The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
In 2019 Australia grappled with floods, bushfires, drought and a decline in the water quality in the Murray-Darling Basin. Divisive debates on water usage and fossil fuels raged during the lead up to the Federal election. Climate change has seen tens of thousands of citizens protesting on the streets. Environmental issues abound in our own Read more …
Congratulations to Peter Cochrane, whose frontier novel The Making of Martin Sparrow (Penguin/Viking 2018) has been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award for 2020. A total of 156 books were nominated by libraries from 40 countries. Further information
Congratulations to Anna Clark for the publication of the edited collection The Knowledge Solution: Australian History (MUP, 2019). What can we learn from recurring events across the recent history of Australia, of colonisation, nationalism, racism, fighting on foreign shores, land booms, industrial campaigns and culture wars? Arguments about the discipline of Australian History, from thinkers across the ideological and historical spectrum, are Read more …