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The National Museum of Australia
Have we got the Museum we deserve?

by Craddock Morton

This is a slightly abridged version of a speech Craddock Morton, Director of the National Museum of Australia, presented at the Great Conversation Dinner at Manning Clark House, Canberra, on 12 August 2008.

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Using lives
Biographers in the museum

by Nicholas Brown

This paper reflects on the field of writing of social history, and considers what might be at stake in responding to changing expectations of practice with regard to the roles of both the museum and social history when it comes to presenting accessible versions of the past.

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Anne-Marie Condé wins award!

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