History Week: Annual History Lecture & Awards 2018
Our 2018 Annual History Lecture, ‘Warnings from the grave: Death, glory and memory in Australian cemeteries’, will be delivered by Dr Lisa Murray on Tuesday 4 September during History Week.
Sydney Cemeteries field-guide now available
City of Sydney Historian, Dr Lisa Murray, has recently released a fantastic field-guide to Sydney’s cemeteries, published by NewSouth Books.
Deathly Neighbours: the evolution of Sydney’s cemeteries
At Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Lisa Murray will explore the design of Sydney’s cemeteries and how friends and neighbours were treated in death.
House Histories with the City of Sydney
City Historian, Dr Lisa Murray, gives you the tools to research your own house history; when it was built, past occupants and how it has changed over time.