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How a biography brought me to family history

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1142-how-a-biography-brought-me-to-family-history

11 Jun 2021: Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this article may contain the names and images of people who are now deceased. Back in the early 2000s, the Australian Dictionary of Biography decided to prepare a supplement
A mountain-top view of feminism through the ages

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1182-a-mountain-top-view-of-feminism-through-the-ages

12 Nov 2021: Keely Jobe’s PhD project is centred on an important moment in the history of a rural lesbian separatist community in NSW. “It’s an interrogation of what emerges and what’s lost when a group is forced to adapt to change,” Keely said. The
Under the dome: Breathing new life into the Forestry building

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1195-under-the-dome-breathing-new-life-into-the-forestry-building

23 Dec 2021: The former Forestry Tasmania building in Hobart has languished in neglect and disrepair for a few years now, but the University of Tasmania is planning to restore it to its full, lush, green glory. Architect Robert Morris-Nunn, who designed the award
The University returns to the city

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1197-the-university-returns-to-the-city

23 Dec 2021: I spent four years as an undergraduate at the Domain followed by two years as a post-graduate at Sandy Bay. I regretted the move and was never impressed by the new suburban campus. Not surprisingly then, I have followed the ongoing controversy about
A Belgian farmer moved a rock and accidentally annexed France

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1135-a-belgian-farmer-moved-a-rock-and-accidentally-annexed-france

12 May 2021: This week, a farmer in the Belgian town of Erquelinnes caused an international ruckus when he moved a stone standing in his tractor’s path. This stone marked the boundary between Belgium and France. By moving it 2. 29 metres, he expanded Belgium’s
Stepping up to the Podium to meet changing student needs

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1196-stepping-up-to-the-podium-to-meet-changing-student-needs

23 Dec 2021: Having moved from the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus to the new Podium building in June 2021, Andrea Carr welcomed the opportunity to work in such a contemporary learning space. Lectures and lecture theatres have been part of university
How early Australian settlers drew maps to erase Indigenous people

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1138-how-early-australian-settlers-drew-maps-to-erase-indigenous-people

31 May 2021: The new Netflix series Shadow and Bone opens with cartographer Alina Starkov crammed into the back of a rumbling wagon, sketching a war-torn landscape. A flashback to her childhood in an orphanage shows her looking at a map of a conflict zone. A
Tracing the lives of early Chinese families in colonial Australia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1124-tracing-the-lives-of-early-chinese-families-in-colonial-australia

31 Mar 2021: I’m a historian, but I’m not my family’s historian. That honour falls to my mum, who for the past twenty years or so has been delving into the lives of my ancestors. Mum started doing the family history after I began studying Australian
Aboriginal designs bring connection to Country at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/aboriginal-designs-bring-connection-to-country-at-inveresk

21 Jul 2021: The first building to open at Inveresk as part of the University’s redevelopment will be brought to life with the work of North-West Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell. Designs featuring grass-toned local wetlands, the blue-grey hues
Hidden history of Chinese Australian women

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1133-hidden-history-of-chinese-australian-women

3 May 2021: Chinese Australian history is primarily told as a history of men. Population figures suggest why — in 1901, there were almost 30,000 Chinese men in Australia, yet fewer than 500 women. But despite their small numbers, emerging research reveals
Understanding colonial maps

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1123-understanding-colonial-maps

31 Mar 2021: On Boxing Day 1832 surveyors across southern Van Diemen’s Land were huddled in their tents, sheltering from the rain. Poor Charles Wedge set out to work but was ‘obliged to return’, while Raphael Clint made no pretence, recording in his log,
Most Tasmanians over 50 didn't experience serious lockdown effects

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1144-most-tasmanians-over-50-didnt-experience-serious-lockdown-effects

23 Jun 2021: Most Tasmanians aged over 50 experienced no serious effects on dementia risk factors, such as depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption, during the COVID-19 lockdown a Tasmanian study has found. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the
Do punk rockers make good doctors?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1162-do-punk-rockers-make-good-doctors

8 Sep 2021: After studying neuroscience in Sydney, Gene needed a change. He wanted to leave home and find a new challenge. Luckily for him, an opportunity to study a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Tasmania came his way. I needed to experience
Short film shines a light on dementia experiences

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1143-short-film-shines-a-light-on-dementia-experiences

22 Jun 2021: An animated short film designed to highlight the social isolation often experienced by people living with dementia has been launched. The three-and-a-half-minute film, Rosa and Max, is produced by award-winning Tasmanian animator Amara Gantz in
Creative & personalised foods for the future

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1130-creative-personalised-foods-for-the-future

22 Apr 2021: First-generation, small-scale commercial additive food manufacturing machines are more accessible and affordable. Additive manufacturing involves producing objects by layering materials one layer at a time. Food additive manufacturing has several
Drones to look after Tassie animals

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1126-drones-to-look-after-tassie-animals

12 Apr 2021: Drones are being increasingly embraced as a powerful, cost-effective tool in wildlife management. Yee Von Teo will spend the next three years monitoring large mammals in Tasmania using drones for her doctoral research. Her PhD project is supervised
Rockmelon industry to benefit from new recommendations

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1112-rockmelon-industry-to-benefit-from-new-recommendations

10 Feb 2021: Researchers at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) have developed a set of new industry recommendations to improve Australian rockmelon food safety practices. The project team worked in consultation with industry to understand the causes of
Caring for a special relationship

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1150-caring-for-a-special-relationship

2 Jul 2021: The personal stories of people who become carers for their life-long companions, and how they respond and experience the shift, have been captured in a new University of Tasmania project. The Sharing is Caring project compiled stories of family
Chemists use colour to detect 'forever chemicals'

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1175-chemists-use-colour-to-detect-forever-chemicals

21 Oct 2021: Chemists at the University of Tasmania have developed an instant colour-change test for so-called forever chemicals, or PFAS, in contaminated soil or water. The proof-of-concept study for one of the most prevalent perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS
Answer to brain health in the palm of our hands

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1141-answer-to-brain-health-in-the-palm-of-our-hands

9 Jun 2021: University of Tasmania researchers have developed and are trialing a completely new type of computer screening test using an individual’s hands, which aims to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s dementia. “We know through previous