Aust History Museum

Elviva (Elvie) Gettings, daughter of Norry Gettings is a large part of the Puget Sound collection. There are pictures from her childhood right to her travels across Australia. Here’s is just a small snapshot of her… instagram.com/p/B3kx_yugl9T/…

Also in our Puget Sound collection are Getting’s family photos,which include Norry Getting’s who emigrated to Melbourne in 1899. He married and had two Daughters Elviva and Edna. More photos of them to come!… instagram.com/p/B3gM2-PAxPo/…

Research has started on our first WW1 souvenir antiquities! If you know about a collection of antiquities associated with the First World War, I'd love to hear from you - particularly QLD based collections this year. Contact details for the project below, or @ me here!

"10 interesting Greeks in Australia’s global creative industry Do you know these creative Greek Australians?" Why, yes I do! & If you haven't checked out no.7's beautiful work ... do it now :) #EffyAlexakis neoskosmos.com/en/145761/10-i…

Do you know about a collection of antiquities brought back as souvenirs from the First World War? If so, the Antiquities Museum's First World War Antiquities Project would love to hear from you! Get in touch via the project website: ww1antiquities.omeka.net/contact

Ancient Indigenous stone-walled fish traps in Gulf of Carpentaria are in a race against time and weather: ab.co/2Zs7cMZ #CulturalHeritage #ozhst

Take the survey ... @caumac_au @OBLCoP @CultureWorksAus @MACmuseumMQ

looking very dapper Dr Simpson ! @Wheres_Minmi

Have used them in cabinets accompanying objects, rare to see visitors interact with them here :(

Lunch with these gorgeous people last Friday, amazing historians, love them! Their latest book: Greek Cafes & Milk Bars of Australia Effy Alexakis & Leonard Janiszewski, on Greek-run cafés & milk bars that populated Australian country towns & cities ☕ cafesandmilkbars.com.au/product/greek-…

Waratah is an icon of the Aussie bush (and very nearly our national emblem) theconversation.com/waratah-is-an-… via @ConversationEDU

Indigenous emojis featuring Aboriginal flag & boomerang to be released - The emojis, which are part of a custom app rather than unicode, are being developed by young people on Arrernte country theguardian.com/australia-news…

From Ginger Meggs to fighter jets: vintage Australian toys – in pictures theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/g…

Some many cool options to enhance L& T in one place yesterday!

Guess where we are today?? So much content, so little time... #EduTECHAU @austhistomuseum @EveGuerry

Hopefully we can head back again next year ???

@AMaGA_NSW Wanted to asked about techniques for watercolours... & we got a brilliant demo! Huge thanks to #PreservationAustralia & @AMaGA_NSW

Have you registered yet??? An amazing opportunity, see you there! Join us 4th June for 'Behind the Scenes: Preservation Australia, Conservation Lab Sydney' amaga.org.au/events/behind-… … #AMaGA ... &then Join us for a chat with a drink / meal after the tour - Empire Hotel Annandale

An amazing afternoon! Thank you Aaron for sharing so many insights