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Newsletter 22 September 2020
Editor: Jessica Fairey
Members News
Annual General Meeting
The History Council's AGM will be held at the Historian Hotel on Wednesday 14 October 2020 at 6pm. All members are welcome, although due to COVID restrictions the maximum number of attendees is capped at 40.
Please RSVP to our Secretary Sandra Kearney at [email protected] by Wednesday 30 September.
Friends of South Australia's Archives Annual General Meeting
The Friends of South Australia's Archives Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 6.00 pm at the Box Factory Community Centre, Regent Street South, Adelaide.
The speaker will be Jack Cross AM, President FSAA on "The New Now".
Adelaide, Queen City of the South
First published in 1907, Adelaide, Queen City of the South gave a glimpse of Adelaide as an Edwardian metropolis. Featuring over 400 photographs of major public buildings, parks, and gardens, the book is being republished by the State Library of South Australia.
Further information here.
History Seminar series
Flinders University's History Seminar Series is held on Fridays from 11.15am to 12.30 in room SSS149. Up to 45 are allowed to attend, in accordance with latest COVID-19 information. To get online access, email [email protected] for a personal Microsoft Teams link.
The next seminar is on October 16, by Andrekos Varnava on 'British and Australian Border Control and Cypriot Immigration, 1920s-1950s'.
Further information and schedule here.
(Dr. Annmarie Reid, President - OHA SA/NT)
Protect our Heritage Alliance: Tell your MP to fix the Code
(Professor Warren Jones AO, Convenor - Protect our Heritage Alliance, 19 September)
The new Planning Minister Vickie Chapman has publicly stated that she is prepared to review some of the many problems with the Planning and Design Code, and to delay its implementation. We now have a window of opportunity to capitalise on this delay and convince the Government that this flawed and unpopular attempt at planning reform is attracting increased community attention, and may threaten their re-election prospects.
I urge you, again, to write to your local MPs and to members of the Upper House. A list of MPs can be found here.
In response to many requests, I also attach a draft Letter for this purpose which you may chose to use as it is, or to use it to inform your own words.
Letters to our politicians need not be long and they can be repetitious. The main thing is to communicate so that an extensive correspondence is generated and logged in their parliamentary and electoral offices.
News
Australian Heritage Council – Expressions of Interest for 2021 Vacancies
The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for the Environment, is seeking to appoint new members to the Australian Heritage Council to fill anticipated vacancies from March 2021 in accordance with the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003.
The Council plays an important role in the Australian Government’s protection of natural, cultural and Indigenous heritage by providing independent advice to the Minister for the Environment on the assessment, listing and promotion of National and Commonwealth heritage places.
Appointments are made by the Minister under the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003. Under the Act, in appointing members, the Minister must ensure that:
- 2 of them have substantial experience or expertise concerning natural heritage; and
- 2 of them have substantial experience or expertise concerning historic heritage
- 2 of them are Indigenous persons with substantial experience or expertise concerning Indigenous heritage, at least one of whom represents the interests of Indigenous people.
Expressions of interest are invited for appointment to the Council as an expert in Indigenous or historic heritage. Successful applicants will be highly collaborative and have significant standing in the relevant field.
The deadline for EOIs is 1 October.
Further information here.
Determining the community value of government records
The State Records of South Australia is updating the criteria used by the government to determine what records are kept permanently in an archive. They are currently seeking public feedback on the new draft, and views on why government records should or should not be kept forever.
Further information here.
Community Alliance SA: Stop the demolition of 28 Sturt Road, Brighton.
A historic and rare example of a Federation-era bungalow, 28 Sturt Road was put up for sale after the death of its last occupant. A building company has made an application for subdivision into 28 allotments, which would likely lead to the demolition of the house and the removal of over 30 trees, many of regulated or significant size.
There are currently two separate petitions running. Click here to view the petition to save the house, and click here to view the petition to save the trees.
Online Presentation: Talking History: Kaurna Environment: Plants, Animals, Culture & History
The Talk will be via zoom on 1 October 2020, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ACST.
Further information and registration available here.
For they were fishers : the history of the fishing industry in South Australia
Evelyn Wallace-Carter's history of the South Australian fishing industry has been re-issued.
The history covers all the different fisheries in South Australia from earliest days, with dredging for the native oysters under sail in Coffin Bay from the 1840s and the cutter fleet fishing under sail around the Gulf of St Vincent, Spencer Gulf and around Kangaroo Island, fishing mainly for whiting and snapper, staying out until the crews' bread turned black. Many families were involved from early days. The South East of the State saw the birth of SAFCOL just before the end of World War Two, led by those two idealists Frank Corrigliano and Frank and then came tuna, prawns, abalone and deep sea trawling and the beginning of Pacific oyster farming.
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SA Museum Content for connection: Collection Stories
The next episode: The Keepers of the Fossils, is available for listening on Soundcloud here.
Heritage SnAps 2020
Entries close midnight, 30 October 2020.
Further information here.
Around the country
Podcast: The Gatherings Order
A five-part podcast from the State Library of NSW tracing the path of the 1918-19 Influenza pandemic in Australia.
Further information here.
The Bubble: Metaphors we Survive by
An online series about critically engaging with the metaphors we use and their implications. Held on Fridays, 12.30 to 2.00pm (AEST)
Further information here.
Webinar: The Militia, Conscription, and politics of 'One Army' 1939-1945
Hosted by UNSW Canberra's School of Humanities and Social Sciences. 29 September, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ACST.
Further information here.
"Humanities And..."
Registrations are now open for the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres Annual Meeting. It is a three-day event, beginning with a public lecture on Wednesday 2 December 2020.
Further information here.
Webinar: The 1970s and the making of modern Australia
Free webinar hosted by the University of Melbourne. Thursday 24 September 2020, 6:15-7:15pm.
Further information here.
Calls for Papers
Studies in Oral History (formerly Oral History Australia Journal) 2020 issue: Oral History, Place and the Environment. Articles due 30 November 2020.
Further information here.
Lilith: a Feminist History Journal: submissions due 30 September 2020.
Further information here.
History of Education Review Special Issue: the history of knowledge and the history of education. Abstracts due 1 October 2020.
Further information here.
Trove's impact on historical research: History Australia is seeking short pieces (around 1500 words) about the impact of Trove on their research field for a special feature.
Further information here.
Opportunities
Australia and France in a Regional and Global Context. Due to ongoing travel bans, it has been decided that some sessions of the symposium will be online. Abstracts are due 30 September 2020.
Further information here.
Call for contributions: European Society for Environmental History Conference 2021. To be held in Bristol, UK. 5-9 July 2021, with some online opportunities due to Covid. Abstracts and proposals due 31 October 2020.
Further information here.
Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies, Harvard University. Expressions of interest from persons wishing to be considered for appointment in the 2022-2023 academic year. Applications due September 30, 2020.
Further information here.
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. The Society is seeking papers for its seventeenth biennial conference, with the theme “Fighting For Life: Class, Community and Care in Labour History”. The conference is to be held 3-5 December 2021, in Bendigo, Victoria. Abstracts are due 15 February 2021.
Further information here.
Society for the History of Children and Youth: Challenges, Interruptions and Opportunities". The SHCY is inviting proposals for panels, roundtables, and papers for their eleventh Biennial Conference. The conference is to be held 23-26 June 2021. The deadline for submission is 21 October 2020.
Further information here.
Journal of Pacific History Covid-19 Grants applications due 30 September 2020.
Further information here.