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Unless we remember we cannot understand.

E.M. Forster

Do you know your family or community's history? Who can you talk to? What can you look at? What questions do you ask?

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Michael Reason Michael Reason Curator, History and Technology, Museum Victoria Seamus OHanlon Seamus O'Hanlon Senior Lecturer, Historical and International Studies, Monash University

 

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Seamus OHanlon Seamus O'Hanlon Senior Lecturer, Historical and International Studies, Monash University

 

Museum Victoria Resources

Biggest Family Album Australia's Biggest Family Album Access the museum’s database of over 9,000 photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1950s. Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Over 1000 favourite images of Melbourne from private album collections. Families in Collections Online Families in Collections Online Research families and family collections in Museum Victoria’s collections online to discovery related images, objects, documents and more. Cultures and Community Cultures and Community The gateway to Museum Victoria's humanities resources

 

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BBC News BBC NewsAn example of rephotographs using Scotland’s ever changing scenery. ancestry.com ancestry.com.au Search an ever-growing collection of records covering colonial Australia and beyond. Culture Victoria Culture Victoria View digital stories of the land such as My Love by Maureen Barry. Culture Victoria Culture Victoria View digital family stories. Australian Heritage Council Australian Heritage Council Our house: histories of Australian homes. Australian Dress Register logo Australian Dress Register A collaborative, online project about dress in New South Wales pre 1945.

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