University of Melbourne Archives April 11, 2024 Foy & Gibson’s 8,100,000 miles of yarn: how Australians were sold ‘fashionable’ (and ‘healthy’) wool 100 years ago Lorinda Cramer, Deakin University I’ve been leafing through Foy & Gibson catalogues from the first four decades of the 20th century to try to understand what attracted Australian customers to wearing wool.
AAP Image/Lukas Coch February 17, 2022 The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage Sam Whiting, University of South Australia and Catherine Strong, RMIT University Pubs like the John Curtin Hotel are more than just buildings – the loss of the hotel would also be a loss of our living cultural memory.
Melbourne laneways are famous for its cobbled bluestone laneways. Unsplash June 27, 2019 From molten lava to cobbled laneways: how bluestone shaped Melbourne’s identity Stephanie Trigg, The University of Melbourne From cobbled laneways to grand buildings, bluestone has a long history in Melbourne – one that starts millions of years ago.