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PHA (VIC) PRESENTS

Professional Historians Association (Victoria) ANNUAL DINNER Members and their guests are warmly invited to attend the 2016 Annual Dinner and AGM of the Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc. This year our annual dinner will also be the dinner for the Working History Conference, allowing us to play host to visiting historians. It will be a wonderful opportunity to socialise with our colleagues from near and far, over a friendly meal and a bit of musical entertainment! The evening will incorporate the PHA (Vic) Annual General Meeting and includes a two-course meal and tea/coffee with cake to finish. Drinks available at bar prices. NOW BEING WAITLISTED Please RSVP by Friday 5 August: https://phavic.wildapricot.org/event-2283464/Registration $60 per person. Pre-payment is required for all attendees. Please note: if you have already RSVPed and paid for the dinner The Metropolitan Meat Market, North Melbourne, 1893, Gus B. through your conference registration, your booking is confirmed. 12 Pearce. State Library Victoria, H2013.190 State Library Victoria Oral History Victoria Making Public Histories ‘Black Thursday’ pop-up talk Introductory Workshop 2 The role of history today How do we relate to history today? Is history relevant still relevant in our cities, our institutions and our communities? Hear our expert panel of professional historians tackle some of the challenges of contemporary history practice and consider what it might look like in the future. When: 18 August 2016, 6:00pm–7:30pm Where: Conference Centre Cost: Free William Strutt, Black Thursday, February 6th, 1851 (detail),1864, Bookings: Book online oil on canvas, State Library Victoria Phone: 03 8664 7099 Soon after painter William Strutt’s arrival in Australia, a Sarah Rood, professional historian from Way Back When Email: [email protected] cataclysmic bushfire engulfed huge swathes of Victoria. Consulting Historians, will present this workshop. It will Eleven years later he painted his magnum opus: provide an introduction to oral history practice, focusing Speakers . on research, ethics, equipment, interviewing techniques Chair: Associate Professor Seamus O'Hanlon, Monash Black Thursday, February 6th, 1851 Join us to hear more about this powerful artwork. and transcribing. Suitable for students, volunteers, or University Prof Andrew May, School of Historical and Bookings are required. anyone with an interest in recording oral histories, you Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne Chris with gain valuable insights into the work of doing oral Johnston, founding director of Context Pty Ltd Dr Lisa When: 04 August 2016, 6:00pm–6:45pm history. Learn how to prepare questions; about the forms, Murray, city historian, City of Sydney 23 August 2016, 11:00am–11:45am Where: Keith Murdoch Gallery the ethics and permissions involved; and the top tips to Cost: Free a good interview. Sarah uses real examples to illustrate Buried treasure: the colonial woman Bookings: Book a session online below some of the pitfalls and some of the gems from actual composer Phone: 03 8664 7099 interviews. You will have the opportunity to practice Email: [email protected] writing questions, as well as to conduct a short interview. Join us for a series of delightful lunchtime concerts to Book online for Thu 4 August Please bring your recording device with you. Morning hear renowned soprano Merlyn Quaife and leading Book online for Tue 23 August and afternoon tea are provided but you will need to harpist Jacinta Dennett perform compositions written by either bring or purchase your own lunch. early Australian women composers, arranged by Johanna ‘The burial of Burke’ pop-up talk When: August 27, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Selleck. Where: Emerald Hill Library, 195 Bank St, An South Melbourne extraordinary Cost: Members $60, array of Non-members $100, works by Student / Concession $30. women Registration: composers https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/introductory-workshop- lies buried in 2-tickets-26400985057 the Library's archives, samples OHV Advanced Workshop: Interpreting of which Memories are being The burial of Burke (detail), William Strutt, 1911, oil on canvas, How do we make sense of the memories that we record brought State Library of Victoria News of the tragic fate of the great Victorian expedition as oral historians? How do we begin to transform stories to light for of Burke and Wills was met with a collective