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Living on Djabugay Country, far north Queensland.
-> PhD candidate (Environmental History) @JCU, Yirriganydji Country, Cairns, Australia.
-> Researching the history of botanical illustration...and more.
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Ja9 🏳️‍🌈 @ja9evans.bsky.social · 14d
My article has been published online!!!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Botanical women artists in northern Queensland: science, art, and entanglement, 1880–1999
This article explicates the contributions of two women botanical artists, Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) and Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999) to botanical science in northern Queensland. Despite the...
www.tandfonline.com
ja9evans.bsky.social
The LNP should just come out and say ‘we can’t back net zero because Gina, the IPA, Advance, and the Minerals Council won’t let us’. #LNP could not give a crap about what voters want or what’s best for the environment.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Cicada nymph:
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a world with democracy in decline, we have much to learn from those who rallied against Whitlam’s dismissal | Frank Bongiorno and James Watson
In 1975, few Australians believed the dismissal of a democratically elected government was business as usual
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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"Living in poverty while at uni, that's not the way it should be for a society that's about mobility and opportunity."

Professor George Williams discussed his new Vantage Point essay 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future' on RN Breakfast!

#auspol
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
ja9evans.bsky.social
My first peer-reviewed article. 🥳🍾🎉🥂🪅:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #History @jcucase.bsky.social @jcuofficial.bsky.social
Botanical women artists in northern Queensland: science, art, and entanglement, 1880–1999
This article explicates the contributions of two women botanical artists, Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) and Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999) to botanical science in northern Queensland. Despite the...
www.tandfonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
ja9evans.bsky.social
My article has been published online!!!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Botanical women artists in northern Queensland: science, art, and entanglement, 1880–1999
This article explicates the contributions of two women botanical artists, Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) and Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999) to botanical science in northern Queensland. Despite the...
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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timeshighered.bsky.social
Building better collaborations in arts and humanities PhD research – insights from Alastair Owens’ work with museums and doctoral students: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/bette... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #EduSky #ECRchat
Better together? The secret to successful collaborative arts and humanities PhD research
Insights into managing collaborative relationships in arts and humanities PhD research, based on Alastair Owens’ extensive experience with museums and doctoral students
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ja9evans.bsky.social
Awesome team:
www.cricket.com.au/news/4387603...?
Australia stay unbeaten with statement World Cup win over England | cricket.com.au
England had their moments in Indore but ultimately it was Australia who cruised to an emphatic win a...
www.cricket.com.au
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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What a lucky county.
pupfiction.bsky.social Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 22d
Shocked that Australia is once again relying on digging stuff out of the ground to make other people rich to supposedly secure our future
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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hilaryrosed.bsky.social Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 23d
Beautiful photos showing the microscopic details of #seeds at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Actual seeds mounted in acrylic next to the photos is a particularly nice touch.

Exhibit is on in #Canberra until 16 Nov. Free.

visit.anbg.gov.au/things-do/wh...

#SeedEcology #SciComm #WildOz
Two mounted photos of magnified seeds hanging on a brick wall. Close up of a mounted photo of magnified seeds with a name plate next to it that says 'Trachymene composita seeds'. On the plate is an acrylic block with eight seeds embedded in it.
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
ja9evans.bsky.social
Professor Langton:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tony Abbott’s argument about Australian democracy is Trumpian in intent and based on half-truths | Marcia Langton
Former PM’s new book reads like a style manual for March for Australia types, weaving together evidence and myth, history and ideology
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Do you know there’s a crocodile in the pool?
You hum it, I’ll play it….

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Crocodile discovered in luxury Queensland resort pool sparks new warnings
Reptile was removed after guests filmed it lying at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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mnorth.bsky.social
The Australian Parrot Flower https://www.wikiart.org/en/marianne-north/the-australian-parrot-flower-1880
The Australian Parrot Flower
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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samillingworth.com
🌸 The orchid that blooms underground

Australia’s rare Rhizanthella orchid lives, feeds, and flowers entirely underground, relying on a fungus and bush roots to survive, now near extinction.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

#Botany #SciComm 🧪
Plantwatch: An extraordinary orchid that lives and flowers underground
Botanist trying to conserve highly vulnerable rhizanthella that survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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jimaxon66.bsky.social
An Australian tragedy,

an unemployable man,
goin' thru the bins🥺😪
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Climate vandals: Qld government
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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frankbongiorno.bsky.social
Past/Present is an Australian Historical Association initiative, in partnership with the Guardian, looking at current events in historical context. Here's an excellent piece by Roland Burke on early international efforts to deal with misinformation/disinformation.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke
The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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dorkymum.bsky.social
I am 12 years in to life in Australia, and am hoping for another 40+ but even if I do hit the five decade mark I’m still not gonna be able to pronounce Cairns properly. I swear it’s a vowel sound I just don’t have.
October 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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ideasroadshow.bsky.social
"Science is actually an inspirational, incontrovertibly human enterprise requiring enormous amounts of creativity, lateral thinking and intuition."

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Academicsky #SciComm 🧪 #edusky #science

ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-false-...
The False Divide - Part 1
The successful artist as problem solver
ideasroadshow.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social
We are donating 100% of our profits from all copies sold of our award winning bestseller cookbook till Boxing Day (Dec 26) to help Palestinian refugees families in Australia. Available at all good bookstores everywhere & on - line. Order it here: tinyurl.com/2fnc472r
September 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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The Daily Mirror nailed it: “World’s most powerful man-baby.”
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I guess we should thank Donald Trump for making the relationship between fossil fuels and fascism explicit.
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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merryrobin.bsky.social
Marcelle Gauvreau (1907-1968) was a Canadian botanist who took a special interest in natural history education for children. She founded a school to encourage young naturalists and published in both scientific journals and the popular press.
🌿 #WomenInSTEM
A black and white photo outside, showing a young woman kneeling in front of some bushes and wild flowers, picking up some of them. She looks at the camera with a discrete smile. It's sunny.
September 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
ja9evans.bsky.social
Congratulations Elizabeth 👏
jcucase.bsky.social jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · Sep 4
Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Smyth, a writer and researcher at JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing in Cairns.
She is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers.
USA Fellowship to help understand rainforest stories
A James Cook University researcher is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers up to 125 years ago.
tinyurl.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM