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On Saturday 13 December, a crowd gathered in the ‘people’s square’ protesting potential job cuts at the ‘People’s Library’ (State Library Victoria). I was there in my capacity as member of the Professional Historians Association (Vic & Tas), and as a newly minted ‘former’ public servant.
When was the last time you did a jigsaw puzzle? The family archive in my spare room is the ultimate games room to me. Boxes upon boxes of various pieces waiting to be put together to create a new understanding of my family's collective history.
What Will Be looks back at people, places and travel and uncovers stories hidden in diaries, letters, and photos. It pieces together obvious clues and obscure details; reveals the personalities of people we used to know and those we could not have known; and re-tells the stories that have been forgotten or hidden. Tell me your thoughts and put a piece or two in the puzzle while you're at it.