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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University

Destruction of the Kelly Gang. Drawn by Thomas Carrington during the siege. State Library of Victoria

June 25, 2020

Friday essay: how a ‘gonzo’ press gang forged the Ned Kelly legend

Kerrie Davies, UNSW and Willa McDonald, Macquarie University

Four reporters joined the showdown with the Kelly gang 140 years ago. They became part of the story and set the tone for a legend.

Catherine Hay Thomson went undercover as an assistant nurse for her series on conditions at Melbourne Hospital. A. J. Campbell Collection/National Library of Australia

January 16, 2020

Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals

Kerrie Davies, UNSW and Willa McDonald, Macquarie University

A passionate crusader for the rights of women and children, Catherine Hay Thomson went undercover to investigate their treatment in public institutions and testified before a Royal Commission.

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