RAHS at the Kiama Family, Social and Local History Expo

RAHS at the Kiama Family, Social and Local History Expo
 
Saturday April 16 @ 9.30 am to 4.00 pm


Speakers various - FREE event 

For more information click here
 
Ref: RAHS Newsletter April 2016

Royal Australian Historical Society mentioned in NSW Parliament

Royal Australian Historical Society 
mentioned in NSW Parliament

Hansard online, the official record of the proceedings of The Parliament of New South Wales, contains details of commendations made to the RAHS and recipients of the Arts NSW Cultural Grants for 2015, by The Hon. David Clarke, MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Justice on 11 November 2015, who presented grants winners with their certficates at the RAHS Conference in October. Click here to visit the Hansard website and read full details.




From L to R: Colleen O’Sullivan - Kandos Bicentennial Industrial Museum; Benita Parker - Karuah Working Together; Max Farley - Wyong District Museum and Historical Society; Carol Roberts - Kurrajong Comleroy Historical Society; Lorraine Neate - Illawarra Historical Society; The Hon. David John Clarke, LL B (Syd) MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Justice; Peter Gissing - Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society; Lola Cormie - Narrabri and District Historical Society; Paul Convy - Randwick and District Historical Society; Angus McKernan – NSW Australian Football History Society; Max Rogers - Berrima District Historical and Family History Society; Vicki Stanton – Australian Golf Heritage Society. [Photograph Chris Maxworthy]

RAHS Webinar: Beyond the Blue Mountains: Following the Road from Bathurst

May 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | RAHS Members $10/Non-Members $12

Take a tour ‘Beyond the Blue Mountains’ and follow the road from Bathurst with Suzanne Holohan, RAHS General Manager and Graham Sciberras, RAHS Digital Media. Explore photographs, manuscripts and audio/visual content, plus some of the recently uncovered gems that make up this newly launched grant-funded project. Find out what is still to come, our plans for its future and how you can become involved.
Click here to register.

 This email is being sent to all listed member Historical Societies, Museums and Individuals of the Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia (NSW Branch) and other interested persons.
 If you know of other Societies, Museums or Individuals who would like to be added to the list, please email Wal Pilz with name, address, phone no. and email address.

RAHS REGIONAL SEMINAR - March 2014

Source: RAHS - Calendar of Events - Summer 2014

Arts NSW Cultural Grant Programme

About the Arts NSW Cultural Grant Programme

The Cultural Grants Programme is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by the Royal Australian Historical Society on behalf of the NSW Government.  This Cultural Grants programme assists historical research and publication of local, community and regional history projects.  Arts NSW funding priorities can be found on its website, together with a list of grants awarded each year – click here for more details.

The New South Wales Minister for the Arts, Hon George Souris, approved the allocation to the Royal Australian Historical Society of $45,000 per annum between 2012 and 2014. This is a very considerable increase from the $23,000 the Society received in 2011 and is much appreciated. The Society is working hard to ensure that it fully justifies the confidence placed in it.

 

2013 – Information and Application forms

Applicants should read the checklist and grants guidelines before submitting an application.  Applicants may also find it useful to review the list of 2012 grant recipients.  Grant applications open on 1 May 2013 and close at 5pm on 21 June 2013. Applications can be:

• emailed to grants@rahs.org.au
• posted to Attention: Grants Officer RAHS, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
• faxed to (02) 9247 7854

2013 Cultural grant checklist
2013 Cultural Grant guidelines
2013 cultural grants application form

2012 – Recipients

The 2012 Cultural Grants were awarded at the State History Conference, and details were published in History in December 2012 .

Read More about the 2012 recipients.

 Ref: Published on RAHS website.

RAHS - Calendar of Events - Autumn 2013

See details of all events

Commemorating the 1813 First Crossing of the Blue Mountains

(Tablet on Mount Blaxland, RAHS Collection)

The RAHS Makes History: Commemorating the 1813 First Crossing of the Blue Mountains

Presented by Dr Siobhan Lavelle OAM - Wednesday 3 April 2013              

The talk will examine the role of monuments in demonstrating, interpreting and understanding an historic past. The Blue Mountains west of Sydney (NSW) have played a particular role in the white settlement of Australia. Few areas have been so heavily inscribed figuratively and materially by European travellers, settlers, and their descendants. The sites examined in this talk are linked to an early and significant triumphal historic narrative, that of the “First Crossing” of the Blue Mountains by European explorers in 1813.

The presentation will deal in detail with some specific sites from the overall set. What these sites have in common is that they all involved people from the RAHS. The identification and uses of the sites which are celebrated for their presumed links to an heroic past, can lead to debates at many
levels, in particular the intersection of professional or academic histories and perceptions against an independent and popular history or folklore; the dilemma of the romantic and nostalgic against the (presumed) more professional, rational and scientific. With the First crossing Bicentenary occurring in May 2013, this account of earlier commemorative efforts has special interest.

Date:     Wednesday 3 April 2013
Where:   History House
Time:     1.00pm - 2.00pm
Cost:      Free event
Contact: Bookings essential ph. 9247 8001  

RAHS E-News - 4 Oct 2012

Welcome to this edition of the RAHS e-newsletter. As usual, there is a lot happening at History House and in the history community, and we are happy to share that news with you.


If you receive this newsletter as a representative of an RAHS affiliated society, we encourage you to share this with your members via email or at your meetings, as we seek to provide information of interest to all members of the history community.




Dr Susan McClean, Chair of the Affiliated Societies Committee, has contributed a new article with updates about the State History Conference, which is fast approaching on the weekend on 20-21 October. If you have not yet reserved your space at the conference, we encourage you to do so, and if you have been unsure about attending, download the draft conference program to see what an exciting weekend of events the Committee has arranged.


