when: 26 July 2024 - 09 August 2024 | venue: State Library of WA | cost: Free Ticketed event | address: Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street Perth WA Australia | website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-margaret-medcalf-award-shortlisted-authors-lunchtime-talks-tickets-939296951467?aff=oddtdtcreator
published: 24 Jul 2024, 5 min read
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Explore WA history through the archives with the State Records Office's series of lunchtime talks.
- Paul Grace - Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains.
- Caroline Ingram - Women in the Court: An examination of women's trials heard in the Court of Quarter Sessions and the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 1830 - 1890.
- Professor Jane Lydon - Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River.
- Dr Steve Errington - Locked up in Fremantle 1829 to 1856: Prisoners and patients on the 'Marquis of Anglesea' and in the Round House.
- Simon Meath and Anne 'Rottnest Blondie' - Tell the Truth Rottnest Island
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Explore WA history through the archives with the State Records Office's series of lunchtime talks.
- Paul Grace - Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains.
- Caroline Ingram - Women in the Court: An examination of women's trials heard in the Court of Quarter Sessions and the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 1830 - 1890.
- Professor Jane Lydon - Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River.
- Dr Steve Errington - Locked up in Fremantle 1829 to 1856: Prisoners and patients on the 'Marquis of Anglesea' and in the Round House.
- Simon Meath and Anne 'Rottnest Blondie' - Tell the Truth Rottnest Island
Go see Lunchtime Talks: Shortlisted Authors for the 2024 Margaret Medcalf Award.
Lunchtime Talks: Shortlisted Authors for the 2024 Margaret Medcalf Award is on 26 July 2024 - 09 August 2024. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Perth. Visit their website at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-margaret-medcalf-award-shortlisted-authors-lunchtime-talks-tickets-939296951467?aff=oddtdtcreator.
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