Brackley du Bois, Ailsa
Deakin University Australia
Australia
Ailsa Brackley du Bois is undertaking interdisciplinary PhD studies with Deakin University's School of Communications and Creative Arts. Her thesis is titled ‘Stardust on the Goldfields: Theatrical Entertainment, Popular Culture and Public Place in Victoria 1851-1911’. Ailsa receives the support of an 'Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship'. Her research interests include historiography of theatrical entertainment 1851-1911; cultural heritage and political sociology of the Victorian Goldfields; adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and streetscapes; the reinvention of cityscapes; and narrative non-fiction.
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ArticlesIntroductionBallarat’s Theatre Royal was the first permanent theatre built in inland Australia. Upon opening in 1858, it was acclaimed as having “the handsomest theatrical exterior in the colony” (Star, “Editorial” 7 Dec. 1889) and later acknowledged as “the grandest playhouse in all Australia” (Spielvogel,...Read more
