George Town man Peter Cox was awarded one of the most prestigious Australian prizes for history last week.
The Federation of Australian Historical Societies deemed Mr Cox worthy
of an Award of Merit for his work on George Town planner, and former NSW
Governor, Lachlan Macquarie.
The award, given for efforts in community historiography, was only attained by two people nationwide in 2017.
Read more (The Examiner, Northern Tasmania)
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FAHS Report - Making Collections Accessible
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Image: Sorting and cataloguing, Australian volunteer Louise Barber with
Chack Tuoch from the National Library of Cambodia. 2005. Photo- Kevin
Evans (10722189116).
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The FAHS has developed a report on digital collections and access - Making Collection Accessible. Whether you are using paper based records or have a partner agreement with Trove, get help with making your collections more accessible and planning for digital futures.
The report discusses the stages involved in developing a collection –
from paper based catalogues to fully discoverable digital records and
offers advice on appropriate software.
Unlock the potential of your collection through increased digital presence, outreach and collaboration.
See the full report: http://www.history.org.au/Documents/MakingCollectionsAccessible.pdf
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Featured Historical Society - NT Police Museum and Historical Society
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The Northern Territory Historical
Society (Incorporated) was formed in 1995 and after a short
suspension it formed again in May 2000 and was renamed the Northern Territory Police Museum and Historical Society (Incorporated - NTPMHS).
The society focuses on collecting and preserving items associated with
the history of the Police Force in the Northern Territory. This rich
history is shared through online information documenting NT
police history from the first rural constabulary in 1864 to the
present along with a collection of links and reference
sources and the publication of a newsletter Citation. A
small active volunteer group assists with the conservation and
preservation of this police history whether it be physical objects,
photographs, documents, records and voice recordings (with guidance
provided by the NT Museum and Art Gallery).
The collection of the Northern Territory Police Museum and
Historical Society includes a wide variety of items used in
the police service from uniforms and tack to communications equipment
and oral history recordings made by members regarding their time in the
NT Police. The society takes the long view in actively collecting
recent obsolete equipment. A collections policy is in place, which
accepts all items but avoids duplicates. Physical items and documents
are stored in a temperature controlled shed with plans to upgrade in the
future.
The society has successfully collected over 10,000 photographs most of
which are now digitised. Where possible the society obtains
copyright from the copyright owner and uploads low resolution images for
public access. The photographs range from mounted police, police events
to scrapbooks and personal albums including rare images by Foelsche
(first inspector of police in the NT) among them hundreds of photographs
of Larrakia, Woolna (Djerimanga) and Iwaidja people with names and some
personal details.
As a museum without an exhibition space the focus is on creating a
digital museum through a Website, Youtube channel, Google archive and
Facebook. A number of travelling collections have also been prepared and
displayed throughout the Territory including: The Last Hanging and Police Stations of the Northern Territory.
A semi-permanent exhibition about Cyclone Tracy is
on display at the Peter McCauley Police Centre and another
exhibition is planned for the 150th anniversary in combination with a
book on the history of the NT Police Force.
The society has a membership of around 130 members in the Northern
Territory, interstate and overseas. The society receives funding from
the Commissioner of Police, the Northern Territory Police Association
and the occasional bequest. This helps with operational costs and pays
for a part-time office administrator.
Mark McAdie, President of the Northern Territory Police Museum and
Historical Society outlines the challenge of maintaining a balance
between collecting items and documents and saving and preserving
artefacts. Another challenge is making this accessible. A member,
who is also a serving police officer manages the website and
social media. Access to the much larger collection is by arrangement
and research services may be available for an hourly fee by
negotiation.
Another challenge cited by Mark is to develop a history of the Police
Force without denying the truth of the past. One example is Foelsche who
was the inspector of police in the NT (1870-1904) and recognised
as an amateur anthropologist and photographer of indigenous
culture and languages. He was also instrumental in the massacre of
Aboriginal people openly talking about 'nigger hunts' (letter to the
Police Commissioner in Adelaide) or more obliquely about 'having a
picnic with the niggers' (letter to a friend, John Lewis). A
disclaimer on the site acknowledges that historical images and text
reflect past attitudes and values.
l: Photograph from the Foelsche Collection, r: a page from The Timber Creek Letter Book -The
Aboriginals arrested at Auvergne and Bradshaws Stations on a charge of
unlawful possession of beef (Letter Book from 1927-1929 currently
being digitised).
The society welcomes new members and any information or sites that are of relevance to the history of the NT Police Force.
Email: ntpolicemuseum@bigpond.com
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/ntpmhsociety/
Sources: The Northern Territory Police
Museum and Historical Society website and interview with
President Mark McAdie.
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Heritage Properties transfered to National Trust SA
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Gawler’s Old Telegraph Station Museum is one
of 19 heritage properties across the state to be transferred to the
ownership of the National Trust of South Australia for continued care
and conservation.
The move further supports former gaols, courthouses, customs
houses, police stations and schools, as well as historic houses and
cottages.
The Gawler museum was built in 1860 and is located at 59 Murray
Street. According to the National Trust, the
building highlights the history of Gawler and district with
displays of objects and is located in a two-story stone structure
initially built to house a telegraph office first used in 1861
Source: https://www.barossaherald.com.au/story/5219793/gawler-property-under-national-trust/
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Saving Van Dieman's Land Legislation History
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Retired Supreme Court Librarian Dorothy Shea at work in the storeroom
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George Arthur Lieutenant Governor's 1833 bill to extend liquor licences written on Vellum
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Retired Supreme Court librarian Dorothy Shea
is devoting her spare time to ensuring a cache of historic documents is
preserved for future generations.
Mrs Shea stumbled across the documents two decades ago after noticing
some brown paper parcels stacked in the court's storeroom.
'I came searching for a piece of transcript,' she said.
'I didn't find what I wanted but I did notice these brown paper parcels
tied up with pink legal tape and wondered what they were.'
Inside the parcels were original copies of legislation dating back to 1833 when Tasmania was known as Van Diemen's Land.
Many of the Acts are written on vellum, which is made from animal skin,
and bear the signatures of lieutenant-governors including George Arthur
and John Franklin. Read More
Source: ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-21/original-copies-of-tasmanian-legislation-uncovered-in-storeroom/9343860
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History Resources, National Museum of Australia
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Australian Journey is presented by
Professor Bruce Scates, FASSA, historian, novelist and film producer and
Dr Susan Carland, sociologist, social critic and the co-creator
of Salam Cafe. Each of the 12 episodes has an extra ‘Susan Carland
in conversation’ interview with historians and other expert guests.
Image: Professor Bruce Scates and Dr Susan Carland.
Source:http://www.nma.gov.au/education/resources/activities/australian-journey
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The National Museum of Australia has just
unveiled a new resource for secondary and tertiary students. It is
called Australian Journey: The Story of a Nation in 12 Objects and
it can be found on the NMA website
The series is suitable for high school and tertiary students and
explores issues including the Australian environment, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander culture and history, democracy and citizenship,
immigration and multiculturalism, reconciliation and the Anzac legend.
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Mcintyre Lecture, Melbourne
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Mcintyre Lecture by Professor Andrew J. May - Melbourne Street Life: The Itinerary of our Days
Ugo Catani’s A Summer Shower in Collins Street, 1889, will set
the scene for Professor May’s invitation to walk the streets
of Melbourne, imagine the everyday past, and see the urban
landscape with new eyes.
For artists and historians, the street frames the ever-changing
throng of the wealthy and down and out, the passers-by, shoppers,
idlers, hawkers, larrikins, prostitutes, custodians and
law-breakers. It is the stage of ritual, procession and protest and
the site of proud architecture, fine trees and public utilities.
And it also has its hazards.
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In the lecture, Professor May will
discuss the growth and transformation of a great Australian city
and the balance between the need for public order and the
democratic right to public space.
Date: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Time: 7.30pm for 8.00pm
Venue: ‘Just Theatre’, Kew Court House, 188 High Street, Kew, 3101
A limited number of seats will be available, so bookings are essential.
Purchase tickets by phone (03) 9278-4770 $10 members, $20.00 non-members.
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History Victoria Support Group Seminar, Lilydale
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Succession Planning: Embracing the future
History Victoria Support Group
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When: 28 April 2018.
Time: 9am – 3pm
Hosted by: Lilydale & District Historical Society Inc
Location: Lilydale Primary School
63 Castella Street, Lilydale (corner of Castella & Jones Streets)
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Speakers
Christine Worthington, RHSV Collections Manager – ‘Digitisation and Historical Societies'
Lisa Clausen, joint winner of the Judges’ Special Prize in the Victorian Community History Awards 2017 for Garden Diaries will provide an intimate insight into one of Australia’s foremost private gardens, Cruden Farm
Key note speaker: Dr Bernadette Flynn, Federation of Australian
Historical Societies Outreach Officer. Bernadette introduces the
newly published FAHS Succession Planning Guide and the 7 steps that can help you survive and thrive into the future
Jane Nigro, (Stonnington History Committee); Alleyne Hockley (Income streams for societies) and Russ Haines (Classic flubs)
Rosemary Cameron, EO RHSV will highlight how societies can run successful, interesting and rewarding walks.
