Deborah Lee-Talbot
@colourfulhistories.bsky.social
Historian. Currently researching the history of Pacific Island archives and use, alongside gen-AI and Ethics. Easily distracted by women's history and local politics.
www.colourfulhistories.com.au
www.colourfulhistories.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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"Wurundjeri people have fought for decades for recognition and respect and have been at the forefront of protecting culture and country in Melbourne and surrounds," Elder Perry Wandin said.
"We want the waterways, the land to be looked after."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"Wurundjeri people have fought for decades for recognition and respect and have been at the forefront of protecting culture and country in Melbourne and surrounds," Elder Perry Wandin said.
"We want the waterways, the land to be looked after."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Victoria's Wurundjeri people file native title claim for Melbourne
The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people in Victoria have filed a native title claim with the Federal Court, seeking recognition over country that spans much of Melbourne.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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"Wurundjeri people have fought for decades for recognition and respect and have been at the forefront of protecting culture and country in Melbourne and surrounds," Elder Perry Wandin said.
"We want the waterways, the land to be looked after."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"Wurundjeri people have fought for decades for recognition and respect and have been at the forefront of protecting culture and country in Melbourne and surrounds," Elder Perry Wandin said.
"We want the waterways, the land to be looked after."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's the last long day of transcription for a while (2026, I'm lookin' at you) and I'll be streaming historycouncilnsw.org.au/podcasts/ to get through it 🤓
Any recommendations for history podcasts, especially with Australian and Pacific focus? Please drop a link below
#podcast #history #research
Any recommendations for history podcasts, especially with Australian and Pacific focus? Please drop a link below
#podcast #history #research
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It's the last long day of transcription for a while (2026, I'm lookin' at you) and I'll be streaming historycouncilnsw.org.au/podcasts/ to get through it 🤓
Any recommendations for history podcasts, especially with Australian and Pacific focus? Please drop a link below
#podcast #history #research
Any recommendations for history podcasts, especially with Australian and Pacific focus? Please drop a link below
#podcast #history #research
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Unimelb's School of Government, Archives and Special Collections, and Trinity College are delighted to invite you to a Symposium being held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Fraser Government.
12-13 December 2025
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/whats-happen...
#vichistoryevents
#phavictas
#UNIMELB
12-13 December 2025
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/whats-happen...
#vichistoryevents
#phavictas
#UNIMELB
True Liberal? The Record and Legacy of the Fraser Government, 1975-1983
True Liberal? The Record and Legacy of the Fraser Government, 1975-1983
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Unimelb's School of Government, Archives and Special Collections, and Trinity College are delighted to invite you to a Symposium being held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Fraser Government.
12-13 December 2025
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/whats-happen...
#vichistoryevents
#phavictas
#UNIMELB
12-13 December 2025
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/whats-happen...
#vichistoryevents
#phavictas
#UNIMELB
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NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED!
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED!
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
If we're logging wishes for the AI bubble burst; I'd like AI removed from my search engine, work accounts, & social media.
AI by corporations is largely snakeoil, but let's maintain the capacity for libraries & archives to process large amounts of data, to improve access & discovery.
#AI #academia
AI by corporations is largely snakeoil, but let's maintain the capacity for libraries & archives to process large amounts of data, to improve access & discovery.
#AI #academia
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Excellent to see pluralistic languages and welcome to country being shown and explained on Disney's Shipwreck Hunters tv show.
Absolutely confounding to see local Indigenous language not translated in subtitles and listed generically as "foreign language".
100% sure they're not the foreigners.
Absolutely confounding to see local Indigenous language not translated in subtitles and listed generically as "foreign language".
100% sure they're not the foreigners.
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Excellent to see pluralistic languages and welcome to country being shown and explained on Disney's Shipwreck Hunters tv show.
Absolutely confounding to see local Indigenous language not translated in subtitles and listed generically as "foreign language".
100% sure they're not the foreigners.
Absolutely confounding to see local Indigenous language not translated in subtitles and listed generically as "foreign language".
100% sure they're not the foreigners.
With that, we have formed the new "chronically online precarious historians" bundle option 💜💪
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Another weekend, another journal article out there
I refuse to think of what will happen if these pieces are returned at once. Absolutely going for the "don't care, it's outta my hair" approach.
#submitdontquit #history #academic #pacific
I refuse to think of what will happen if these pieces are returned at once. Absolutely going for the "don't care, it's outta my hair" approach.
