President’s Report
Best wishes for a very happy Christmas and New Year to all History Council members. It’s been a busy year and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to a relaxing break.
Our advocacy work has continued unabated over the last few months. With other History Councils of Australia we have lobbied the Federal Government for an Indigenous voice in the Australian Parliament, and to express concern about proposed changes to Marriage Certificates. Our continuing advocacy work at the State level is in support of the State Records, Office the Eastern Guruma people, the World Heritage nomination of Murujuga (Burrup), and against the Redaction of Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates.
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AHA-Copyright Agency Limited Early Career Researcher Mentor Scheme
If you are a historian resident in Australia who is a member of the Australian Historical Association and received their PhD within the past two years (i.e. 2017 or 2018), you should submit for the AHA-Copyright Agency Ltd Early Career Researcher Mentor Scheme. Note that at least three awards will go to applicants based outside NSW, VIC, and the ACT.
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Ernest Scott Prize 2019 Applications Open
The prestigious annual Ernest Scott Prize is awarded to the most distinguished written contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand, or to the history of colonisation in these countries
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New Australian Policy and History (APH) website Policy Brief
In Australian Policy and History’s latest policy brief, PhD students Honae Cuffe and Anna Kent write about the use of Australian ‘soft power’ in the Asia Pacific.
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2018 RWAHS Affiliates Committee’s State History Conference
The Cervantes conference kicked off brilliantly in the Lobster Shack, an icon in the town known for its lobster fishing fleet and processing plant. We were to find out over the weekend that almost the whole Town of Cervantes contributed in some way to this conference!
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"Gardens in times of Peace and Conflict”
Coinciding with the centenary of cessation of hostilities in World War 1, the theme of Gardens in times of Peace and Conflict enabled presenters to explore the creation of gardens and cultural landscapes by men and women with a strong sense of purpose.
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If a branch falls and you didn’t hear it …
As I write, news is coming in that a huge old Moreton Bay Fig Tree at UWA between Winthrop Hall and the Arts Building has partly, and suddenly, collapsed.
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Guildford State Heritage Listing
The Heritage Council of WA recently received public submissions its draft listing of ‘Guildford Historic Town’ on the State Register of Heritage Places.
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Video Tape Archives and Map Geo-referencing
The latest issue of the Friends of the Battye Library Newsletter (November 2018) carries two issues of particular interest.
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Midland’s Magnificent Oak
Back in 1961, the Tree Society published a short piece in The Swan Express, asking if anyone knew the age or anything about the history of what the Society described then as “The magnificent oak tree in the grounds of the Midland Junction Railway Station…”
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War and Emotions : Studies in Western Australian History Volume 32, 2018
Jenny Gregory and Bobbie Oliver (eds)
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Guest Editor for the Spring 2018 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 public historian Bruce Baskerville, who joined the committee at the last AGM.
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President’s Report
My last report in the Autumn Quarterly Newsletter detailed various advocacy issues that the History Council has been pursuing. It has been an extremely busy year!
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Whose Museum, Whose History?
After the History Council’s AGM on Thursday 23rd of August Alec Coles delivered an excellent presentation for the History Council’s Annual Lecture.
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The Carceral Colony – 7th July 2018, Fremantle Prison
In July a seminar was held at Fremantle Prison to discuss recent scholarship in Western Australia’s penal history. It was a full day with local, interstate and international speakers presenting 12 papers.
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Australian Policy and History
The Australian Policy and History (APH) network seeks to inject historical knowledge into the Australian policy debate. APH is a partnership between the Contemporary Histories Research Group at Deakin University and the Australian National University.
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2018 Margaret Medcalf Award winners
Culture and the Arts Minister Hon. David Templeman MLA presented the 2018 Margaret Medcalf Award at a ceremony on Thursday morning 28 June 2018. At this event joint winners were announced for the 2018 Award - Dr Joanna Sassoon and Dr Leigh Straw.
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The Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. - WA Chapter (AACAI WA) DPLH presentations, 25th July in Fremantle.
Representatives from the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) presented to members and guests of the AACAI WA recently, regarding the current non-statutory application of Aboriginal heritage management within the Department.
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National Archives Western Australia office update
The National Archives is committed to a continued presence in Western Australia and is close to finalising arrangements to ensure it has appropriate accommodation in Perth for future years.
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Activism, Struggle and Labour History
The 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History will be held
in the Perth Trades Hall building (now CFMEU Offices) 80 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA.
3-5 October, 2019.
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