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The Archives of Wilfred J Prest and Michelle de Kretser’s The Lost Dog
Gwynneth Thomas On an autumn evening in the city, Tom looked sideways at other people’s lives –The Lost Dog, p. 8 During this first year of …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/24/the-archives-of-wilfred-j-prest-and-michelle-de-kretsers-the-lost-dog
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Modern living was for sale in Second World War Melbourne – but only in the right streets
Patrick Gigacz ‘Paid £120 extra for H.W.S. [hot water service], electric stove and extras … W.C. [water closet – toilet] will be inside when sewerage put …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/16/modern-living-was-for-sale-in-second-world-war-melbourne-but-only-in-the-right-streets
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The Rise of Chinese Australians’ Box Hill: A Comparative History Review
Shouyue Zhang Today’s Box Hill in Greater Melbourne is widely recognised as a vibrant Asian community and the most populous Chinese-Australian enclave in Victoria. In 2021, …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/08/the-rise-of-chinese-australians-box-hill-a-comparative-history-review
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From Below: Working-Class Perceptions of Post-War Australia
Jacobin Bosman Picture Footscray. What comes to mind? The answer, at least for Melbournians, is probably some variation on the setting for 1992’s Romper Stomper with …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/02/from-below-working-class-perceptions-of-post-war-australia
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The Henderson Poverty Report: ‘The First of its Kind’
Yichen Wang, Elizabeth Sim, Chante Mullins, & Megan Grove The archives relating to the Henderson Poverty Report provide not only an insight into early theorisations of …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/05/02/the-henderson-poverty-report-the-first-of-its-kind
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