Asa Letourneau, currently in the role of Online Engagement Officer, has been with PROV in a variety of roles since 2005. Asa is most interested in cultural collection interoperability and making archival records as accessible as content found in libraries, museums and galleries.
Erica Cervini teaches media writing at the University of Melbourne and is an award-winning education journalist. She was awarded her PhD on family history in 2019 and talks regularly about family history on Trevor Chappell’s show on 774 Radio Melbourne. Erica has written about her research for the Guardian and is a regular contributor to Eureka Street. She has also delivered talks on family history for community groups and delivered papers at Australian Historical Association conferences. The AHA has awarded Erica three prizes for her work.
Jennifer McNeice is a local and family historian with a particular interest in land, immigration and military records. She has lectured at the National Army Museum in London and has written a history of Koonung Cottage in Victoria. Jennifer is a member of the Society of Australian Genealogists and holds a Bachelor of Science (UMelb) and Diploma in Family Historical Studies.
Author email: mcneicejen@gmail.com
Lauren Murphy is PhD candidate in history at La Trobe University. Her recent honours thesis focused on the attribution of vases from Magna Graecia. She is a long-time resident of the northern suburbs of Melbourne and has an interest in local, as well as ancient, history. This is her first journal submission.
Author email: murphy.l@students.latrobe.edu.au
Sarah Hayes is a material culture researcher within the Heritage and Indigeneity stream at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Her current Discover Early Career Research Award project is on how the Gold Rush shaped quality of life in cities. Sarah is co-editor of the Australasian Historical Archaeology journal, member of the Heritage Council Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage Committee and honorary associate with both La Trobe University and Museum Victoria.
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