Kay Dreyfus is an Adjunct Research Fellow in the School of History (SOPHIS), Monash University. Her background is in musicology and history and she holds doctorates in both areas. As curator of the Grainger Museum (Melbourne), she edited The Farthest North of Humanness, Letters of Percy Grainger 1901–1914 (1985). She is particularly interested in everyday musical experience in Australia, and her publications include Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of Australia’s All-Girl Bands and Orchestras to the End of the Second World War (1999) and a biography of the Australian violinist Alma Moodie (Die Geige War ihr Leben: Drei Frauen im Portrait, 2000).
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‘Verge 2023: Defiant’ book launch
Readings Carlton
Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC
Join Australian Book Review Editor Peter Rose to celebrate the launch of the journal Verge 2023 titled Defiant. Defiant is edited by Samuel Bernard, Thomas Rock and Vera Yingzhi Gu. Crackling with energy...
The Big Teal – Net Zero: Investing in the Future (Brisbane)
Playhouse, QPAC
Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane, QLD
A decade-long climate war and inadequate government action have left a vacuum of opportunities that are being sucked up by an increasing number of business leaders, investors and activists. Respected...
$30 – $35
Book launch | Monash University Low FODMAP: The Cookbook (Invitation Only)
Monash University Caulfield
Monash Art, Design and Architecture Exhibition Space,, Caulfield
120 delicious and easy-to-follow recipes developed by the founders of the FODMAP diet This is the perfect cooking companion to better manage symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Offering 120...
Book Launch: The Uncertainty Effect by Michelle Lazarus
Matheson Library
Monash University, Clayton, VIC
To be launched by Professor Sharon Pickering A smart, practical book that shows us how to navigate uncertain times In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we...
Justice in Kelly Country book talk by Lachlan Strahan (National Trust Australian Heritage Festival Event, Glenroy)
Glenroy Community Hub Library
50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy, VIC
Partway through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening to shoot him ‘like a dog’. Two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat, Ned and...
‘Verge 2023: Defiant’ book launch
Readings Carlton Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VICJoin Australian Book Review Editor Peter Rose to celebrate the launch of the journal Verge 2023 titled Defiant. Defiant is edited by Samuel Bernard, Thomas Rock and Vera Yingzhi Gu. Crackling with energy...
The Big Teal – Net Zero: Investing in the Future (Brisbane)
Playhouse, QPAC Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane, QLDA decade-long climate war and inadequate government action have left a vacuum of opportunities that are being sucked up by an increasing number of business leaders, investors and activists. Respected...
Book launch | Monash University Low FODMAP: The Cookbook (Invitation Only)
Monash University Caulfield Monash Art, Design and Architecture Exhibition Space,, Caulfield120 delicious and easy-to-follow recipes developed by the founders of the FODMAP diet This is the perfect cooking companion to better manage symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Offering 120...
Book Launch: The Uncertainty Effect by Michelle Lazarus
Matheson Library Monash University, Clayton, VICTo be launched by Professor Sharon Pickering A smart, practical book that shows us how to navigate uncertain times In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we...
Justice in Kelly Country book talk by Lachlan Strahan (National Trust Australian Heritage Festival Event, Glenroy)
Glenroy Community Hub Library 50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy, VICPartway through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening to shoot him ‘like a dog’. Two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat, Ned and...
