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Newsletter 3 September 2024
News
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.
Federation of Australian Historical societies ebulletin
The latest news from the society is now available.
Read it on their website here.
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 open
The 2024 Bay to Birdwood will be held on October 20, 2024. Registrations are now open and filling up fast, so register your vehicle now.
Further information and registration through the event 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
PHA (SA) 'History at the Historian', Inspiring Sources at the State Library
'History at the Historian' is the Professional Historian Association's regular discussion and networking event for historians, GLAM practitioners and storytellers.
This month, the State Library of South Australia's David Brooks will be talking about the library's under-utilised archival material that's ready and waiting to be discovered.
Monday, 16 September, 6pm to 8pm at the Historian Hotel, 18 Coromandel Place, Adelaide. All welcome!
Further information available here. (pdf flyer)
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
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
Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM)
This panel discussion will feature guest speakers and panellists discussing what it is like to work in the different sectors of GLAM and potential careers.
10 September 2024, 5.30pm, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide.
Further information and tickets through the UofA website
Call for Papers: HTASA 2024 State Conference
Friday September 6th
The History Teachers’ Association of South Australia would like to announce that the 2024 HTASA State Conference: ‘Ripples in Time’ will be held on Friday, 6th September 2024, at the Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh.
Further information through the HTASA website
Priscilla 30th anniversary screening
Join the History Trust for a screening of Priscilla at the Piccadilly Cinema in North Adelaide. Proceeds will support the restoration of the Priscilla bus.
8 September 2024, 5 - 9pm.
Further information and tickets through Trybooking
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 Brenton Griffin speaking on 'Fundamentally Rotten... and based on blasphemy: Representation and agitation against Mormonism in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia.' on September 9. Seminars are held Mondays in Napier 420, 12pm.
Further information here (pdf flyer).
Talking History: How exceptional is SA - really?
In this final Talking History event for 2024, four panelists will reflect on SA's history of achievements in social and political reform before considering if the state can still claim to be 'exceptional' today.
10 September 2024, 6pm start.
Further information and bookings through the History Trust website
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:
6 September: Elizabeth Bor: Responses to Bushfires in South Australia from the 1820s to Federation.
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).
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]
