David Hastings is an Australian/New Zealand journalist and historian. He began working as a copy boy on the Melbourne Sun in 1970 and ended in 2013 as editor of the Weekend Herald. His published histories include Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870–1885, Extra! Extra! How the People Made the News, and The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie: Murder, Politics and Revenge in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand.
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Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac
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Authors in the Age of AI: Help, Harm, and What Comes Next with Richard King and others (WA)
Armadale Library
Central Shopping Centre, Shop 64/10 Orchard Ave, Armadale, WA
Authors are seeing their work used without consent to train large language models (LLMs), facing markets flooded with machine-generated content, and grappling with new tools that promise to help –...
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Book Launch: 50 Years/50 Works
MUMA
900 Dandenong Rd (building F), Caulifield, VIC, Australia
MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50 Years/50 Works: A MUMA Collection Index. MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50...
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Sonia Orchard at Readings SLV
Readings State Library Victoria
285 Russell St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join Sonia Orchard for a conversation with journalist and author Louise Milligan, about her new book, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children, the latest in our In the National...
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2026 John Cain Memorial Oration: Gareth Evans
State Library Victoria, Conversation Quarter
328 Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration will be delivered by Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans, AC KC FASSA FAIIA The evening will include a two course meal and drinks in...
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Sonia Orchard at Gleebooks
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales
Sonia Orchard in conversation with Jess Hill and Grace Tame Stories of child sexual abuse appear in the media weekly, often framed as isolated incidents. But child sexual abuse and...
$15
Events
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Authors in the Age of AI: Help, Harm, and What Comes Next with Richard King and others (WA)
Armadale Library Central Shopping Centre, Shop 64/10 Orchard Ave, Armadale, WAAuthors are seeing their work used without consent to train large language models (LLMs), facing markets flooded with machine-generated content, and grappling with new tools that promise to help –...
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Book Launch: 50 Years/50 Works
MUMA 900 Dandenong Rd (building F), Caulifield, VIC, AustraliaMUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50 Years/50 Works: A MUMA Collection Index. MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50...
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Sonia Orchard at Readings SLV
Readings State Library Victoria 285 Russell St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin Sonia Orchard for a conversation with journalist and author Louise Milligan, about her new book, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children, the latest in our In the National...
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2026 John Cain Memorial Oration: Gareth Evans
State Library Victoria, Conversation Quarter 328 Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration will be delivered by Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans, AC KC FASSA FAIIA The evening will include a two course meal and drinks in...
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Sonia Orchard at Gleebooks
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South WalesSonia Orchard in conversation with Jess Hill and Grace Tame Stories of child sexual abuse appear in the media weekly, often framed as isolated incidents. But child sexual abuse and...
$15
