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Yianni Cartledge @yiannicart.bsky.social · 3d

Check out Tanja Bueltmann's review of our recent volume on Forced Migration with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social in @imm-min-journal.bsky.social - doi.org/10.1080/0261...

@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dgb-history.bsky.social

Forced migration: exiles and refugees in the UK and the British Empire, 1815-1949

Published in Immigrants & Minorities: Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 4d

As it's October and the 'Halloween as an imported American thing' discourse has begun, I thought I'd mention that in Australia, the Scottish diaspora, especially in the first half of the 20th century, celebrated Halloween as a particular Scottish tradition, as attested to by many articles on Trove.

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Alexandra Dellios @alecadell.bsky.social · 14d

Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...

The Greek Left, Whitlam and the Dismissal: a radical legacy

Whitlam meant a great deal to working-class migrant communities.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 15d

Does anyone have a good recommendation on a history of the White Australia Policy? The internet keeps telling me to read one that specifically ends at 1920 which is too early for my needs

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · 17d

New book by Philipp Strobl
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A History of Displaced Knowledge: Austrian Refugees from National Socialism in Australia

"A History of Displaced Knowledge: Austrian Refugees from National Socialism in Australia" published on 07 Apr 2025 by Brill.

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · 18d

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 21d

The 2025 Addi Rd Multicultural History Award was awarded to Dr Tim Briedis for his essay Red and Black: Stories of Anarchists Across Borders

The award was presented by Addison Road Community Organisation CEO Rosanna Barbero

Read the judges citation and Tim's statement via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 21d

The judges awarded a commendation for the 2025 Addi Rd Multicultural History Award to Dominique Jones for her essay: Rethinking Histories of Australian Multiculturalism: Diasporic Tensions and the Macedonian Question during the Bicentenary

Read Dominique's statement via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ

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Kate Bagnall @baibi.bsky.social · 22d

Lovely write-up about the new ‘Shared Connections: Cantonese Stories in Australia’ exhibition developed by Sophie Couchman for the Australian Consulate-General in Guangzhou!

(I also had a small hand in the exhibition, and it features my daughter’s story 😊)

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Exhibition Bridges Two Centuries of Cantonese-Australian Stories

Migration, memory, and cultural legacy

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · 22d

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Maroubra’s migrant past remembered at special community event

A special event to honour the legacy and 75th anniversary of the opening of the former Bunnerong Migrant Hostel will be held on Monday 22 September 2025 at the Heffron Centre in Maroubra.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 26d

Very excited that my new article with @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social has been published open access in @historicaljnl.bsky.social

'Transnational Whiteness and the Elite Backlash to Reforming the Australian Immigration Control System in the 1950s and 1960s'

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Transnational Whiteness and the Elite Backlash to Reforming the Australian Immigration Control System in the 1950s and 1960s by Evan Smith & Andrekos Varnava

Abstract: In the 1950s and 1960s, changes in the international situation, such as decolonization in Asia, led some Australians to question the usefulness of keeping the ‘White Australia Policy’, the basis for the country’s immigration system since Federation in 1901. Some argued that Australia’s international reputation, especially with newly independent countries in Asia and Africa, could be harmed by the maintenance of this policy. Events such as the Sharpeville Massacre in apartheid South Africa in 1960 caused further introspection into Australia’s racialized system. However, as pushes to reform the policy grew, others used international events to resist reforms. Using speeches by politicians and documents produced by policymakers, this article will show how events, such as the Notting Hill riots in Britain, the Little Rock controversy in the United States, and the Sharpeville massacre, were used as warnings about Australia potentially introducing similar ‘racial problems’ if it allowed more non-white migration. This article argues that these concerns tapped into a transnational whiteness that shared anxieties about decolonization, civil rights and non-white immigration in the post-war period, bringing a racialized solidarity forged at the turn of the twentieth century into the Cold War era.

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · Sep 3

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How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s

New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.

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Kate Bagnall @baibi.bsky.social · 27d

Today I took custody of a box of historical materials that were purchased in a Launceston antique shop many years ago – I suspect they came out of the old Sun Hung Ack store. Among the treasures are a collection relating to the Tasmanian See Yip Club (which I knew existed but nothing more!)

