Margaret Cook
@mcookhistory.bsky.social
Historian of environment, climate-related disasters & waterways. Author of ‘A River with a City Problem’ & ‘Cities in a Sunburnt Country’.
Great to share our Murray Darling Basin oral history project with colleagues @Professional Historians Association conference. If you are curious, type ‘Voices from the Basin’ into a search engine
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Great to share our Murray Darling Basin oral history project with colleagues @Professional Historians Association conference. If you are curious, type ‘Voices from the Basin’ into a search engine
This was such a well organised & friendly conference. I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to think about the practice of history. Whose story are we telling? Why & how or could/should this be done.
PHA (Vic & Tas) extends our thanks to our friends at PHA (NT), Professional Historians Australia and the good people of Larrakia country for a fantastic PHA conference in Darwin over the weekend. See you all in Victoria in 2027!
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This was such a well organised & friendly conference. I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to think about the practice of history. Whose story are we telling? Why & how or could/should this be done.
Writers (including historians) spend years writing. Our work is not produced to train AI without our knowledge or recompense. It is our work & Intellectual Propery. I commend this action:
Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI
Attorney general Michelle Rowland shuts down contentious proposal to grant copyright exemption for AI models
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Writers (including historians) spend years writing. Our work is not produced to train AI without our knowledge or recompense. It is our work & Intellectual Propery. I commend this action:
Hi @ncushing12.bsky.social, I’m wondering if you have any tips?
Asking for a colleague, is there literature out there on using police interview transcripts as a historical source, particularly from a methodological perspective?
#historians #histcrim 🗃️
#historians #histcrim 🗃️
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hi @ncushing12.bsky.social, I’m wondering if you have any tips?
Please refuse this application Ipswich City Council. The developer acknowledges that 100s of people will be at risk of flooding.
Hundreds of units proposed on land that faces 'extreme potential flood levels'
A major developer wants to build 500 apartments on the banks of a river to Brisbane's south, but some concerned residents say the flooding risk is too high.
www.abc.net.au
October 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Please refuse this application Ipswich City Council. The developer acknowledges that 100s of people will be at risk of flooding.
This World Rivers Day, the #InternationalRiverFoundation invited Simon Cleary (author of Everything Is Water) and me (author of A River with a City Problem) to help celebrate river, the lifeblood of our planet.
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
World Rivers Day 2025 - International River Foundation
Reflections from authors Simon Cleary and Dr Margaret Cook on Maiwar, the Brisbane River. Celebrating the river through storytelling.
www.riverfoundation.org.au
September 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This World Rivers Day, the #InternationalRiverFoundation invited Simon Cleary (author of Everything Is Water) and me (author of A River with a City Problem) to help celebrate river, the lifeblood of our planet.
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
I really enjoyed presenting with Simon Cleary recently at the #InternationalRiversSymposium
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I really enjoyed presenting with Simon Cleary recently at the #InternationalRiversSymposium
I really enjoyed presenting with Simon Cleary recently at the #InternationalRiversSymposium
September 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I really enjoyed presenting with Simon Cleary recently at the #InternationalRiversSymposium
At Qld State Library with Alessandro Antonello & thinking of you @ncushing12.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
At Qld State Library with Alessandro Antonello & thinking of you @ncushing12.bsky.social
Thanks @rubyekkel.bsky.social for the opportunity to showcase the work Kerrie Saunders & I did for #MurrayDarlingBasinAuthority through #AustralianRiversinstitute
NEW at #VIDAblog!
Kerrie Saunders and @mcookhistory.bsky.social explore Kamilaroi women’s knowledge of nature, country, and history.
The "Environment and Gender" series is guest edited by @rubyekkel.bsky.social.
Read it here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/listeni...
Kerrie Saunders and @mcookhistory.bsky.social explore Kamilaroi women’s knowledge of nature, country, and history.
The "Environment and Gender" series is guest edited by @rubyekkel.bsky.social.
Read it here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/listeni...
Listening to Kamilaroi Women | Australian Women's History Network
Kerrie Saunders and Margaret Cook explore Kamilaroi women's knowledge of nature, country and history.
www.auswhn.com.au
September 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thanks @rubyekkel.bsky.social for the opportunity to showcase the work Kerrie Saunders & I did for #MurrayDarlingBasinAuthority through #AustralianRiversinstitute
Thanks to Prof. Karen Nelson, Vice Chancellor of University of Southern Qld, for advocating for the Humanities.
Read the full article: lnkd.in/gVtTGFeg.
Read the full article: lnkd.in/gVtTGFeg.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Thanks to Prof. Karen Nelson, Vice Chancellor of University of Southern Qld, for advocating for the Humanities.
Read the full article: lnkd.in/gVtTGFeg.
Read the full article: lnkd.in/gVtTGFeg.
