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Benjamin T. Jones
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Associate Professor in History at Central Queensland University. Australia on the World Stage (Routledge, 2022).
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It's nice to be appreciated ❤️ #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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That's a wrap on #OzHA2025 thanks everyone for four wonderful days of rich intellectual exchange and warmest congratulations to all our prize winners. It's been a genuine pleasure for @CQU to work with @jcu to cohost this great event. See you in Sydney next year! #AHA2025
July 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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A funny, insightful, and much to the delight of the audience, musical keynote from Lyndon Megarrity. His love for Townsville shines through. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
July 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I've been struck by how heartfelt the introductions have been at this conference. Love to see such sincere collegiality. A beautiful tribute to our final keynote Lyndon Megarrity from Claire Brennan. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
July 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Day 3 done and dusted 💪 #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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A fascinating, funny, and thoughtful reflection on a life in politics and activism from the irrepressible Margaret Reynolds. #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Pr Koen Stapelbroek launches the amazing, free, online, Studies in North Queensland History series. Look up and read up on the North. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

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July 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Joe Collins from CQU looking at a thumping success of a referendum ... in 1928 #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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"I think you can be a good historian and an activist" - Andrea Gaynor

#OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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The image of a farmer on a tractor at night so he doesn't have to see the destruction of land clearing is a metaphor for life in our carbon-fuelled society. - Andrea Gaynor #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Ready for our next keynote by Andrea Gaynor. Brilliantly introduced by Katie Holmes as "a rare breed of humanities scholar who understands science". #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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If you are at #OzHA2025 or just happen to be on the @jcu campus this week, there is a fascinating WWII display at the entrance to the library donated by the Army Museum of North Queensland. #AHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Henry Reynolds on writing Indigenous histories in the 1970s: we came to realise that the killing times were much closer in North Queensland, only a generation or so removed. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Henry Reynolds: The two biggest publishers in Australia at the time passed on The Other Side of the Frontier so we published it ourselves (It has since sold a quarter of a million copies) #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Heartfelt thanks to the panellists of the First Nations Roundtable for sharing their knowledge and stories. "The past is never dead. It's not even past." #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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One brilliant historian introducing another. @frankbongiorno.bsky.social speaking about how Henry Reynolds changed the way Australian history is taught. Looking forward to the keynote lecture. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Sarah Burke giving some important food for thought: "The compartmentalisation of History is a defence mechanism against truth-telling". #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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A/Prof Gary Fry: "Understanding First Nations History is not about instilling guilt but helping children understand the follies of the past". #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Powerful reflections from brilliant Arrernte scholar Vicki Pascoe on truth-telling in higher education: "it's our shared history, and it's our right to know". #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Brilliant talk from @CQU 's Joe Collins on the murky world of the public service. An uncomfortable thought is that it may be staffed by virtuous people within a system that leads them to put forward unvirtuous policies. #OzHA2025 #AHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Provocative (and a bit scary) thoughts from @marnieh-w.bsky.social : why do we frame AI as a future challenge when the majority of History is made by AI today? #OzHA2025 ##AHA2025
July 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Brilliant start to #OzHA2025 with a thought-provoking roundtable on teaching history in the age of AI. Does the @austhistassoc.bsky.social need to address AI in its code of ethics? #AHA2025
June 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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A nice message on the streets of Sydney.
February 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian! You love to see it. #SydneyTownHall
January 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Delighted that my PhD supervisor received an Order of Australia today. Warmest congratulations Paul.
January 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM