Category Archives: Research blogs

Women, protest, and the colour black: South Africa and Israel/Palestine

by Managing Editor Posted on February 21, 2023

In the next instalment of the Colour Series, Rebecca Swartz, Ana Stevenson and Sarah-Jane Walton engage with the representation of the colour black in protest movements to challenge the apartheid state and end gender-based violence. In September 2019, following the … Continue reading →

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Irreverent women, reading, and colonisation

by Managing Editor Posted on January 19, 2023

The letters and insights left by Ann Rusden into colonial New South Wales women’s intellectual life plays a significant role in the history of feminism by sharing ideas of the female self and the role women played throughout colonisation. Ann … Continue reading →

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Self-Education and Intelligent Conversation: The Geelong Ladies Reading Circle, 1890-1929

by Managing Editor Posted on December 20, 2022

Jacquelyn Baker explores the activities of the Geelong Ladies Reading Circle between 1907 and 1927, a time when education fell outside the reach of most women. Historical Member: Dr Mary De Garis Born: 16 December 1881 Death: 18 November 1963 … Continue reading →

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Black, Green, and Gold: An African Protest Story

by Managing Editor Posted on December 8, 2022

Many organisations inside the South African protest movement against apartheid implemented colour as a way to represent and reflect their goals. These colours remain central to the future of South Africa today. In various protest movements around the world, single … Continue reading →

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The Australian Census and Changing Family Forms

by Managing Editor Posted on November 30, 2022

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 →

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Gender and the 2022 Australian federal election

by Managing Editor Posted on September 21, 2022

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 →

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Our Quest for Goldstein

by Managing Editor Posted on September 6, 2022

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 →

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Vida Goldstein’s 1903 election campaign: Exposing the influence of the press on Australian politics

by Managing Editor Posted on August 25, 2022

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 →

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From South to North: Green as Transnational Solidarity

by Managing Editor Posted on August 9, 2022

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 →

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Gender, Emotions, and the Colours of Protest

by Managing Editor Posted on August 8, 2022

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 →

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