Dr Janice Croggon has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), and a Masters in Australian History from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD from Federation University, Ballarat. Her doctoral thesis examined the role of the Celts in Ballarat in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Lee Andrews is a heritage consultant specialising in designed landscapes. She has undertaken extensive research into and assessment of the cultural (heritage) significance of numerous sites throughout Victoria.

Dr David Waldron is a lecturer in History and Anthropology at Federation University with a research focus on folklore and community identity. He is the author of Sign of the Witch: Modernity and the Pagan Revival, Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay: a Case Study in Local Folklore and Snarls from the Tea-Tree: Victoria’s Big Cat Folklore.

Author email: d.waldron@federation.edu.au

Associate Professor Andrew J May is a historian in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.

Author email: a.may@unimelb.edu.au

Stephen Banham is a graphic designer, writer, lecturer and founder of the typographic studio Letterbox. He has a particular interest in the social significance of typography.

Christine Eid is a Melbourne-based researcher, curator and artist who runs TOW, an interdisciplinary arts practice.

Hannah Loney is a final year PhD candidate in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her thesis explores East Timorese women’s experiences, memories and perceptions of life under Indonesian rule (1975–1999). As well as undertaking research assistant work for the ‘Minutes of Evidence’ project, Hannah lectures in Southeast Asian and Pacific history at Victoria University and the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne.

Patricia Grimshaw is a Professor Emeritus and Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne where she taught Australian history and gender studies for many years. She was co-editor with Elizabeth Nelson and Sandra Smith of Letters from Aboriginal Women of Victoria, 1867–1926, a collection of Aboriginal women’s letters held in the archives of Public Record Office Victoria and the National Archives of Australia that was published in 2002.