Hard Labour: Working women in the State Library’s collections

8 September 2010
Australian Women’s Archives Project Seminar
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia

Discover women at work, both past and present, in the State Library’s collections at this free seminar presented by the State Library and Australian Women’s Archives Project (AWAP).

Anne Burrows, Genealogy librarian at the State Library, will tell the story of women’s work through the collections of the State Library. Christine Eid, researcher, artist and Creative Fellow, will describe her research on Victoria’s female taxi drivers. Dr Dorothy Wickham, historian, will talk about women on the Victorian goldfields. Dr Nikki Henningham, Executive Officer of the Australian Women’s Archives Project, will discuss AWAP’s latest projects.