Until the 1970s, mental health care was provided by mental hospitals where conditions were dire. In the 1980s, several former residents of these mental hospitals started to make their voices heard. During this event, we will interview three pioneering consumer advocates: Janet Meagher, Meg Smith, and Simon Champ.
Discover how to research the 1901 re-internments of Devonshire Street Cemetery Sydney. Some 30,000 burials were exhumed and were reinterned at Bunnerong Cemetery Botany (La Perouse) and other cemeteries as requested by family members in 1901 to make way for Central Railway Station, with Cathy Dunn from Australian History Research.
The History Council of NSW hosts a program of speakers of outstanding quality and expertise, connecting them with organisations across the state to facilitate the sharing of their wealth of knowledge with the wider community, linking members with member organisations to bring history alive.
The History Council of NSW hosts a program of speakers of outstanding quality and expertise, connecting them with organisations across the state to facilitate the sharing of their wealth of knowledge with the wider community, linking members with member organisations to bring history alive.
The HCNSW is calling on its members to submit suggestions by 31 January for the History Week 2021 theme.