Am late sharing this link to my blog post on an important anniversary in the history of #newspapers#freedomofthepress#Hobart printer Andrew Bent defiantly shook off govt censorship from his paper andrew-bent.life/2024/06/04/the-press-unshackled/

Wonderful keynote from Pip Williams to kick off BSANZ conference - I loved this book and was fascinated by Pip’s account of how she researched and wrote it - and learnt so much about #bookbinding along the way

Nothing beats a good chancery document. Knew from notice in Ladies’ Magazine that my 4x ggparents were married abt Feb 1763 but could not find marriage. Turns out it happened “in Grateney” in Scotland - yes Gretna Green! #genealogy#chancery

Excellent article highlighting the significance of one of Tasmania’s earliest maps.