Over 40,000 historic property plans of 250 Sydney suburbs have been digitised and made available for the first time on the State Library of NSW’s website. "The plans provide a fascinating visual record of how Sydney has expanded over time,” says Maggie Patton, the State Library’s head curator. “You can see how your street, suburb and the city centre were…
Monday 8 – Friday 12 July 2019, at University of Southern Queensland, ToowoombaThe 38th Australian Historical Association (AHA) Conference, hosted by USQ's School of Arts and Communication, invites submissions on the theme of Local Communities, Global Networks. How have the local and the global intersected, inspired and transformed experiences within and from Australia’s history? How do the histories of Indigenous, imperial,…
In their 40th anniversary year, Oral History Queensland and Oral History Australia, in partnership with State Library of Queensland, welcome proposals for our 2019 biennial conference in southern Queensland. Oral historians, in a variety of guises and combining age-old listening skills with dazzling new technologies, record intimate stories and create challenging histories. The conference welcomes participants who use oral history…
PHA Qld and the Royal Historical Society of Queensland are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2019 John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction are now being received.The John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction in historiography, historical research and writing was established in 2005 and is awarded annually to a practicing historian of note, as a tribute and witness of esteem to acknowledge…
16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 3-5 October, 2019 Perth Trades Hall building (now CFMEU Offices) 80 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA We welcome abstracts on any of the following themes: The labour movement after the Armistice (1919) New directions in labour history (work in prospect/progress papers; new projects) Insecure work — historicising the…
In December 2017, a member of the public approached PHA Qld regarding the personal papers of late Melbourne historian Agnes Paton Bell. Bell is best known for her book Melbourne: John Batman’s Village, published by Cassell in 1965. PHA Qld President Timothy Roberts returned the enquiry, which concerned providing researchers and historians with access to these papers. Bell was an avid…
PHA Qld member Tim Roberts recently completed a 2-year mentoring program at Griffith University Art Gallery under eminent Queensland art historian Glenn Cooke and curator and Director of Griffith University Art Museum, Angela Goddard. During this time, Tim assisted the development of a major publication and accompanying exhibition on the history of art pottery in Queensland. Titled With Heart & Hand:…
It has been a big year of accolades for PHA Qld member Dr William (Bill) Metcalf. After being awarded the JD Kerr Medal of Distinction earlier this year, he has just received the Distinguished Scholar Award at the recent conference of the Communal Studies Association in Illinois, USA. According to the citation, “This award honors those persons who have contributed greatly to the scholarly study…
PHA Qld member Gordon Grimwade has recently co-authored with Pauline O’Keeffe (Images Manager, Cairns Historical Society) Northern Anzacs: How the First World War Shaped Far North Queensland. Northern ANZACs looks at the development of the First World War, the contributions made by over 1500 volunteers from the region and the aftermath of resettlement. It concludes with chapters on the development of memorial…
On Thursday 19 July, two historic business figures in Queensland, George Marchant and John Moffatt, were inducted into the Queensland Business Leader's Hall of Fame. The annual award recognises the public contribution made by leaders of business to the reputation of Queensland and its economic and social development. Marchant, a cordial manufacturer, not only generated significant business in Queensland, but fuelled…