#submitdontquit #history #academic #pacific
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Another weekend, another journal article out there
I refuse to think of what will happen if these pieces are returned at once. Absolutely going for the "don't care, it's outta my hair" approach.
#submitdontquit #history #academic #pacific
I refuse to think of what will happen if these pieces are returned at once. Absolutely going for the "don't care, it's outta my hair" approach.
#submitdontquit #history #academic #pacific
Heads up research nerds; JSTOR is running a survey that includes questions about AI use in research and your perspective about the JSTOR database.
Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research
#academic #history #JSTOR #AI
Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research
#academic #history #JSTOR #AI
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I know Melbourne is ideal for the angsty, writer will push against the wind wearing a long, black, coat (if you're not thinking Nick Cave, what is wrong with you?), rain on the window while I create, crew, but that's enough.
No more one (wet) season.
No more one (wet) season.
a penguin holding an umbrella in the rain with the word pengu in the corner
ALT: a penguin holding an umbrella in the rain with the word pengu in the corner
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I know Melbourne is ideal for the angsty, writer will push against the wind wearing a long, black, coat (if you're not thinking Nick Cave, what is wrong with you?), rain on the window while I create, crew, but that's enough.
No more one (wet) season.
No more one (wet) season.
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Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
Queer As...
Exploring Queer Indigenous Creativity
queer-as.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
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More than 200 maps from State Library of Victoria have been georeferenced in the past week! You can chart progress using this dashboard which is updated every 2 hours: https://wragge.github.io/slv-allmaps/dashboard.html
allmaps_dashboard
wragge.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
More than 200 maps from State Library of Victoria have been georeferenced in the past week! You can chart progress using this dashboard which is updated every 2 hours: https://wragge.github.io/slv-allmaps/dashboard.html
🔔 It must be conference season! 🔔
Thanks Australia ICOMOS for the invitation to speak on the panel, "Artificial Heritage? AI and the heritage industry".
Chaired by James Lesh, I'll be in conversation with heritage experts, Meher Bahl, Janita Norman, & Kim Roberts.
#conference #heritage #history
Thanks Australia ICOMOS for the invitation to speak on the panel, "Artificial Heritage? AI and the heritage industry".
Chaired by James Lesh, I'll be in conversation with heritage experts, Meher Bahl, Janita Norman, & Kim Roberts.
#conference #heritage #history
Home - A-ICOMOS 2025 - Various
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November 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
🔔 It must be conference season! 🔔
Thanks Australia ICOMOS for the invitation to speak on the panel, "Artificial Heritage? AI and the heritage industry".
Chaired by James Lesh, I'll be in conversation with heritage experts, Meher Bahl, Janita Norman, & Kim Roberts.
#conference #heritage #history
Thanks Australia ICOMOS for the invitation to speak on the panel, "Artificial Heritage? AI and the heritage industry".
Chaired by James Lesh, I'll be in conversation with heritage experts, Meher Bahl, Janita Norman, & Kim Roberts.
#conference #heritage #history
Super excited to present research next week with Francesca Bussey & Petra Brown at Deakin University Teaching and Learning conference, 13 Nov (abstract attached).
This past year, with Catherine Legg, we've conducted research regarding the role AI can play, if any, in assessments.
DM for details
This past year, with Catherine Legg, we've conducted research regarding the role AI can play, if any, in assessments.
DM for details
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Super excited to present research next week with Francesca Bussey & Petra Brown at Deakin University Teaching and Learning conference, 13 Nov (abstract attached).
This past year, with Catherine Legg, we've conducted research regarding the role AI can play, if any, in assessments.
DM for details
This past year, with Catherine Legg, we've conducted research regarding the role AI can play, if any, in assessments.
DM for details
When the calendar starts having those tempting summertime gaps in it, I know it's time to hit the art supply store.
I'm not as good an artist as my Gran, or even Grandad, but there's something about remembering Gran's lessons, and learning my own, that still makes it meaningful.
I'm not as good an artist as my Gran, or even Grandad, but there's something about remembering Gran's lessons, and learning my own, that still makes it meaningful.
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
When the calendar starts having those tempting summertime gaps in it, I know it's time to hit the art supply store.
I'm not as good an artist as my Gran, or even Grandad, but there's something about remembering Gran's lessons, and learning my own, that still makes it meaningful.
