Research Tips – Using a Timeline
No magical solutions, but perhaps I can offer a few suggestions about what works for me.
Online Treasure Troves
Archives. So much rich and wonderful archival data is now available online that it’s hardly necessary to visit in person.
What is a Visiting Scholar anyway?
A private, shared room to work in at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW). VIP treatment by the specialist librarians. Staff discount at the SLNSW’s café and bookshop. Plus that quiet sense of smug satisfaction that comes from having a little something on your CV that’s highly competitive and hard to get. Oh, hang on,…
An acquisition, a shortlisting and a scholarship!
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, and I’m beyond delighted to have made the cut; ‘for a biography of Louisa Lawson, newspaper proprietor, poet, suffragist and mother of Henry Lawson.’ What a strong list and what an honour to be included in it. Although those of you who’ve…