The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
Congratulations to Professor Shurlee Lesley SWAIN, For significant service to education, particularly through comparative social history, as an academic, author, and researcher, and to the community. Professor David Robert WALKER, For significant service to education as an academic in the field of Australian studies, and to international relations. Biographies noting their major achievements: https://tinyurl.com/y9mq7ql4 Read more …
The History Council of Victoria, the peak body for history in Victoria, is launching a Friends program. For the first time, this gives everyone the chance to support our work to advocate for history and to educate Victorians about the value of history. The official launch of the Friends of the History Council of Victoria Read more …
Congratulations to Lisa Ford (UNSW Sydney) and David Andrew Roberts (UNE Armidale), who have been appointed the new editors of Australian Historical Studies, from 2018 to 2020. They succeed Kate Darian-Smith and Penelope Edmonds.
Congratulations to Lucas Jordan on the the publication of his new book. It features diary excerpts and photographs from the men involved, to track stealth raids and their evolution as a distinctly Australian phenomenon, arguing that bush skills and the bush ‘ethos’ central to Australian society was the foundation of such raids. Further information.
The AHA is thrilled to offer its warm congratulations to Professor Ann McGrath (Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at ANU) who received two well-deserved acknowledgements of her significant contribution to the history profession in Australia and influential scholarly work. On 5 June 2017 she was awarded the prestigious Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship for her Read more …
The final program is now available on the conference website. The organisers have attempted to accommodate all the requests that have been made over the last couple of weeks. As a result, changes have been made, including some movement between panels within conference days, and a few changes between days. We would greatly appreciate it if you Read more …
The History Council of NSW has compiled a useful resource sheet on an issue that may be of interest to AHA members. Further information.
As part of History Week, 3–11 September 2016, History Council NSW presents Speaker Connect, a series of 11 free talks on a range of topics. Further information.