Season’s Greetings to All
Deborah Gare, Bruce Baskerville and all members of the History Council Committee send season’s greetings to all our members and friends.
Christmas Tour of the new Boola Bardip | WA Museum
Members of the History Council of WA and the Professional Historians Association (WA) gathered at the entrance to the new museum on the breezy Monday evening of 14 December for a guided tour personally led by Museum CEO Alec Coles. And what a tour it was!
History Council of WA – 2020 AGM
The AGM was held in the Great Southern Room of the State Library on 9 September 2020.
History Council Annual Report for 2019-2020
In her report retiring president Jenny Gregory outlined the business and other matters undertaken by the Committee and Executive and contribution of members. A full copy of the report is available from the Secretary.
Place names and layers of history
It is unfortunate that the phrase ‘what’s in a name’ is so casually used when talking about any issue involving a place name, especially as an answer is rarely attempted.
There Goes The Windsor: cinema denied State heritage registration
The Heritage Council of WA at its September meeting considered the listing of the Windsor Theatre in Nedlands on the State Register of Heritage Places, before concluding that it “does not have sufficient cultural heritage significance at the State level for inclusion in the State Register”.
Recent work on convictism in Western Australia launched
The Carceral Colony: Studies in WA History, edited by Jenny Gregory and Louis Marshall was launched by Duncan Ord Director-General of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries on 30 September 2020.
The Western Australian Convict Publication Project
In February 2018, the Convict Special Interest Group of Family History WA embarked on what we have called the WA Convict Publication Project.
Centre for Western Australian History – recent publications
Studies in Western Australian History, Vol 33-34 Albany: an antipodean Arcadia. Contents can be viewed here: https://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;py=2020;res=IELAPA;issn=0314-7525;iss=33
Guest Editor for Spring 2020 Issue
Each issue of the Newsletter is edited by a different member of the History Council’s management committee, using a standard template.