outpouring into histories? In this workshop we’ll consider a range these recitals of grief. of ways of approaching the interpretation of memories. in arrange- William Strutt was one of the 15,000 people who We’ll note the changing ways that researchers have ments farewelled the heroic explorers as they set out from used memory as a historical source. We’ll consider the Florence Ewart for voice Royal Park, headed for the Gulf of Carpenteria. Fifty factors that shape memory stories. We’ll try out narrative and harp by Johanna Selleck as part of a Creative years later, he painted The burial of Burke, his elegy for analysis with interview extracts (from Al’s interviews with Fellowship. a national hero. migrants and war veterans) using the rich clues of sound, The compositions date from the mid-1800s and Come hear more about this moving piece. gesture, word and narrative form. We’ll think about how include rare gems by Emily Patton, Florence Ewart and we might work with a set of interviews to find historical Georgette Peterson, as well as some unique vocal When: 09 August 2016, 11:00am–11:45am patterns and illuminate historical themes. You’ll finish up cadenzas composed especially for Melbourne's own Where: Keith Murdoch Gallery brimming with ideas and enthusiasm for working with Nellie Melba. Cost: Free your own interviews (or other people’s interviews), armed Each performance is thirty minutes in duration. Bookings: Book online with lists of further reading if you wish to deepen your Bookings are not required. Phone: 03 8664 7099 understanding. Workshop facilitator: Alistair Thomson is When: 04 August 2016, 1:00pm–1:30pm Email: [email protected] Professor of History at Monash University. His oral history 11 August 2016, 1:00pm–1:30pm books include: Anzac Memories (1994 and 2013), The 21 August 2016, 1:00pm–1:30pm Oral History Reader (1998, 2006 and 2015 with Rob Cost: Free Perks), Ten Pound Poms (2005, with Jim Hammerton), Bookings: Phone: 03 8664 7099 Moving Stories: an intimate history of four women across Email: [email protected] two countries (2011) Oral History and Photography (2011, with Alexander Freund) and Australian Lives: An Venues Aural History (2017, with Anisa Puri). Thursday 4 August — La Trobe Reading Room. Website: Thursday 11 August — Cowen Gallery. http://profiles.arts.monash.edu.au/alistair-thomson/ Sunday 21 August — The Courtyard. This performance When: September 3, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm will include compositions from a children's songbook, Where: Emerald Hill Library, 195 Bank St, Bush songs by Georgette Peterson. The music is set to South Melbourne poems by classic children's author Annie Rentoul, with illustrations by her equally famous sister Ida Rentoul. Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ ohv-advanced-workshop-interpreting-memories- tickets-26400256879 13 Royal Historical Society of Victoria Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Lecture: The Vagabond in Virginia and New Caledonia Public Talk: Of Dresses and Memories Robert Flippen, Dr Willa McDonald with Michael Cannon To celebrate the ‘...there is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not publication of the updated edition of The Vagabond Papers we them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they John Stanley James arrived in Farmville, Virginia in March 1875. He made mould our hearts, our brains, Farmville his home, built a grand mansion that still stands, and married a our tongues to their liking.’ wealthy widow, Caroline Lewis James. Virginia Woolf, Orlando Lorelei Vashti, author of Dress, Memory: A Memoir of My Twenties in Dresses, presents an illustrated talk about how clothing influences our stories and memories. Using examples from her own extensive collection of secondhand and vintage dresses, Lorelei will discuss how we build stories and meaning into our clothing every day, and how our own personal fashion choices transform our ordinary lives. Light refreshments will be provided. Please also feel free to wear or bring along an item of clothing with a special memory for you to share with the group. Lorelei Vashti is a writer and editor whose book Dress Memory: A Memoir of my Twenties in Dresses was published in 2014. She is a co- curator of the popular ‘Women of Letters’ series, and her latest projects include a baby surname handbook to help new parents choose their child’s last name, and a novel about matchmaking. She also manages a guesthouse and artist’s retreat in the Dandenong Ranges called Jacky Winter Gardens.

