#Victorian

Stephanie H Convery

gingerandhoney

After they closed in March, staff from Melbourne’s Yarra Plenty libraries pulled from their database the phone numbers of every library member over the age of 70 – 16,000 records

David Wright

ohthatwright

When the theological history of this sad moment of Evangelicalism is written, it will be noted that neither grace in Jesus, nor good works through Jesus, but a sense of

Harry Saddler

MondayStory

The pandemic’s been so tough and it’s done strange and unknowable things to all of our minds but there’s a certain category of Victorian who acts as if travelling to

Marina Amaral

marinamaral2

In 1889, the editor of a British magazine asked single women to write and explain why they were not married."Because I have other professions open to me in which the

Naunihal Singh

naunihalpublic

Am I the only one who gets a weird feeling from seeing movies w/ non-white victorian elites? Watching Jingle Jangle I was like, this is cute, but it accepts the

The Wheeler Centre

wheelercentre

Tonight we’re excited to be announcing the winners of the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards! Join us online: https://www.wheelercentre.com/events/the-2021-victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-announcement #vpla2021 Wheeler Centre

Benita Kolovos

benitakolovos

Victoria's upper house has passed a bill to decriminalise public drunkenness, 30 years after it was first recommended by a royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody. More to come

Chelsea McGill

chelsea_mcgill4

Ok, tweeps. It's #Victorian story time. Today I want to introduce you to a man whose last name was definitely Berigny, but whose first name may have been Thiennette or

Jules O’Donnell

mykitchenjules

Some key take aways from Jason Bosland of unimelb's new article 'Debunking the myth: why Victoria is not the suppression order 'capital' of Australia' in Volume 24 of the Media

Chelsea McGill

chelsea_mcgill4

1 November 1858: a large crowd gathered at the Government House in #Calcutta to hear the Queen's proclamation of the beginning of direct rule by the British government. It was

mads milfelsen🍒

madsaialik

historical accuracy in works of fiction doesn’t matter using a historical setting is just the framework and tool to tell a story but doesn’t necessarily need to be 100% correct

PRGuy

PRGuy17

Many of us Victorians have been cut off from loved ones all 2020, myself included. We all have our stories, all tough for every one of us. It would have

Jacob Phillips

Counteredlogos

Snakes and Ladders was originally an Indian morality game called Moksha Patam. The snakes stood for particular vices (e.g. Vanity/Lying/Drunkenness) , and the ladders for virtues (e.g. Faith/Generosity/Asceticism). It arrived

Bob Scates Jardin

BobScatesJardin

Are you part of a select group of entitled Victorians who took holidays interstate despite ample warnings not to, & who now want to make a fuss about being unable

Another Angry Woman

stavvers

It surprises me that so many people don't know much about Mary Wollstonecraft's personal life, and I suspect it's a fairly puritanical attempt to rehabilitate her reputation after a long

PRGuy

PRGuy17

The guy on the left has been arrested again for breaching bail in connection with fringe Qanon / anti mask / 5G / vaccine / government protests. The guy on

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