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Kate Bagnall
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Currently: Exhausted by long COVID. Usually: Histories of migration, citizenship, family and the law. Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Senior Lecturer in Humanities at UTAS.
Always: Missing south China and wishing my Cantonese was better.
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+ featuring contributions from @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social @oah.org @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @katewagner.wehwalt.net @urbanhistorya.bsky.social @baibi.bsky.social @lmansley.bsky.social & @historians.org @paulhetzler.bsky.social & @satevepost.bsky.social @readingthepictures.media.web.brid.gy +
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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imoweg.bsky.social
Where are my old-ish French handwriting readers?

How did Freycinet's people describe the landscape around today's New Norfolk in Tasmania? I have bits and pieces, but some words are defeating me.

Full map available from: nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2323...

#history #archives
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
baibi.bsky.social
New blog post from me - ‘Who was Tie Cum Ah Chong?’ - in which I consider the curious early life of a young immigrant Chinese woman in Tasmania 120 years ago.

chineseaustralia.org/tie-cum-ah-c...

#ChineseTasmanianStories #EverydayHeritage 🗃️
Who was Tie Cum Ah Chung?
If you have wandered past the library on the corner of Murray and Bathurst streets, Hobart, you might have noticed a billboard featuring arresting black-and-white portraits of a young Asian woman i…
chineseaustralia.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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jich.bsky.social
Hot off the press & #OpenAccess, check out 'Amendments to Non-European Naturalisation Policy, 1956–1957: Differentiating Between Intention and Effect' by Nathan Gardner Molina: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Amendments to Non-European Naturalisation Policy, 1956–1957: Differentiating Between Intention and Effect
This article challenges benign depictions of the gradual and intentional liberalisation of the ‘White Australia policy’ during the Menzies government through an analysis of the quick series of amen...
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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In awe of the team at Clinic Nineteen treating adults & children for long COVID & related diseases. COVID infection is commonplace in the community & repeat infections increase your chances of getting LC so do your best to avoid infection. Indoor air quality is key.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Long COVID patients seeking help 'let down by the system'
Patients are calling for better access to long COVID care after the closure of one of the country's last public clinics.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
baibi.bsky.social
This week I’ve got stuck into working on a piece of research I started writing up in 2012 – it’s on my favourite short-lived paragraph of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901. My last attempt at finishing it was in 2020, but this time it’s for real! #slowscholarship 🗃️
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Help me turn the State Library Victoria's digitised maps into data!

As part of my residency at the SLV LAB, I've been experimenting with using Allmaps and @IIIF to georeference the Library's maps. Georeferencing relates a digitised map to real world […]

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Screenshot of a webpage headed "Georeferencing maps from the State Library of Victoria". The page includes an image of a historic map overlaid on a modern digital basemap, and a big blue button that invites visitors to "View the project dashboard to see the latest progress". The introductory text reads: "This is an experimental project developed during my time as Creative Technologist-in-Residence at the SLV LAB. While playing around with IIIF and AllMaps, I wondered if it might be possible to connect a few things up and make it easy for people to georeference SLV's digitised maps. This is the result!".
October 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
baibi.bsky.social
Great to hear about the successful funding of ‘The See Yup Temple: Chinese Australian Collections, Recovery, Conservation’ in the most recent round of ARC Discovery Projects dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Gra... 🗃️
Grant - Grants Data Portal
dataportal.arc.gov.au
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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“Wearing a mask is just so simple … it doesn’t take a lot when it’s a kindness to other people.”

#CovidIsntOver #COVIDHegemony
Not just another flu: Covid-19 complacency risks lives
The days of lockdowns and social distancing may be long gone but Covid-19 is still wreaking havoc and is definitely not “just another flu”.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
baibi.bsky.social
I recently went to a community history talk, on a topic in my area of research expertise, that was heavily and enthusiastically illustrated with AI-generated images and videos. It was clunky and cringe-worthy at best, and painfully stereotypical at worst.
aunz.theconversation.com The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 24d
Generative AI is known to mirror sexist and racist stereotypes, but it also carries a colonial bias that is reinforcing outdated ideas about the past.
👉 theconversation.com/histori...
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
We said goodbye to this beautiful girl today...
Photo of Molly, a black labrador, looking serious. Photo of Molly, a black labrador, looking happy on a sunny day. Photo of Molly, a black labrador, looking slightly crazed at the beach. Photo of Molly, a black labrador, looking totally crazy at home.
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
baibi.bsky.social
New review of Peter Prince and my edited collection, ‘Subjects and Aliens’, feat. @sophiecouchman.bsky.social , Margaret Allen, Emma Bellino and Margaret Allen
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
baibi.bsky.social
RIP my sweet Molly dog (13 Jan 2012 – 22 Oct 2025)
A smiley black Labrador dog sitting in front of a river at sunset
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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historyworkshop.org.uk

