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Michelle Staff
@michellestaff.bsky.social
Feminist historian | Online + outreach manager @ausdictionarybiog.bsky.social | Hazel Rowley Literary Fellow 2025 @writersvictoria.bsky.social | Co-convenor @auswhn.bsky.social | on Ngunnawal/Ngambri land | she/her
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Please sign and share this petition for ANU Council to:

🛑Stop forced redundancies

🛑Stop proposed school/center closures and amalgamations

🛑Sack the Chancellor and VC

It’s open not only to students and staff but also to all members of the broader ANU community.

nteu.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...
Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
nteu.informz.net
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Help us reach our target of 5000 signatures - please sign and share!
August 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is what happens when academics and the GLAM sector work together 🤩

Read on for a perfect mix of nostalgia & historical analysis that will make you see Mr Squiggle in a new light 👇
We've teamed up with the @nationalmuseumaus.bsky.social to produce a special entry on the creator of Mr Squiggle, Norman Hetherington 🎨

Have a read, then check out the exhibition Mr Squiggle and Friends: The Creative World of Norman Hetherington

adb.anu.edu.au/biography/he...

📷 NMA
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Next month the National Centre of Biography is teaming up with Harry Hartog for an in-conversation event all about Dr Kerrie Davies' new book, Miles Franklin Undercover.

Register to attend now 👇

www.harryhartog.com.au/blogs/author...

@kerriecanwrite.bsky.social @michellestaff.bsky.social
In Conversation with Kerrie Davies
Kerrie Davies will be in conversation with Michelle Staff on her new book Miles Franklin Undercover The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career – A powerful story of a young woman...
www.harryhartog.com.au
June 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We’re doing a photo drive at the ADB 📷 If you know of any copy-right free images we can add to any of our entries, please do reach out! 🤗
It's time for another ADB photo drive! 🖼️

Know of any (copyright-free) images we can add to our entries? Comment below with a copy/link, title, date + source👇

📷 Australian War Memorial
May 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Keep your eyes peeled for an ADB collaboration in this space 👀

www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/...
Mr Squiggle and Friends | National Museum of Australia
Mr Squiggle and His Friends is a world-first exhibition of the Norman Hetherington collection acquired by the National Museum of Australia in 2024.
www.nma.gov.au
May 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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It's time for another ADB photo drive! 🖼️

Know of any (copyright-free) images we can add to our entries? Comment below with a copy/link, title, date + source👇

📷 Australian War Memorial
May 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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A few weeks ago we hosted a one-day workshop supported by the ANU Gender Institute. The topic: women's firsts and the privilege of trailblazing.

Read a recap of the event here - and keep watching this space for more 📚

genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/news/privile...
The Privilege of trailblazing - post-event news
On 28 March 2025, during Women’s History Month, a one-day workshop on ‘The Privilege of Trailblazing’ was held, with support from the ANU Gender Institute. Organised by Dr Karen Fox, Professor Kim Rub...
genderinstitute.anu.edu.au
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
eBay delivery feat. inscription from the author herself 🤓📘
April 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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It's time for an ADB photo drive! 🖼️

We love publishing images of our subjects, but we have a backlog of entries from the print-only era that are not yet illustrated.

Know of any (copyright-free) images we can add? Comment below with a copy/link, title, date + source👇

📷 Australian War Memorial
March 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM