The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
Congratulations to Stephen Gapps, winner of the Australian War Memorial’s inaugural Les Carlyon Literary Prize for The Sydney Wars – Conflict in the early colony 1788-1817 (NewSouth, 2018). The Sydney Wars is an examination of conflict in the first years of the British settlement of New South Wales through the lens of military history. Further Read more …
Congratulations to those AHA members who won History Council of NSW annual awards and prizes. Congratulations to Paul Ashton who received the 2020 Annual History Citation. Congratulations to Alexandra Dellios who won the 2020 Addison Road Community Organisation Award for Multicultural History. Further information Congratulations to those AHA members successful in their applications for Australian Read more …
Congratulations to Amanda Nettelbeck on her election to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Further information
Congratulations to Benjamin Wilkie, winner of the Local History Small Publication Award for Gariwerd: An Environmental History of the Grampians (CSIRO, 2020). Congratulations also to those AHA members who received commendations, including Sue Silberberg, James Lesh, Jacqui Durrant, Sophie Couchman, Janice Newton, Michael Taffe, and Marjorie Theobald. Further information Congratulations to those AHA members awarded Read more …