Justine Heazlewood
@jheazlewood.bsky.social
Keeper of Public Records in Victoria at Public Record Office Victoria. Digital information, cultural heritage, record thingies. Mainly posts at conferences. Naarm/Wurundjeri land. She/her
I’m attending the ICA congress in Barcelona this week. #ICABarcelona2025. It’s no flat white but at least the coffee is strong
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I’m attending the ICA congress in Barcelona this week. #ICABarcelona2025. It’s no flat white but at least the coffee is strong
Truth, sadly
(As for State Libraries, public records offices etc. not digitising records: generally it just means nobody's funded the digitisation of that item. If *that's* censorship, then vast numbers of newspapers are being 'censored' simply because nobody's ponied up the dosh to scan them into Trove yet.)
August 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Truth, sadly
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January 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Due in part to a crossword clue my current earworm is Billy Bragg’s ‘A New England’ 🎶 It’s wrong to wish on space hardware🎵 warbles my brain. Good song, great line! but I could do without the endless repetition
January 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Due in part to a crossword clue my current earworm is Billy Bragg’s ‘A New England’ 🎶 It’s wrong to wish on space hardware🎵 warbles my brain. Good song, great line! but I could do without the endless repetition
Like to read about the stories you find in records? Here's an ABC story about records newly open to the public at Public Record Office Victoria www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
'Cunning': Details of prison escapee's trial released after 75 years
Thief and "extremely bad character" George Howard was part of a gang that blew up safes in several states. His daring escape from two Victorian jails had police on the back foot.
www.abc.net.au
January 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Like to read about the stories you find in records? Here's an ABC story about records newly open to the public at Public Record Office Victoria www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Early morning dog beach. Boxing Day
December 26, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Early morning dog beach. Boxing Day
A sunny Australian Christmas morning with gum trees and a flock of galahs
December 24, 2024 at 10:36 PM
A sunny Australian Christmas morning with gum trees and a flock of galahs
Listening to a playlist of music from video games and movies by Sarah Schachner. My god she’s good! I would honestly buy a game just based on her score. (I mean I basically did that with AC: Origins)
November 12, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Listening to a playlist of music from video games and movies by Sarah Schachner. My god she’s good! I would honestly buy a game just based on her score. (I mean I basically did that with AC: Origins)
Attending this year’s Whyte lecture on the topic of data sovereignty never ceded. Hearing from Prof Chris Lawrence, Dr Kirsten Thorpe and Prof Maggie Walter
November 6, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Attending this year’s Whyte lecture on the topic of data sovereignty never ceded. Hearing from Prof Chris Lawrence, Dr Kirsten Thorpe and Prof Maggie Walter
Now hearing from Elliot Freeman talking about their research into researching queer people in archives and how descriptive metadata is either lacking, euphemistic or derogatory #OTA2024
October 23, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Now hearing from Elliot Freeman talking about their research into researching queer people in archives and how descriptive metadata is either lacking, euphemistic or derogatory #OTA2024
Attending a session about how Nat Archives Aust records are used in redress schemes like those est after RC into institutional responses to child sexual abuse #OTA2024
October 23, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Attending a session about how Nat Archives Aust records are used in redress schemes like those est after RC into institutional responses to child sexual abuse #OTA2024
Engaging session Ka Hana Kapa: Centering Cultural Experts and Traditional Practices in the Archives Experience by Gailyn Lehuanani Bopp and Kaʻiulani Kauihou from Hawai featuring a demo of kapa making (bark cloth) OTA2024
October 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Engaging session Ka Hana Kapa: Centering Cultural Experts and Traditional Practices in the Archives Experience by Gailyn Lehuanani Bopp and Kaʻiulani Kauihou from Hawai featuring a demo of kapa making (bark cloth) OTA2024
Dr Griffin: the job of the archives is to safeguard context and meaning #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Dr Griffin: the job of the archives is to safeguard context and meaning #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Griffin: digital technology has enabled us all to document ourselves - the selfie as a ‘representative record of our time’ #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Dr Griffin: digital technology has enabled us all to document ourselves - the selfie as a ‘representative record of our time’ #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Griffin: the interplay between landscapes and memory. Landscape as archival record #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Dr Griffin: the interplay between landscapes and memory. Landscape as archival record #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Grigin argues that the prejudices preserved in the archive creates a disconnect with the community and perpetuates that prejudice #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Dr Grigin argues that the prejudices preserved in the archive creates a disconnect with the community and perpetuates that prejudice #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Griffin giving example of Rastafari community. Grew out of rebellion and move away from slave state. Seen by colonial state as seditious. Official records criminalise community and reflect prejudices #
October 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Dr Griffin giving example of Rastafari community. Grew out of rebellion and move away from slave state. Seen by colonial state as seditious. Official records criminalise community and reflect prejudices #
Dr Griffin: Archives are fragmentary - they are not the whole of memory #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Dr Griffin: Archives are fragmentary - they are not the whole of memory #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Griffin: archives in colonised countries are problematic and sometimes ignored by local population. Written word is not the only archive. Cultural practices can be archives #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Dr Griffin: archives in colonised countries are problematic and sometimes ignored by local population. Written word is not the only archive. Cultural practices can be archives #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Griffin references Stuart Hall “Those who do not see themselves reflected in national heritage are excluded from it” #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Dr Griffin references Stuart Hall “Those who do not see themselves reflected in national heritage are excluded from it” #OpeningTheArchives
Dr Griffin: in opening the archives are we providing access to buildings, materials or meanings #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Dr Griffin: in opening the archives are we providing access to buildings, materials or meanings #OpeningTheArchives
Keynote from Dr Stanley Griffin, University of the West Indies at Mona. Archive as monolith of memory. In Caribbean archives as ‘painful relics of the past’ #OpeningTheArchives
October 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Keynote from Dr Stanley Griffin, University of the West Indies at Mona. Archive as monolith of memory. In Caribbean archives as ‘painful relics of the past’ #OpeningTheArchives
Attending the #OpeningTheArchives conference in beautiful Christchurch. It’s a joint conference between the ASA, ARANZ and PARBICA. Looking forward to the next couple of days
October 22, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Attending the #OpeningTheArchives conference in beautiful Christchurch. It’s a joint conference between the ASA, ARANZ and PARBICA. Looking forward to the next couple of days