Tickets $20 at https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=346950&
Further information from RHSV e: office@historyvictoria.org.au, t: 03 9326 9288
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The FAHS Succession Planning Guide is available for free on the FAHS website http://www.history.org.au/SuccessionPlanning.html
Download the Guide and Workbook and put your plans into action for
attracting and developing potential successors for your organisation.
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Bernadette Flynn, the FAHS Outreach Officer
is offering assistance in Succession Planning through the FAHS
History Clinic. Whether you are just beginning to think about
future needs or need help with updating your succession plan, contact
the outreach officer to book in for a session fahsbflynn@gmail.com
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Talk, History West, RWAHS
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Gallop House, Dalkeith (NTWA: M Poon)
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UWA excavations at Gallop House (NTWA: G Pickering)
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Revealing the Layered History of Gallop House: Conservation, Interpretation and Archaeology
Gallop House sits within an area known as Nanulgarup to the Whadjuk
Noongar people. It was also the site of one of the first farms in the
Swan River Colony under Captain Adam Armstrong who called it Dalkeith
Farm. The existing house was built by James Gallop I in the 1870s on a
portion of this earlier farm.
In this talk Trust Archaeologist, Leanne Brass, will explore some of the
major conservation, landscaping, interpretation and archaeological work
undertaken by the National Trust of Western Australia. Of key
public interest was a partnership program with the University of Western
Australia aimed at exploring the archaeological evidence associated
with the existing house and earlier demolished structures.
Date: 10am Friday 16 March 2018
Venue: The Royal Western Australian Historical Society (Inc.), 49 Broadway Nedlands
Tickets: $10 each Bookings essential
Tel: 08 9386 3841 email: admin@histwest.org.au
Further information: https://www.histwest.org.au/activities/revealing-layered-history-gallop-house-conservation-interpretation-and-archaeology
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The 2018 speaker will be the Sydney City Historian Dr Lisa Murray. Lisa’s talk is titled Monuments and Memories: re-assessing colonial imperialism
18 April, Sydney Opera House.
5.30pm for 6pm start.
Image: A worker removes graffiti from the Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde Park (The Australian).
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Public monuments and memorials have been a
vital form of commemoration that have shaped our collective memory and
understanding of history for generations. Monuments have been erected by
governments and institutions, private citizens through public
subscriptions, and by individuals. They function to reinforce power and
privilege, shaping public narratives. Memorials help people to remember,
but at the same time they also assist in the art of
forgetting. The meaning and social values of monuments are never
static. Monuments take on layers of meaning through interpretation,
cultural practices, re-inscribing and protest. The broadening of
historiography in the late 20th century has allowed many groups of
people to challenge the dominant colonial imperial narratives and to add
other voices to the historical dialogue.
This lecture will reflect upon how the social values of monuments evolve
and the challenges in addressing conflicting memories, both European
and Aboriginal social values, in our public monuments.
Cost: Australia ICOMOS members: $30; Non-members: $40 ; Full-time students, unemployed & individuals under 30 yrs: $20
Register: https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=29130
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Australian LGBTI Military Service, Exhibition, Sydney
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Serving in Silence? Australian LGBTI Military Service since World War 2.
Exhibition: TAP Gallery
First Floor, 259 Riley St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
February 27th to March 4th
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In November 1992, the Australian government
overturned a longstanding ban on gays, lesbians and bisexuals serving in
the Australian Defence Force. Transgender service would continue to be
banned until September 2010. Yet, LGBTI people were serving in the
military long before these milestones, with a range of experiences.
To commemorate 25 years since lifting the LGB ban, this exhibition
showcases the history of LGBTI military service in Australia since World
War II. The exhibition brings together photographs, objects, documents
and the life stories of current and former service personnel to explore
how LGBTI Defence members navigated their lives in the Royal Australian
Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force. The exhibition
includes tales of lesbian subcultures, witch-hunts targeting homosexuals
for expulsion, kamp men in Papua New Guinea, participation in Sydney
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and the changing Defence approaches to LGBTI
service.
This exhibition derives from a larger research project on the history of
LGBTI military service and is being co-sponsored by the Australian
Lesbian and Gay Archives and Sydney Pride History Group.
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Eltham District Historical Society receives award, Victoria
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The Eltham District Historical Society has received the 2018 Nillumbik Community Group of the Year Award.
Photo: EDHS members with Cr. Peter Clarke, Mayor of Nillumbik after receiving the award
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The society stated:
'We feel this valued award is an appreciated recognition of the commitment and
contributions of current and past members of our society over many years.
It is fitting to receive this award in our 50th anniversary year and encourages our
society to continue engaging and supporting the interests of our community, in our
local history.'
Source: Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter, Feb 2018
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The Historical Society of the Northern Territory Field Trip
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Stone Pictures, a Yolngu record of Macassan Traders.
Wurrwurrwuy (Garanhan) Macassan Beach Interpretive Walk, NT
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The 2018 Field Trip will see the Society travel over to Nhulunbuy.
The area is steeped in Aboriginal/Macassan and European history and the surrounding country is uniquely beautiful.
Further information contact Janie Mason janie.mason@cdu.edu.au
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Memorial to China's Forgotten Anzacs, Sydney
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Military Historian Will Davies and prominent
member of the Australian-Chinese business community Albert Wong
are trying to raise money for a memorial in Sydney's Chinese Gardens to commemorate the 'forgotten' Anzacs.
Davies, who has written five books on World War One, is also working on a new book about the role of the Chinese in the war.
Photo: Chinese Gallipoli sniper Billy Sing, one of the few ethnic
Chinese permitted to serve with Australian troops during World War I.
Courtesy of historian Will Davies.
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Davies says Chinese historians believe
10,000 to 20,000 Chinese Labour Corps died during the war although most
of the casualties were from disease, hypothermia or starvation rather
than direct hostile action. He says many of their graves are spread
around Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries but usually off in a corner or
along the fence, away from the soldiers' graves. Chinese men fought
with Australian soldiers in Turkey, Palestine and on the Western Front.
Read more: http://www.afr.com/news/push-to-commemorate-chinas-forgotten-anzacs-20180114-h0i1z4
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Digital Access to Collections Workshop, Perth
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You’re invited to the Perth Digital Access to Collections Workshop!
Dates: Monday 26 to Tuesday 27 March 2018
Time: 10am - 5pm both days
Location: Gordon Stephenson House, 140 William Street, Perth
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This two-day workshop gives attendees the
opportunity to participate in training focused on digitisation and the
provision of digital access of collections, Q&A’s with leading
technology providers and the chance to network with other GLAM
organisations.
Who should attend? Staff and volunteers from small- to
medium-sized non-metropolitan collecting organisations, including
galleries, libraries, archives, museums, indigenous keeping places,
sporting clubs, returned services clubs and historical societies.
The workshops will provide information, training and advice for
organisations on their way to providing digital access to their
collections.
Funding is available to organisations through grants that can support
participation at the workshop and/or assist with setting your
organisation up for digitising collections. More information about the
grants can be found at http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/workshops/grants
Register to attend here.
More information on the workshop here.
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Community Heritage Grants, Victoria, Now Open
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Safeguarding and reactivating our heritage
Applications for Round 3 of the Victorian Government’s competitive
community heritage grants program are now open and close
on 13 April 2018.
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Eligible applicants may apply for an amount
between $20,000 and $200,000 per project, to fund conservation works to
‘at risk’ places and objects included on the Victorian Heritage
Register.
To find out if you are eligible and apply, read the 2018 Program Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions at https://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/grants/living-heritage-program
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Chinese Heritage Conference, Townsville
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Northern Links: Protecting their interests and pushing back, CHINA Inc. 'No Fuss' Conference
Dates: 3-4 March 2018
Image: The Kum Yuen store, Mossman, North Queensland
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Chinese Heritage in North Australia (CHINA
Inc) will present their 7th 'no fuss' conference in
Townsville.
The theme of the 2018 conference aims to explore themes of
settlement, adaption, integration, solutions and creative responses to
institutional impediments imposed on the Chinese community.
Registration is now open, with single-day and package prices available.
March 3 (Day 1) - $60; March 4 (Day 2) - $35; March 3+4 (both days) - $95.
A pre-conference tour of the Lower Herbert sugar fields and a conference
dinner will be highlights of the weekend. A flyer is available for
download here.
Please submit queries and registration details to the organisers via china_nth@yahoo.com.au or for more information about CHINA Inc, please visit their website http://chinainc.yolasite.com/
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The FAHS e-Bulletin, No. 174,
24th Feb 2018
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