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    • 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."

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    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

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    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

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    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

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