Lenore Layman (co-editor) is an Australian historian, currently Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Murdoch University. Her research and publication on Australian asbestos history began in 1983. She was a Chief Investigator on the NHMRC-funded Consequences of asbestos exposure in WA and Dust-related Health Issues in Western Australians projects. She has recently co-authored and co-edited Powering Perth: A History of the East Perth Power Station and the Electrification of Perth; 110° in the Waterbag: A History of Life, Work and Leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the Northern Goldfields; Blood Nose Politics: A Centenary History of the WA National Party; and Radical Perth, Militant Fremantle.
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Asbestos in Australia
Lenore Layman and Gail Phillips
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Asbestos in Australia
Lenore Layman and Gail Phillips
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Author Talk: The Remarkable Greig Sisters by Iola Mathews
RHSV
239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Greig sisters arrived in Melbourne in 1889 in search of a university education. Jane and Janet would be among the first women doctors in Australia, and Flos became the...
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In conversation: Catherine Gay discusses Australian Girls (Canberra)
In conversation event to launch Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century. Join Emily Gallagher (National Centre of Biography) in conversation with Catherine Gay to celebrate the launch of Australian...
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Canberra Writers Festival: She Who Tastes, Knows: Food & Storytelling
Cafe Stepping Stone Dickson
8 Hawdon Place, Dickson, ACT
Women have joined hands to prepare food as an act of love for family, community and culture for millennia. Passing on recipes and cooking together can preserve cultural memory, empower...
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Canberra Writers Festival: Climate, Chaos & COP 31
Senate Chamber | Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House
18 King George Terrace, Canberra, ACT
With geopolitical earthquakes shaking our world – what can we expect at COP31 in November? Thom Woodroofe, Clive Hamilton and Miki Perkins explore the underlying philosophies driving world powers and...
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Canberra Writers Festival: Testing the Body
Liangis Theatre, National Portrait Gallery
King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT
Writing about how bodies are tested – through terrible abrupt accident, gruelling ultra-marathon and the simple reality of ageing – can open profound questions about what matters in life. Join...
Events
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Author Talk: The Remarkable Greig Sisters by Iola Mathews
RHSV 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe Greig sisters arrived in Melbourne in 1889 in search of a university education. Jane and Janet would be among the first women doctors in Australia, and Flos became the...
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In conversation: Catherine Gay discusses Australian Girls (Canberra)
In conversation event to launch Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century. Join Emily Gallagher (National Centre of Biography) in conversation with Catherine Gay to celebrate the launch of Australian...
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Canberra Writers Festival: She Who Tastes, Knows: Food & Storytelling
Cafe Stepping Stone Dickson 8 Hawdon Place, Dickson, ACTWomen have joined hands to prepare food as an act of love for family, community and culture for millennia. Passing on recipes and cooking together can preserve cultural memory, empower...
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Canberra Writers Festival: Climate, Chaos & COP 31
Senate Chamber | Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Canberra, ACTWith geopolitical earthquakes shaking our world – what can we expect at COP31 in November? Thom Woodroofe, Clive Hamilton and Miki Perkins explore the underlying philosophies driving world powers and...
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Canberra Writers Festival: Testing the Body
Liangis Theatre, National Portrait Gallery King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACTWriting about how bodies are tested – through terrible abrupt accident, gruelling ultra-marathon and the simple reality of ageing – can open profound questions about what matters in life. Join...
