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This promise to be a great presentation by our member organisation, the Blue Mountains Historical Society. Details below.‘PLAYING THEIR PART: Vice Regal Consorts of New South Wales 1788 - 2019'. Presented by Dr. Carol Liston.Dear Members and Friends.There is a Blue Mountains Historical Meeting and then Guest Speaker Talk on Saturday 6 February 2021- from 10.00am. The talk is also offered to you via ZOOM (see details below)This is our first public meeting and zoom offer for 2021 at the History Research Rooms at 99 Blaxland Road, Wentworth Falls.Dr. CAROL LISTON will examine the lives of the women (and one man) who were the wives, daughters, sisters (and husband) of the Governors of NSW over the past 235 years in her talk, ‘Playing their part: Vice Regal Consorts of New South Wales 1788-2019'.Associate Professor Dr. Carol Liston is an Australian historian who specialises in the history of early New South Wales (1788 - 1860). Her research covers EARLY COLONIAL HISTORY with interests in people (convict, colonial born and free immigrant and their family histories), local history, heritage and the built environment. Her particular interest is the colonial development of the County of Cumberland (Greater Western Sydney), using land records, family history and surviving buildings to document the past. She is co-editor of the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society.There are a LINITED NUMBER OF SEATS available in the seminar room for members and visitors to watch the presentation on the large screen. If you wish to take one of these places (15 in total) please telephone the Society on 4757 3824 on Friday from 10.00 am to 2.00pm or leave a message on the answering machine outside those hours. Booking is essential as we must monitor the Covid-19 capacity of the room.Tea and Coffee will be available from 9.30 am.If you wish to join Zoom Meeting, these are the details you need:zoom.us/j/93356112843?pwd=TWovNjYzTitScWd5T1ZMSG1sWVpCUT09Meeting ID: 933 5611 2843 Passcode: 449316 ... See MoreSee Less

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Out for a days shopping in Wagga, c1930s. Epsie & Doris Brentnall walking south along Fitzmaurice St, just passing Anstice & Mackay Menswear. The School of Arts also in the background. (Sharing a Lex Wild photo) ... See MoreSee Less

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Timeline PhotosThe Queen Victoria Building #QVB showing trams operating on George Street, SydneyDated: 22 January 1920 at 5.15pmIf you're nearby, how does it compare to 5:15pm today?📷 17420_a014_a0140001152 ... See MoreSee Less

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eleaudDr Effie Karageorgos@eleaud·
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My break was busy but so lovely. It’s been a surreal time in academia so I was glad to take time completely off work & to digest the recent news that my position is now permanent alongside news about added job losses in the sector. My loud Greek family was exactly what I needed.

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Theme for History Week 2021 announced! ‘From the ground up’. Congratulations to our valued member organisation ⁦@AddisonRdCentre⁩ for winning this years theme competition. Details are on our webpage below. ⁦@Create_NSW⁩ ⁦ https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/history-week-nsw/history-week-2021/

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Our photo librarian Harry recently unearthed this mysterious photo. We don't know the date or the location (it's probably somewhere in Sydney circa 1930), but it's possibly some kind of competition. A man has an armband that reads "officer" or "official". Any other ideas?

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This #oddjob is the Superintendent of Alpacas. Not for the faint hearted, this position, undertaken by Charles Ledger, was created in 1859 in an experiment to introduce alpacas from South America to NSW http://ow.ly/kBB050EcR6N

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#CollectionHighlight - @statelibrarynsw 📸

Young woman picking flowers in the garden at Hawthorn, Edgecliff, poss. Lucy Macpherson (1874-1909). Call # ON 588/Box 4/3. Courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library New South Wales.

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The HCNSW aims to ensure that history, in all its diverse forms, is an important part of the cultural life of the people and communities of NSW.

