<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[roswrites]]></title><description><![CDATA[roswrites]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:36:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.roswrites.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporary Gallipoli]]></title><description><![CDATA[Contemporary Gallipoli: A Macquarie University Art Gallery Exhibition 2 April - 10 June 2015 Abstract This exhibition catalogue brings together contemporary artistic responses to the Gallipoli campaign and its enduring cultural memory. Through essays, artworks, photography, and personal reflections, the publication explores themes of remembrance, grief, healing, landscape, and international connection between Australia and Turkey. Rather than presenting Gallipoli solely as military history,...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/contemporary-gallipoli</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0d6f0e9209fbd4f4f12da4</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:23:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory, Remembrance, Commemoration: The Book of Healing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essay for Contemporary Gallipoli 2015 Exhibition 2015 Abstract This essay explores The Book of Healing, an artwork by Meredith Brice created for the Contemporary Gallipoli 2015 exhibition. Through the overlaying of red poppies onto a vintage surgical instrument catalogue, the work connects public remembrance of war with personal and family memory. The article explores how objects, symbols, and documentary heritage contribute to collective memory of World War I, particularly within the...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/memory-remembrance-commemoration-the-book-of-healing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0d6c84dd66a932def89c64</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:14:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parallel Lives: Jane Binks and Una Falkiner, Women Diarists on the Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[History Magazine, Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) September 2024 Abstract This article examines the diaries of two women from very different social and economic backgrounds in regional New South Wales: Jane Binks of Gerringong and Una Falkiner of Boonoke North Station in the Riverina. Through their writings, it explores how women documented everyday life, community relationships, domestic responsibilities, and major national events across the late nineteenth and early twentieth...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/parallel-lives-jane-binks-and-una-falkiner-women-diarists-on-the-land</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0d6b02ce2b5b4a4d6c4fc2</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:07:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covid-19 Begins - Seoul to Canberra, 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 Abstract This article recounts a journey from Australia to South Korea in February 2020, at the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, when global awareness of the virus was still emerging. Through visits to museums and everyday encounters in Seoul, it contrasts the high level of public health preparedness in South Korea with the relative normalcy experienced upon return to Australia. Observations of mask-wearing, temperature screening, and public messaging reveal how quickly...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/covid-19-begins-seoul-to-canberra-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e897348b2f11ff8e5ba2cc</guid><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:41:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mary Bowers’ MBE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Queanbeyan Historical Museum Significance Assessment 2026 Abstract This article explores the life and legacy of Mary Bowers (née O’Rourke), a Queanbeyan nurse whose decades of community service were recognised with the Medal of the British Empire (MBE) in 1967. It highlights her work as a midwife and district nurse, caring for families across all stages of life and providing essential support during periods of hardship, including the Great Depression. Drawing on local records and community...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/mary-bowers-mbe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df0e9047c3def1ffee3cfc</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:09:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rockley Game in Queanbeyan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Queanbeyan Historical Museum Significance Assessment 2026 Abstract This article explores the Rockley Game, a modified form of cricket developed in the 1890s for girls and young women, and its rapid spread across Queanbeyan and surrounding districts. It highlights how the game became a popular and competitive social activity, bringing together communities across regional New South Wales. Drawing on photographs, archival sources, and personal accounts, including a detailed letter from player...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/the-rockley-game-in-queanbeyan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de34211847596b2f502d3a</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:38:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Badge Bags at Armidale in World War I]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saumarez Homestead / National Trust of Australia (NSW) World War I historical article (c. early 20th-century material; later interpretation) Abstract This article examines the “badge-bag” phenomenon in Armidale, New South Wales, during World War I, where collecting fundraising badges became both a patriotic activity and a form of social competition. Women and girls attached badges and buttons, purchased to support wartime charities and organisations, to cloth handbags, transforming them into...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/badge-bags-at-armidale-in-world-war-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7756389f9e676eca37e67</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:48:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Trebatsch to Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Library of Australia News September 2013 Abstract This article explores the life and legacy of Ludwig Leichhardt, tracing his journey from Trebatsch in Prussia (modern-day Germany) to Australia, where he became one of the nineteenth century’s most debated explorers. Through a reassessment of his achievements, the article situates Leichhardt within broader global patterns of migration, scientific exploration, and imperial expansion. Arriving in Australia as part of a wider European...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/from-trebatsch-to-australia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d774a0b9dd106230382c83</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:44:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eliezer Montefiore: From Barbados to Sydney]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Library of Australia News December 2008 Abstract This article traces the transnational life and influence of Eliezer Levi Montefiore, a nineteenth-century figure whose journey from Barbados to Australia reflects broader global movements of people, culture, and ideas. Born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Bridgetown, Montefiore’s background was shaped by the interconnected commercial and cultural networks of the British Empire. Following his migration to Australia, Montefiore played...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/eliezer-montefiore-from-barbados-to-sydney</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d772c3a51db32c14c23a1b</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:40:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Documenting Women's Lives Across a Century: Miss Porter's House]]></title><description><![CDATA[History, No. 157 September 2023 Abstract This article examines the documentary heritage collection of Miss Porter’s House in Newcastle, a rare and comprehensive record of women’s lives across the twentieth century. Through letters, postcards, notebooks, scrapbooks, and everyday records, it reconstructs the experiences of the Porter women and their careful documentation of domestic life over several decades. The collection reveals patterns of education, work, leisure, and household management,...