I'm not as good an artist as my Gran, or even Grandad, but there's something about remembering Gran's lessons, and learning my own, that still makes it meaningful.
What if AI was intertwined with a social outlook that placed intrinsic human value above capitalist outcomes? What would the future hold then?
www.vwt.org.au/feminism-art...
www.vwt.org.au/feminism-art...
Feminism, artificial intelligence and our collective future - Victorian Women's Trust
Tech entrepreneurs at the forefront of AI innovation, utilise data and systems riddled with bias, leading to (unsurprising) adverse social and ecological outcomes. But what if AI was interwoven with f...
www.vwt.org.au
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What if AI was intertwined with a social outlook that placed intrinsic human value above capitalist outcomes? What would the future hold then?
www.vwt.org.au/feminism-art...
www.vwt.org.au/feminism-art...
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☀️Join us on November 27 for a topical panel discussion in our last Making Public Histories webinar of 2025!
Our three expert environmental historians will present 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia'.
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb
Our three expert environmental historians will present 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia'.
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
☀️Join us on November 27 for a topical panel discussion in our last Making Public Histories webinar of 2025!
Our three expert environmental historians will present 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia'.
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb
Our three expert environmental historians will present 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia'.
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb
Ah, it's that time of year where the CV gets a flurry of additions and I think, hey, amongst all the deadlines, workshops, seminars, lectures and drafting, redrafting and asskicking (mine), I had a good time.
#history #academia #willworkforbooks
#history #academia #willworkforbooks
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ah, it's that time of year where the CV gets a flurry of additions and I think, hey, amongst all the deadlines, workshops, seminars, lectures and drafting, redrafting and asskicking (mine), I had a good time.
#history #academia #willworkforbooks
#history #academia #willworkforbooks
Looking forward to reading this one:
"The Australian Wars" (2025) The history of over 150 years of battles, massacres and guerilla warfare as Indigenous nations resisted colonial invasion and occupation of their lands. Editors: Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray & Henry Reynolds. HB 4Nov2025. 416p. #Australia #history #BookSky
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking forward to reading this one:
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Thrilled to see this introduction by me and Charlotte Ann Legg to our special issue on "Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain & the Pacific" is now out and in open access. The rest of our special issue – with a fantastic array of articles – will be out soon! @journalpacifichist.bsky.social
Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain, and the Pacific
This special issue explores the connected histories of France, Britain, and the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the level of states, colonial administrations, people, practices, and...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thrilled to see this introduction by me and Charlotte Ann Legg to our special issue on "Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain & the Pacific" is now out and in open access. The rest of our special issue – with a fantastic array of articles – will be out soon! @journalpacifichist.bsky.social
Thank you to History Australia editor, Yves Rees, & @austhistassoc.bsky.social for the forum to share my new article about historians and GenAI. So interesting to see where a little curiosity and some generous librarians can take research
#history #archives #library #avatar #AI #academic
#history #archives #library #avatar #AI #academic
Historians and generative AI: challenges and opportunities in digital historical practice
Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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🚨 On 6 Nov, join our seminar “A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby” to unpack how NCD customary land has been alienated through legal avenues since 1975.
Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh
#PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy
@anubellschool.bsky.social
Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh
#PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy
@anubellschool.bsky.social
A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby
Get tickets on Humanitix - A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Room F and Online. Thursday 6th November 2025. Fin...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🚨 On 6 Nov, join our seminar “A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby” to unpack how NCD customary land has been alienated through legal avenues since 1975.
Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh
#PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy
@anubellschool.bsky.social
Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh
#PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy
@anubellschool.bsky.social
Farming people a question about livestock; I understand recording cattle death is normal in a station diary but what's the death rate of stock?
I honestly can't tell if the diary I am reading is from an unsuccessful farmer (dead stock almost every day) or this is what it was like in the late 1800s
I honestly can't tell if the diary I am reading is from an unsuccessful farmer (dead stock almost every day) or this is what it was like in the late 1800s
a woman says quick q while holding a glass of water
ALT: a woman says quick q while holding a glass of water
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Farming people a question about livestock; I understand recording cattle death is normal in a station diary but what's the death rate of stock?
I honestly can't tell if the diary I am reading is from an unsuccessful farmer (dead stock almost every day) or this is what it was like in the late 1800s
I honestly can't tell if the diary I am reading is from an unsuccessful farmer (dead stock almost every day) or this is what it was like in the late 1800s