Tara Oldfield is the senior communications advisor at Public Record Office Victoria where she delves into fascinating files of Victoria’s past, writes regular blogs for the PROV website and presents episodes of the award-winning Look History in the Eye podcast. Tara has written articles for history publications such as Traces Magazine and Ancestor. Last year she won a Mander Jones Award for her short archival story Bitter Salts.
Author email: tara.oldfield@prov.vic.gov.au
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