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Lenore Layman

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

Events

Launch: Brown. Female. Doctor. (Invitation Only)

Pran Central Shopping Centre 325 Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia

Brown. Female. Doctor. A Memoir by Dr Sarah Arachchi A conversation event with Dr Sarah Arachchi, Shivani Gopal, and Professor Michelle Leech. When: Thursday 15 May Time: 7.00 for 7.30pm start Venue: Bossy...

Author event: Tracey Kirkland & Gavin Fang – Age of Doubt

Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

Today, trust seems harder to find than ever before. It’s hardly surprising we feel that way. Our politics is polarised, our online world is awash with misinformation, and we’ve lost...