Droughts have long punctuated Australia’s rural, regional and national histories. In this seminar, Deb Anderson, Katie Holmes and Ruth Morgan consider how Victorians and Western Australians in the Mallee and the Wheatbelt have experienced drought and climate change over the past century.

Drawing on the oral history collections of Museum Victoria, the State Library of Western Australia and the National Library of Australia, this seminar will explore how rural Australians have imagined their landscape, and developed their own narratives of hope and endurance in a changing world.

Speakers:
Dr Deb Anderson, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University
Prof. Katie Holmes, History, La Trobe University
Dr Ruth Morgan, History, Monash University
Chair:
Prof. Al Thomson, History, Monash University

Date:
Thursday 19 September
5:30pm–7:00pm

Venue:
Village Roadshow Theatrette, Entry 3, La Trobe Street, State Library of Victoria

Inquiries: 03 8664 7099, Inquiries@slv.vic.gov.au

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/event/drought-stories-past-present