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Speaker Connect 2019: applications open

Speaker Connect 2019: applications open

Announcements, Events, History Week 2019, Professional Development, Speaker Connect

The History Council of NSW has opened applications for its popular Speaker Connect program for 2019. Apply to speak or to host a speaker now.

Oral History NSW Australia Conference Grant Deadline Approaching

Oral History NSW Australia Conference Grant Deadline Approaching

Professional Development

The deadline for the Oral History NSW Conference Grant is 30 April 2019. Two grants of $600 are available to presenters attending the Biennial Oral History Australia Conference in Brisbane (10-13 October 2019).

Professional Development: Managing Museum Archives Workshop

Professional Development: Managing Museum Archives Workshop

Announcements, Events, Professional Development

The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences are hosting a workshop on managing museum archives.

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📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members, @sydneyjewishmuseum 📸 "One of a pair of silver Rimmonim (Torah finials), part of a collection of Judaica donated by Jeanette Abrams (nee Dohan), Israel, M2019/007:002. Sydney Jewish Museum Collection". #HCNSW #SJM #SJMCollection #rimmonim #history
Are you still pondering our #HistoryWeek2021 theme Are you still pondering our #HistoryWeek2021 theme, #fromthegroundup? Never fear – your prescribed dose of inspiration is here! Honing in on the history of aviation, you may choose to interpret the theme in a literal or more nuanced sense. Historically, the construction of aircrafts and the practice of flying lifted the spirits (and persons), #fromthegroundup. Whether considering the daring designs, pioneering forces or the broader establishing movements within the field, there are countless opportunities to engage with the theme within this historical framework. Image credit: @statelibrarynsw ‘Captain & Miss Follett with Airco DH9’. Hood Collection Part II [Aviation], 1916 - ca. 1955. Call number PXE 789 (v. 6). We can’t wait to see how you approach #fromthegroundup this coming History Week. Please remember to register your events here http://ow.ly/V1yX50FJUW9 - submissions close Monday 16 August @ 5 pm.
#historyweek2021 📸 Credit: Anti-Vietnam War de #historyweek2021 📸 Credit: Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and protests outside Central Police Court, Liverpool St, Sydney, NSW. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Register your event for History Week 2021! This year’s theme is #fromthegroundup! Find out more and register your event here - https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/history-week-nsw/history-week-2021/ #fromthegroundup #protests #politicalconsciousness #socialconsciousness #vietnamwar #historymatters #peoplematter #collections #grassroots
HCNSW Annual Awards & Prizes are open for submissi HCNSW Annual Awards & Prizes are open for submissions! We offer a number of prestigious annual awards and prizes totalling $4,500 in prize money, with Honorable Mention citations also awarded where appropriate. To see the criteria & to apply - visit here: https://buff.ly/3ktL1zn Deadline: 31 August at 5 pm.
📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members, @mof_sydney 📸 "Orange Fire Brigade pose with their Garford Type 64 appliance in front of Orange Fire Station, c. 1910." Credit - Museum of Fire, Sydney. More information can be found here - https://www.museumoffire.net/orange-fire-station-history #HCNSW #MoFSydney #firehistory #nswhistory #orangeNSW #regionalnsw
📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our members, @statelibrarynsw 📸 'View of town John Street from railway gates - Singleton, NSW. C. 1905. Call Number At Work and Play - 05249'. #SLNSW #HCNSW #History #CollectionHighlight #Singleton #nsw #australia #pastthatwas #blackandwhitephoto
Are you in need of some inspiration for how to app Are you in need of some inspiration for how to approach our theme, #fromthegroundup, for #HistoryWeek2021? During the 1930s, Eastern Australia experienced relentless droughts. In light of the devastation of this on farmers, what impact did this have on Australia's environmental history? How did history grow, from the ground up? If you wish to have any images shared on the HCNSW social media sites, please message us directly. Credit: State Library of New South Wales @statelibrarynsw, 'Cutting poplar trees to feed sheep during drought - Tumut area, NSW'. Call Number: At Work and Play - 06675. C. 1930. #NSWdrought #NSWhistory #historymatters #regionalNSW #historyweek #fromthegroundup #collections #archives #heritage
📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members, @citynewcastle.au 📸 "Fred Stewart at Tyrrell's Vineyard, 1966". This photos was originally published in the Newcastle Morning Herald in a series they ran from 1965 - 1970 called Hunter Valley Wine Industry. Credit - The City of Newcastle. #HCNSW #Huntervalley #tyrellwines #huntervalleywinecountry #history #NSWhistory #regionalnsw
