Marginalia has been a project in development since the late 1980s. Our founder, Trudy Brunton was finishing her undergraduate degree in Social Sciences / Politics before online resources and information were available. As online resources began to develop in the 1990s and 2000s, this project began to quietly grow.

Guided by a love of history in many forms Trudy began to look for a name for this project while her mental health private practice (The Whole Story) established in 1997 grew. Trudy’s qualifications are listed on The Whole Story’s website. After finally moving to Ballarat in regional Victoria, Australia in 2022 work began in earnest to blend the work that Trudy has done since the 1980s that fits outside this private practice work. Finally born late in 2024, Trudy created Marginalia to be a place to contribute to the conversation about mental health topics and where resources and research can be shared