode by going to the Look History in the Eye page on the Public Record Office Victoria website here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/look-history-eye-podcast

  1. Travelling to Tomorrow: Australian women of 1920s America

    12/10/2024

    Travelling to Tomorrow: Australian women of 1920s America

    Join us as we journey into the profound stories of Australian women who ventured to the United States during the 1920s and 1930s, leaving their mark on the art world, sport, politics, and society. With historian Dr. Yves Rees as our guide, we uncover research into pioneering artist Mary Cecil Allen, Judge May Lahey, surfer and teacher Isabel Letham and social economist Persia Campbell, whose remarkable achievements built bridges across the Pacific before the second world war tied the knot. A ...

    50 min
  2. The Brookside girls

    11/19/2024

    The Brookside girls

    The Brookside Reformatory for Girls was in Cape Clear, ten miles from Scarsdale Victoria. Award-winning education journalist Erica Cervini delves into its cruel and unusual treatment of girls, their multiple escapes, and what we can learn from its ultimate failure. The Brookside girls is episode 14 of Look history in the eye. Erica recently wrote an article for Public Record Office Victoria's Provenance Journal Presented by Tara Oldfield and Public Record Office Victoria.The featured so...

    33 min
  3. Unravelling phrenology: a dive into a controversial past and its modern implications

    02/06/2024

    Unravelling phrenology: a dive into a controversial past and its modern implications

    Prepare to journey back in time to the captivating, yet controversial world of phrenology, with our guest Dr. Alexandra Roginski. This episode takes you from the hustle and bustle of public readings and fortune-tellers in Melbourne's Eastern Arcade to the somber tale of the Gunn-Alley Murder. We shed light on the rise and fall of phrenology, and delve into the intriguing parallels between phrenology and modern facial analysis technology and artificial intelligence. With Australian technology ...

    39 min
  4. Unearthed: The audacious story of Fanny Finch, pioneer and rule-breaker

    08/29/2023

    Unearthed: The audacious story of Fanny Finch, pioneer and rule-breaker

    Hold on to your hats as we unearth the audacious story of Fanny Finch, an English emigrant who journeyed to Australia in the 1830s. Finch, a woman of colour, dodged open mine shafts and drunken men to succeed as a businesswoman and a trailblazer for women's rights in her efforts to survive as a single mother. We also bring to light how her life inspired an award-winning stage play, which clinched the Victorian Community History Award for innovative historical interpretation in 2021.Our ...

    50 min
  5. The Boy in the Dress

    06/27/2023

    The Boy in the Dress

    This gripping family memoir shares Jonathan Butler's investigation into the unsolved murder of his serviceman relative, Warwick Meale. It shines fresh light on Australia’s queer military history. Author, Jonathan Butler shares insight into his book The Boy in the Dress. Today’s episode is a recording of our Melbourne Writers Festival event from 2022 with author Jonathan Butler in conversation with Dr Yves Rees. Dr Rees is an historian at La Trobe University and co-host of the Archive F...

    51 min
  6. Activism on the goldfields: Victorian Chinese petitions

    06/13/2023

    Activism on the goldfields: Victorian Chinese petitions

    The Australian gold rush years saw a boom in immigration and prosperity, but it wasn’t always a harmonious time. Racist attitudes towards Chinese people in Victoria led to discriminatory legislation. Standing up against this oppression, thousands of Chinese people presented petitions to government. These petitions are some of Victoria’s earliest examples of activism and they provide a rare opportunity to capture Chinese perspectives and their experiences in the young colony. This is a recordi...

    23 min
  7. Queer stories from the archives

    05/16/2023

    Queer stories from the archives

    Queer stories from the archives discusses important records preserved in PROV’s collection. From love letters and police framing, to records of urban beats, Angela Bailey, Vice-President of the Australian Queer Archives shares the stories of queer lives from the earliest days of colonial Melbourne. This talk was originally given at the Victorian Archives Centre for International Archives Day 2022. Presented by Public Record Office Victoria.This podcast is produced by Public Record Office...

    26 min
  8. The Kamarooka panther

    01/24/2023

    The Kamarooka panther

    This episode is about the 1907 sighting of a creature known as the 'Kamarooka Panther'. The big cat was first spotted by sisters Alheith and Trine Christensen and made headlines from Bendigo to Melbourne, and right across the State. Interview with Desiree Pettit-Keating from the Bendigo Regional Archives Centre. We're venturing out of Melbourne for The Kamarooka panther, episode 8 of the podcast series Look History in the Eye. In this episode, Bendigo Regional Archives Centre's Desi...

    17 min
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About

Look History in the Eye is produced in Melbourne, Australia at the Victorian Archives Centre, where a hundred kilometres of historic records about Victoria’s past are carefully preserved in climate controlled vaults. We meet the people who dig into archival boxes, look history in the eye and then wonder why. You can download copies of original records featured in each episode by going to the Look History in the Eye page on the Public Record Office Victoria website here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/look-history-eye-podcast

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  • Creator
    Public Record Office Victoria
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Look History in the Eye, Melbourne
  • Show Website
    Look History in the Eye, Melbourne

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