When: Saturday 27 August, 11am-12pm Where: Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, 35-37 Castella St, Lilydale Cost: $17/$15 concession James’ aim was to assist in the revitalisation of the Southern economy; Bookings: Online he was appointed to the local Bank Board and elected to the Southside Virginia Immigration Society in an attempt to recruit more Englishmen to 1950s Gin Cocktail Workshop the area. Assuming the persona of a man of letters ‘Dr’ J.S. Stanley James Join Sam Ng, Four Pillars Ambassador also established a private school in his home called Stanley Park Academy. and Bartender-at-large for a hands-on James exhibited a zeal for American nationalism, but after only six months class where you will discuss the history in Farmville, he left suddenly due to a series of events and a spectacular of gin while learning how to make two fall from grace in the community. He left for Australia where he emerged 1950s-inspired cocktails. from the ship with a new identity — Julian Thomas soon to become ‘The You must be over 18 to participate in this Vagabond’. workshop. ID will be required for entry In 1878, John Stanley James sailed to New Caledonia to report for the to the Sydney Morning Herald on the Great Revolt. In one particularly moving class. report that the French military tried to suppress, John Stanley James Four Pillars described the execution by firing squad of five Canaques, including a is a small thirteen-year-old boy, in retaliation for the killing of a colonists’ pigs. Australian gin distillery based in Healesville. Robert (‘Bob’) E Flippen and Dr Willa McDonald will discuss the results of They make a modern Australian style of gin their new research into the Vagabond’s life before Australia. which combines Asian spice, Mediterranean When: Tuesday 20 September 2016, citrus and native Australian botanicals. Drinks at 5.15pm, lecture at 6pm When: Saturday 17 September, 3-4pm Where: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Where: Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Melbourne 35-37 Castella St, Lilydale Cost: $10 non-members; free for members of the RHSV Cost: $15 Enquiries: (03) 9326 9288 or Bookings: Online [email protected] w: historyvictoria.org.au 14 National Trust Australia (Victoria) One four One, Piano concert at Como with Nancy Tsou Geelong and Region Members Branch: AGM and tour at the former Barwon Paper Mill

This year, Como’s Grand Ballroom and our grand piano turn one hundred and forty one! Celebrate with us in style with a night of captivating piano music played Tour the 1878 Barwon Paper Mill and hear about the plans for its future on our original 19th century grand piano by the celebrated pianist Nancy Enjoy a tour of the former 1878 Paper Mill, to inspect the recent Tsou, who has toured Australia and China extensively as a recitalist. restoration works. Mr Robbins, owner proprietor will talk about his plans Kenneth Hince of The Age described her work as having ‘true vision of the for the future of this fascinating complex of buildings. Romantic spirit of the music – its inner poetry, as so many people call it’. When: 30 August, 2-4pm Nancy Tsou will perform a suite of music specially selected to honour Where: Lower Paper Mills Road, Fyansford one hundred and forty years of celebrations in Como’s Grand Ballroom. Cost: Members enter with a gold coin donation. This unique concert, set in the beautiful, yet intimate setting of the Como Bookings: David and Pauline Walker on (03) 5289 1569 or Ballroom, is sure to delight classical music lovers. email [email protected] The evening will end with champagne and cake, and a toast to another one hundred and forty years of ballroom bashes! Ticket also includes a special viewing of the house. Chinese Museum When: 27 August, 6-8pm Where: Como House and Garden, Corner Williams Rd & Lechlade Ave, Chungking Legation: Australia’s Diplomatic Mission in South Yarra Wartime China Cost: Adult $35, Concession $30 12 August 2016 – 10 November 2016 Bookings: Online La Trobe’s Enduring Legacy Talk Join Dr Dianne Reilly as she discusses the legacy of Charles Joseph La Trobe A talk covering the achievements that Charles Joseph La Trobe made in his term as Superintendent of the Port Phillip District 1839 to 1850, and Lieutenant- Governor of the new colony of Victoria 1851 to 1854, from which all Victorians benefit today. Diane Reilly, an Honorary Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial, P01784.002 Fellow of the School of This exhibition tells the story of the work and people of Australia’s Historical and Philosophical diplomatic mission to wartime China’s capital of Chungking (now Studies at the University of Chongqing) between 1941 and 1946. Melbourne and Secretary Highlights include the little known stories such as those of Charles Lee, of the C J La Trobe Society, Australia’s first Chinese-Australian diplomat and ‘Operation Pig Bristle’. has published extensively The exhibition brings together new research and materials never before on La Trobe. Her doctoral seen in both Australia and China. thesis is titled ‘Charles Joseph La Trobe: the Making of a Developed in partnership with the Australian Consulate-General Governor’. Chengdu, the exhibition was opened by Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove at the old Legation building during a state visit to Afternoon tea will be served. Chongqing on 29 March 2015. It has since toured southwest China and All welcome. was recently on display at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in When: 28 August, 2:30pm-4pm Canberra to popular acclaim. Where: Domain House (next door to La Trobe’s Cottage) Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne Supporting the exhibition is a beautiful hardcover book based on the Cost: $5 per person (includes refreshments) exhibition. Copies are on sale from the Museum for $45 (inc GST). Enquiries: [email protected] or phone (03) 9646 2112 Exhibition Opening 11 August, 6-8pm Where: Level 1 Temporary Gallery, Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne 15 The University of Melbourne “The Pig and the Peace: Defining Imperial Order in the Age of White Concepts - Ghassan Hage Revolutions” The Wednesday Lectures 2016 Hosted by Raimond Gaita This lecture begins with the execution of a 'very fine pig' in It is striking how often people now speak of 'a common Sydney in 1795. Pigs made notoriously disorderly colonists – humanity' in an ethically inflected register, one that expresses procreating, trespassing and damaging public property at will. a fellowship of all the peoples of the earth. More often than But this particular pig caused an unusual amount of trouble. not, however, we refer to the idea of a common humanity Her death escalated into a brawl when her master – an when we lament the failure of its acknowledgment. The 'avowed' republican called John Boston – ran into the street forms of that failure are depressingly many: racism, sexism, to demand which “damned villain of a rascal” had shot his homophobia, the dehumanization of our enemies, of sow. The villainous rascals, it transpired, were members of the unrepentant criminals and those who suffer severe and New South Wales Corps. They responded by giving Boston a degrading affliction. As often as someone reminds us that 'we 'damned good threshing'. It would not do, they argued later, are all human beings', someone will reply that to be treated to let such a man insult the King’s soldiers in a colony of like a human being you must behave like one. thieves. This fracas is more than an amusing anecdote. Many people appear now to fear that within twenty years or The legal controversy that followed showed that the brawlers, less national and international politics will be dominated by the governor and the court held quite different ideas about crises that caused and inflamed by the shameful gap between how to keep order in the colony of New South Wales. The the rich and the poor nations, aggravated by the effects of Corps argued that the threat of revolution and the convict climate change. They fear their children and grandchildren majority meant that soldiers needed special power and status will not be protected as they have been from the terrors to keep the colonial peace. John Boston argued that the suffered by most of the peoples of the earth because of colony needed to support peculiar liberties – his liberty to talk impoverishment, natural disasters and the evils inflicted upon politics, but, more importantly, his liberty to trade and contract them by other human beings. In such circumstances the ideal with convicts who would have no legal standing at home. and even the very idea of a common humanity is likely to The governor and the court defended civil law against military seem to have been a foolish illusion. violence, but they too imagined a compromised legal order The Wednesday Lectures 2016 hosted by Raimond Gaita will – one where both convicts could testify against free men and explore what sustains and what erodes the idea of a common the governor wielded extraordinary power. New South Wales humanity and, more radically, whether it is a useful idea with was a strange place indeed in 1795. But, this lecture will argue which to think about the moral, legal and political relations that the controversy tells us a great deal about how the British between people and peoples. imperial constitution was imagined in the age of revolutions. Wednesday, 3 August: White Concepts In the upheavals of colonial Boston and Montreal, in the fractious military autocracies of Trinidad and Malta, and in the White Concepts are concepts that claim universality but street-side brawls of Sydney, colonists, governors, judges and that are blind to the colonial conditions of production of their soldiers argued endlessly about how to order colonies full of universality. The lecture will explore these questions: is 'a unruly subjects. common humanity' a white concept and is it useful to even ask this question today? Disputes like these mattered – at stake were the rights of British subjects scattered around the globe. Ghassan Hage is Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at The University of Melbourne. He has When: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 18:00 –19:00 held a number of visiting professorships including at Pierre Where: Carrillo Gantner Theatre (B02), Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Swanston Street, Parkville Bordieus Research Centre and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Cost: Free Public Lecture en Sciences Sociales in Paris, American University of Beirut, Contact: Email: [email protected] University of Nanterre - Paris X, University of Copenhagen and Phone: 83441521 Harvard University. His books include: White Nations: Fantasies Booking: http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/LFord of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society; Against Paranoid Presenter: Associate Professor Lisa Ford Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society; Alter- Politics Critical Anthropology, Political Passion and Radical Imagination and, as editor, Responsibility; Force Movement, Intensity: The Newtonian Imagination in the Humanities and Social Sciences and Waiting. When: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 18:30 –20:00 Where: Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville Cost: Free Public Lecture Contact Email: [email protected] Phone: 9035 5092 Booking: https://secure.