Charmaine Robson
@charmr.bsky.social
Historian of Australian missions and colonisation, nursing and health history. Hon lecturer, UNSW. Writing a biography of a woman activist/musician/author.
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📣 Are you a First Nations individual studying, researching or working in a history-related field?
Our First Nations Officer Jadzia Stronell is inviting First Nations history students to be spotlighted across our social media platforms!
Check out more information via buff.ly/r5vKXHN
Our First Nations Officer Jadzia Stronell is inviting First Nations history students to be spotlighted across our social media platforms!
Check out more information via buff.ly/r5vKXHN
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
📣 Are you a First Nations individual studying, researching or working in a history-related field?
Our First Nations Officer Jadzia Stronell is inviting First Nations history students to be spotlighted across our social media platforms!
Check out more information via buff.ly/r5vKXHN
Our First Nations Officer Jadzia Stronell is inviting First Nations history students to be spotlighted across our social media platforms!
Check out more information via buff.ly/r5vKXHN
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#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
September 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
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Richard Waterhouse reviews, ‘We Are a Farming Class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870–1950, by Peter Woodley
@anupress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@anupress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Richard Waterhouse reviews, ‘We Are a Farming Class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870–1950, by Peter Woodley
@anupress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@anupress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Today marks 50 years of Papua New Guinean independence!
In honour of the occasion, Brad Underhill, Keimelo Gimapau, and Helen Gardner published Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975.
On APH, Nick Ferns reviews the new collection!
aph.org.au/2025/09/book...
#PNG
In honour of the occasion, Brad Underhill, Keimelo Gimapau, and Helen Gardner published Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975.
On APH, Nick Ferns reviews the new collection!
aph.org.au/2025/09/book...
#PNG
September 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Today marks 50 years of Papua New Guinean independence!
In honour of the occasion, Brad Underhill, Keimelo Gimapau, and Helen Gardner published Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975.
On APH, Nick Ferns reviews the new collection!
aph.org.au/2025/09/book...
#PNG
In honour of the occasion, Brad Underhill, Keimelo Gimapau, and Helen Gardner published Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975.
On APH, Nick Ferns reviews the new collection!
aph.org.au/2025/09/book...
#PNG
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ABC Radio National's #Top100Books of the 21st century (so far). Voting closes in 18 days. 📚 #books #BookSky www.abc.net.au/listen/radio...
September 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
ABC Radio National's #Top100Books of the 21st century (so far). Voting closes in 18 days. 📚 #books #BookSky www.abc.net.au/listen/radio...
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People in Melbourne, get along to the rally at 9am tomorrow (Thursday 11 September) on the footpath outside Melbourne University Press (715 Swanston Street, Carlton) to demand that Meanjin be saved. (I'll be there in spirit)
September 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
People in Melbourne, get along to the rally at 9am tomorrow (Thursday 11 September) on the footpath outside Melbourne University Press (715 Swanston Street, Carlton) to demand that Meanjin be saved. (I'll be there in spirit)
Hi there! Welcome! Do follow Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine! @anzshm.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hi there! Welcome! Do follow Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine! @anzshm.bsky.social
Great opportunity! @anzshm.bsky.social
📣5 five-year postdoc positions at University of Edinburgh
check out 🧵below for more details about each post 👇
#histmed
check out 🧵below for more details about each post 👇
#histmed
Five fabulous five-year postdoc positions at University of Edinburgh, as part of the wonderful Medicine Without Doctors project (www.medicinewithoutdoctors.org)
August 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Great opportunity! @anzshm.bsky.social
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Two Sydney Uni staff members are being sued in Australia's Federal Court by complainants who claim that statements opposing genocide and Zionist oppression of Palestinians are racist hate speech. Please give what you can to help @nickriemer.bsky.social & @professorjkeane.bsky.social's legal defence
Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack!
Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane are academics at the University of Sydney and long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians. Since October 7, in articles, on social media and at ...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Two Sydney Uni staff members are being sued in Australia's Federal Court by complainants who claim that statements opposing genocide and Zionist oppression of Palestinians are racist hate speech. Please give what you can to help @nickriemer.bsky.social & @professorjkeane.bsky.social's legal defence
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📜 Witness History tonight with #hcnswmember Parliament of NSW
Celebrate the centenary of Millicent Preston-Stanley’s 1925 election — the first female MP
Register for the livestream taking place tonight at 5:30pm via buff.ly/MehlAx4
#NSWParliament #MillicentPrestonStanley #WomenInPolitics
Celebrate the centenary of Millicent Preston-Stanley’s 1925 election — the first female MP
Register for the livestream taking place tonight at 5:30pm via buff.ly/MehlAx4
#NSWParliament #MillicentPrestonStanley #WomenInPolitics
August 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
📜 Witness History tonight with #hcnswmember Parliament of NSW
Celebrate the centenary of Millicent Preston-Stanley’s 1925 election — the first female MP
Register for the livestream taking place tonight at 5:30pm via buff.ly/MehlAx4
#NSWParliament #MillicentPrestonStanley #WomenInPolitics
Celebrate the centenary of Millicent Preston-Stanley’s 1925 election — the first female MP
Register for the livestream taking place tonight at 5:30pm via buff.ly/MehlAx4
#NSWParliament #MillicentPrestonStanley #WomenInPolitics
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I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Pacific powers: Imperial competition and cooperation in Micronesia
www.acu.edu.au
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
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Trove has now digitised the Richmond Guardian from 1931-1936. If you're looking for local footy legends, vintage ads or just want a glimpse of what life was like for the residents of Richmond Victoria during the Depression, check it out!
#trove
#phavictas
#trove
#phavictas
July 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trove has now digitised the Richmond Guardian from 1931-1936. If you're looking for local footy legends, vintage ads or just want a glimpse of what life was like for the residents of Richmond Victoria during the Depression, check it out!
#trove
#phavictas
#trove
#phavictas
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Please share and join the
MARCH FOR HUMANITY
SAVE GAZA
March across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sunday 3 August 2025
Meeting at Lang Park 1pm
Called for by the
Palestine Action Group Sydney
#MarchForHumanity
#SaveGaza #FreePalestine
MARCH FOR HUMANITY
SAVE GAZA
March across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sunday 3 August 2025
Meeting at Lang Park 1pm
Called for by the
Palestine Action Group Sydney
#MarchForHumanity
#SaveGaza #FreePalestine
July 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Please share and join the
MARCH FOR HUMANITY
SAVE GAZA
March across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sunday 3 August 2025
Meeting at Lang Park 1pm
Called for by the
Palestine Action Group Sydney
#MarchForHumanity
#SaveGaza #FreePalestine
MARCH FOR HUMANITY
SAVE GAZA
March across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sunday 3 August 2025
Meeting at Lang Park 1pm
Called for by the
Palestine Action Group Sydney
#MarchForHumanity
#SaveGaza #FreePalestine
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It baffles me that @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to hang this failed, unfair policy around its neck, when they could condemn it as a folly of the unpopular Morrison government and ditch it. Sign our petition to urge them to abolish it now!
www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition
We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...
www.openpetition.org
July 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It baffles me that @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to hang this failed, unfair policy around its neck, when they could condemn it as a folly of the unpopular Morrison government and ditch it. Sign our petition to urge them to abolish it now!
www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
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This week is Birth Trauma Awareness week in Australia 📢
I wrote a blog exploring the hidden histories of birth trauma and obstetric violence ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
#birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #obstetricviolence
I wrote a blog exploring the hidden histories of birth trauma and obstetric violence ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
#birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #obstetricviolence
Histories of Birth Trauma and Obstetric Violence | Australian Women's History Network
In this blog, Managing Editor Paige Donaghy explores the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence in Britain and Australia for “Birth Trauma Awareness Week” 2025.
www.auswhn.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This week is Birth Trauma Awareness week in Australia 📢
I wrote a blog exploring the hidden histories of birth trauma and obstetric violence ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
#birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #obstetricviolence
I wrote a blog exploring the hidden histories of birth trauma and obstetric violence ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
#birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #obstetricviolence
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Me on: History shows Coalition split a trial separation, not a divorce www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/21/c...
