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Read the latest post in the AWHN blog, ‘Indigenous Activism and the 1967 Referendum: Remembering Joyce Clague’, here.
CFP deadline: 1 August 2017 Symposium to take place Friday 15 September 2017 at the Ship Inn, Griffith University The symposium will celebrate and build upon the academic scholarship which explores women in historically male dominated spheres, such as police, military, medicine and academia, governance and executive leadership positioned within the centre of feminist historical Read more …
Invisible Farmer, a three-year ARC funded research project, is the largest ever study of Australian women on the land. As a partner in the project the ABC, through ABC Open, has been calling for tributes to acknowledge the many fabulous women on the land across Australia, some of which will be used by the ABC Read more …
Congratulations to Brunette Lenkić and Rob Hess, whose timely new book, Play On! The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football (Echo Publishing), is the first comprehensive history of women’s Australian Rules football and showcases the hard work and resilience of players, coaches and administrators that has kept the women’s game alive since its inception in Read more …
Congratulations to Catherine Bishop, whose book Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney has been shortlisted for the 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize, an award established to encourage and recognise the highest standards of literary commentary on Australian business and financial affairs. Further information.
This festschrift event is in celebration of Marilyn Lake’s scholarship and teaching and her contributions to different university communities and the Australian Historical Association, and her much valued friendship and collegiality over many years. The themes of the two day event will include: international history from an Australian perspective; histories of feminism; engaging America: US Read more …