State History Conference News

Affiliated Societies Committee members rear (L to R): Brian Madden, Leonie Knapman, Susan McClean (Chair), Judith Dunn, Robert Hutchinson; front (L to R) Carol Liston, Lesley Gent, Angela Phippen. Absent David Craddock.

Above is your hard working Affiliated Societies Committee which is bringing you the RAHS State History Conference in just 2 weeks time! Registrations are coming in considerable numbers. Don’t delay as your bookings need to be in by 14 October. You can download the Registration Form here or fill out the hard copy posted with History. The draft schedule of events and speakers is now available and you may view it here. 

For full e-newsletter click.

State History Conference: Activities, Grants and Certificates of Achievement

Planning for the 2012 State History Conference in Wolli Creek (20-21 October 2012) is well underway. As you will have seen in a previous RAHS e-news, the keynote speaker is Professor Peter Spearritt, and a full schedule of talks and events is being prepared by the Affiliated Societies Committee. In addition to marking your diaries for the weekend, now is the time to plan for the following conference components.

Pre-Conference Workshop

As an added benefit for those who are considering making the trip to Sydney, we have partnered with the Oral History Association of NSW to present the popular "Capturing Memories: Oral History in the Digital Age" workshop as a pre-conference event on Friday 19 October. Conference delegates of Affiliated societies and RAHS members will be given priority registration.

Cultural and Heritage Grants

One of the highlights of the conference is the presentation of the Cultural and Heritage Grants. Applications are open until 20 July. If you have a history or heritage project that could get off the ground or benefit from additional funding, we encourage you to consider applying for one of our grants. Click here to read more about each grant, and email grants@rahs.org.au with further questions.

Certificates of Achievement

Also awarded at the conference are Certificates of Achievement. Has one of your members made an outstanding contribution to your historical society over the last year? Certificates of Achievement recognise the work of your valuable members to the larger history community. Nominations must be in writing showing comprehensive evidence of achievement and/or the extent and quality of service and/or significant benefaction. Candidates for the award must be nominated at a general meeting of their society and signed by the presiding President and Secretary (or other appropriate person).

Your nomination should comprise a letter and supporting information (there is no nomination form to be completed). For questions and to make a nomination, contact admin@rahs.org.au.

Ref: RAHS E-News

RAHS Presidential Address 2012

At the RAHS Annual General Meeting, the President, Emeritus Professor David Carment AM, spoke on "Local History and Local Historical Societies in Twenty First Century".

Following are some extracts from his address with a link to the full text at the bottom.

The Royal Australian Historical Society has long regarded its outreach role with local societies as being one of its  principal functions. I briefly want to reflect on local history in Australia and the roles and future of local historical societies.

The publication of local histories in Australia rarely occurred before the gold rushes of the 1850s. After them, as what was known as the gold generation aged, pioneers wrote their reminiscences and journalists compiled substantial histories of the gold towns. They tended to be stories of material and social progress. They had long lists of firsts – the first European ‘discovery’, the first river crossing, the first school and so on. In doing so, they established a record for communities still in the process of being formed. They also often ignored or said little about Aboriginal people both before and after the first white settlers came.

The publication of local histories in Australia rarely occurred before the gold rushes of the 1850s. After them, as what was known as the gold generation aged, pioneers wrote their reminiscences and journalists compiled substantial histories of the gold towns. By the late nineteenth century, Australian local histories were becoming more common. They tended to be stories of material and social progress. They had long lists of firsts – the first European ‘discovery’, the first river crossing, the first school and so on. In doing so, they established a record for communities still in the process of being formed. They also often ignored or said little about Aboriginal people both before and after the first white settlers came. Many of these histories were anecdotal and badly organised but the best of them include powerful evocations of past events.

Historical societies set up museums and resource centres that provided those interested in conserving the physical elements of the past with the essential information that they needed to do so.

Download/save full text of Prof David Carment's Address

RAHS History and Heritage Grant Applications Now Open

The Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) is pleased to announce the opening of the 2012 round of Cultural Grants and Heritage Grants, which this year offers increased funding to a larger range of community projects. Grants may range in size from $500 to over $5000.

The RAHS’s President, Emeritus Professor David Carment said, “While grants may be small, their value to the community is enormous. They seed new ideas and acknowledge the unflagging work of the history community. The increased funding secured this year is a testament to the value of the work of the history and heritage sector.”

Cultural Grants support organisations undertaking projects with a lasting historical contribution to a community in NSW. Funding for these grants is triennial and has doubled this year to $45,000. Funding is provided by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.

Heritage Grants support individuals and non-governmental organisations undertaking a project related to NSW heritage and history. Priority will be given to projects that present popular Australian local histories that appeal to a wide audience and are suitable for publication, focussed on World War One, migration to Australia, or exploring the diversity of 20th Century Australian culture. The Heritage Council NSW funds Heritage Grants.

Information packs about the grants and application forms may be downloaded online.

For further information and interviews, please contact Maria Walsh, CEO, RAHS, 02 9247 8001, executive@rahs.org.au.

The Royal Australian Historical Society Appoint a New Chief Executive Officer

Emeritus Professor David Carment, President of the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) today announced the appointment of Maria Walsh as RAHS Chief Executive Officer.

Professor Carment said, 'As the outstanding candidate in a highly competitive selection process, I am delighted Maria Walsh has agreed to join us in the newly-created role of Chief Executive Officer of the Society.

“Her appointment follows the 2010 RAHS Organisational Review. With a wealth of experience in both the not-for-profit and corporate sectors, Maria brings to the Society the leadership skills to take us into the next phase of our development.”

Further information: http://www.rahs.org.au/

Source:  Museums & Galleries - Alert!