It is now more than forty years since the first births of babies born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Australia. How have changing forms of reproduction and family-making been reflected – or not – in Census documents? It is now … Continue reading
Political scientist Marian Sawer reflects on the influence of gender amongst voters and candidates at the 2022 Australian federal election. Gender was the back story of the 2022 election and played a crucial role in loosening the grip of the … Continue reading
Sue Barrett, campaign manager for Zoe Daniel, reflects on the 2022 Australian federal election campaign in the Division of Goldstein, named after Vida Goldstein. The federal electorate of Goldstein is named after Vida Goldstein (1869–1949), an Australian suffragist, social reformer, … Continue reading
Natasha Walker and Catherine Dewhirst explore the machinations of the Australian press during Vida Goldstein’s 1903 election campaign. One hundred and twenty years ago, the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 passed universal suffrage for British subjects over the age of 21. … Continue reading
For the first post in our Gender, Emotions, and the Colours of Protest Series, Vera Mackie and Sharon Crozier-De Rosa analyse the colour green at pro-choice protests. In June 2022, protesters across the USA took to the streets to signify their … Continue reading
This blog begins a new series, edited by Vera Mackie and Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, dedicated to exploring the role of color and emotions in the history of social movements. Emotions, Colour, Protest Social movements engage in framing activities to enable … Continue reading
Joshua Black and Michelle Staff reflect on the gains made and the distance still to go when it comes to gender and diversity in Australian politics. For the past couple of months, commentators have described the 2022 federal election as … Continue reading
Rachel Harris explores the history of menstrual hygiene products, including their availability, variety, and use, in Australia during World War II. Historians have examined many of the privations experienced by Australian women during World War II. Something that has received less … Continue reading
From the late seventeenth century, women of the elite classes in Ireland began to share culinary and medicinal information with loved ones across the country and, frequently, across the Irish Sea. Over the course of the Ascendancy period recipe sharing became … Continue reading
Almost three years ago I decided to write an academic history article. I’d always been intrigued by a story I had written about in my Honours thesis thirty years previously. It was about the South Australian Fauna and Flora Protection … Continue reading