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/miss-porter-s-house-a-motivational-speaker-of-the-1930s</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d76b0989f9e676eca36a45</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:04:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presence and Absence: sermons and devotional literature in Jane Austen’s novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sensibilities , No. 69 - Jane Austen Society of Australia (JASA) December 2024 Abstract This article examines the surprising absence of sermons themselves in Jane Austen’s novels, despite the prominent presence of clergymen characters and the centrality of preaching within eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Anglican life. Through close readings of Austen’s works, particularly Pride and Prejudice  and Mansfield Park , it explores how references to sermons and devotional literature...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/presence-and-absence-sermons-and-devotional-literature-in-jane-austen-s-novels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6382b5ed83abd8bbdf88e</guid><category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:59:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyacinth Bucket – a 20th century Mrs Elton?]]></title><description><![CDATA[JASA Chronicle , Jane Austen Society of Australia (JASA) December 2025 Abstract This article presents a comparative reading of two memorable characters of social aspiration: Hyacinth Bucket from the British television series Keeping Up Appearances  and Mrs Elton from Jane Austen’s Emma . By placing these figures side by side, the article explores the enduring comic archetype of the socially ambitious and self-important character across different historical and cultural contexts. Moving...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/hyacinth-bucket-and-mrs-elton</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c636c2a937958fa7dbf4da</guid><category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:54:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prime Minister’s Potato review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends Review , Australian Federation of Friends of Museums (AFFM) December 2025 Abstract This review examines Anne-Marie Condé’s The Prime Minister’s Potato and Other Essays , highlighting her distinctive approach to uncovering overlooked lives through archives and material culture. Drawing on her long career in Australian museums, Condé brings a “miniaturist” sensibility to her work, focusing on small, fragmentary stories that reveal broader historical and social patterns. The review...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/the-prime-minister-s-potato-and-other-essays</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c635ed5ed83abd8bbdf344</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:49:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museums of the Panama Canal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends Review , Australian Federation of Friends of Museums (AFFM) August 2025 Abstract This article explores the museums of the Panama Canal as sites for interpreting one of the most significant engineering projects of the twentieth century and the complex human histories behind it. Focusing on the Panama Canal Museum and the Afro-Antillean Museum in Panama City, it highlights how these institutions present the construction of the Canal alongside the experiences of the diverse labour force,...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/museums-of-the-panama-canal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6344860f0b8e1134fc656</guid><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:44:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preserving Walla Walla’s Heritage]]></title><description><![CDATA[History magazine, Royal Australian Historical Society September 2025 Abstract This article explores the layered cultural heritage of Walla Walla, a distinctive township in southern New South Wales founded in 1869 by German and Wendish (Sorbian) immigrants. From its Straßendorf-style town layout and imposing Zion Lutheran Church to the educational legacy of St Paul’s College, Walla Walla’s built environment reflects a rich migration history shaped by faith, language and community resilience....]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/preserving-walla-walla-s-heritage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2c9b74882ec6a3ac4add7</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:56:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Maritime History Discovery in a Historic Homestead at Braidwood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) Newsletter No. 53 June 2022 Abstract This article recounts a significant maritime history discovery within the historic homestead of ‘Bedervale’ at Braidwood, where a rare navigational text reveals connections between domestic collections and global seafaring networks. Through close examination of material evidence, the piece traces the life and career of Captain John Coghill and the enduring presence of his maritime past within a landed...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/a-maritime-history-discovery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2c8953a2716aeb21958c6</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:52:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australians document an East India Company Cemetery in Macau]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) Newsletter No. 56 October 2024 Abstract This article documents an Australian-led heritage initiative to record and preserve the East India Company Cemetery in Macau, a site that bears witness to the global networks of trade, empire, and migration in the nineteenth century. Established in the early 1800s when Macau served as a crucial base for British commercial operations in China, the cemetery contains graves of merchants, sailors,...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/australians-document-an-east-india-company-cemetery-in-macau</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2c7c6ae541000760f0fff</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:48:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's in a Name?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Descent , Vol. 53, No. 3, September 2023, pp. 96–98 (Society of Australian Genealogists) Book Review September 2023 Abstract A heritage controversy in Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point in March 2023 becomes the starting point for tracing an unexpected historical connection between Australia and Jamaica. Focusing on Shafston House, the article follows the origins of its name to the New Shafston Estate in Jamaica, associated with the Pinnock family- an enslaving family whose descendants later migrated...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/what-s-in-a-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2c6baae541000760f0e48</guid><category><![CDATA[Global Connections]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:45:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden Lives: Discovering Women’s Lives in Local and Regional Collections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Academia Letters April 2022 Abstract Local and regional museums hold countless traces of women’s lives, yet many remain unnamed, unrecorded and unexplored. From a young governess whose identity is lost in a 19th-century family album, to diarists, artists, photographers and widows whose letters survive in church archives, fragments of women’s lived experience are preserved across Australia in small institutions and community collections. Hidden Lives argues that these collections offer far...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/hidden-lives-discovering-women-s-lives-in-local-andregional-collections</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2c54b32a596f2a27e0773</guid><category><![CDATA[Hidden Lives]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:39:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a stroll in Seoul]]></title><description><![CDATA[28 The Australian August 2–3, 2025 Abstract In April, a visit to Seoul revealed a city where contemporary creativity and deep history coexist with striking ease. From Sculpture City Seoul, an ambitious open-air art initiative transforming urban spaces, to the refined craftsmanship of the Seoul Museum of Craft Art, public art has become central to the city’s identity. Yet amid this modern vibrancy, the legacy of the Joseon Dynasty endures in the courtyards of Gyeongbok Palace and in the...]]></description><link>https://www.roswrites.com.au/post/on-a-stroll-in-seoul</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2c1f44882ec6a3ac4a173</guid><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:26:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr Roslyn Russell</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>