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Bundanoon History Group bushfire archive project

by Francesca Beddie
7th March 202125th September 2021

Amid the restrictions of COVID-19, the Bundanoon History Group managed to complete phase one of its bushfire project in time for what turned out to be a cool and wet summer. Its messages have been distilled in a poster hanging on the History Shed in the main street and in a short video made for the National Museum of Australia’s Momentous online project.Read More »Bundanoon History Group bushfire archive project

Australia Day: occasion for collective mourning

by Francesca Beddie
26th January 202012th October 2021

In early January, the leader of the Opposition, Anthony Albanese, suggested the first sitting day of Federal Parliament for 2020 be devoted to marking the unprecedented bushfire crisis. That got me thinking about Australia Day. Read More »Australia Day: occasion for collective mourning