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Trisha Fielding

@TrishaFielding

Writer, historian, amateur photographer. Author of 'Travels in the Sublime' blog; & books: 'Neither Mischievous nor Meddlesome', and 'Queen City of the North'.

 North Queensland, Australia
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Joined December 2011
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A Sense of the Sublime: Burketown's Saltpans. Read about this incredible landscape at trishafieldingwriter.com/202… #burketown #gulfcountry #albertriver #mangroves #saltpans #gangalidda #garawa #sublime
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North Queensland History: A Whistle-stop Tour of Art Deco in North Queensland northqueenslandhistory.blogs…
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Cape Byron Lighthouse trishafieldingwriter.com/202… via @TrishaFielding
Cape Byron Lighthouse

Cape Byron Lighthouse

I love lighthouses, though I’m not entirely sure what it is about them that so fascinates me. Perhaps I see them as a symbol of resilience? They’re built to withstand everything that Mother Nature …

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Minnie & Grace - the women who fed a scientific expedition womenofthenorth.blog/2023/07… via @TrishaFielding
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It's publication day for Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef! 😃 Read it online at jcu.pressbooks.pub/yonge/ @JCULibrary @jcu @aims_gov_au @gbrmarinepark
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A review of Asleep in the Deep: a love lost on the SS Yongala, written by Liz Downes. jculibrarynews.blogspot.com/… #northqueenslandhistory
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Tableland Travels

Tableland Travels

What could be more fun than a bush walk through rainforest on a track that features an abandoned railway bridge, a freshwater swimming hole, a suspension bridge, and the chance to spot a Platypus? …

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I've registered for Oceans to Outback, a month-long challenge to raise vital funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and I need your help! I'll be testing my fitness levels for a great cause. Please support me by donating to my fundraising page. oceanstooutback.org.au/s/560…
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Many twentieth-century North Queensland writers who were regular contributors to newspapers and popular journals seem to have had a curious affection for using pen-names. But who were they? northqueenslandhistory.blogs…
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The first female to operate a Linotype machine at an Australian newspaper was a 14-year-old from Townsville. And she stayed in the job for 60+ years! womenofthenorth.blog/2022/09…
2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award shortlist time! 🎉 Tony Birch, Whisper Songs Emily Bitto, Wild Abandon Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter Emily Maguire, Love Objects Inga Simpson, The Last Woman in the World Chloe Wilson, Hold Your Fire jcu.edu.au/.../rode.../2022-…
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ALT photo of the shortlisted books in a stack

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Mount Isa - Excursions in the Spinifex trishafieldingwriter.com/202… via @TrishaFielding
Looking forward to this new book by @RohanJLloyd
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Watching the last light in Normanton trishafieldingwriter.wordpre… via @TrishaFielding
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Beauty for its own sake

Beauty for its own sake

Sunrise, Julia Creek, Queensland. Trisha Fielding, 2021. For the past 25-ish years I’ve been writing about historical subjects, but lately I find I have veered off this familiar, comfortable …

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Just attended the launch (by Zoom) of this fantastic new website - Australian Midwifery History. Congratulations to all involved, it is an incredible resource! Check it out at: australianmidwiferyhistory.o… @MidwivesACM
Home - Australian Midwifery History

Home - Australian Midwifery History

Australian Midwifery History Australian Midwives in History Pregnancy, childbirth, motherhood, and midwifery have been happening on our country since time immemorial. The last 200 years have seen...

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Paul Dowsley@paul_dowsley29 Nov 2021
No matter how many times I see them, airport reunions always get me like 😭. The last hug between this dad and daughter was two years ago. ❤️
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What happened to Caroline Landsborough's children? womenofthenorth.blog/2021/10… image: @slqld
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Here's a little photographic journey past some QCWA buildings in north and western Queensland bit.ly/3zJj8Y1
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