Please place a vote for your favourite book in the People’s Choice Awards. My vote goes to ‘Everything is Water’.
www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...
www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Please place a vote for your favourite book in the People’s Choice Awards. My vote goes to ‘Everything is Water’.
www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...
www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...
Please consider signing to achieve affordable Arts degrees.
We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! 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…
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August 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Please consider signing to achieve affordable Arts degrees.
Reposted by Margaret Cook
"The River Test in Hampshire has become the second waterway in the UK to be recognised as a legal entity, following a unanimous vote by Test Valley Borough Council to grant it “personhood”."
www.scottishlegal.com/articles/eng...
www.scottishlegal.com/articles/eng...
England: River Test granted legal personhood in protection bid
River Test The River Test in Hampshire has become the second waterway in the UK to be recognised as a legal entity, following a unanimous vote by Test Valley Borough Council to grant it “personh...
www.scottishlegal.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The River Test in Hampshire has become the second waterway in the UK to be recognised as a legal entity, following a unanimous vote by Test Valley Borough Council to grant it “personhood”."
www.scottishlegal.com/articles/eng...
www.scottishlegal.com/articles/eng...
A great opportunity to delve into SLQ collections.
Apply for the 2026 Queensland Memory Awards
Apply for a fellowship Have you ever wanted to explore historic material in State Library's collections and uncover new aspects of Queensland's history? As a research fellow, you’ll have a…
www.slq.qld.gov.au
July 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A great opportunity to delve into SLQ collections.
I am still stunned at being awarded an Industry Fellowship to work with communities, QRA & NHRA on disaster resilience. Thanks @ARC, @GriffithUniversity, friends & family for support. Sympathy to all the wonderful scholars who missed out (I know that pain!)
www.arc.gov.au
July 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I am still stunned at being awarded an Industry Fellowship to work with communities, QRA & NHRA on disaster resilience. Thanks @ARC, @GriffithUniversity, friends & family for support. Sympathy to all the wonderful scholars who missed out (I know that pain!)
Looking forward to sharing my research with Kamilaroi women on water & grasses @AHA2025
June 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Looking forward to sharing my research with Kamilaroi women on water & grasses @AHA2025
Fabulous day flying over Kati Thanda/Lake Eyre, Diamantina River & desert in flood
May 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Fabulous day flying over Kati Thanda/Lake Eyre, Diamantina River & desert in flood
Last night I was part of an art exhibition launch - “Flood Lines” - at the Ipswich Art Gallery.
This video tells you about the project & collaboration between an artist (Kylie Stevens) & historian (me)
vimeo.com/1075538131
This video tells you about the project & collaboration between an artist (Kylie Stevens) & historian (me)
vimeo.com/1075538131
April 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Last night I was part of an art exhibition launch - “Flood Lines” - at the Ipswich Art Gallery.
This video tells you about the project & collaboration between an artist (Kylie Stevens) & historian (me)
vimeo.com/1075538131
This video tells you about the project & collaboration between an artist (Kylie Stevens) & historian (me)
vimeo.com/1075538131
Excited to have launched Flood Lines tonight with Simon Cleary & Kylie Stevens. Here’s a video if you want to know more. www.instagram.com/reel/DIuK4PQ...
April 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excited to have launched Flood Lines tonight with Simon Cleary & Kylie Stevens. Here’s a video if you want to know more. www.instagram.com/reel/DIuK4PQ...
The damage & stock loss in these floods is staggering
Graziers speak of flood devastation in outback Queensland - ABC News
amp.abc.net.au
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The damage & stock loss in these floods is staggering
Looking forward to seeing Kylie Stevens’ paintings @Ipswich Art Gallery.
March 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Looking forward to seeing Kylie Stevens’ paintings @Ipswich Art Gallery.
Thankfully Ipswich avoided major flood level last night but 30 homes flooded.
NSW and Queensland floods update: Ipswich avoids severe flooding by inches as more rain forecast in wake of Cyclone Alfred
NSW and Queensland floods update: Ipswich avoids severe flooding by inches as more rain forecast in wake of Cyclone Alfred
Rain expected to batter parts of Qld and northern NSW, with major flood warnings for Bremer River and Warrill Creek, and Logan River south of Brisbane
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www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thankfully Ipswich avoided major flood level last night but 30 homes flooded.
Great work Cheryl Desha. I sit in Ipswich as the Bremer is reaching major flood level. We need climate adaptation.
The damage from ex-Cyclone Alfred could have been so much worse – and we may not be so lucky next time. As the clean up begins, let’s build back better.
‘A serious wake-up call’: Cyclone Alfred exposes weaknesses in Australia’s vital infrastructure
theconversation.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Great work Cheryl Desha. I sit in Ipswich as the Bremer is reaching major flood level. We need climate adaptation.