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/s/1182/match/wide. aspx?sid=1182&gid=1&pgid=9298&cid=13454 16 Presenter: Professor Ghassan Hage Melbourne Writer’s Festival Immigration http://mwf.com.au/ Museum Dennis Altman: Queer Wars Australia Through Time A graphic novella by Joshua Santospirito How has the queer rights movement evolved in How is Australian history represented through Antonio migrated from Italy in 1897. Having Australia? Is marriage equality on the horizon? fiction? From research to process, historical supported his family from age ten, he went on to How can we sensitively and effectively agitate fiction writer Anita Heiss, novelist Kate become the King of Flowers on Flinders Street for queer rights internationally, without imposing Mildenhall and romance writer Tricia Stringer in Melbourne. Western attitudes on other societies? Dennis share their wisdom on all things Australia, and Altman explores how we can meaningfully the importance of representing different time Explore Antonio’s remarkable story through create change. With Neal Drinnan. periods. With Jane Sullivan. illustrations by his grandson, author and artist Joshua Santospirito. Joshua will also be presenting a talk about his works at the Immigration Museum on August 6. When: Exhibition until 30 October Where: Atrium, Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders St, Melbourne Cost: Free

When: 27 August, 2:30pm When: 27 August, 5:30pm Where: Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka Where: ACMI, The Cube Cost: $12 Cost: Free Bookings: Online Bookings: Online Anna Funder: The Art of Fiction Revising Australian History Miles Franklin Award winner Anna Funder’s Is Australia’s history revisionist? Bruce Pascoe poignant fiction resonates deeply with readers. argues that the widely taught perspective Drawing on her works All That I Am and The inaccurately represents pre-colonial Indigenous Girl with the Dogs, she talks to fellow novelist life, while Henry Reynolds focuses on the Hannah Kent (Burial Rites) about creating conflict between European settlers and immersive fictional worlds rooted in history. Indigenous Australians. Why do white historians so often recount Australian history without Indigenous voices? With Clare Wright.

When: 28 August, 10am When: 4 September, 10am Where: Deakin Edge, Fed Square Where: ACMI, Studio 1 Cost: Full - $22, Concession - $19 Cost: Full - $22, Concession - $19 Bookings: Online Bookings: Online

17 The Shrine of Remembrance Ballarat Talk: The Western Front Diaries Peacekeeping and PTSD: The Psychological Legacies of Australian Peace Operations of Charles Bean Over 65,000 Australians have served in more Senior Historian at the Australian War Memorial, than 50 United Nations and other multilateral Peter Burness, will discuss his new research international peace operations since 1947. While on Charles Bean's Western Front diaries. Peter many peacekeepers feel their contribution is important and rewarding, the capacity for some to develop mental illness after their service is well documented – often for reasons different than those found in combat operations. This talk will explore the unique characteristics and stresses of peace operations, and their potential psychological impacts on veterans and their Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. families. Presenter: Dr Rosalind Hearder When: Wednesday 14 September, 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start Where: Auditorium, Education Centre, Shrine of Remembrance Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. Cost: Entry by donation Bookings: Online will talk about these remarkably candid diaries and what they reveal about Bean, who was Curator Tour: Behind the Wire Susan Gordon-Brown spent three years Australia’s official war correspondent throughout Image courtesy of Susan Gordon-Brown photographing and interviewing Australia’s the First World War. Bean’s position took him Vietnam Veterans, learning about their military to London, the Salisbury Plains and every training, their experiences in Vietnam, and important Australian battlefield in France and their lives after the war. In this floor talk, Susan Belgium. Mixing with all ranks, Bean sheltered will discuss her motivation for compiling the in the trenches under enemy shell-fire or took exhibition, the process of interviewing the up vantage points from which to gain unique veterans, and insights gained through the perspectives on the enormity of the actions. project. Spaces are limited so make sure to book Most importantly, he always kept a focus on the a ticket. ordinary soldier. Presenter: Susan Gordon-Brown Presenter: Peter Burness When: Tuesday 23 August, 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start When: Wednesday 10 August, Where: Visitor Centre, Shrine of Remembrance 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start Cost: Entry by donation Where: The Gold Museum, Bradshaw Street, Bookings: Online Ballarat VIC 3350 Cost: Entry by donation Offsite Tour: Trailblazers and Peacekeepers Australian and New Zealand doctors have Bookings: Online Image © Commonwealth of Australia 2015 administered anaesthesia in every major conflict since the Boer War. These men and women Vietnam Panel Discussion have, and continue to, provide care in often Peter Edwards, Official Historian of Australia's difficult and dangerous circumstances. Join us involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts for a curator-led tour of this exhibition exploring 1948–75, will be joined by Vietnam veterans historical accounts of anaesthetists in conflict and first person reflections from contemporary conflicts including the Gulf War and Afghanistan. Presenter: Monica Cronin When: Tuesday 6 September, 2pm Where: Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, 630 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Bookings: Online

