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25.01.2022 The next in my Armidale Diary Series. Armidale Diaries 7 - birds, bees and social isolation https://belshaw.blogspot.com//armidale-diaries-birds-bees-

25.01.2022 A note on the economic aspects of covid-19 and the associated shutdowns https://belshaw.blogspot.com//a-note-on-economic-aspects-o

25.01.2022 Sydney's Nanda\Hobbs Gallery presents the paintings of Caroline Zilinsky https://belshaw.blogspot.com//faceless-caroline-zilinsky-o

25.01.2022 It makes me proud to be Australian: short reflections on just how well the Australian system of Ghttps://belshaw.blogspot.com/2020/07/it-makes-me-proud-to-be-australian.htmlovernment and our people have worked in managing covid-19

25.01.2022 I guess that this post is an opening shot https://belshaw.blogspot.com//covid-19-immediate-and-longe

23.01.2022 Cross posting with other groups. This is the second in my series on the history of media and especially the newspaper press in Northern NSW. At a time when covid-19 has cut the guts out of our regional media, it seems appropriate to remember why the press is important. https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au//early-paper-rush-hav/

23.01.2022 Aussie craft show moves to Facebook to help seniors beat the pandemic blues: reflections on the importance of older people http://belshaw.blogspot.com//aussie-craft-show-moves-to-fa

22.01.2022 Multiple cross postings(!) to provide a report on the operations of the community Special Interest Group formed to consider the long term future of the UNE Heritage Centre and Regional Archives. We have been quite busy! Our first concern was to ensure that the Centre would stay open at a time when UNE is undergoing a restructure. We needed this to allow time for longer term planning. Dixson Librarian Blanca Pizzani advises us that the lease on the current premises has been e...xtended to March 2022 to allow time for planning. Our second concern was the creation of a path that would see the Centre's role as a critical resource for Northern NSW recognised and its governance and funding placed on a stable basis that involves the Northern NSW community and recognises its multiple roles. To this end, we have been gathering factual information about the Centre and documenting the role it has played regionally and nationally, including the collection of testimonials. We are also seeking support from stakeholders across the North and beyond. In this context, the New England Visions 2030 Institute has already prepared a consultation report on the role and future directions of the Centre. I will post a copy of this to the Armidale & District Historical Society FB Group so that people can access it. Led by Graham Wilson, the Special Interest Group has begun the process of contacting historical societies, family history groups and museums across the North seeking their involvement and support. Because we are coming up on Christmas, this process will take time. Meantime, I have begun a series in the Armidale Express on the Centre's remarkable story. Given paywalls and press disruptions I'm not sure how many this will reach, but the link to the first story is here -https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au//history-matters-the-/ We know that we have a long way to go, but we have begun. My thanks to all those involved. See more

21.01.2022 Initial reflections on the suspension of the Armidale Express and other ACM mastheads https://newenglandaustralia.blogspot.com//reflections-on-s

20.01.2022 Resuming the Monday Forums after a longish break. Monday Forum - what are the possible longer term changes from the covid-19 pandemic? https://belshaw.blogspot.com//monday-forum-what-are-possib

19.01.2022 Saturday Morning Musings - living in a random world https://belshaw.blogspot.com//i-was-searching-for-image-ar

18.01.2022 A long time ago!

18.01.2022 This is the third in my Armidale Express series on the Aboriginal peopling of New England now republished on my history blog. http://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//the-peopling-of-new

17.01.2022 Cross posting. The second in my Armidale Express series on the history of the newspaper press in New England now on my history blog - History of the New England newspaper press 2 - Early paper rush in New England: have printing press will travel! https://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//history-of-new-eng

17.01.2022 Statues, monuments and the need for real action https://belshaw.blogspot.com//statues-monuments-and-need-f

16.01.2022 As the title says https://newenglandaustralia.blogspot.com//musings-on-end-o

16.01.2022 Cross posting. And so another project, my introductory course on the history of Australia's New England, comes to an end. This week will be the twentieth lecture, the tenth discussion group, since the project began. It's been a bigger ask than I had expected, partly because covid disrupted in the middle. This stalled us. When we resumed I had to deliver the lecture twice a week because of covid space limitations. It's been a rich learning experience in which my course partic...ipants have really pushed me. I owe them a lot. There is a deep interest in learning about the past. something that governments need to consider. Interestingly, the segments on Aboriginal New England up to 1788 and, to a lesser extent, the frontier wars attracted the most interest. People wanted to know. Their questions pushed me into new areas, new topics. At one point to illustrate kinship systems I broke the discussion group into segments and then used that to illustrate kin linkages, recognising that these varied. I am committed to running the course again next semester. Those on the wait list plus those who deferred mean that the course is almost fully booked. Still, the break gives me time to reflect and to work on my main book projects.

