The Lost Mother a recommended “Summer Read” in Victoria

I am very honoured to have been selected to be part of this program, in which libraries across Victoria encourage people to read the listed books.  Read more about the program here

Jenny Hogan’s blog

The Lost Mother by Anne Summers melbourne Universithy Press,

As much as I love reading memoirs, I had grave reservations about reading this book. Its all very well to drool over someone else’s life when you don’t know them, have never met anyone they know and are never likely to. I was not sure about reading [...]

Death of Australia’s first woman archivist

August 5, 2009

Miss Mollie Lukis, Australia’s first woman archivist when she was appointed the first State Archivist in Western Australia in 1945, has died at the age of 98. At the time of her appointment, the position was part of the combined Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum and the first Archivist’s role was to [...]