Defending Country At least 300 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. Islander men served among the approximately 61,000 Australian servicemen in Vietnam. They Paul Penno and Jan McCarthy to discuss served for a variety of reasons even though the experiences of Australian service men most states still restricted Indigenous civil rights. and women in Vietnam. The panel will cover This presentation draws from oral histories and topics such as the role played by nurses and archival records to explore life experiences the medical staff, the experiences of National of Indigenous Vietnam veterans. It addresses Servicemen and their own personal reflections issues including why these men enlisted in the upon the war. armed forces, mate-ship in war, returning to Presenters: Dr Peter Edwards, Paul Penno and Jan discrimination and the ways that many Aboriginal McCarthy When: Sunday 14 August, 2pm arrival for 2.30pm start and Torres Strait Islander Vietnam veterans have Where: Auditorium, Shrine of Remembrance played long-term leadership and advocacy roles Cost: Entry by donation for Indigenous advancement. Bookings: Online Presenter: Dr Noah Riseman Where: Auditorium, Shrine of Remembrance When: Tuesday 27 September, 5.30pm for 6pm start Cost: Entry by donation 18 Bookings: Online The Johnston Collection DREAMING OF THE DEPARTED: Australian mourning portraits with Margot Riley STORIES BEHIND MELBOURNE’S Grieving protocols intensified throughout the GHOSTSIGNS with Nick Gadd second half of the 19th century, following the Nick Gadd has spent two years walking around model set by Queen Victoria after the death Melbourne in a big circle, photographing and of Prince Albert in 1861. Memorial portraiture writing about ghostsigns (old faded signage) – the practice of recording a person’s likeness and other traces of the past. He will show soon after death – was already established in photographs of his discoveries and tell some of European art but gained greater currency as the stories he has uncovered, which point to photography enabled the mechanisation of intriguing aspects of Melbourne’s history. portrait-making. NICK GADD is a Melbourne novelist, essayist MARGOT RILEY is a cultural historian with and blogger. His writings about Melbourne, special interest in textiles and dress. From 1992- history, literature, music and suburban life have 1994, she completed the Masters in Museum appeared in The Guardian, Griffith Review, Studies Program at the Fashion Institute of Eureka Street, and many others. He currently Technology in New York and, since her return writes the blogMelbourne Circle about a long to Australia, has been working as a Curator walk around the Melbourne suburbs. with the collections of the State Library of New In 2015 Nick was the winner of the Nature South Wales in Sydney. Her previous talk at the Conservancy Prize for Nature Writing for Collection was SCOTTY IN GUMNUT LAND | the essay ‘A Landscape of Stories’, and Australian Expressions of Scots Identity (2016). Maurice Felton (1803-1842), Sophia Statham O'Brien (1820- 1841), oil on canvas, collection of the State Library of New was shortlisted in the essay category of the When: Tuesday 16 August 2016 South Wales, Sydney, DG 427: c074310001 Melbourne Prize for Literature. He was recently 10.00 am to 11.30 am Bookings: https://www.johnstoncollection.org/lectures awarded a month-long residency by the Mildura Writers Festival.

THE HOUSE MUSEUM: Where House & Art Museum Converge with Georgina Walker Art historian Anne Higonnet refers to privately founded historic house-museums as ‘personal art collection museums’ because they were always intended to be publicly accessible, hence they are no longer entirely private, even though loosely speaking some were private houses. House-museums in her opinion are either houses that have been preserved for their historic or architectural importance, or simply because they belonged to a famous person. The waters start to muddy a little when a notable art collection is involved within the house, in which case, the question arises whether the art becomes the distinguishing feature, and not the house itself. GEORGINA WALKER teaches into the Master of Art Curatorship program at The University of Melbourne. Her PhD thesis, The Private Museum: Contemporary Art Collecting and Philanthropy, investigated the recent growth in international private museums. She is one of a few international scholars who has conducted targeted research into this emerging and growing field. When: Wednesday 17 August 2016 | 10.00 am to 11.30 am Bookings: https://www.johnstoncollection.org/lectures melbournecircle.ne/about/griffithreview.com/ articles/a-landscape-of-stories When: Tuesday 20 September 2016 10.00 am to 11.30 am Bookings: https://www.johnstoncollection.org/lectures

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