How does Britain control Hong Kong's colonial history? Matthew Hurst (@mrmhurst.bsky.social) explores the 'politics of forgetting' and the legacy of 88,000 missing government files.
Memory Exiled
Matthew Hurst explores the 'politics of forgetting' through the missing files of the Hong Kong colonial archive.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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archive.org
🚨 Two days to go! Our annual celebration is almost here—and we’re marking 1 TRILLION pages captured by the Wayback Machine.

In honor of that, we're sharing this #WaybackMachine look at the @InternetArchive itself! 🕰️

Learn more about our events ⤵️
blog.archive.org/trillion/

#Wayback1T
Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Gone" and "ARCHIVE.ORG". Below are Wayback Machine captures of the Internet Archive website from January 26, 1997, and July 31, 2023.
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
baibi.bsky.social
Wow! Job alert for two fixed-term postdocs in History at UNSW external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53... 🗃️
Postdoctoral Fellow in History
Undertake independent research and contribute to UNSW’s vibrant History program as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in any area of historical study.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Two Chinese men in the street, Sydney, 1885-1890, Arthur K. Syer, vintage albumen print. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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historyworkshop.org.uk
"Archives hold many examples of the centrality of paperwork for marginalised groups when rights are unstable or out of reach. They show how migrants use paperwork to imagine rights - to see a right to protection before one exists."

Roundtable reflections on the radical history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️
Changing The Record
How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
baibi.bsky.social
Happy 6 years at UTAS to me!

(And thank you to the colleague who saw that this job and I were suited)
Screenshot of a text message that says, ‘Dear Kate, I think you’d be a fantastic applicant for this UTAS job’, followed by a link to the position of lecturer/senior lecturer in Humanities at the University of Tasmania
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
baibi.bsky.social
Happy that my Tim is in his happy place for a bit - playing with cultural heritage data and working with some nice people!
wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 22
The secret is out! I'm very excited to be the SLV LAB's latest Creative Technologist-in-Residence! I'm going to be spending the next few months playing around with place-based collections at the State Library of Victoria: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/residencies-opportunities
Residencies & Opportunities | SLV LAB
SLV LAB, invites artists, designers, technologists and researchers to push the boundaries of cultural data and emerging technologies. \
lab.slv.vic.gov.au
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
The secret is out! I'm very excited to be the SLV LAB's latest Creative Technologist-in-Residence! I'm going to be spending the next few months playing around with place-based collections at the State Library of Victoria: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/residencies-opportunities
Residencies & Opportunities | SLV LAB
SLV LAB, invites artists, designers, technologists and researchers to push the boundaries of cultural data and emerging technologies. \
lab.slv.vic.gov.au
September 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
baibi.bsky.social
Lovely write-up about the new ‘Shared Connections: Cantonese Stories in Australia’ exhibition developed by Sophie Couchman for the Australian Consulate-General in Guangzhou!

(I also had a small hand in the exhibition, and it features my daughter’s story 😊)

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Exhibition Bridges Two Centuries of Cantonese-Australian Stories
Migration, memory, and cultural legacy
mp.weixin.qq.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
baibi.bsky.social
Today I took custody of a box of historical materials that were purchased in a Launceston antique shop many years ago – I suspect they came out of the old Sun Hung Ack store. Among the treasures are a collection relating to the Tasmanian See Yip Club (which I knew existed but nothing more!)
A selection of historical documents relating to the Tasmanian Chinese See Yip Social Club, including blank membership cards, rule book and account book
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
baibi.bsky.social
Today was my last day of sick leave – on Monday I return to work (0.4FTE) after 4 months off. It was a happy day of errands, lunching with a munchkin and her mum, and chatting with my teenager. I don’t know how my return to work will go, but I’m hopeful that this time I can make it work🤞. #longCOVID
Photo of Kate, a middle aged woman with curly hair and glasses, and a baby sitting at a table in a cafe in Moonah. The baby’s face has been covered with an emoji sticker of a baby’s head.
September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM