In this lecture, Luke Keogh will talk about the Wardian Case, an invention which revolutionised the movement of plants and changed the world.
In this lecture, Martyn Lyons will discuss the letters sent to Robert Menzies during his second term as prime minister between 1949-1966.
In this lecture, Catherine Fisher will discuss women broadcasters on the radio and how it normalised women's presence in the public sphere.
In this NAW lecture, Iain Stuart will talk about the history of the Devonshire Street Cemetery and the recent archaeological programs on the site.
In this lecture, Joan Beaumont will talk about Australia's Great Depression and the upheavals it caused to society and politics in Australia.
In this lecture, Ian Burnet will talk about Joseph Conrad's eastern voyages and how these experiences influenced his earlier books.
This workshop will discuss the photographic materials in the NSW State Archives and guide participants on how to use them for their research.
Join us for a tour of St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. This 90 minute tour will highlight the history of the Cathedral and Cathedral Crypt.
Join Judith Dunn OAM for a bus tour of Rookwood Cemetery - the extraordinary “Sleeping City” established in 1868.
In this lecture, Janet McCalman will talk about the life stories of the Vandemonians and the repressed convict history of Victoria.
In this lecture, Judy Horton OAM will discuss the history of the Australian backyard and ask where are our gardens heading in future.
In this lecture, Rachel Franks will discuss the life and deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard, the longest-serving public executioner for NSW.
In this workshop you will learn how to find out about your ancestors from the various solicitor records in the State Library of NSW.
In this lecture, Professor Jane Lydon will explore the relationship between the anti-slavery movement and the transportation of convicts to Australia.
Join us for a tour of the Museum of Freemasonry. The collection includes the Museum, Archives, Gallery and Library of the Freemasons of Australia.
In this lecture, Dr Stephen Gapps will discuss the 1822-24 Bathurst War and how effective Wiradyuri resistance warfare really was.
Learn about new developments in local and community history as we explore Country Calling: History on the Land.
In this lecture Alan Atkinson will talk about Elizabeth and John Macarthur and tell their story from a wholly new angle.
![HIS NATURAL LIFE : [1927] : GEORGE FISHER (RUFUS DAWES) STANDING BEHIND EVA NOVAK (SYLVIA VICKERS), SITTING A SIGHT-SEEING RAIL CAR BEING PUSHED ALONG BY CONVICTS, HEAD DOWN LOOKING TOWARDS THE FLOOR](https://www.rahs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/For-the-Term-of-His-Natural-Life-1927.jpg "For the Term of His Natural Life 1927")
In this lecture Graham Shirley will talk about the 1927 Australian film adaptation of Marcus Clarke’s novel, For the Term of His Natural Life.
In this workshop you will learn how to track convicts, felons, forgers and fraudsters using 19th- and early 20th-century court records.
The Sydney Tramway Museum is Australia's oldest tramway museum and the largest in the southern hemisphere. Located near Loftus Station.
In this lecture, Lauren Samuelsson will reveal the importance of the Australian Women's Weekly’s food editors to Australian food culture.
In this lecture, Jarrod Hore will discuss the work of late nineteenth-century landscape photographers who shaped environmental attitudes.
Martyn Killion will introduce the new Museums of History NSW website, which brings together the State Archives and Sydney Living Museums.
In this lecture, Christine Helliwell will talk about the contribution of the Dayak people to Australia's Operation Semut in WWII Borneo.
In this lecture, Phillip Deery will talk about the history of ASIO during the Cold War and the impact of its surveillance on Australian citizens.
In this seminar, you will learn about land records in the early colony, convicts and crimes, and convicts transported from Ireland.
In this seminar, Christine Yeats and Carol Liston will show you how to research the history of your house and your local area.
In this lecture, Meg Foster reveals the stories of bushrangers who didn’t fit the mould and how they challenge us to rethink a national legend.