Alexandra Dellios
@alecadell.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in heritage studies; researcher of diaspora history, memory studies, oral history with migrant background communities, multiculturalism/s, public history, social history, labour history @ the ANU https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-2419
"Abbott’s Australia – specifically, the one that exists only inside his head – is so white it has to be read in the dark." I did chuckle.
Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Abbott’s Australia – specifically, the one that exists only inside his head – is so white it has to be read in the dark." I did chuckle.
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Wow. David Marr's interview with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Chris Hedges is extraordinary. And not in a good way.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Journalist Chris Hedges on being cancelled by the National Press Club - ABC listen
Australia’s National Press Club was due to host Pulitzer prize winning journalist, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for the New York Times, Chris Hedges on Monday October 20, 2025. But after receiv...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Wow. David Marr's interview with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Chris Hedges is extraordinary. And not in a good way.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Full article: 1975: Working Migrant Women www-tandfonline-com.virtual.anu.edu.au/doi/full/10....
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October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Full article: 1975: Working Migrant Women www-tandfonline-com.virtual.anu.edu.au/doi/full/10....
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The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
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So delighted to see 'Playtime' reviewed by Marian Quartly alongside 'Fathering' and its stellar collective of authors!
'Gallagher writes with an elegant assurance.' inside.org.au/authors-of-t...
Authors of their own lives? • Marian Quartly
How children and fathers experienced twentieth-century Australia
inside.org.au
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So delighted to see 'Playtime' reviewed by Marian Quartly alongside 'Fathering' and its stellar collective of authors!
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Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt
Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...
The Greek Left, Whitlam and the Dismissal: a radical legacy
Whitlam meant a great deal to working-class migrant communities.
meanjin.com.au
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...
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Hi folks, this is me. I come from a disadvantaged background including youth homelessness, teen parenthood, high school dropout, poverty & more. Education was my passport to life. Demography helped me realise I was never the problem; society is unequal & needs fixing. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Deviating demographics with Liz Allen - ABC listen
Dr Liz Allen is a demographer fascinated by Australia's demographic trends. But her own story is a remarkable case study in deviating from the norm
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Hi folks, this is me. I come from a disadvantaged background including youth homelessness, teen parenthood, high school dropout, poverty & more. Education was my passport to life. Demography helped me realise I was never the problem; society is unequal & needs fixing. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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If you have a relevant oral history collection in Victoria, we'd love to hear from you! #oralhistory #history #GLAM
I'm excited to share details about The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project! This project is identifying & creating a list of precarious oral history collections held in Victoria, Australia. Tell us about your collection via www.precariousoralhistories.com #oralhistory
July 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you have a relevant oral history collection in Victoria, we'd love to hear from you! #oralhistory #history #GLAM
Sampler chp from our book "Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia" included in Berghahn's new Refugee and Migration Studies: Key Readings, in honour of World Refugee Day. Open access: www.berghahnbooks.com/samplers/ref...
refugee and migration Studies | Berghahn Books
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June 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sampler chp from our book "Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia" included in Berghahn's new Refugee and Migration Studies: Key Readings, in honour of World Refugee Day. Open access: www.berghahnbooks.com/samplers/ref...
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📢 New open access book chapter by @alecadell.bsky.social, "Migrant Rights Activism and the Community Origins of Australian Multiculturalism, 1970s"
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The Elgar Companion to the Arts and Global Multiculturalism
This Companion examines the evolution of multiculturalism as a political philosophy, public policy and cultural practice. Demonstrating the key role of artists, activists and migrants in the inception...
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April 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
📢 New open access book chapter by @alecadell.bsky.social, "Migrant Rights Activism and the Community Origins of Australian Multiculturalism, 1970s"
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I know her
Interested in difficult heritage and/or the history of anti-Chinese violence in the settler colonial world? This is a must read from Karen Schamberger from the Young Historical Museum in Australia
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November 18, 2024 at 11:38 PM
I know her
There is love out there
November 18, 2024 at 11:37 PM
There is love out there
Historic ‘Welfare Cheats’ – the Greek Social Security Scandal explained
The episode is variously called ‘the Greek Social Security Scandal’, the ‘Greek Compensation Case’ or the ‘Greek…
http://migrantheritage.blog/2024/11/13/historic-welfare-cheats-the-greek-social-security-scandal-explained/
The episode is variously called ‘the Greek Social Security Scandal’, the ‘Greek Compensation Case’ or the ‘Greek…
http://migrantheritage.blog/2024/11/13/historic-welfare-cheats-the-greek-social-security-scandal-explained/
November 13, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Historic ‘Welfare Cheats’ – the Greek Social Security Scandal explained
The episode is variously called ‘the Greek Social Security Scandal’, the ‘Greek Compensation Case’ or the ‘Greek…
http://migrantheritage.blog/2024/11/13/historic-welfare-cheats-the-greek-social-security-scandal-explained/
The episode is variously called ‘the Greek Social Security Scandal’, the ‘Greek Compensation Case’ or the ‘Greek…
http://migrantheritage.blog/2024/11/13/historic-welfare-cheats-the-greek-social-security-scandal-explained/