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Newsletter 17 February 2023
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HCSA Fellows Lecture Night 2023
Come and join us for a free lecture night on Monday 27 March from 5:30pm @ Hetzel Lecture Theatre, North Tce, delivered by our two Fellows, Dr Heidi Ing (2022 Fellow) and Margaret Boult (2023 Fellow). The two presentations will explore their research projects, which both focus on key aspects of South Australian history and heritage.
Further information and registration via Eventbrite
Read Margaret Boult's abstract and Judge's citation here.
Read Dr. Heidi Ing's abstract from 2022 here.
National Library's treasure Trove under threat from budget cuts
The National Library of Australia is facing a massive cut to its operating budget from July 2023. Without dedicated and sustainable long-term funding, Trove will cease to exist.
Read the Sydney Morning Herald article here.
The President of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies has written on the matter in their eBulletin.
ALIA has also compiled a list of resources to support advocacy for Trove here
There are also two ongoing petitions:
Petition EN4745 - Full Funding for Trove and the NLA
Petition EN4747 - Fully Fund Trove
South Australian Medical Heritage Society February Meeting
Featuring Professor Tom Gordon speaking on 'A rogue antibody and the mystery behind clotting disorders in Covid vaccination.' To be held 6pm, Thursday 23 February 2023, at the Royal Society Rooms, Morgan Thomas Lane, Adelaide.
View the flyer here (pdf).
View the general meeting dates for 2023 here (pdf).
State Records SA Strategic Plan 2023-2026
State Records SA has now released their Strategic Plan 2023-2026.
You can view and download a copy of the plan on their website here.
Labour History Society SA
The society's next General Meeting will be held at 2.00pm on 19 February 2023, at the Box Factory. At the meeting Dr. Anne Burger will speak on the subject 'Neoliberalism: The case of the 2011 Roxby Downs Indenture'.
The Society's Summer 2023 newsletter is also available now. Download and read it here (pdf).
Digitised Archive UK
A new archival digitisation service has launched in the UK, providing digital copies of any publicly available resource in archives or libraries in London, Oxford, and beyond.
Check out their website here.
The Castellorizian Association of South Australia in Port Pirie
On February 11 and 12, the association hosted a seminar in Port Pirie to remember and celebrate the history of the Greek community in the town.
Read the Port Pirie Recorder article on the seminar here.
Magill self-guided historical walk and historic Wesleyan Cemetery guide
Last year Burnside Historical Society completed brochures for two self-guided historical walks in the Magill area.
The Historic Self-guided Magill Walk covers some parts of both the City of Burnside and Campbelltown City Council around the Magill Village area and just beyond.
View the Magill walk map here (pdf).
The Historic Magill Wesleyan Cemetery Guide covers the heritage-listed cemetery.
View the Historic Magill Wesleyan Cemetery guide here (pdf).
These new walks are two parts in a series developed by Burnside Historical Society from the 1980s.
View the society's full collection of historical walks on their website here
SA Digihistory Update
Susan Marsden, Marsden Szwarcbord Foundation
The internet has serious gaps when it comes to history, missing many records and historical works of the late 20th century. This gap has driven our SA Digihistory project: since 2021 the Marsden Szwarcbord Foundation has worked with you and other researchers to identify a ‘top 50’ of significant South Australian history books that are out of print and not digitised. (We shortlisted around 60). Under Susan Marsden’s direction, a ‘Digihistory group’ has shortlisted your nominations, and discussed how to get them back into print as e-books to borrow or buy.
Geoff Strempel, Director of the State Library of South Australia (and a member of the group), has been working with staff on issues of copyright and digitisation. This week he’s given us the good news that the library can scan and produce e-books of eight titles (five out of copyright and 3 published by the Libraries Board). We hope to ‘launch’ them during the History Festival in May.
MSzF will make a donation towards the work needed to determine copyright, permissions, scanning and producing e-books of the remaining titles.
Related news: Susan Marsden’s first volume history of the South Australian Housing Trust, Business, charity and sentiment …1936-1986, has been re-published by Untapped in e-book format and now in hard copy. You can borrow the e-book (via Borrowbox in SA) or buy the book from Booktopia.
Click here to see the book's Booktopia listing.
Petition: Save the Historic and Heritage-Listed Thebarton Police Barracks
The State Government of South Australia has announced its intention to build a new Women's and Children's Hospital upon a site belonging to the Heritage-listed Thebarton Mounted Police Barracks - a complex of Historic buildings located alongside the Old Adelaide Gaol.
View and sign the petition here.
Read about the project on InDaily here
Lectures, exhibitions, and events
Pioneer's Association of South Australia
The association has released their calendar of events for 2023. Their next event is part of their SameShips project - which aims to establish a comprehensive history of the pioneers arriving in South Australia by ship from 1836-1846. The workshop will be about the Rapid, on 6 March at the Jetty Bar Hotel, Glenelg.
