Angry and dismayed
Having spent quite some time deep in the archives I’ve emerged from the stacks – how shall I put this – angry. It’s now clear to me that erasure and vilification shaped Louisa Lawson’s life and her subsequent legacy.
Online Treasure Troves
Archives. So much rich and wonderful archival data is now available online that it’s hardly necessary to visit in person.
The Lost ‘Dawns’
Earlier this year, as a visiting researcher at Sydney’s Mitchell Library, I noticed something was missing from its collection. A series of somethings, in fact. I didn’t quite believe it. According to the astonishing cabinet of wonders that is the library’s online catalogue, they were all there. But when the librarians brought out the relevant…