November 2018
RAHS Day Lecture – River Dreams
Join Ian Tyrell as he discusses his book 'River Dreams: The People and Landscape of the Cooks River'. Ian will reveal the complex history eveals the complex history of the Cooks River in south-eastern Sydney – a river renowned as Australia's most altered and polluted.
Find out more »RAHS/WEA Workshop – ‘What does it say?’ The Art of Deciphering Handwritten Documents from the late 18th Century
In this joint workshop with WEA Sydney, Gail Davis from State Archives & Records NSW will help researchers learn how to read and interpret handwritten documents, beginning with examples from the late 18th century and continuing into the 20th century.
Find out more »RAHS/ANZSHM Seminar – Military Medicine: Then & Now
The RAHS in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine (ANZSHM) present: Military Medicine: Then & Now. This seminar will explore aspects of military medicine and provide insights into how technological developments have transformed medicine on and off the field.
Find out more »RAHS/ASHET Evening Lecture – The Vital Link: NASA Space Tracking Facilities in Australia
In this talk, space historian Kerrie Dougherty will present the story of the NASA tracking stations in Australia and their roles in supporting the Apollo Moon missions from 1968–72. In particular, she will discuss how NASA's Honeysuckle Creek Station, near Canberra – in conjunction with the Parkes radio telescope – brought the world the live television coverage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
Find out more »December 2018
Create NSW Regional Seminar – Women, Place & Your Community
The RAHS Regional Seminar program promotes the study, writing and dissemination of Australian history. It aims to develop historical expertise in the community that will support history and heritage projects. Women, Place and your Community will offer participants practical advice on assessing key record sources, followed by a range of case studies on applying this to research projects.
Find out more »RAHS Day Lecture – Why weren’t we told about the Sydney Wars?
Join Stephen Gapps as he discusses his 2018 book 'The Sydney Wars' (NewSouth Books) that tells the history of military engagements between Europeans and Aboriginal Australians from 1788-1817.
Find out more »2018 Christmas Party
Join us as we celebrate the festive season and look forward to 2019 . Our Christmas Party is a wonderful opportunity for members to meet RAHS staff, Councillors and other individuals interested in Australian history.
Find out more »January 2019
Australia Day 2019: Pot Luck with History & Book Sale
Call into History House on Australia Day for a chance to visit our beautiful heritage building. While you are here, browse our book sale and listen to historians speaking about the events, people and places that have contributed to Australia's history. There will be twenty-minute talks every half-hour between 11:30am and 3pm. There is no need to book, just turn up!
Find out more »February 2019
*CANCELLED* RAHS Day Lecture – Robert Bostock: Australia’s Slave Trader Convict
Join Emma Christopher as she discusses her new book Freedom in White and Black: A Lost Story of the Illegal Slave Trade and its Global Legacy (2018). In this lecture, Emma will focus on Robert Bostock and John McQueen – the two men shipped to Australia as convicts for their crime of slave trading.
Find out more »Australian Lebanese Family History Workshop
The Royal Australian Historical Society, the Centre for Applied History (Macquarie University), and the History Council of NSW are partnering with the Australian Lebanese Historical Society to bring together people interested in Australian Lebanese family history.
Find out more »RAHS/WEA Digitisation Workshop – Small Collections
Join Paul Convy as he provides advice and guidance on planning and undertaking a digitisation project.
Find out more »Flu Frenzy: Taming the 1919 Influenza Pandemic
How did Sydney cope in 1919 when influenza infected a third of the city's residents? How did the community rise to the challenge? What were their stories of suffering, sacrifice, solidarity and scandal?
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