Posts tagged with Wilfred Prest

  1. Dividing and Conquering the Streets of Coburg

    Carl J. Sciglitano The records of the Melbourne Social Survey contained in the Wilfred Prest collection in the University Archives are an important resource for researchers …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/08/09/dividing-and-conquering-the-streets-of-coburg

  2. The Archives of Wilfred 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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