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Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr

Historian of global Indigenous #iconoclasm & colonial #monuments • Snr Heritage Officer @nswdcceew • he/him/él • All views my own

Joined February 2020
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Dr Nikolas Orr@nikolas_orr
17 Oct 2024
You can now read (and cite!) my PhD thesis “Contemporary Indigenous iconoclasm in global perspective: Contested monuments in three settler colonies, c. 1968–2000”. Download available through @UON_NOVA hdl.handle.net/1959.13/15112… Its three key arguments are… 1/
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Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett

Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett

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Contested Histories in Public Spaces@ContestedH
11 Aug 2025
In 2019, Bordeaux unveiled a statue honouring Modeste Testas, an African woman enslaved by local traders and later freed. It was covered in white plaster as a “symbolic act of memory,” sparking debate on how France confronts its slavery past. 🔗contestedhistories.org/resou…
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History Council of NSW@HistoryNSW
21 Jul 2025
Join the @pubhisint for a thought-provoking discussion with historian Tad Stoermer Tad will explore the ethical, political, and practical challenges of doing public history this Wednesday at 11pm Sydney time via zoom Register via buff.ly/90m0lPl
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AHA (Australia)@AustHistAssoc
15 Jun 2025
Haven't registered for the 2025 AHA Conference ?? Get moving, today's the last day you can! Follow the link to secure your place and join us in sunny (and warm) Townsville! eventbrite.com.au/e/looking-…

Looking Up: Australian Historical Association Annual Conference 2025

James Cook University and Central Queensland University are proud to host the Australian Historical Association conference in 2025.

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Esmat Elhalaby@thaqafatalhind
1 Apr 2025
if your university exists next fall, you can assign my book ucpress.edu/books/parting-gi…

Parting Gifts of Empire by Esmat Elhalaby - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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So glad I got one!
History Council of NSW@HistoryNSW
12 Mar 2025
The #NewcastleWritersFestival session 'Close to Home: Colonial Violence and Family Histories' has now SOLD OUT A waitlist has now been made available for this event Check out more information via buff.ly/xRLeJdl We are proud to be supporting this session
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Dr Srishti Guha@srishti_guha
8 Mar 2025
My PhD thesis 'Visual Cultures of Empire: India and Australia, 1860 - 1940' is finally available online to read and download! hdl.handle.net/1959.13/15183… @UON_NOVA

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Anyone got access to this article? Asking for a friend… Anna Cole, “Gender, race and colonialism: Aboriginal debutante balls in the 1960s”, Crossings, no. 20 (June 1994), 22–30.
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History Council of NSW@HistoryNSW
11 Feb 2025
Come along to #hcnswmember @statelibrarynsw Fellows’ Forum: 'Creative responses to history' on Wed 26 February! Hear from Fellows Phillip Bartlett, Eloise Reddy & Bronwyn Rennex speak about their exciting research drawn from the Library’s collection buff.ly/4gzoZEv
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PHA NSW & ACT@pha_nsw
11 Feb 2025
Working as a freelance and/or oral historian in NSW We have teamed up with @OralHistoryNSW for an informative panel discussion about working as a freelance and/or oral historian. Join us at History House on 3 March from 5.30 pm. For registrations: phansw.org.au/upcoming-event…
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Contested Histories in Public Spaces@ContestedH
24 Jan 2025
📣 Excited to announce the Monument(al) Challenges Toolkit! Teaching diverse classrooms about contested histories isn’t easy. This toolkit equips educators with strategies for inclusive, impactful, and creative history teaching. Download it here: contestedhistories.org/monum…
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Bishop Budde speaking truth to power is like watching Cardinal Benítez from Conclave in real life. Extraordinary.
MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
21 Jan 2025
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
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EUROPAST@Euro_past
21 Jan 2025
We're leaving X as a response to increasingly concerning developments on the platform, including its tolerance for far-right and undemocratic ideas, as well as the reckless rhetoric from its owner. More: bit.ly/LeavingX ❗️Visit our new LinkedIn: bit.ly/4aqOaHY
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I need to hear this band’s music!
Working Class History@wrkclasshistory
21 Jan 2025
#OtD 21 Jan 2015 Che Guevara's grandson, Canek Sanchez Guevara, died aged just 40. His metal band had their gigs broken up by Cuban secret police. He had had to leave Cuba when he began criticising anti-working class aspects of the Communist Party govt stories.workingclasshistory.…
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Pulp Librarian
@PulpLibrarian
14 Jan 2025
Replying to @PulpLibrarian
I mean it's pretty simple. You can do it in Excel.
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association@PSSAtweets
4 Jan 2025
🎯2020 was a turning point for sculpture, with public statues sparking global debates. Should these controversial works stay or go? Is there a viable third way to retain and explain them? Explore these questions in ‘Toppling Statues.’ 📘 BUY 👉 pssauk.org/product/toppling-…
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One of the many reasons I am not going to #AHA25
Dr Nikolas Orr@nikolas_orr
18 Sep 2024
Search returns on the #AHA25 online program: “Indigenous”, 128 🫶 “Colonialism”, 93 😦 “Monument”, 3 🧐 “Iconoclasm”, 0 🥹
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Me too! Another Gen X who read LoTR around 8yo.
Dr Claire Corbett 📚🌛😻@ccorbettauthor
3 Jan 2025
I read LoTR for the first time when I was 9. It's not hard. I was not an outlier, just Gen X. My god. I fear for us and AI hasn't even really started the next wave of brain rot.
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Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
4 Jan 2025
With a federal election around the corner, it is still legal to lie in political ads. This weakens our democracy. 🎯 South Australia and the ACT have shown it can be done. It is time for truth in political advertising laws. Add your name: theaus.in/TIPApetition #auspol
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Statue repurposed, also known as restorying
WACA@akaWACA
31 Dec 2024
“ALP Honouring my past Criminalising the future 2025 Break the chains of the anti-protest bill” Anon submission: Zelda D’Aprano statue, Trades Hall, Lygon St. Carlton #CopsOuttaTradesHall
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