Enjoyed being one of four historians asked to reflect on what they thought MOST shaped Australian history. Fortunately we all had slightly different answers, but they all certainly rhymed. Mine starts: "Failure to come to terms with Indigenous dispossession haunts Australian history at every turn. Contrary to common assumptions, it did not have to be … Continue reading HistoryToday on Australian History
I am a bit slow to this—I spoke with Paul Daley at the Guardian last December about this, but then didn't notice it come out. I assumed the project had been binned. But today for some reason I came across it! Daley wrote it for readers to find some hope in the dark days after … Continue reading Recommendations on Hope
My favourite online magazine Inside Story thought it was going to close down a few months ago. I was very sad to hear it. Some of the magazine's regular authors were asked to write a reflection on one of their pieces as a kind of farewell. I unhappily did so for the first piece I … Continue reading Five Years On…
Kate Fullagar 