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The Royal Australian Historical Society is a voluntary organization founded in Sydney in 1901 to encourage Australians to understand more about their history. It has a membership throughout Australia and all its activities and facilities are funded by contributions from its members and benefactors.

The Royal Australian Historical Society is a cultural organization that works for the benefit of its members and the broader community to:

  • promote interest in Australian history
  • advance the study of Australian history, and
  • broaden opportunities for participation in historical research.

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** Our web-based library indexes will shortly be available.  Our book collection can be searched on TROVE at the National Library of Australia **

 
 

Latest News

Australian Army Campaign Series
The Library now has a complete set of this eight-volume series: No. 1 The Battle of Crete No.2 The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41 No.3 Australian Military Operations in Vietnam No.4 Exploring Gallipoli: Australian Army's Battlefield...
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RAHS 2010 Annual State History Conference
  The Annual State History Conference will be held at Richmond, NSW on the weekend of 23 and 24 October 2010. The venue is the Richmond Club. The two day conference on the theme...
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RAHS library on TROVE
RAHS Published Book Collection is now available through Trove, the National Library of Australia's portal to library collections. http://trove.nla.gov.au/
World Heritage Convict Sites Listing
The World Heritage Committee on 31 July announced the inclusion of eleven Australian convict sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The sites "present the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and...
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Dubbo Maps and Land Workshop
Dubbo RSL was the venue for a very successful workshop on researching land and maps on Sunday 8 August. Participants came from Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Tottenham, Trangie and Parkes. Family and community...
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