My last report in the Autumn Quarterly Newsletter detailed various advocacy issues that the History Council has been pursuing. It has been an extremely busy year!
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After the History Council’s AGM on Thursday 23rd of August Alec Coles delivered an excellent presentation for the History Council’s Annual Lecture.
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In July a seminar was held at Fremantle Prison to discuss recent scholarship in Western Australia’s penal history. It was a full day with local, interstate and international speakers presenting 12 papers.
Read MoreThe Australian Policy and History (APH) network seeks to inject historical knowledge into the Australian policy debate. APH is a partnership between the Contemporary Histories Research Group at Deakin University and the Australian National University.
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Culture and the Arts Minister Hon. David Templeman MLA presented the 2018 Margaret Medcalf Award at a ceremony on Thursday morning 28 June 2018. At this event joint winners were announced for the 2018 Award - Dr Joanna Sassoon and Dr Leigh Straw.
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Representatives from the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) presented to members and guests of the AACAI WA recently, regarding the current non-statutory application of Aboriginal heritage management within the Department.
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The National Archives is committed to a continued presence in Western Australia and is close to finalising arrangements to ensure it has appropriate accommodation in Perth for future years.
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The 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History will be held
in the Perth Trades Hall building (now CFMEU Offices) 80 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA.
3-5 October, 2019.
Jenny Gregory and Bobbie Oliver (eds)
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The Fremantle History Society (FHS) is offering a one-year scholarship valued at $2,000 for a research project relating to the history of Fremantle.
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This autumn our key focus has been advocating on issues of concern to members. These have included the possible sale of Landgate, the Eastern Guruma and the protection of Ngajanha Marnta (or Spear Hill), Western Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages Records, and fees at the new WA Museum
Tuesday 24th April, the day before Anzac Day, saw a large group of York people from all walks of life assemble in the space between the Shire Library and the Town Hall. The occasion was the launch of York’s Anzac Exhibition which Robert Mitchell, EO of Museums Galleries Australia, said was the third largest in the State, coming in after the Army Museum in Fremantle and the magnificent National Anzac Centre in Albany.
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Curtin University launched its Noongar language and Culture MOOC - massive open online course.
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The Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and 2SER 107.3 have come together to create History Lab, Australia’s first investigative history podcast, breathing life into public history and bringing it to new audiences. History Lab is about exploring the gaps between us and the past and invites listeners to participate in the making of history. Examining the legacies the past leaves in the present, it asks listeners to think about the silences, the unknowns and the unknowables in the stories we tell.
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The Foundation’s grants round this year are now open. Closing date for applications is Friday 3 August.
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Submissions are now open for this year’s Heritage Perth Weekend 2018 to be held on the weekend of 20-21 October.
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The winner of the Margaret Medcalf Award will be announced at the presentation event to be held on Thursday 28th June, State Library Theatrette at 10am. This year's award will be presented by Hon. David Templeman MLA, Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts.
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We are delighted to have as our guest speaker for our annual lecture Alec Coles, Chief Executive Officer, Western Australian Museum. Alec will speak on how the New Museum will build on the past strengths of the WA Museum and what new directions it might take, no doubt including reference to the recent State Government announcement about entry fees to the New Museum. Alec is bound to provide a very erudite and informative presentation, generate a robust discussion and hopefully provide a sneak peek at some images of the New Museum.
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Andrea Gaynor is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Western Australia. An environmental historian, her research seeks to use the contextualising and narrative power of history to solve real-world problems.
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We were saddened to learn of the death of David Hutchinson, first curator of the W.A. Museum, on 27 December 2017.
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