by Juliana Byers | Apr 14, 2024 | Australian History, Burke & Wills, Exploration, Podcast, Pre-1900, Social History
Oh Mr Burke‘Tis risky workTo seek the northern coastThen have a careOr else prepareTo be a desert ghost…1 On the 20th of August 1860, amid such fanfare as Melbourne had never seen before, the Victorian Exploration Expedition set off from Royal Park. They were...
by Juliana Byers | Apr 14, 2024 | Books, Non-Fiction, Recommended Reads, Social History, True Crime, Women's History
Looking for a book to while away a few hours on a Sunday afternoon? Sorry, can’t help you today. On the other hand, if you’re looking for a book that will stimulate your grey matter and give your critical thinking muscles a workout, then do I ever have a...
by Juliana Byers | Apr 14, 2024 | Artefacts, Australian History, Colonisation & Invasion, Exploration, Indigenous History, Museum, Natural History, World History
Welcome, fellow skeptics, to Skeptical History: where we dissect the mystery that is history! I’m Juliana, I have a Bachelor of Arts in History & Writing, and am studying a Master of Research in History. My mission here at the Skeptical Historian is to challenge...
by Juliana Byers | Apr 14, 2024 | Referencing, Sources
Part of my mission here at Skeptical History is to encourage people to do their own research, and make up their own minds about the historical events I write and talk about. I know, I know, that phrase has been seriously misused by the tinfoil hat brigade, but...
