by Elizabeth Humphrys | Aug 24, 2023 | Australian History, Technology, unions
Photo by Steve Koukoulas In episode 2 of the UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences workshop and podcast series ‘Technology and …’ Daryna Zhyvohliadova and I explore technology’s relationship to cultural heritage from two different...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 20, 2020 | Australian History
For the 50th anniversary of the West Gate Bridge Disaster — on 15 October 2020 — my collaborator Sarah Gregson and I worked with comics-journalist and cartoonist Sam Wallman, and writer and editor Jacinda Woodhead. A piece based on our research and the story of the...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 8, 2019 | Australian History, unions
Last year Sarah Gregson took part in a Symposium on the West Gate Bridge, as part of the Art & Industry Festival. The festival commissioned a podcast, The Bridge, which was produced by Overland magazine and Witness Performance. The podcast is...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | May 17, 2019 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
When I was in grade five there was a vote in class. We were asked, who do you want to win the election, Hawke or Fraser? Only one child in that working class school in Hoppers Crossing voted for the Liberals, such was the hope and desire of working class families for...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Feb 8, 2019 | Australian Economy, Australian History, unions
Sarah Gregson and I have published a new website, to report on our research into the West Gate Bridge collapse in 1970 and its aftermath. We will add more of our work over time, and have created a resources page collecting together a range of materials on about the...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Sep 11, 2018 | Australian Economy, Australian History, unions
Last week Sarah Gregson presented a paper on our behalf, based on our research into the collapse of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne in 1970. The disaster killed 35 workers, and injured many more. Its legacy continues to this day, including the annual memorial...