Since the last newsletter, we’ve held our AGM and History Council Annual Lecture (reported on later in this newsletter), our Ideas Forum on 13 October, have continued our advocacy efforts, and been busy organising our Historians and Truth Telling Symposium!
Read MoreLise was President of the History Council of WA from 2011 to 2015. An archivist as well as an historian she was knowledgeable and passionate about both.
Read More16th History Council Annual Lecture presented by Bill Bunbury, 22 August 2019
I was delighted when it was announced that Bill Bunbury was to give the annual History Council WA lecture this year. I have always been a “fan” (if that’s an appropriate choice of word) of Bill’s work dating back to the early 1990s.
Read More16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, hosted by the Perth branch of ASSLH and held on 3-5 October 2019.
Approximately 90 historians, unionists, activists and supporters gathered recently for the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, hosted by the Perth branch of ASSLH and held on 3-5 October at Perth Trades Hall building (now CFMEU offices).
Read MoreA new report released on 10 September by independent think tank, A New Approach (ANA), shows local governments are seeing the value of arts and culture in their communities
Read MoreAHA 2020 Biennial Book and Thesis Prizes Applications Open
https://www.theaha.org.au/aha-2020-biennial-book-and-thesis-prizes-applications-open/
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