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Newsletter 3 October 2024
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HCSA 2024 AGM
The History Council of South Australia's Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at The Historian Hotel, 18 Coromandel Pl, Adelaide, 5:30pm for 6:00pm start.
The night will feature a talk by the 2024 Wakefield Press Essay Prize winner, Amanda Wells on 'Halting Chowilla Dam: a tale of drought, salt, science and politics in 1960s South Australia'.
Further information is on our website here
Book through Humanitix here
Download the Nomination form for election to the General and Executive HCSA Committees here
Become a Member of the History Council of South Australia
The HCSA is the state’s peak history body, providing a representative voice on historical issues and celebrating and raising the profile of history across South Australia.
The bigger our membership base, the stronger our collective voice for history.
We invite current members to renew their membership (If you have not already done so), and our newsletter friends to consider joining the Council.
By becoming a member you help support:
- Funding for the HCSA Fellowship
- The Historian Awards and Wakefield Press Essay Prize
- The annual HCSA Regional Lecture
- The HCSA fortnightly newsletter
- Strong, non-partisan advocacy on issues related to history in South Australia.
For more information, please visit the HCSA membership page here.
Subscriptions can be paid via credit card, EFT, cheque or bank transfer, or you can choose to generate an invoice for payment.
You may also like to consider making a tax deductible donation to the HCSA, which can be done when you join, or separately by following this link.
We thank you again for your support.
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).
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
Book launch: 'Her Great Adventure: Dorothy 'Puss' Campbell WW2 army nursing sister' by Dr. Janet Scarfe
Puss Campbell was one of nearly 3600 women to serve in the Australian Army Nursing Service in WW2. Her wartime service took her to England, Egypt, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and back home to Adelaide.
Drawing on Puss's own daily diary and photographs, this book brings to light for the first time the sisters’ lives away from the wards – their travels, sightseeing, friendships and romances.
7 November, 5-6pm, Torrens Training Depot, Victoria Drive.
The event is free but bookings are essential by 1 November 2024.
Further information and booking through Trybooking
View the event flyer here (pdf)
View the book flyer here (pdf)
Copies of the book will be on sale at the special launch price of $35. Credit card and EFT facilities available.
Bay to Birdwood
One of the world's great historic motoring events, the 2024 Bay to Birdwood will be held on October 20, 2024.
Further information through the website
Yuki (bark canoe): sharing Ngarrindjeri culture - in conversation
An opportunity to hear Ngarrindjeri Elder, Uncle Major 'Moogy' Summer in conversation with members of the Yuki project team. The panel discussion will centre around the yuki, its stories and significance in Ngarrindjeri culture, and how the exhibition captures the wonder and awe of the natural world.
13 October, 2-3pm, SA Maritime Museum.
Further information and bookings through the Maritime Museum website
Odyssey Greek Festival
Held from 4 October - 2 November, the Odyssey Greek Festival incorporates the Greek Film Festival and many other cultural events.
Further information including program on the festival website
The Queen Adelaide Society AGM
The Queen Adelaide Society will be holding its 2024 Annual General Meeting at 10.30am on Tuesday, 15 October at the WEA, 223 Angas Street, Adelaide in room G10.
For further information, please email the society's President, Bev Frilling: [email protected]
Trust in Playford: SA's longest serving Premier
A new display about the state's longest serving Premier, Sir Thomas Playford. Learn about his vision and the impact he had on South Australia.
16 September 2024 - 31 March 2025, 10am - 5pm. Institute Building, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide.
Friends of the Library Discover event
Featuring Ashley Dennis-Henderson, winner of the 2023 Hugh Martin Weir Prize and PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Adelaide. She will present her research on how we can analyse the experiences of Australian World War I diaries and letters using mathematical and computational techniques.
14 October, 1 to 2pm. Tickets are $15.
Further information and tickets through The University of Adelaide
IAF literary dinner
Featuring guest speaker Peter Monteath discussing An Indigenous South: German writers on colonial South Australia.
22 October, 6.30 -9pm. Osmond Terrace Function Centre. Tickets are $40 for IAF members, $45 for non-members.
Further information and tickets through Trybooking
History at the Historian
Join the Professional Historians Association to hear Patricia Sumerling speak on sources for Hotels of Adelaide: an illustrated history.
21 October, 5.45. Historian Hotel, Adelaide.
Please email your RSVP to Heidi Ing: [email protected]
Further information here (pdf flyer)
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
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 Penny Edmonds speaking on'The Curious Colonial Afterlife of the 1837 Select Committee Report on Aborigines: Settler Violence, Anti Slavery and Protection in Port Phillip and NSW' on 14 October. Seminars are held Mondays in Napier 420, 12pm.
Further information 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
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]