View the calendar here (pdf).
View the events page on their website here.
Read more about the SameShips project on their website here.
Colonial South Australia and Beyond: A Musical Exploration with James Huon George (piano) and Gemma Vice (flute). Sunday 12 March, 2.30pm at Cummins House in Novar Gardens.
Gillian Dooley is collaborating on this combined lecture and recital with James Huon George, who will be playing the Morphett family’s historic piano from the 1850s, and flautist Gemma Vice, with historical background from Judith Francis. The program includes songs with links to Matthew Flinders, to prominent 19th century SA colonial figures, and, for something a bit different, Shakespeare settings by SA composers. Tickets $35.
Bookings via Trybooking.
Australian Death Studies Society Annual Lecture: Mortality crises, funeral crises? Necropolitics in contemporary mass death contexts
In-person and online, 9 March 2023, 6-7:30pm.
Further information and registration via Eventbrite
Ahlan wa Sahlan (welcome): Hospitality in Arabic Culture
This new exhibition at the Migration Museum features the inviting and vibrant traditions of Arabic speaking cultures. 4 February - 31 July 2023.
Further information on the Migration Museum website.
February Workshop: How to do an Oral History Interview
This workshop introduces participants to the practice and methods of doing an oral history interview. It also covers features to look for in professional digital audio recorders, and why they are important. 17 February 2023.
Further information and booking on the Oral History SA/NT website
You can also book via Eventbrite here
Copper Coast Cornish Festival Kernewek Lowender
Being held May 15-21 in Kadina, Moonta, and Wallaroo.
Visit the website here.
Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine Conference 2023
To be held in Adelaide, 12-15 July 2023.
Further information on the flyer here.
See their website here.
Book releases
Trusted: children and Aspirin, a deadly dance of science, business, and politics by Karen Starko
Trusted is a non-fiction, memoir-expose of Karen Starko's discovery of aspirin as the cause of Reye's syndrome, a devastating and mysterious illness that struck down thousands of perfectly healthy children.
Further information and purchase via Wakefield press.
Calls for papers
Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine (ANZSHM) Conference 2023: Second Opinions
To be held in Adelaide, 12-15 July 2023. Abstracts on any topic related to the history of health and medicine in any period or region are encouraged.
Further information available on the conference website here.
Journal of Australasian Mining History CFP
Submissions due 1 July 2023
Further information available here.
Fourth World Congress of Environmental History Call for Panels
19-23 August 2024, Oulu, Finland. This conference aims to emphasize both the arc of time and the importance of bringing diverse approaches to bear on contemporary problems. Panel Proposals due 3 April 2023.
Further information available here.
History of Medicine in Southeast Asia Conference CFP
All proposals on the history of medicine and health in Southeast Asia will be considered, but papers dealing with the influence of Chinese Traditional Medicine in Southeast Asia, local medical traditions, and the interaction between medical traditions and western medicine are encouraged. Abstracts and CV due 15 March 2023.
Further information available here.
Opportunities
ACHS James MacGinley Award for Australian Catholic History
Submissions may be a biographical, social, cultural, institutional, or political study of Australian Catholic history, which demonstrates originality, excellence in addressing its subject, competence in the use of primary source materials, and clarity of expression. The paper must not have been submitted for publication. Applications close 31 March 2023. Further information available on the ACHS website
Historical Society of South Australia Grants
Applications for HSSA grants towards researching, publishing or otherwise promoting history are now open for 2023 and close on 31 March 2023. Successful applicants will be notified in May 2023. Assistance is given to historians, tertiary post-graduate students, local historians and museums, and school teachers and others. For further details and a downloadable application form, please go to the HSSA website here.
Friends of South Australia's Archives Jack Cross Fellowships
Awarded annually to small history projects or to support students of South Australian history, who are pursuing a dedicated program of historical research in archives and history, with a focus in the use of South Australian archival resources. Applications due 31 March 2023
Further information here.
Biennial Australian Maritime History Awards
Sponsored jointly by the Australian Association for Maritime History and the Australian National Maritime Museum, there are two awards being offered:
The 2023 Frank Boeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize
To be awarded for a non-fiction book treating any aspect of maritime history relating to or affecting Australia, written or co-authored by an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022.
Download the nomination form here.
The 2023 Australian Community Maritime History Prize
To be awarded to a regional or local museum or historical society for a publication (book, booklet, educational resource kit, DVD, film or other print or digital media, including websites, databases and oral histories) relating to an aspect of maritime history of that region or community, and published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022.
Download the nomination form here.
Nominations for both close 30 March 2023
Further information and criteria for both awards available here.
