Thea Gardiner

Author of The World of Mab Grimwade (2023)
PhD Scholar in History at @unimelb writing on the Australian artist and activist Portia Geach (1873-1959)

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

I wrote a book! If you’re interested in women’s and gender history, biography, Australian history, or just like pretty pictures, please buy it.

Available for pre-order here:

https://t.co/J4jWECk2op

[Catherine Gay @catherinegay_]

Thea and I argue that to understand the Lindsay siblings, and the profound effect they had on Australian visual and literary culture at the turn of the 20th-century, you need to examine them as a collective, from their shared childhood into their adult careers.

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

Check out an article myself and @catherinegay_ wrote on the Lindsay siblings for The Conversation!
The Lindsays: how 10 siblings from the 19th century shaped Australian art and identity https://t.co/FZi6nQ3ccM via @ConversationEDU

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@michellecstaff @catherinegay_ Thanks Michelle!!

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

Myself and @catherinegay_ published an article on The Lindsay Family and Siblinghood in Australian History with the Cultural and Social History Journal. Check it out! https://t.co/mUs4WK5pEx

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@sighmonger @catherinegay_ Thanks Simon!!

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

Very pleased to have written a biographical entry for Mab Grimwade for People Australia. Thanks to @michellecstaff and everyone at @NCB_ANU for helping get Mab's name out there! You can view the entry here: https://t.co/ewJ6A9DOJi

[Jon Piccini @JonPiccini]

Thank you @AnnCurthoys for this wonderful, personal and touching tribute. Lyndall Ryan's work will continue to be influential for decades to come. RIP. https://t.co/dUM5Bo935h

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

I will be giving a seminar on women, biography and archives in Australian history for the National Centre of Biography at ANU this Thursday from 11am-12.30pm. You can join in person or via zoom. Please come along! https://t.co/mUsYt7Wk7h

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

I had the pleasure of sitting down with @GeorginaDowner for the podcast of the Robert Menzies Institute - Afternoon Light - to discuss The World of Mab Grimwade. We talk about the class, gender and philanthropy in Australian history. Check it out!
https://t.co/8VGHAqk1GG

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@chn_willis Hi Ian! Mab was a very private person and I believe she either destroyed many of her personal papers or kept them out of public record. I think it stems from an unwillingness to be in the public eye, perhaps she thought it was unseemly for a woman of her class/ status.

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

I wrote a book! If you’re interested in women’s and gender history, biography, Australian history, or just like pretty pictures, please buy it.

Available for pre-order here:

https://t.co/J4jWECk2op

[Melbourne University Publishing @MUPublishing]

Read a review of THE WORLD OF MAB GRIMWADE by Thea Gardiner (@TheaGarden) in The Age (@theage): https://t.co/DKtvIc7Cd1.

[Melbourne University Publishing @MUPublishing]

“The book is beautifully written and the extent of the author’s research … is evident throughout.”

Read a review of THE WORLD OF MAB GRIMWADE by Thea Gardiner (@TheaGarden) in Queensland Reviewers Collective: https://t.co/XbKjsgwUpJ.

[Melbourne University Publishing @MUPublishing]

We have received advance copies of THE WORLD OF MAB GRIMWADE by Thea Gardiner (@TheaGarden), the untold story of an influential Australian philanthropist, publishing 10 October.

Pre-order your copy where all good books are found or online at: https://t.co/nVhX1kfTFc.

[Melbourne Feminist History Group @HistoryFeminist]

Our final MFHG seminar for 2023 is coming up on Tuesday 10 Oct, 6-7pm AEST on Zoom.
Please join us for a panel on ‘Writing Historical Women's Lives’, featuring papers from @TheaGarden & @michellecstaff To attend via zoom please email ([email protected]) or DM us.

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@angrymegan Don’t get between a middle aged woman and a chemist warehouse ad

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@catherinegay_ Thanks Cat ❤️

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@michellecstaff @historyANU @_As_Ruby @Joshua_Black97 @JessUrwin95 @fbongiornoanu Congratulations Michelle!

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

@Marshehan Thanks Mary! That’s so kind of you.

[Thea Gardiner @TheaGarden]

I wrote a short piece about the forgotten stories of 'Women philanthropists in our galleries' for @AustBookReview - check it out! https://t.co/zw5Dz7ar4N