eNewsletter
Newsletter 6 July 2021
Editor: Jessica Fairey
Members News
The History Trust of South Australia is moving
The History Trust of South Australia will be relocating from the Torrens Parade Ground to Ayers House. Previously under the care of the National Trust, the building is set for a $6 million upgrade before the History Trust moves in mid-2022.
Read the History Trust's statement here.
National Archives of Australia Funding Announcement
The Federal Government has recently announced $67 million in funding for the National Archives of Australia. This is very welcome news, and comes from a concerted publicity campaign lead by journalist Gideon Haigh and historian Graeme Davison. This funding will help digitise at-risk documents and clear backlogs of requests. However, uncertainty regarding the South Australian branch of the NAA remains, and the History Council and members are continuing to investigate and act on this.
Further information here.
Friday Forums are back
Dr. Susan Marsden will be guest speaker at the South Australian Heritage Council's Friday Forum on 20 August 2021. Her talk is titled 'The Twentieth-Century Historic Framework: A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places'. More details are to follow.
Download the framework here.
Heritage News
News relating to the 20 May 2021 meeting of the South Australian Heritage Council is now available.
View the newsletter here.
News
Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar
Speakers: Charlotte Macdonald, 'Standing on the threshold: Mary Anne at the door of the Sydney Refuge, 2021. The tricky business of fragments and interpretation'.
Randolph Hollingsworth, 'A Tale of 29 Cities: Mary C. Levitt's Organising Tour of New Zealand in 1885'.
Held 21 July 2021, 12pm-1pm NZST via Zoom.
Further information here.
Wetlands in a Dry Land: Online Book Launch and Roundtable
The launch of Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-than-Human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin by Emily O’Gorman will include a Roundtable discussion on histories and futures of rivers and wetlands. The annual meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network will immediately follow.
Further information here.
Online resources: Museums and Galleries NSW
Museums and Galleries NSW has compiled a variety of online resources to assist professionals in their day-to-day operations, including fact-sheets, templates, and 'how-to' guides.
View the resources here.
Digging a Little Deeper: Biographical Research and Writing with a Twist
A paid online workshop held by RAHS and WEA Sydney. Explores how to turn research into an engaging biography.
Further information and booking here.
Around the country
AFFHO Conference: 'History in Paradise' on Norfolk Island
The next Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry will be held in 2021, in the first week of August.
Further information here.
Opportunities
Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University for 2023-2024. Applications due 30 September 2021.
Further information here.
Australasian Centre for Italian Studies Prizes covering a number of achievements in the area of Italian Studies.
Further information here.
Peter Blazey Fellowship for writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography, and life writing to further a work in progress. Applications due 2 August 2021.
Further information here.
Donna Coates Book Prize for a monograph published by an Early Career Researcher and/or someone who has published their first book in 2021, that examines at least two countries out of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Applications due 31 December 2021.
Further information here.
Carolyn Allport Scholarship for Postgraduate Feminist Studies for any student undertaking postgraduate feminist studies by research in any discipline. Applications due 30 July 2021.
Further information here.
Bernadette Bean Records Management Service Excellence Award for those whose records and information management, archives or history collection service deserves recognition. Nominations close 8 July 2021.
Further information here.
Calls for papers
Cartoon Conflicts: Contemporary Controversies and Historical Precedents. Submissions due December 31 2021
Further information here.
Australasian Mining History Association 26th Annual Conference. Submissions due 22 July 2021
Further information here
