National Library of Australia Fellows
Recipients of the National Library of Australia Fellowships, funded by generous philanthropic support. These distinguished Fellowships support researchers to make intensive use of our rich and varied collections through residencies of three months.
Professor Gillian Russell (2018 Kollsman Fellow for Research in Australian Literature) in the Special Collections Reading Room Photograph: Craig Mackenzie
2021 Fellows
Professor Anne Pender, Professor and Kidman Chair in Australian Studies, University of Adelaide
The colour of fire: Australian theatre in China and Chinese theatre in Australia 1980-2020
Supported by the Stokes family
Dr Anna Dziedzic, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong
Waves and currents: the movement of constitutional texts and ideas across Oceania
Christopher Blyth, clinical director at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Craig MacKenzie, optometrist director at Specsavers Newport A SPECIALIST eye treatment centre in the heart of Newport has bucked the trend and saw its patient numbers increase during 2020 – as it continues to take the strain off primary healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Austin Friars Eye Treatment Centre, which provides initial screening and referrals for people with symptoms of wet age-related macular degeneration (Wet AMD), a common sight loss condition, has seen almost a 15 per cent increase in activity during 2020, while numbers at many similar hospital-based services have dwindled because of COVID-19.
Middlesbrough town centre must build back better to recover from impact of pandemic
Big names on the high street have closed their doors for good - but there s still hope
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A leading figure in the Tees Valley’s commercial property sector says Middlesbrough must “build back better” as it recovers from the devastating impact of the pandemic.
Maurice and Sue Denny who opened Ellenswood Pyrography at the Dundas Indoor Market in September A LEADING figure in the Tees Valley’s commercial property sector says Middlesbrough town centre must “build back better” as it recovers from the devastating impact of the pandemic. Richard Wilson – a senior associate with Dodds Brown – told the BBC Tees Breakfast programme that the town centre was already changing before Covid-19, but the need for transition was now far more urgent. Speaking on the third morning since non-essential shops were allowed to re-open, Mr Wilson said: “We’ve got to make it a great place to live, to work and socialise through leisure, culture and tourism. We’ve got to build back better and re-balance our town centres to give people more reason to come in than just for the purpose of shopping.”
A grief-stricken father whose three children were run-down by a drunk motorist asked himself if he should man up and take revenge or think of the big picture and forgive the driver ?
Danny Abdallah chose to forgive and on Friday he stood in Parramatta District Court as the man behind the wheel was jailed for at least 21 years for a crime that shocked Australia.
Samuel William Davidson, 31, was speeding, drunk and high on drugs when he struck Sienna Abdallah, eight, Angelina, 12 and Antony, 13, and their cousin Veronique Sakr, 11, on February 1 last year in Oatlands in Sydney s north-west.
Davidson, a professional truck driver, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Veronique Sakr, 11, and her cousins, Sienna Abdallah, eight, and her siblings Angelina, 12, and Antony, 13