In this lecture, Patrick Mullins will trace Penguin's challenge to the literary censorship system in Australia by publishing Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint in 1970.
Step into the dark side of Sydney’s past with a visit to the Justice & Police Museum and delve into Sydney’s sinister history in this tour.
Joy Hughes and Graham Shirley will examine the sometimes-complex issues of access and reproduction for picture sources and moving images.
Newcastle University Archivist Gionni Di Gravio OAM will demonstrate the different methods of arranging and dating historic photographs.
In this lecture, Joyce Morgan will talk about Australian born, international literary sensation and member of the artistic and society salons of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Europe, Elizabeth von Arnim.
Join Paul Irish and Michael Bennett, and special guests from Aboriginal communities, archives and libraries, for our monthly online series as they answer your questions about the best way to research your family.
In this lecture, Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs will talk about Frances Burke's career in the 1930s and her Sydney connections.
Join Paul Irish and Michael Bennett, and special guests from Aboriginal communities, archives and libraries, for our monthly online series as they answer your questions about the best way to research your family.
In this lecture, Matt Murphy will talk about the history of rum in colonial Australia and the disastrous consequences of its consumption.
In this lecture, Catherine Bishop will introduce us to Annie Lock, the subject of her new biography Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ.
Join Carol Liston AO, Christine Yeats and Michelle Nichols OAM to learn more about the life and times of the Hawkesbury’s early settlers and local history resources in the Hawkesbury Library.
In this lecture, Gideon Haigh will discuss one of the most complex and controversial cases to reach Australia's High Court.
Join the RAHS for a special online event which will delve into the Exciting New World: Australian Life in the 1920s and 1930s.
Join Paul Irish and Michael Bennett, and special guests from Aboriginal communities, archives and libraries, for our monthly online series as they answer your questions about the best way to research your family.
In this lecture, Alexis Bergantz will discuss the history of Australia's fascination with French culture and the French presence in Australia.
Join Paul Irish and Michael Bennett, and special guests from Aboriginal communities, archives and libraries, for our monthly online series as they answer your questions about the best way to research your family.
In this lecture, Richard White will survey some of the shifts in Australian national symbolism over two centuries and especially the last decade.
This workshop will guide participants through the resources available through Trove, exploring how to link family and local history research.
Join Judith Dunn OAM for a walking tour that will explore the darker side of Sydney’s waterfront, taking in sites of crimes and scandals.
In this lecture, Ian Hoskins will discuss how he came to write his broad ranging history of Australia and the Pacific.
Join David Carment AM for a walking tour of Balmoral that will focus on the people closely associated with the area's many historic places.
In this lecture, Mark Dunn will talk about the history of the Newcastle and Hunter Valley frontier and reflect on their colonial past.
Join Judith Dunn OAM for a tour of the oldest cemetery in Australia and see the earliest European gravestone in Australia on its original site.
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.