Caroline Ingram
drci.bsky.social
Caroline Ingram
@drci.bsky.social
Historian interested in crime history, women's history and Western Australian history.
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Great to see this out in the world
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey
This article investigates the connections between emancipation in Britain’s slave colonies and settler colonisation through the policies of Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (styled Viscount Howick ...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Have you listened to our new podcast episode?? 👇

This episode reflects on the lives and legacies of Paul Soong Quong and Peter Tom Yingman —two visionary leaders of the early Chinese community in Western Australia.

🎧 Listen to Episode 9: Paul and Peter today 👉
www.chinesewa.net/podcast
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The Australian Academy of the Humanities is pleased to announce the outstanding researchers selected for the 2025 Publication Subsidy Scheme: bit.ly/4nn9p2C

The grants will support the publication of new humanities research of national and international significance.
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Publication grants support new humanities research – Australian Academy of the Humanities
Grants awarded under the 2025 Publication Subsidy scheme will support early career humanities researchers to publish new research.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Great article. Employers say they need graduates with the skills in which the humanities are uniquely talented—critical thinking, problem-solving, communication.

Yet students who want to build these skills are slugged with almost double the debt under JRG. bit.ly/47I3Xml
Drop the ‘job-ready’ mantra, leading dean tells business
Expectations that universities produce graduates who understand work culture from day one are misguided, says the head of Melbourne Business School.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Congratulations to Meg Foster (@mfoster-history.bsky.social) for the release of "Sam Poo: a Chinese bushranger?", an ABC Radio National podcast developed as output of her ABC Top-5 Media Residency in the Humanities. Give it a listen!
Sam Poo: A Chinese bushranger? - ABC listen
It's 1865 in remote central west NSW. A police office is fatally shot by a man he believes is a Chinese bushranger. The story of Sam Poo is a bushranging tale with a twist
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February 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The AHA strongly opposes Minister Jason Clare's call for the ARC to investigate Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's grant. Such political interference, which the Minister promised to end, undermines the integrity of the ARC and its independent, peer-review processes.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM