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Katie Holmes
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Historian of environment, gender & culture; gardener; mum. La Trobe University. Co-author of Mallee Country: land, people, history (Monash Uni Press 2020)
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Katie Holmes @katieholmes.bsky.social reviews 'John Büsst: Bohemian Artist and Saviour of Reef and Rainforest', by Iain McCalman

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April 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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📻 We are thrilled to announce that our 2024 Annual Lecture, delivered by Prof in History at @latrobeuni.bsky.social, @katieholmes.bsky.social will be broadcast this evening on the ABC Radio National Big Ideas program at 8pm! If you miss out, it will be broadcast again tomorrow at 12pm.
March 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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The @austhistassoc.bsky.social is pleased to enhance its advocacy work this year. A short thread here on our terms, reach, submissions, statements, and tips for defending history: theaha.org.au/advocacy/
Advocacy - The Australian Historical Association
The Australian Historical Association advocates for the ability of historians to produce and publicise excellent and ethical historical research, with fair access to historical resources and communiti...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Our 2024 Annual Lecture and prize giving ceremony is now available to watch on YouTube, featuring @katieholmes.bsky.social delivering her talk 'Drought, flooding rains and futures: environmental history in the Murray Darling Basin'. Thank you Katie!

📺Watch now: youtu.be/fwbLKU0CkVc?...
History Council of Victoria Annual Lecture + prize giving ceremony 2024 - with Dr Katie Holmes
YouTube video by History Council of Victoria
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February 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Benedict Cumberbatch reading "A letter to my kids" by Stuart Capstick.
What are you going to say to your kids?
#climatecrisis
#ClimateActionNow
#JustStopOil
@ourkidsclimate.bsky.social
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'A letter to my Kids' by Stuart Capstick, read by Benedict Cumberbatch | April 2024 | Just Stop Oil
YouTube video by Just Stop Oil
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January 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Fascinating, hopeful case: legally enforceable rights just granted to the Snohomish River watershed in Everett City, Washington State.

“Voters in Everett…enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish.”
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A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights - Inside Climate News
Voters in the city of Everett chose to grant the Snohomish River watershed rights to exist, regenerate and flourish as part of a November ballot initiative.
insideclimatenews.org
December 7, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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“JRG has been an egregious, massive failure,” Bogemann says. “It didn’t change what I wanted to study, but I see black and white how it’s impacting me. There’s a lot of anxiety among young people, and a lack of student voices driving these changes.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Band-aid’: debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees, university students say
Albanese’s plan is viewed as a ‘last-ditch effort’ to win votes but students also want the vexed jobs ready graduate scheme reversed
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:58 AM