CIRCA Circa THE JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL HISTORIANS ISSUE ONE, 2010 PHA (Vic) Inc. PHA(Vic) ISSUEONE,2010 HISTORIANS OFPROFESSIONAL THE JOURNAL The Journal of Professional Historians Issue one, 2010 ISSN 1837-784X Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc. Circa The Journal of Professional Historians Issue one, 2010 Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc. Circa: The Journal of Professional Historians Issue one, 2010 Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc. Editor: Katherine Sheedy ISSN 1837-784X Designer: Jenn Falconer Copy Editor: Rhonda Barson Printer: University of Melbourne Digital Print Centre Editorial Board: Tsari Anderson Susan Aykut Leigh Edmonds Sonia Jennings Emma Russell Vicky Ryan Copyright of articles is held by the individual authors. Except for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted by the Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process without the permission of the author. Address all correspondence to: Katherine Sheedy Editor, Circa PHA (Vic) PO Box 1223 Carlton Victoria 3053
[email protected] The content of this journal represents the views of the contributors and not the official view of PHA (Vic). Cover images: Great Petition by Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee, in Burston Reserve, Melbourne. PHOTOGRAPH: DIANE DILORIO. SOURCE: ARTS VICTORIA Original design elements used on the back cover were created by Madeline Hoy. CONTENTS Editorial iv Part one: Explorations 1 Oral history meets the media: An historian’s excursion into radio land CAITLIN MAHAR.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Telling portraits: The nexus between biography and history JANE MAYO CAROLAN .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 The 90-day archive RACHEL BUCHANAN.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 The silence of 30,000 fi les: Negotiation and change in writing a history of Consumer Affairs Victoria, 1964–2008 AMANDA MCLEOD .