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YouTube Video UC-AFWKkw7BpdK962JSeszAA_-CNXWyPpLhk Hosted by the City of Sydney Join Curator and Historian Laila Ellmoos for a special guided tour of the virtual exhibition, Developing Sydney: Capturing Change 1900-1920. At the dawn of the 20th century, as Sydney was in full march towards modernity, old buildings were being demolished with rapid pace, leading to a sense among some that the city’s history was being lost. This Customs House exhibition, only available online, is an exciting opportunity to explore the streets of Sydney during this period of profound transformation. The striking streetscape photographs featured are part of the collection of 5,000 photographs and glass plate negatives commissioned by the City Building Surveyor’s department. In this fascinating 1-hour event, exhibition curator Laila Ellmoos will take you on a tour of the virtual exhibition and share her favourite photographs of lost Sydney. There’ll also be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and find out more about the City’s new Archives & History Resources catalogue.
Hosted by the City of Sydney Join Curator and Historian Laila Ellmoos for a special guided tour of the virtual exhibition, Developing Sydney: Capturing Change 1900-1920. At the dawn of the 20th century, as Sydney was in full march towards modernity, old buildings were being demolished with rapid pace, leading to a sense among some that the city’s history was being lost. This Customs House exhibition, only available online, is an exciting opportunity to explore the streets of Sydney during this period of profound transformation. The striking streetscape photographs featured are part of the collection of 5,000 photographs and glass plate negatives commissioned by the City Building Surveyor’s department. In this fascinating 1-hour event, exhibition curator Laila Ellmoos will take you on a tour of the virtual exhibition and share her favourite photographs of lost Sydney. There’ll also be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and find out more about the City’s new Archives & History Resources catalogue.
Curators Virtual Tour: Developing Sydney: Capturing Change 1900-1920.
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Hosted by the City of Sydney Please join Margaret Betteridge for this special online talk for History Week 2020 that will explore the City of Sydney’s role in getting Sydney through some of its most challenging times. Curator Margaret Betteridge will delve into the Civic Collection and City Archives to highlight some of the many ways that the City of Sydney has helped its community in times of need and distress. The City of Sydney’s swift response to COVID 19 this year was to provide wide-ranging assistance to the community. Care and compassion have been front and centre of the work by the City of Sydney and builds on a long tradition and a genuine commitment to providing practical assistance and charitable relief to people at home and abroad. From natural disasters to war, from pandemics to poverty, the City of Sydney and Sydney Town Hall has played an important role in showing just how much people and their needs matter to us in tough times.
In times of need: the Sydney City Council caring for the community - History Week 2020 talk
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A History Week 2020 event, hosted by the City of Sydney. Dr Lisa Murray is a City Historian who will deliver a talk about how inner-city residents coped during the Great Depression. This talk will include some audio excerpts about growing up during the 1930s, and through these memories explore themes of poverty, crime, mutual help, and resourcefulness. These personal memories and social history allow reflection and inform the contemporary situation, an unprecedented time of social and economic disruption. What lessons can we learn?
Sugar Bags and Specked Fruit - a History Week talk by City Historian, Dr Lisa Murray
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The HCNSW’s Annual Awards & Prizes foster excellence in Australian historical writing, showcase and reward best practice, and advance and promote public understanding and appreciation of history. We offer a number of prestigious annual awards and prizes totaling $3,500 in prize money. On 6 November 2020, winners were announced online, following a revamp of our Awards & Prizes program produced as a digital event thanks to additional support gained from the City of Sydney (Cultural Resilience Grant). The HCNSW Annual Awards & Prizes are supported by individual and corporate sponsors, the City of Sydney (Cultural Resilience Grant) and the NSW Government through Create NSW (Arts and Cultural Development Program Grant).
History Council of NSW Awards 2020
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The Friends of Callan Park for History Week 2020 explored the forgotten histories of Callan Park. This presentation features Dr Stephen Gapps, President History Council NSW, who will consider historical context and relationships between past and present, and Sarah Luke, author of Callan Park, Hospital for the Insane will explore the relationship between Callan Park and Nautical School Ships for boys, Vernon and Sobraon. Home to marginalised groups today these institutions are generally regarded as ‘awkward’ moments and sometimes deliberately forgotten. Through stories of a Callan Park patient and his son, a Vernon boy, the question is asked what are the benefits of knowing the past at these sites? This was an exclusive History Week 2020 event, recorded on 13 September 2020.
Callan Park's History - what is it good for?
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Jointly hosted by the University of Newcastle, the University of Sydney and the University of New England In June 2020, federal Education Minister Dan Tehan announced his intention to dramatically increase the cost of Humanities degrees at Australian universities. His plan was to steer students away from areas like history which he claimed did not lead to employment and towards degrees which would make them “job-ready”. Many historians have rejected these claims arguing that degrees in the arts are essential to future workplaces, equipping graduates with highly valuable skills and dispositions. In this session, a series of concerned speakers with an interest in history – students, graduates and employers – will explore the value of studying history, showing that historians bring highly valued critical skills, civic literacy and clear communication to a wide range of workplaces. Presented during History Week 2020. Recorded on 10 September 2020.
A History Degree: What is it good for?
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