Reports on Recent Events
Radical Perth, Militant Fremantle Talk – March 19, State Library of WA
People, political movements and places of working class resistance were themes taken up by two of Perth’s most renowned labour historians, Bobbie Oliver and Charlie Fox. Bobbie and Charlie (along with Lenore Layman) are the editors of the recently published Radical Perth Militant Fremantle book. Speaking at the State Library they took stories from that book to reveal the often unknown history of Western Australia, those moments where ordinary people fought back against ‘the system’ or offered alternatives to the conventionality of the mainstream.
Feature Article – Mead Farm, Leda
As a horse enthusiast, former Riding Develops Abilities (RDA) volunteer and as a local, Heritage listed Mead Farm in Leda, between Rockingham and Kwinana, is of interest to me. The site has recently been given a new lease of life by local Not-for-Profit organisation Peel Horsepower (Formerly Peel RDA) and the WA State Govt. Associated with the Mead family who were pioneers in this State and owned the farm for over 130 years, much of the existing fabric of the building features in the family’s history, illustrating aspects of their lives.
Future Conferences – Call for Papers
‘Activism, Struggle and Labour History’, 16th National Biennial Labour History Conference
‘The Antipodes and Beyond: Foregrounding Irish Women’, 24th ISAANZ Conference CFP
‘Beyond Borders: Health and Medicine in Historical Context,’ ANZSHM Biennial Conference CFP
History Teachers Association of Australia 2019 Conference
‘Embodying Romanticism’: Romantic Studies Association of Australasia 2019 Conference
Guest Editor for the Autumn 2019 Issue
Each issue of the Newsletter is edited by a different member of the History Council’s management committee, using a standard template. This issue’s guest editor has been WA historian Bri McKenzie, who joined the committee in 2018.
President’s Report
Happy New Year to all our members and friends. This edition of our newsletter includes a bumper crop of coming events, the chance to win free books, notice of coming conferences and reports of recent events. It also includes in-depth focus articles, including one on the study of Ancient History in WA. It has been very capably edited by Sally Davies of the History Teachers Association of WA and Committee Member of the History Council of WA.
Recent Events
On Thursday 6 December, members of the History Council of WA and the Professional Historians Association (WA) attended a Christmas Sundowner at the former Lemnos Hospital, now part of Shenton College. By Pam Harris.
Opportunities
Premier’s Book Award: following up from the article in the Spring newsletter, the details of the Premier’s Book award are available here. The scope of the History Award has been broadened to include other non-fiction. The emphasis seems to be on encouraging new work.
2019 Margaret Medcalf Award: Call for Nominations
Since 2003, 18 researchers and historians, creating works on various Western Australian subjects, have won the Margaret Medcalf Award recognizing excellence in referencing and research. To submit a nominated work please complete a 2019 Margaret Medcalf Award Nomination Form and send it along with three copies of nominated works to the SRO at the address provided.
Dept LGSC Culture and the Arts Grant Program
Applying for funding in 2019? See the attached link.
Jill Roe Early Career Researcher AHA Conference Scholarship Scheme: Applications Open
The AHA is thrilled to announce a new conference prize, the Jill Roe Early Career Researcher AHA Conference Scholarship. Funding for this scheme is made possible by a generous bequest from Professor Emerita Jill Roe (1940–2017), an eminent and much-loved Australian historian who made a very significant contribution to the writing, teaching and public communication of history in Australia and abroad.