Dr Meg Foster @mfoster-history.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Thrilled to have received this commendation at the History Council of NSW Awards! Congratulations is also due to the amazing Ros Bluett, John Jacobs and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for their work on this. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 291
Reposted by Dr Meg FosterHistory Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The judges also awarded a Commendation for the Jill Roe Regional History Award to Dr Meg Foster, for her engaging podcast, 'Sam Poo: a Chinese Bushranger?' Congratulations Dr Meg Foster! #HCNSWAwards #HistoryAwards #HistoryWeek2025 022
Reposted by Dr Meg FosterLauren Samuelsson @clemloz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Next Tuesday PHA NSW&ACT will be hosting History on the Radio. Three speakers will share their experiences, tips and tricks on writing audio history. Register: www.phansw.org.au/upcoming-eve... @mfoster-history.bsky.social @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social #history 053
Reposted by Dr Meg FosterHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 14/02/2025OTD 1779, Captain Cook was killed by Hawaiians as he attempted to kidnap their King. ✊🗃 A throwback to Meg Foster's @mfoster-history.bsky.social piece reflecting on the adhoc counter-narratives by Indigenous visitors to the Oceania exhibition in 2019: www.historywo...historyworkshop.org.ukCounter-Narratives of Empire and the 'Oceania' Exhibition'Stolen', 'plundered' and 'more than art'. Meg Foster looks at the living spiritual and cultural meanings of 'objects' featured in the Oceania exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. 0187
Dr Meg Foster @mfoster-history.bsky.social · 19/01/2025As part of my ABC media residency, I got to work with the wonderful History Listen (now 'Rewind') team on an episode about Sam Poo. Interviewing, writing and narrating a podcast was hard work but a super rewarding experience. I hope you enjoy the final product! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...abc.net.auSam Poo: A Chinese bushranger? - ABC listenIt's 1865 in remote central west NSW. A police office is fatally shot by a man he believes is a Chinese bushranger. The story of Sam Poo is a bushranging tale with a twist 0155