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Michelle Arrow

Michelle Arrow

Michelle Arrow is professor of history at Macquarie University and president of the Australian Historical Association.

Gough Whitlam with wife Margaret. They made history be appearing on The Mike Walsh Show.

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Gough Whitlam’s policies transformed many women’s lives. His legacy lives on.

  • Michelle Arrow

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Two documentaries hosted by two very different people have more in common than you might expect.

Tony Abbott and Rachel Griffiths are hosting rival TV shows with some surprising things in common

Both take on frontier violence and the challenge of finding drama in a foundational moment that many Australians don’t appreciate.

  • Michelle Arrow
University fees for some students have risen by 50 per cent in just five years.

How the housing crisis is destroying university life

With part-time jobs, fewer lectures and long commutes, many university students are weighing up whether it’s worth turning up to class.

  • Michelle Arrow, Jonathan Symons and Tanya Evans
The Endeavour Journal of Captain James Cook, part of the special collection at the National Library in Canberra.

The real ‘history war’ is the attack on our archives and libraries

Maintenance work on the National Library’s roof will prevent public access to historical treasures, but it exposes something deeper - a failure of successive governments to value our cultural heritage.

  • Michelle Arrow and Frank Bongiorno
Illustration: Simon Letch

‘There’s no back-up copy’: Australian treasures are on the brink of destruction

If Australia does not preserve its audio-visual heritage, no one else in the world will.

  • Michelle Arrow