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21.01.2022 Museums are windows to our world. Amazing museums can leave a lasting impression and while COVID-19 has separated me from my favs, I have been exploring the world of virtual museums. One museum that I will never forget and still gives me chills is Anne Frank House. That lasting impression has never left me. Anne’s life was short, but her words are a legacy that will last many lifetimes.... Peer through a virtual window into Anne Frank House to discover how a Jewish teenager’s dreams could still come true despite her untimely death. #museumsathome #IMD2020 #historywriters #historybloggersaustralia #annefrank #annefrankhouse #googleartsandculture
21.01.2022 Storytelling is one my greatest passions. It was a privilege to tell Lucy and Jay’s story and the amazing power of breast milk.
20.01.2022 @thehistorygirls are teasing us a little this week with their theme of ‘places’. Despite not being able to travel for a while now, I’ve chosen to put the spotlight on one of my favourite natural places in the world. Girraween National Park in Australia, and about four hours from my home, is a place I have visited many, many times. Initially, this was due to my parent’s love for this spectacular national park, which boasts massive granite boulders, clear bubbling creeks and so...me of the best bush walks in the country. I was three months old the first time we camped there. I would then continue to visit and scale the enormous granite boulders as a toddler, child, teenager and adult. I have also taken my eldest to Girraween and she managed to scramble up the massive rock faces (while I quietly had a heart attack), just like I did as a toddler. Girraween National Park is easy to love and the beauty it effortlessly exudes from the tiniest native wildflowers to the massive mountain-sized granite outcrops, is awe-inspiring. The Granite Belt is also home to Bald Rock, another gigantic rock mountain I’ve scaled. And when I say gigantic, I mean it - Bald Rock is the second biggest monolith in Australia (behind Uluru) and the largest exposed granite rock in the Southern Hemisphere. That’s a pretty amazing feat of nature. Girraween National Park’s location ran along an ancient trade route for the traditional custodians of the land. The Kambuwal, Jukambal, Kwiambal, Ngarabal, Bundjalung and Gidabal people lived, gathered, hunted and thrived in the area for many generations. It is likely they gathered at Girraween for gift exchanges, corroborees, feasts and marriages. Their place names and legends have been lost in time but many of their markings, camping locations and tools remain to remind us of the special connection our Indigenous Australians had with their land. I really look forward to the next time I can revel in this place’s stunning grandeur. And when I’m there, I’ll probably climb The Pyramid for the 20th or so time and enjoy a vegemite sandwich with salt and vinegar chips squished between the bread at the top. Thank you to Tatiana Gerus @ Flickr for her spectacular photo of Girraween National Park’s view from Mt. Norman. The other photos are of me at the top of some of the world’s most amazing granite mountains. #thehistorygirls #historybloggersaustralia #girraweennationalpark #vegemitesandwichesarethebest
06.01.2022 Thank you @thehistorygirls for this week’s photo challenge. I’m putting the spotlight on Harriet Tubman. I had never heard of Harriet until I listened to @youredeadtomepodcast, which opened my eyes to this remarkable and inspiring woman. Here are some amazing facts about Harriet:... ** Harriet was born around 1821 into slavery as Araminta ‘Minty’ Ross. ** As a teenager, she was hit in the head with a very heavy weight by an overseer, which cracked her skull and caused ongoing health issues for the rest of her life. ** She escaped slavery but wanted freedom for her family and friends so became a ‘conductor’ on the underground railway, which was a series of safe houses along a 90mile journey that liberated many people from the bondages of slavery. ** She freed around 70 people through the underground railway and famously became called the ‘Moses of her people’. ** Harriet was a scout and spy during the Civil War and was the first woman to lead a combat assault, which freed 700 people from slavery. ** Harriet was also a suffragette and gave speeches in Washington D.C. and New York City. ** She underwent surgery for her head injury later in life, and chose not to go under anaesthesia but to chew on a bullet like the civil war soldiers. ** Harriet Tubman passed away around the age of 93 after a remarkable life. She was buried with military honours. Near her time of death, she said to her friends and family... I go to prepare a place for you... - #thehistorygirls #historybloggers #harriettubman
06.01.2022 Have you ever wondered where the word board games came from or why we call two pieces of bread a sandwich? My love of words and history dives deep into this linguistic intrigue to discover how our language from the past forms the words we still use today. #historyblogger #etymology #historyofwords #mytruelove
04.01.2022 Amazing story of a teenager in lockdown 150 years ago!
