Lunchtime Talks: Shortlisted Authors for the 2024 Margaret Medcalf Award

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.

Join shortlisted authors for the 2024 Margaret Medcalf Award as they dive into WA stories discovered during their research, using material from the State archives collection.

Friday 26 July 2024 | 12pm

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.

Friday 2 August 2024 | 12pm

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.

Friday 9 August 2024 | 12pm

Simon Meath and Anne 'Rottnest Blondie' - Tell the Truth Rottnest Island

The talks are free to attend but please register as spaces are limited.

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Explore WA history through the archives with the State Records Office's series of lunchtime talks.

Join shortlisted authors for the 2024 Margaret Medcalf Award as they dive into WA stories discovered during their research, using material from the State archives collection.

Friday 26 July 2024 | 12pm

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.

Friday 2 August 2024 | 12pm

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.

Friday 9 August 2024 | 12pm

Simon Meath and Anne 'Rottnest Blondie' - Tell the Truth Rottnest Island

The talks are free to attend but please register as spaces are limited.

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Event Details

what: Lunchtime Talks: Shortlisted Authors for the 2024 Margaret Medcalf Award

when: 26 July 2024 - 09 August 2024

start time/end time: 26 Jul | 12pm, , 2 Aug | 12pm 9 Aug | 12pm

venue: State Library of WA

website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-margaret-medcalf-award-shortlisted-authors-lunchtime-talks-tickets-939296951467?aff=oddtdtcreator

city/suburb: Perth WA

address: Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street Perth WA Australia

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