What does a “history professional” actually do What does a “history professional” actually do? Specifically, archaeologists, heritage professionals and museum professionals? Well, for many students and early career professionals interested in history, finding employment opportunities beyond their tertiary studies can be both challenging and daunting. Calling all students and emerging professionals, please join us online with session chair, Dr Kiera Kindsey (HCNSW Vice President) for an informal session featuring a diverse range of guest speakers working in the history sector. Hear ‘lightning talks’ from Dr Meg Foster, Dr Iain Stuart and Dr Carlin De Montfort as they share their experiences and tips on how to kick-start a career in the history world. This Monday 26 July @ 6:30 pm! This is a free event & opportunity for Q&A. Find out more here and RSVP - https://buff.ly/3wUHXii 📸 Image 1: Female medical students, 1898, University of Melbourne Photographs, 1994.0044.00001 📸 Image 2: NSW Public Library, Courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales 📸 Image 3: NSW Public Library, Courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales 📸 Image 4: NSW Public Library, Courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales #historymatters #emergingprofessionals #careersinhistory #thehistoryeffect #sydneylivingmuseums #artefactheritage #historians #museums #archaeologists #historycouncil #nsw #jobs
Calling all members! History Week 2021 event regis Calling all members! History Week 2021 event registrations are open!⠀ ⠀ For History Week 2021 we ask our members to reflect on a period of tumult, and answer the question: ⠀ ⠀ “What kind of histories do we most need in our world today to heal the past and usher in fresh hope and possibility for the future?”⠀ ⠀ We want you to tell History Week audiences how histories can ‘return to the roots’ to strengthen the way we connect and care for one another and our communities.⠀ ⠀ You are encouraged to tell these stories through Histories of particular interest to you. We encourage variety and diversity. ⠀ ⠀ We want you to re-think History from the Ground Up and present your ideas in History Week 2021.⠀ ⠀ Registrations close 16 August 2021 @ 5 pm. Register your event here - https://buff.ly/3uCCBXP⠀ ⠀ Please note: As an individual or corporate member, you must have a current membership to the HCNSW to register your event for History Week 2021. Non-members are ineligible to register their events for History Week 2021. ⠀ ⠀ History Week is open to the public and we encourage participation in the events held. Watch this space, for more information about History Week events for 2021, and for the launch of the 2021 History Week Calendar. This year, there will be online, in-person and mixed hybrid events.⠀ ⠀ #fromthegroundup #historyweek2021
📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members, @mof_sydney 📸 "A firefighter wears a Hazmat suit at Sydney Headquarters (now City of Sydney Fire Station), 1974". Credit - Sydney Museum of Fire. #HCNSW #fireheritage #firehistory #firefighter #nswhistory #nsw #MoF#mofsydney
Calling all students and emerging professionals! 📣 What does a “history professional” actually do? For many students and early career professionals interested in history, finding employment opportunities beyond their tertiary studies can be both challenging and daunting. Join us for our upcoming, free and online, Careers in History session on Heritage, Archaeology and Museums on Monday 26 July @ 6:30 pm! This session features a diverse range of guest speakers working in the history sector. Hear ‘lightning talks’ from historians, museum curators, archaeologists and other heritage professionals as they share their experiences and tips on how to kick-start a career in the history world. This session will be chaired by History Council NSW Vice-President, Dr Kiera Lindsey with guest speakers Dr Meg Foster, Dr Carlin De Montford from @sydlivmus and Dr Iain Stuart from @artefact_heritage. The session will be chaired by HCNSW Vice-President Dr Kiera Lindsey. Registrations are important. Find out more about the event and register here - 📣 https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2916261376738/WN_QBkewv0jR1ybxdA0Hj8xZQ 📣or visit our Facebook Events page! #history #career #careersinhistory #historynsw #academia #museums #archaeology #heritage #heritageprofessionals #emergingprofessionals #historyisimportant #heritagemattters #culturematters #collectionsmatter #research #hcnsw
Are you in need of some inspiration on how to appr Are you in need of some inspiration on how to approach our #historyweek2021 theme, #fromthegroundup? Founded in 1891, the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales proactively campaigned for women's right to vote in NSW. When we look at the photograph above, we can glimpse how these powerful and impassioned voices lead to progressive and politically uplifting movements. We see how protest movements have rallied otherwise unheard voices. We see how movements for change in society begin 'from the ground up'. Who were these people, who literally shook the foundations of society? What role did the Womanhood Suffrage League play in New South Wales history? What effect did they have on how we consider gender equality today? If you have any images, or photos of historic or heritage items in your collections that you would like shared on the HCNSW social media platforms in line with the History Week theme, please message us directly. Thank you! Credit: Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, 1902, Further Freeman Studio, Sydney, photographic portraits, Courtesy of The State Library of New South Wales @statelibrarynsw, ON 219 (96) #HCNSW #SLNSW #womanhoodsuffrageleague #NSWHistory #collections #archives #heritage #heritagematters #historyweek #fromthegroundup #slnswcollection
📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members, @citynewcastle.au 📸 "Wine industry tasting, 1965". This photos was originally published in the Newcastle Morning Herald in a series they ran from 1965 - 1970 called Hunter Valley Wine Industry. Credit - The City of Newcastle. #HCNSW #huntervalley #winetasting #nswhistory #nsw #hunterwinecountry
Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our value Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members, @addiroad 'During the Second World War, Mobile Cinema Units were a popular fixture in Australian army camps, both at home and overseas. John Campbell was a member of the Cinema Unit posted to the Leave and Transit Depot, Marrickville – now Addison Road Community Centre. John was here from 1946-48 and his oral history is part of our Living Museum collection. The army produced reels called News From Home which were extremely popular with the troops, especially when they saw shots from their hometowns. John said that showing films to the troops was wonderful, like “giving something to someone”'. Credit: Photo donated by John Campbell. Text by Karen Barker, USyd Museum & Heritage Studies inter at Addison Road Community Organisation. #HCNSW #addiroad #marrickville #mobilecinemaunit #leaveandtransportdepot #ww2 #sydneyhistory
The theme for #historyweek2021 is #fromthegroundup The theme for #historyweek2021 is #fromthegroundup! For History Week 2021 we ask our members to reflect on a period of tumult, and answer the question: “What kind of histories do we most need in our world today to heal the past and usher in fresh hope and possibility for the future?” We want you to tell History Week audiences how histories can ‘return to the roots’ to strengthen the way we connect and care for one another and our communities. You are encouraged to tell these stories through Histories of particular interest to you. We encourage variety and diversity. You might ask yourself: “What role might histories of place and environmental histories, social histories and ‘histories from below’ play in this process?” Are they histories of place and environment such as local, public, urban, architectural or environmental history? Or perhaps your focus is people and you are drawn to family histories, Indigenous histories, fictional, cultural, social, medical or biographical history? We want you to re-think History from the Ground Up and present your ideas in History Week 2021. Register your event and be a part of the week long-festival in NSW! https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/history-week-nsw/history-week-2021/ Registrations close Monday 16 Aug @ 5:00 pm. #celebratehistory #culturematters #heritagematters #historyweek #historyweek2021 #fromthegroundup #historymatters
📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our 📸 Check out this #CollectionHighlight from our valued members,@hawkesburyregionalmuseum 📸 "The May family loading cauliflowers onto their truck to take to market, Pitt Town Bottoms, near Windsor, 1963." Courtesy of Hawkesbury Regional Museum. #HCNSW #hawkesburymuseum #harvest #market #NSW #history #nsw
For the 2021 Annual History Lecture, the History C For the 2021 Annual History Lecture, the History Council of NSW is proud to present an “in conversation” discussion between the Australian Museum’s Laura McBride (Director, First Nations) and Dr Mariko Smith (First Nations Curator) who will discuss their curatorial and historiographical approaches to developing and delivering the ground-breaking Unsettled exhibition, on display now at the @australianmuseum, Sydney. Laura and Mariko are pleased to participate in this important event on the annual NSW History Week calendar, where they will reveal the exciting process of presenting a First Nations-led exhibition about the legacy of colonisation, constructions of Australian history and the importance of truth-telling to realise change. Watch this space - more information to come! The Annual History Lecture will be delivered on the 7 September 2021. 📸 Images of Laura McBride & Dr Mariko Smith - Credit: Photos by Anna Kučera. #annualhistorylecture #historyweek2021 #fromthegroundup #history #heritagematters #culturematters #unsettledexhibition #nsw #historyweek #heritage #inconversation #drmarikosmith #lauramcbride #september
Don’t miss out on our upcoming webinar - “So, Don’t miss out on our upcoming webinar - “So, where are we now? Statue Wars: Protests, Public Histories and Problematic Plinths" on Mon 12 July @ 6:30 pm! Register now! 🙌 Registrations are important. In this seminar, we will launch a brand-new special issue of Public History Review which is devoted to the Statue Wars and based upon a two-part seminar series hosted by the History Council of NSW shortly after the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. Chaired by HCNSW Vice-President Dr Kiera Lindsey w/ speakers Dr Mariko Smith, Dr Paul Kiem, Professor Bruce Scates & Christine Yeats, this will be an insightful discussion about statue wars, public protests & histories. Find our more below here - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6816256329507/WN_fy3H6hYQR-CcDZNPlqZKCA This is a free & online event. #NAIDOC2021 #heritagematters #culturematters #statuewars #PublicProtests
Check out this #CollectionHighlight from one of ou Check out this #CollectionHighlight from one of our valued members, @norfolk_island_museum 'Photograph taken by Raoul ‘Roy’ Bell depicting Ball Bay with Phillip Island in the background. This image became famous as Norfolk Island’s first postage stamp in 1947. This particular example was hand-coloured by local Norfolk Islanders and used in the albums Bell sold to visitors'. #History #CollectionHighlight #NorfolkIslandMuseum #NorfolkIslandhistory #philatelichistory #philately #NorfolkIslandpostagestamps #handcoloured #RoyBell #BallBay #NorfolkIsland #hcnsw #NorfolkIslandMuseumTrustCollection
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