Look History in the Eye, Melbourne
Look History in the Eye is produced in Melbourne, Australia at the Victorian Archives Centre, where a hundred kilometres of historic records about Victoria’s past are carefully preserved in climate controlled vaults. We meet the people who dig into archival boxes, look history in the eye and then wo
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The Brookside girls
Interview with award-winning journalist Erica Cervin...
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Nov 19 2024 32m
Chapter 1 13 mins
The Troubling History of Brookside GirlsChapter 2 15 mins
Hardship and Escape From BrooksideChapter 3 3 mins
A Bird in a Gilded Cage Full Song
Unravelling phrenology: a dive into a controversial past and its modern implications
Prepare to journey back in time to the captivating, ...
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Feb 6 2024 39m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Facial Analysis and Phrenology in HistoryChapter 2 11 mins
19th and 20th Century Phrenology Melbourne, Fortune Tellers, Murder CaseChapter 3 13 mins
Ethical Concerns, about AI and Facial Analysis Technology Chapter 4 2 mins
Reliability and Trust in Algorithms, Have We Moved Forward From Phrenology?
Unearthed: The audacious story of Fanny Finch, pioneer and rule-breaker
Hold on to your hats as we unearth the audacious sto...
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Aug 29 2023 50m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Fanny FinchChapter 2 37 mins
Apology, Slide-Grog, and Legal Troubles
Activism on the goldfields: Victorian Chinese petitions
The Australian gold rush years saw a boom in immigra...
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Jun 13 2023 22m
Queer stories from the archives
Talk by Angela Bailey, Vice-President of the Austral...
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May 16 2023 25m
Charles Troedel Archive
Talk by Amanda Scardamaglia, Associate Professor and...
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Jun 28 2022 36m
Pioneer girls and flappers
Talk by Katie Wood, PhD Candidate in history at La T...
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Apr 26 2022 17m
Pentridge prison escape
Interview with crime writer Susanna LobezPentridge P...
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Apr 19 2022 30m
They called her Madame B
Interview with archival historian and writer Barbara...
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Apr 5 2022 26m
The silent prison: Pentridge and the panopticon
Interviews with Melbourne archaeologists Adam Ford a...
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Mar 29 2022 21m
Monuments for the masses
Interviews with architectural historians Derham Grov...
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Mar 29 2022 25m