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 w

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 ea

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 hous