28 November 2021Could your ancestors' lives make a great historical novel?Writer and historian Dr Naomi Parry introduces us to the writing units in the Diploma of Family History, and the work of Mandy Gwan.
11 June 2021How a biography brought me to family historyHow writing an entry for a supplementary volume in the Australia Dictionary of Biography uncovered an extraordinary family story.
12 May 2021A Belgian farmer moved a rock and accidentally annexed FranceEstablishing national borders has long been an inexact science, writes Dr Imogen Wegman.
03 May 2021Hidden history of Chinese Australian women‘Your government makes us go’: the hidden history of Chinese Australian women at a time of anti-Asian immigration laws.
31 March 2021Tracing the lives of early Chinese families in colonial AustraliaCoordinator of the Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania, Kate Bagnall, turns her attention closer to home.
31 March 2021Understanding colonial mapsEarly Tasmanian land charts contain some fascinating details, if you know where to look.
03 April 2019Lessons from the life of Sarah WentworthRediscovering the turbulent history of an iconic Australian family, the Wentworths.
22 March 2019Delving deeper into your ancestryAfter filling in significant family lines, Caroline Haigh decided to embark on additional study to help her uncover the stories of her ancestors’ lives.
12 March 2019Archaeology field school unearths unique opportunitiesDiscovering the long-buried remnants of Tasmania’s convict history.
10 October 2018A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful placeBook Review: Island Story: Tasmania in Object and Text.
09 September 2018Righting the wrongs of the pastHow researchers are assisting Indigenous Australians in righting the wrongs of the past.
25 July 2018The top 5 things to do at Hobart Open Day if society fascinates youOpen Day is just around the corner!
19 July 2018Reviving an original Tasmanian languageHow Tasmania’s Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani.
28 June 2018Pioneers reclaimedA Diploma of Family History student-turned-author has no regrets about uncovering her family's convict past.
24 April 2018A Tasmanian RequiemA Tasmanian Requiem is a musical reckoning, and a pathway to reconciliation.
14 March 2018How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian WarRediscovering evidence.