'The Compleat Archaeologist': Mike Smith, desert archaeology and museums
Dr Mike Smith is a pioneering desert archaeologist, author and senior research fellow at the Research Centre at the National Museum of Australia. On Friday 8 February 2013, Mike and other…
Aeon Magazine: Queen of Tides
Once a route to riches and empire, the sea is now lapping at the future of Venice and other great maritime cities: When I emerged for breakfast in my Venice hotel, a stylish establishment with fine…
Biography Footnotes, no 11, December 2012
The latest edition of the NCB's newsletter, Biography Footnotes is now available on the web. In it you will find news of the launch of volume 18 of the ADB - both in hardcopy and online;…
ADB Volume 18 Launched
Volume 18 of the ADB, which includes entries for people who died in 1981-90, with surnames beginning L-Z, was launched by Queensland Governor, Penelope Wensley AC, on 6 December. The entries are also…
Dr Carolyn Strange awarded CASS Mentor of the Year
This award aims to recognise the exceptional mentorship skills of a staff member who has a mentorship role for other staff and/or postgraduate students. Carolyn Strange was chosen from 13 candidates…
Bennelong embarks on his great ocean voyage - December 1792
In December 1792, the cultural explorer Bennelong, an Eora man of the Wangal clan, set off on the long ocean voyage from Sydney Cove. This placed him in a position to personally examine the country…
Award trifecta for History PhD student, Laura Rademaker
School of History PhD student, Laura Rademaker, has been awarded the National Library of Australia's Norman McCann Scholarship for a tenure at the Library in Summer 2013. Rademaker will use the time…