A selection of historical documents relating to the Tasmanian Chinese See Yip Social Club, including blank membership cards, rule book and account book

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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26d

The 2026 Australian Society for Asian Humanities (ASAH) Emerging Scholar Award

We invite entries from eligible applicants.

We are looking forward to receiving your entry.

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Emerging Scholar Award – Australian Society for Asian Humanities

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Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social · 28d

Levidis reviews Dusinberre's Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories @universitypress.cambridge.org

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A black and white book cover, titled Mooring the Archive: A Japanese Ship and its Migrant Histories. Six men cross docks carrying their baggage.

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · 28d

The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is hosting a launch for Professor Jim Hammerton's latest book, Love Class and Empire: An English Family Saga in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press), in Melbourne, 6.30-8.30pm on Friday, 3 October, rsvp:

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Book Launch: Love, Class and Empire - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Join us to celebrate the publication of Love, Class and Empire by A. James Hammerton. Early twentieth-century Persia and the Persian Gulf presented a largely blank slate to the British, best known onl...

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · Aug 28

#HistoryWeek2025 Come along for a history talk with #hcnswmember Museum of Chinese in Australia

A number of stories have been told of those who came to Australia

Hear one of those remarkable stories as told by Gordon Mar on 12th September at 6pm

Book your spot via buff.ly/fypRbkz

#waterstories

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · Sep 2

#HistoryWeek2025 Join Newcastle Museum and three University of Newcastle researchers for an evening of storytelling, history and cultural connection inspired by the current exhibition Heimat in the Hunter

Enjoy a self-guided tour of the exhibition on Thursday 11 September

Book via buff.ly/HOzvPBs

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · Sep 4

New from me, @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social, Sue Turnbull and Kate Darian-Smith with some stories from our new book! @theconversation.com

Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · Sep 3

theconversation.com/how-migrant-...

How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s

New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.

theconversation.com

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Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social · Sep 1

Number 3 in 49.3 - in a time of international student debates, Song and Spencer take us back to the first Korean international student in the 1920s, illustrating the importance of student mobility for people-to-people #diplomacy.

#InternationalStudents #Korea #OpenAccess

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Screenshot of journal article. Title: From Colonial Korea to White Australia: Hoyul Kim, Australia’sFirst Korean International Student, 1921–1925. Authors: Jay Song, ANU, and Louise Spencer, University of Melbourne. Abstract: This article uncovers the life of Hoyul Kim, the first Korean international student who lived in Australia from 1921 to 1925. It sheds light on the role of the Presbyterian Church in both colonial Korean and White Australian contexts. The article draws on archival research from the National Archives of Australia, the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, the Scotch College in Melbourne and the University of Melbourne to document Kim’s activities in Australia. The bilingual team uses both Korean- and English-language materials on Kim. We argue that, in spite of the colonial and racially motivated state barriers to international student mobility in the 1920s, Kim managed to travel to Australia and gain an overseas education. Kim’s story contributes to a little-known history of Korea–Australia relations that runs much deeper than formal state relations. Kim’s story illustrates that bilateral relations are shaped by people-to-people encounters that encompass shared values of religion and education via transnational migration.

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · Sep 3

theconversation.com/how-migrant-...

How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s

New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.

theconversation.com

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Jayne Persian @drjpersian.bsky.social · Sep 1

Umm. Controlling migration has always been part of the Aus settlement along with White Aus.

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Sep 1

Anti-immigration rallies across Australia are the culmination of years of political scaremongering. But better immigration messaging could change the trajectory.

Politicians have scapegoated immigration for decades. It’s time to flip the script

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or Bob Katter about his Lebanese ancestry."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Bob Katter threatens journalist over reference to Lebanese heritage

Federal MP Bob Katter was speaking outside the Queenland Parliament with state members of the Katter’s Australia Party about his intention to attend a March For Australia event this weekend.

www.abc.net.au

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Max Quanchi reviews the exhibition 'Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islanders. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Oct 2024–July 2025'
AHS exhibition reviews are open access for three months, so share the link

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Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islanders. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. October 2024–July 2025

Published in Australian Historical Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣 Vacancy for PhD position! 📣 I am looking for a qualitative PhD researcher (3 years, 30 hours/week) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement), starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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