Katie Wood

Katie Wood

Senior Archivist – Access and Outreach, University of Melbourne Archives; PhD student La Trobe University, investigating the history of women in the metal trades as part of an ARC-funded project "Breaking Down Tradition: Women in male-dominated work, 1840-2000."

Arts & Culture

Don’t forget the sweets!

Childhood letters are rare in the historical record, but like those of the young Malcolm Fraser, they provide unique insight on the experience of children

Politics & Society

When kissing was a crime

The history of the LGBTI community’s ongoing struggle for equality is preserved in the archives, providing a crucial window into the attitudes of the past and the poignant stories that drove social change

Arts & Culture

Why Emmeline Pankhurst criticised her daughter

An angry telegram from the leader of the Suffragette movement to an Australian Prime Minister sheds new light on her relationship with her daughter, Adela