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Anyone seen these stamps before? c1932 to spend Australia's way out of the Great Depression. Tucked into a file of letters. Colonial and capitalist imagery all in one #twitterstorians
Very excited to be shortlisted amongst this fine selection of works. Congrats to all my colleagues and thanks @AustHistAssoc @AllenAndUnwin
Kay Daniels Award for outstanding original research with a bearing on Australian convict history and heritage: Congratulations to Bill Bell, @markdhistory @JanetMccalman and @KatyARoscoe for making the shortlist.
Very excited to be speaking @newwritersfest this weekend courtesy of the History Council of NSW, joining @GraceKarskens @DrJulieMcIntyre and @ncushing12 Time is like a River is our talking point.
Speaker - @markdhistory. Mark Dunn is a public historian who has worked for over twenty years in heritage and archaeology. 'The Convict Valley' is his first book and covers the history of the Hunter Valley in NSW between 1790 and 1850.
Nice work @nenieb paying tribute to Babette Smith on @LNLonRN while talking about women in TV history #mediahistory
Report into the Review the NSW Heritage Act has been released. Plenty to take in bit.ly/3prWces
So excited to be shortlisted. Thank you @AllenAndUnwin @elizweiss7 for all the work and support. Congratulations to all the authors, especially @GraceKarskens @nthistorian
Congratulations to all our authors on the Prime Minister's Literary Award shortlist!! 🥳💕🥳💕
@katekruimink, @looksouth, @casspybus, @markdhistory, @GraceKarskens, @kate_constable & @jaclynmoriarty ill @kelcanby 😍😍
#PMLitAwards
Looking forward to this and big congrats to @pha_nsw @OralHistoryNSW and @statelibrarynsw for continuing this series through lockdowns
We're excited to be speaking at next week's History Matters about the tensions and challenges we negotiate as consulting historians. This free online talk is hosted by @pha_nsw @OralHistoryNSW and @statelibrarynsw. Register now to come along!
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/history…
Thanks for including me in the discussion @TanyaEvans14 It is great start and an important conversation for historians to continue
A fabulous opening article by Paul Ashton and Paula Hamilton followed by an incisive open peer review by @markdhistory in our @PH_Weekly Issue on Public History in Australia - thanks for your efforts team! @AppliedHist @ProfHistAus @pha_nsw @pubhisint
So glad people are still finding my book interesting, useful and relevant in the discussion. Many regions could benefit from a new look at their complicsted pasts. Cheers @croydoncathy
Encourage people to read this excellent book by @markdhistory
A very detailed & expansive account of the lives of convicts (like my ancestor)sent or settled in the Hunter Valley & the displacement & sometimes murder of the traditional people who lived right across the valley.
Great when old friends find value in your work. Thanks again @Raecooper1
Just finished Mark Dunn’s Convict Valley. Really interesting analysis of the convict life, penal society and contact, conflict and cooperation with traditional owners. Learned a lot about my Upper Hunter Valley convict family ⭐️ @markdhistory @AllenAndUnwin
And just in time for my final talk of the year in Singleton @Singleton_Lib too. Nice spotting @cfwriter
Running an errand this afternoon and I came across this great display of @markdhistory’s “The Convict Valley” from @AllenAndUnwin ...
Well there are my winter nights viewing set for the next ten years. Allez, allez, Allez #SBSSport #couchpeloton
It's official! 🎉
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Great to be in the socially distanced crowd to hear @nthistorian in convo with John Maynard
Can’t wait to talk with John Maynard of @Wollotuka on Saturday at History Illuminated by the shores of Lake Macquarie abt my book Pathfinders published this year by @newsouthpub. And I hear that @markdhistory is speaking as well! Click on the link to book. bit.ly/3jBRpk8
Thanks again to @BlackheathForum for hosting me on the weekend. They have generously uploaded my talk and you can see it here if you're keen youtu.be/wY6PCLLDmrQ
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Looking forward to talking to you all this Saturday
Full details of our Speakers and their topics are now available at our 2020 program page, starting next week with Mark Dunn and 'The Intimacy of the Frontier in the Colonial Hunter Valley'. blackheathhistoryforum.org.a…
Thanks @AboriginalArt1 very happy you found it so interesting
Fascinating stories about the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the Hunter Valley, convicts and white settlers come together in #TheConvictValley. A new #AustralianHistory classic by "gifted storyteller" #MarkDunn gallery.aboriginalartdirecto… @AllenAndUnwin Review by #JeremyEccles
Thanks Josh, some great points there and glad it got you thinking.
@markdhistory just finished your book. Hunter Valley convict (at Tocal) and free settler descendant here too... was great for a view on life back then.
Posted some of my favourite bits and thoughts on how it engaged my broader thinking here in this thread.
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Thanks Jill, glad you enjoyed it
Just finished reading The Convict Valley by @markdhistory . Its coverage is more broad than just convict history. Lovely images, well referenced. Deserves a second read. #HunterValley #History #Genealogy
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Thanks @RosemarieMilsom for the great review of The Convict Valley on @Hammo46 Newcastle ABC 1233 #ozhist #convictvalley @AllenAndUnwin
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