March is Women’s History Month, honouring the contributions and achievements of women around the world and a perfect way to do that is to attend Extraordinary/Ordinary event in Maldon on March 28.
Extraordinary/Ordinary is a podcast series that commemorates and celebrates women, living and historical, in Central Victoria.
Join host and producer Lisa D’Onofrio in raising up women’s voices and elevating local women’s stories for this very special live event for this year’s Castlemaine State Festival.
Special guests will include Natasha Joyce, talking about 12-year-old goldfields immigrant Lucy Hannah Birchall.
Natasha is a historian, researcher, and PhD candidate at La Trobe University in Bendigo. Her research focuses on accidental childhood fatalities during Victoria’s gold rush era. Known as the ‘Victorian Historian’, Natasha enjoys sharing her expertise with the public through storytelling and expert commentary. Natasha has appeared on national television shows, such as Who Do You Think You Are.
Other speakers will include Louise Cooper discussing Waif Wanderer (Mary Helena Fortune) – one of the earliest female detective novelists in the world; and psychotherapist and wanna be farmer, Petra Bueskens speaking about her friend Miri.
Extraordinary/Ordinary aims to serve as a taster or guide regarding the extraordinary/ordinary women in our area, and to bring to light ‘hidden histories’ as well as offering a fuller and more vibrant picture by creating new histories, filling the many gaps in traditional history methodologies.
Extraordinary/Ordinary was shortlisted for the Victorian Community History Awards 2024.
Podcast creator Lisa D’Onofrio is thrilled to present this iteration of the podcast in historic Maldon for our very own Castlemaine State Festival.
“I’m looking forward to sharing our women’s fascinating stories with a live audience, and giving women the platform we deserve,” Lisa said.
You can book a ticket to see this live version here https://castlemainefestival.com.au/event/extraordinary-ordinary/ and listen to the podcast here: https://writeasrain.podbean.com/