The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
The ARC has released the outcomes for Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and Culture for 2020. Congratulations to all AHA members who were successful in their applications, including Richard Broome, Andrea Gaynor, Vanessa Hearman, Warwick Anderson, Jane Haggis, Penelope Edmonds, Margaret Allen, Michelle Arrow, Catherine Kevin, Ann Curthoys, Zora Simic, Katherine Ellinghaus, Lynette Read more …
Congratulations to James Keating for the publication of Distant Sisters: Australasian Women and the International Struggle for the Vote, 1880–1914 (Manchester University Press, 2020). This book seeks to chart the common trajectory of colonial suffrage campaigns, and argues for a more contingent history of international organising that challenges celebratory accounts of fin-de-siècle global connection. Further Read more …
Congratulations to those AHA members who received prizes and commendations at the Australian Society of Archivists’ recent Mander Jones Awards ceremony. Congratulations to Terry Kass for winning Category 3 for the State Archives NSW finding aid Unlocking land: A guide to Crown Land Records held at State Archives NSW. Congratulations to Narrelle Morris for winning Read more …