Over the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time with one document—the well-cited (but rarely in detail) ‘But … More
Author: Alexandra Dellios
Historic ‘Welfare Cheats’ – the case of the Greek Social Security Scandal
The episode is variously called ‘the Greek Social Security Scandal’, the ‘Greek Compensation Case’ or the ‘Greek Conspiracy Case’. It’s … More
Indigenous Consultation in the formation of Gippsland Immigration Park’s Heritage Walk
On one page of Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley, when discussing multiculturalism … More
Research Reflections from the SLNSW fellowship
June to August was spent researching in Sydney—in the State Library of NSW, and in the homes and clubhouses of … More
Published: “Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley”
In March 2007, in the small deindustrialising town of Morwell in Australia’s south-east, a local group with a post-WWII migrant … More
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
“Greek-Australian Women and Building Alternative Multiculturalisms: Grassroots Histories of Migrant Welfare in NSW, 1960s-1980s” This research aims to build a … More
Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley
This blog went on the backburner in 2020, like most things. But some of the research (or, at least, the … More
IWD talk: The limits of the archive – revisiting histories of multiculturalism and women’s voices
In an effort to trick myself into being (feeling?) ‘productive’, and thus keep that all-pervading panic and fear at bay, … More
Remembering Migrant Rights Activism
But I wanted to access community memories. How do implicated community groups remember this period of ‘migrant rights activism’ and the prominent activists associated with the movement?