15.01.2022 With the agreement of the committee, we have begun the creation of an Armidale & District Historical Society Facebook Group as a way of keeping members and those interested in our history in touch during this shutdown You will find the group here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/331108067862859/

15.01.2022 Trying to sort out my own mind on the current tensions with China https://belshaw.blogspot.com//chinas-apparently-expanding-

14.01.2022 Now on line on my history blog History of the New England newspaper press 6 - Media feels the weight of change https://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//history-of-new-eng

13.01.2022 There has been a significant kerfuffle in this little university city that I call home. Referring to it's Alice In Wonderland aspects, the judge has now handed down his decision in the case of what is effectively Armidale Regional Council v Armidale Regional Council. You will find the decision here https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/de/172da075b399b6598ccec650

13.01.2022 A tale of lost crackling - Welder's Dog leaves for Moscow https://belshaw.blogspot.com//a-tale-of-lost-crackling-wel

12.01.2022 Returning to economics https://belshaw.blogspot.com//are-current-productivity-mea

11.01.2022 During the print shutdown, my Armidale Express history columns will continue to appear on the paper's website. No 5 in series on the Aboriginal peopling of New England now up on my history blog http://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//the-aboriginal-peop

10.01.2022 Round the blogging traps - EM Lilien and fin de siècle, Ramana and fear of the other, Neil Whitfield's reminiscences https://belshaw.blogspot.com//round-blogging-traps-em-lili

10.01.2022 Now on-line in my history blog, this the thirteenth in a series on the history of the media and especially the newspaper press in New England, the sixth column on the emergence of the NSW Country Party https://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//history-of-new-eng

09.01.2022 Book review - 'I wonder'. The life and Work of Ken Inglis https://belshaw.blogspot.com//book-review-i-wonder-life-an

08.01.2022 Reflections after a nice lunch https://belshaw.blogspot.com//covid-19-lunch-in-uralla-and

06.01.2022 I have begun a series on the history of media in Australia's New England. Hopefully they will be published in the Armidale Express but will in any case be posted on my History Blog. This post lists previous posts on history and changing role of New England's media listed to help me consolidate my thinking https://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//consolidated-posts

06.01.2022 This post pulls together my Armidale Express series on the early Aboriginal peopling of Australia's New England to the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, allowing you to read them from first to last https://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//the-early-aborigin

06.01.2022 Train Reading - Introducing John Buchan's Memory Hold-the-Door, Nevil Shute's Slide Rule https://belshaw.blogspot.com//train-reading-introducing-jo

05.01.2022 Putting covid-19 into perspective https://belshaw.blogspot.com//putting-covid-19-into-perspe

04.01.2022 Musings on covid-19, globalisation and Australia's vulnerability https://belshaw.blogspot.com//covid-19-globalisation-and-a

04.01.2022 Saturday morning musings - have collectivist societies manage covid-19 better than individualist societies? https://belshaw.blogspot.com//saturday-morning-musings-hav

04.01.2022 First in a new series History of the New England newspaper press 1 - 1841: Thomas Strode and the Hunter River Gazette https://newenglandhistory.blogspot.com//history-of-new-eng

03.01.2022 Is Australian archaeology too "white" and unrepresentative? If so, does it matter? Reflections on Australia's changing social structures https://belshaw.blogspot.com//is-australian-archaeology-to

03.01.2022 Calling those interested in Sea change: Armidale based NERAM Launches "Come run our café" campaign.http://newenglandaustralia.blogspot.com//calling-those-int

03.01.2022 Multiple cross posting. Creative New England held a short story competition. You will find the entries herehttps://www.unelife.com.au/babh/cne/short-story-competition

01.01.2022 Cross posted Next in my Armidale Diaries series "Armidale Diaries 8 - cold, council, chooks and bunker boxes" https://belshaw.blogspot.com//armidale-diaries-8-cold-coun

01.01.2022 My columns continue.

01.01.2022 Saturday morning musings - problems with the rigid application of Australian covid-19 restrictions https://belshaw.blogspot.com//saturday-morning-musings-pro