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Newsletter 17 September 2024
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History Council of South Australia 2025 Fellowship
Our annual HCSA Fellowship is now open.
The Fellowship is an annual prize of $2,000. It provides support for Australians researching and writing about South Australian history.
The HCSA Fellowship was launched on 21 August 2020 in association with the State Library of South Australia and through the generous support of donors, including the Marsden Szwarcbord Foundation.
Applications close on 15 November.
For more information, visit the HCSA website here.
Job Ready Graduates Package
Matt Fitzpatrick and Lainie Anderson have prepared an article on the issue that has been published in Indaily.
Read the article here.
The History Council has written to the Federal Minister for Education regarding the ongoing harmful effects of the differential student fees imposed by the Job Ready Graduates Package.
Read more on our Advocacy page here.
Burnside Historical Society September Newsletter
The latest edition of the society's newsletter is now available.
Read it here (pdf).
SAMHS September meeting
The SA Medical Heritage Society meeting will feature Professor Toby Coates AO speaking on 'Pancreas and kidney transplants'. 26 September 2024, 6pm, Glenunga Hub.
Further information here (pdf flyer).
South Australia family and local history resources
This post on the Trove blog highlights some interesting resources for family history research.
Read the post here
Barossa News Digitisation Project GoFundMe
Local organisations are raising funds to support the digitisation of the Barossa News for digital access via Trove.
Further information here (pdf)
View the GoFundMe here
Bay to Birdwood registrations are now closed
The 2024 Bay to Birdwood will be held on October 20, 2024.
Further information through the website
Save the Queen: The Priscilla Project
A project is underway to restore the Priscilla bus from the film 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. She was discovered on a property in rural New South Wales, having survived fire, floods, and exposure to the elements. The History Trust of South Australia is seeking donations to restore the bus and display her at the National Motor Museum in Birdwood.
Further information through the HTSA
Adelaide Museum of South Australian History
The History Trust are inviting responses to a survey about a proposed new museum: the Adelaide Museum of South Australia's History.
Find out more and have your say on the proposed museum here.
Lectures, exhibitions, and events
Proximity round 4: Geoff Strempel
Join Director of the State Library of South Australia Geoff Strempel for the fourth talk in the Friends of the State Library's Proximity Round Series.
24 September, 5.30 - 6.30pm, Hetzel Lecture theatre, Institute Building.
Further information and booking link through the State Library website
Modernist interiors: three expert insights
Featuring:
- Dr. James Curry talking about his 'Lust for lifestyle' and 'Modern beach homes' exhibitions of 2023.
- Paul Cooksey of Northern Edge Studio sharing tips and tricks into how he's injected modernist mojo into multiple interiors.
- Mark Cawdron-White, That Retro Man, a specialist in the restoration and research of Australian, English, Italian, and American Mid-century design, giving insights into the era's best furniture and effects and what is available for your home today.
18 September 2024, 6.30-8.00pm at the Piccadilly, 181 O'Connell street.
Further information and tickets through Trybooking
Genealogy SA Library Open Day
Genealogy SA is holding an Open Day, inviting the public to learn more about the range of resources available in their library.
13 October 2024, 10am - 4pm, 201 Unley Road.
Further information here (pdf flyer).
Customs house precinct - buildings and occupancy from 1840
The Government Reserve was established in the ‘New Port’ in Oct 1840. The northern section is dominated by the State Heritage classified old Customs House and Telegraph Buildings. Learn more about these and their neighbors' (past and present) as well as the development of government services in Port Adelaide.
16 October 2024, The British Hotel, Port Adelaide. 6.30pm dinner, presentation at 7.30pm.
Further information and registration through Humanitix
Mosquito Fleet IV
The premiere of a new DVD, the fourth about South Australian Ketches. hosted by the Port Adelaide Historical Society.
18 September 2024, 7.30 - 9pm.
Further information and registration through Humanitix.
Online: 'Sports mania: sport in the archives'
Join the National Archives as they explore the collection and unravel hidden treasures from the world of Australian sport.
September 26, 11.30am - 12.30pm
Further information and registration through Eventbrite
Workshop: Introduction to oral history
This workshop introduces oral history practice, focusing on research, ethics, equipment, interviewing techniques and transcribing. It is suitable for community volunteers, family historians, students or anyone with an interest in recording oral histories.
12 October 2024, 10am - 3.30pm. UniSA Magill campus (room to be confirmed)
Further information and tickets through Humanitix
University of Adelaide historical and classical studies seminar series 2024
The next seminar will feature Kiera Lindsay speaking on'Ifs, Buts, and Maybes: Reimagining the Role of Speculation in Historical Method' on 30 September. Seminars are held Mondays in Napier 420, 12pm.
Further information here (pdf flyer).
Flinders history research seminar semester 2, 2024
The next seminar is on 4 October with Dr. Lindsay Gloss speaking on ‘'Staging solidarity: civilian participation in veteran protest against the Vietnam War'.
Held Fridays, 11.15am - 12.30pm at Social Sciences South 112 and via Microsoft Teams.
Full schedule and Teams details here (pdf flyer)
Camel trains to steel wheels: Life on the trans-Australian railway
This new exhibition features archival records, photographs and footage that brings to life the railway's first 60 years.
At the State Library of SA until 26 January 2025.
Further information through the National Archives website
Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) 2024 Conference: Opening the Archives: Access, Engagement, Innovation
To be held in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, New Zealand, from 22-25 October 2024. Registrations are now open and will close on October 7.
Further information through their website here
Historical Society of South Australia 2024 program
The HSSA has announced its program for 2024 as follows:
4 October: Martin Hamilton-Smith: Western Democracy Under Challenge: The interesting case study of South Australia.
1 November: Erin Reardon: RA&HS Archives – Walking into 185 Years of History (and Wondering What to do With It).
Further information through their website
Calls for papers
International Australian Studies Association (InASA) 2025 Biennial Conference: Australian Studies in the 21st Century: Human and more-than-human worlds
5-7 February 2025. Submissions due 30 September 2024.
Further information on the InASA website
Journal seeks articles comparing Australia in the World Wars
The Editor of Agora is seeking contributors from historians for an upcoming issue on the theme ‘Comparing the World Wars’ with a particular focus on Australia.
Agora is the professional reading journal of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria, so submissions need to target themes studied as part of the Year 9–10 History Curriculum investigation ‘Australians at War (1914–1945)’. As an indication, articles may compare:
- the causes of World War I and World War II
- the reasons that Australians fought in the world wars
- the experiences and perspectives of those who fought or were deployed overseas
- significant consequences of the world wars on Australian society
- the experiences and historical perspectives of those on the home front
- different interpretations and debates about the significance and legacies of the world wars.
Submissions of up to 2000 words, plus references, are due by 21 October 2024.
Email a brief proposal to [email protected]
See the website here for contributor guidelines.
Opportunities
The Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia
The next issue is scheduled to be published in November 2024 and they are inviting scholars from all disciplines who are researching South Australian history to submit papers, or proposals for papers, for inclusion in this, and subsequent editions. They would particularly like to encourage post-graduate student and early career researcher contributions.
For more information, visit their website here or contact the editor [email protected]
