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Flora Pell: the cook and her turbulent career
Alison Wishart, National Museum of Australia
13 April 2011
Curator Alison Wishart, together with food historian Dr Adele Wessell, has enjoyed researching the life and contributions of one of Australia’s pioneering and political cookery educators and authors, Flora Pell.
Stirring the pot: women in the business of food
Donna Lee Brien, Marion Halligan, Janet Jeffs and Dr Adele Wessell
6 March 2011
Women are strongly represented in Australia’s food industry as producers, chefs, cookbook authors and creative writers. Chef Janet Jeffs, novelist Marion Halligan and food historians Adele Wessell and Donna Lee Brien explore women’s stories about food.
Tasting and discussion
Mark Juddery, Dr Simon Toze, Dr Kelly Fielding and Dr Peter Collignon
A nice drop – recycled water discussion and tasting, 20 March 2010
Mark Juddery, National Museum of Australia, facilitates the recycled water taste test and discussion among the panellists and audience.
The science of recycling water
Dr Simon Toze, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
A nice drop – recycled water discussion and tasting, 20 March 2010
Simon Toze explains various processes for recycling water, the kinds of chemicals that appear in water (such as pharmaceuticals, oestrogen and plasticisers) and makes a case for drinking recycled water.
Public opinion on recycled water
Dr Kelly Fielding, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
A nice drop – recycled water discussion and tasting, 20 March 2010
Kelly Fielding gauges the levels of support for and opposition to recycling water for human consumption, and explores the reasons behind each position.
The case against recycling water for drinking
Dr Peter Collignon, Canberra Hospital
A nice drop – recycled water discussion and tasting, 20 March 2010
Peter Collignon explains why he believes that recycling water is a bad idea – particularly where there are other options – for various reasons including the health risks.
From Fish Creek to the Mann River: Hunter-gatherer transformations in western Arnhem Land, 1948–2008
Professor Jon Altman, Australian National University
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
Jon Altman describes transformations in the customary economy of Aboriginal people in western Arnhem Land over 60 years – a comparative analysis made possible because of research undertaken by Frederick McCarthy and Margaret McArthur in 1948.
Indigenous modes of exchange and participation in the Indonesian trepang industry
Daryl Guse, Australian National University
Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference, 9 November 2009
Daryl Guse discusses archaeological research in north-western Arnhem Land that indicates early Indigenous participation in and trade with the Indonesian trepang maritime industry, and the adaptability of Indigenous coastal communities.
Food and space: the Australian nation in the British Empire
Dr Adele Wessell, Southern Cross University
Historical Interpretation series, 6 April 2009
Historian Adele Wessell uses cookbooks to draw conclusions about Australian political and social life at the turn of the century, examining British diet and food preferences that were maintained and transformed in colonial Australia.
Flora Pell: Australia’s first domestic goddess
Alison Wishart, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Alison Wishart examines the challenges of displaying rare cookery books in museums. She focuses on Flora Pell’s Our Cookery Book, published in 1916, and suggests display methods to allow better visitor interaction.
