Keira Lockyer Presents:

TACKLING RESEARCH TODAY … FROM SNAIL MAIL TO AI.
Whatever you are writing or plan to write, and whether it is about real or imaginary people or places, research is essential. Everything changes so quickly these days that no matter what time or century your piece is about, and how much you know, you will still need to do some checking.
At our 26th October meeting, member Keira Lockyer will share some of her research adventures over the last 28 years. These include two years investigating over 400 Jewish pioneers who came to Ballarat during the gold rush for her prizewinning 2024 book, and her research on the Anzacs and the 1915 Lone Pine conflict for the 2015 Gallipoli centenary.
Her current research projects include helping people discover the stories of their ancestors through DNA and research. This has led her to look at London’s Flash houses and brothels during the Regency days, the Japanese pearlers of the Tiwi Islands, and their POW camps in Singapore, and Abe Saffron and his Sydney underworld of the 1960s. Besides advising what current free research options are available, Keira will also provide a hard copy list of her favourite Victorian, Ballarat and worldwide sources.