Comments for Australian Women's History Forum

Comment on Calendar by Fliss Lord

Fliss Lord — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:55:12 +0000

Can’t work out if there’s any special events in Adelaide?!?

Comment on Calendar by lcawhf

lcawhf — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:52:26 +0000

There are two collections of events: some are directly listed under Calender but most are reached by opening the WHM 2013 page and selecting Events from the bottom of the sidebar. The variation is caused by how they have been entered.

Comment on Calendar by Sophie Chessell

Sophie Chessell — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:12:51 +0000

Canberra Museum and Gallery marks International Women’s day and Women’s History Month with the following event:

10 x 10: The women who made Canberra
To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, CMAG and the ACT Office for Women present ten prominent women who will reflect on their experiences, stories and achievements in Canberra.
Free, includes supper, tea & coffee, RSVP by Tue 12 March, for catering purposes.
Fri 15 March: 5.00–8.30pm

CANBERRA MUSEUM + GALLERY
Cnr London Circuit & Civic Square, Canberra City

Information and RSVP: 6207 3968 or cmagbookings@act.gov.au

Comment on Calendar by Loine Sweeney

Loine Sweeney — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:54:29 +0000

The link from this page to “all 2013 WHM event” is currently only going through to one event. Where is the link or tab on your site to see the fuller list of events, to date?

Comment on WHM 2013 by Fliss Lord

Fliss Lord — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:57:54 +0000

Frances Bedford MP [SA] has done much research work on Muriel L Matters, Suffragist. See Aust Dictionary of Biography [online]. Are you aware of this?

Comment on Historic places by democritdaisy

democritdaisy — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:29:05 +0000

Vicki – we’d be interested in the photos, let us know if we can include one on the website.

Comment on Nancy Lorne Allen 1908-1993 by Wayne Allen

Wayne Allen — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:58:29 +0000

it was interesting to read about my great aunt. I remember visiting auntie Nancy when I was little. I remember my dad telling me about her architect days and being in the war. I would have liked to have followed in her foot steps as an architect.

Comment on About us by lcawhf

lcawhf — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:46:52 +0000

Thank you very much for your kind comments but particularly for the link to the archived early website, we have provided a link to this.

I agree that seeking out women of historical prominence inevitably leads to difficulties of representation of subgroups who do not deserve to be so neglected. It is something we all need to keep at the forefont of our minds when creating lists and galleries for each year.
Regards
Libby Coates

Comment on Historic places by Vicki Smith

Vicki Smith — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:05:06 +0000

I have a garden designed by Edna Walling. My address is 1-3 The Avenue, Ocean Grove, Victoria 3226. I can send photos through during the week sometime.

Comment on About us by Lulu Turner (a.k.a. Lulu Respall-Turner)

Lulu Turner (a.k.a. Lulu Respall-Turner) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:41:28 +0000

Nice to see the great improvement in the WHM site. Congratulations!
I was a participant in the WHM Steering Committee during 1999-2001 (see http://www.triviumpublishing.com/womenshistorymonth/about.html). The Trivium site, which hosted first online Australian, in large part through the efforts and US contacts of Gillian Pollack, contains a record of discussions/chats among women, which I hope will be archived in this new site.
I would like to point out the large gap in the historical record of WHM, in relating contributions of immigrant and refugee women of non-Anglo Celtic origin (variously labelled ‘non-English speaking background or ‘NESB’, or ‘culturally and linguistically diverse’ or ‘CALD’, ‘multicultural’ ,,, I wonder what the next label will be … I hope to see recorded, for example, the emergence of ANESBWA and more recently NIRWA in mobilising women of non-English speaking origins to become active in the Australian women’s movement.