Melanie Burkett
@melb2001.bsky.social
Historian of 19th century working-class immigration in the British Empire & settler colonialism. Author of "Opposing Australia's First Assisted Immigrants, 1832-42." PhD from Macquarie Uni, die-hard Duke alum. Mother to a Muppet dog.
my first thought was Gob Bluth😆
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
my first thought was Gob Bluth😆
putting the N back in Cuts 🤣
October 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
putting the N back in Cuts 🤣
look how moved he is! I love them both!
October 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
look how moved he is! I love them both!
Labyrinth! Perhaps not strictly Halloween, but Halloween vibes. & gave me nightmares as a kid
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Labyrinth! Perhaps not strictly Halloween, but Halloween vibes. & gave me nightmares as a kid
mine apparently stopped syncing bc it was "too full", which I didn't realize, & when I deleted a bunch of stuff from my computer it didn't make a dent in my % full (bc it wasn't syncing) so I ended up buying more space before I figured it out 😞
September 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
mine apparently stopped syncing bc it was "too full", which I didn't realize, & when I deleted a bunch of stuff from my computer it didn't make a dent in my % full (bc it wasn't syncing) so I ended up buying more space before I figured it out 😞
this totally happened on Veep...
September 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
this totally happened on Veep...
Voyage of the Mimi!
July 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Voyage of the Mimi!
oooo, it's on my list! Post lots of pics, please!
July 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
oooo, it's on my list! Post lots of pics, please!
Here's hoping there are no crocs at MQ! 😆
July 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Here's hoping there are no crocs at MQ! 😆
put them in the footnotes!
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
put them in the footnotes!
"MQ prepared me well for a career that doesn't exist: being an academic in the humanities. Sadly, MQ seems to be contributing to the death of that profession in the neoliberal management choices it makes. I've been very disappointed as an alum to see news of all the restructurings and redundancies."
May 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"MQ prepared me well for a career that doesn't exist: being an academic in the humanities. Sadly, MQ seems to be contributing to the death of that profession in the neoliberal management choices it makes. I've been very disappointed as an alum to see news of all the restructurings and redundancies."