History shows Coalition split a trial separation, not a divorce
The Coalition alliance between the Liberals and Nationals has hardly been without conflict, with the two parties having split and come back together many times.
www.crikey.com.au
May 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Me on: History shows Coalition split a trial separation, not a divorce www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/21/c...
A must-read for all historians. Time to take a public stand up against Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.
What is the role of historians in genocidal times? 'To respond to the call that is being screamed from Gaza and from Palestine for just action and truth-telling'. From Zora Simic, Jordy Silverstein and Ben Silverstein www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times
Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A must-read for all historians. Time to take a public stand up against Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.
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OMG, a JOB! La Trobe University is looking for a Level B or C in Gender, Sexuality, and Diversity Studies: check out the details here! careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
May 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
OMG, a JOB! La Trobe University is looking for a Level B or C in Gender, Sexuality, and Diversity Studies: check out the details here! careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
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On Thursday @ 12.30pm I'm joining the Australian Society of Archivists online to discuss 'Authors and Archives'. Sign up if you'd like to hear me on Miles Franklin's interwar archival activism, and Ben Lee and Andrew Dean on JM Coetzee's 1960s foray into AI www.archivists.org.au/events/event...
Authors and Archives: Miles Franklin's Activism and J. M. Coetzee's AI
www.archivists.org.au
May 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
On Thursday @ 12.30pm I'm joining the Australian Society of Archivists online to discuss 'Authors and Archives'. Sign up if you'd like to hear me on Miles Franklin's interwar archival activism, and Ben Lee and Andrew Dean on JM Coetzee's 1960s foray into AI www.archivists.org.au/events/event...
Registrations are open for the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine 19th Biennial Conference in Sydney this July. Details with provisional program available here. www.anzshm2025.com @anzshm.bsky.social
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May 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Registrations are open for the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine 19th Biennial Conference in Sydney this July. Details with provisional program available here. www.anzshm2025.com @anzshm.bsky.social
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Come along to the next Introductory seminar to oral history with #hcnswmember Oral History NSW!
Dr Eureka Henrich will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research method and outline how to plan oral history projects on Saturday 17 May at 10:30
Register via the link below
Dr Eureka Henrich will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research method and outline how to plan oral history projects on Saturday 17 May at 10:30
Register via the link below
EVENTS — ORAL HISTORY NSW
Educating and informing the Oral History community in NSW and ACT.
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May 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Come along to the next Introductory seminar to oral history with #hcnswmember Oral History NSW!
Dr Eureka Henrich will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research method and outline how to plan oral history projects on Saturday 17 May at 10:30
Register via the link below
Dr Eureka Henrich will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research method and outline how to plan oral history projects on Saturday 17 May at 10:30
Register via the link below
Can recommend!
A recording of our event 'Close to to Home: Colonial Violence and Family Histories' is now available on our podcast channel
Hear John Maynard, Mark Dunn, Stephen Gapps, and Kate Grenville speak with Julie McIntyre
Listen via our podcast channel buff.ly/chCdj5S
Hear John Maynard, Mark Dunn, Stephen Gapps, and Kate Grenville speak with Julie McIntyre
Listen via our podcast channel buff.ly/chCdj5S
May 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Can recommend!
This will definitely be worth listening to!
A recording of our event 'Close to to Home: Colonial Violence and Family Histories' is now available on our podcast channel
Hear John Maynard, Mark Dunn, Stephen Gapps, and Kate Grenville speak with Julie McIntyre
Listen via our podcast channel buff.ly/chCdj5S
Hear John Maynard, Mark Dunn, Stephen Gapps, and Kate Grenville speak with Julie McIntyre
Listen via our podcast channel buff.ly/chCdj5S
May 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This will definitely be worth listening to!
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Oral historians: Voices and photographs capturing early-mid 20thc student life at Melbourne Uni will appear today MPavilion Parkville. Only up for 3 days, 6-8 May, 11-3. On Thurs I’ll be there from 11-2 to chat about the project. @unilibrary.bsky.social @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Oral historians: Voices and photographs capturing early-mid 20thc student life at Melbourne Uni will appear today MPavilion Parkville. Only up for 3 days, 6-8 May, 11-3. On Thurs I’ll be there from 11-2 to chat about the project. @unilibrary.bsky.social @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social