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Moreland Report Receives Victorian Community History Award
James Lesh wins at the Victorian Community History Awards.
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Slave names have no place in modern Melbourne
The City of Moreland in Melbourne’s inner north is named after the late 18th-century Jamaican slave plantation of the McCrae family. Including the suburbs of Brunswick, Coburg and Pascoe Vale, the municipality’s name valorises slavery and colonialism. Moreland’s councillors are considering a new name for the local government area after being made aware of the links.
Dec 2, 20213 min read
Royal Exhibition Building: This symbol of the past must also reflect our present and future
The Royal Exhibition Building could be a key historic landmark of post-pandemic Melbourne.
Nov 13, 20203 min read
Larry La Trobe: The Dog Statue That Has Defined Melbourne
Larry La Trobe, explains James Lesh, has shaped Melbourne's urban imagination since the 1990s.
Jan 31, 20161 min read
Cremorne's subdivision in 1885
James Lesh examines the Cremorne Broadsheet, an 1885 land sale map, as an artefact of material culture.
Mar 11, 20151 min read
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