Category: Research

  • My PhD project

    I haven’t updated the blog for a while as 2024 and 2025 were years of major change for me. In June, 2024, I received the fantastic news that I’d been awarded a PhD scholarship at the Australian Catholic University in collaboration with industry partner, Sovereign Hill Museums Association. It meant packing up my life in…

  • Exciting news – part 2

    Exciting news – part 2

    I’ve been enrolled in a Master of History degree for the past couple of years, studying part-time. It’s a course-work Masters, but there is a requirement for a major research project as well. My proposed project has just been accepted, starting in late February, for completion in October – although I’ve been considering this project…

  • Exciting news – part 1

    Exciting news – part 1

    Back in December, with hopes that I’d be visiting the UK and Denmark in March/April this year, I submitted a proposal for a ‘lightning’ (10 minute) presentation at the Making Historical Dress Network workshop on Learning from Making, to be held in Leicester, UK, on March 18th. And I’m over the moon that my proposal…