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FAHS Councillors and friends are
deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of two stalwarts of the
history movement - Dr Joan Hunt and Robert Charles (Bob) Sharman.
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Dr Joan Elizabeth Hunt, PhD, FRHSV, (1944‒2018)
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Endlessly supportive and full of vitality,
Joan played a major role in Victorian community history for 37 years.
She was an RHSV Councillor 1988‒1994; 2002‒2011 and October 2012 to
May 2014. As RHSV vice-president and convenor of the History Victoria
Support Group, she organised history workshops across the state. She was
also a former Councillor of the Federation of Australian Historical
Societies.
As a Churchill Fellow, Joan studied local history groups in the UK. She
was past president of the Ballarat and Woady Yaloak historical societies
and co-founder of the Central Highlands Historical Association. An
author of books and articles herself, she recently became a judge of the
Victorian Community History Awards. Joan received a FAHS Merit Award in
2014.
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Vale Robert Charles (Bob) Sharman
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Robert Charles (Bob) Sharman, Fellow ASA, (1928- 2018).
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Robert Sharman was the first State Archivist
in two states, Tasmania 1951-1959, and then Queensland 1959-1970,
before joining the ANU as its Archives Officer in 1970. From 1972-1976
Bob was Assistant State Librarian of South Australia and from 1976-1988
State Librarian of Western Australia.
Bob was a founding member of the Australian Society of Archivists and
the Sharman Award was created in 2000 to acknowledge his long
contribution to fostering learning. In 1960 he was President, later
Secretary, Archives Section, Library Association of Australia, and
1971-1972 President of Library Association of Australia (now ALIA). From
1991-1993 Bob served as ASA Treasurer. Bob was ASA Managing Editor from
1995-1997 and in 1996 was Convenor of the inaugural Mander Jones Awards
Committee. In 1994 he was awarded a Fellowship of the ASA with the
citation published in Archives & Manuscripts Vol.25(2) 1997.
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Launch of eHive Australian Community History Collections
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Does your historical society or community history have a collection on eHive?
The FAHS have launched an Australian Community History Collections
on eHive. The aim of the Community is to bring together a range of
collections held by historical societies, community heritage groups and
keeping places across Australia that are published on eHive.
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Join the FAHS Australian Community History Collections to further promote your society and collection.
How to join
If you have a collection on eHive log in and go to Australian Community History Collections
Click on the ‘Join’ link at the top of our community page.
Once the FAHS receives your request you will become a member.
Publish your new records to the community
On the My Account section of your homepage Click on the Communities link.
Click on the Edit link next to Australian Community History Collections.
Tick the Include as a Default Publishing Location checkbox and click the Save button.
Read more about how to publish your records to the community at
http://info.ehive.com/help/communities/publishing-to-a-community/
To support the development of the Australian Community History Collections eHive
has offered to publish all your public records. Take
advantage of this offer and join by the end of September.
Contact the National and Community History Officer and Curator Bernadette Flynn for further information fahsbflynn@gmail.com
Find us here https://ehive.com/communities/1141/australian-community-history-collections
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New FAHS Guide for Historical Societies
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Guide to collecting and preserving digital materials
The FAHS has developed, on commission, an online guide, authored by
Sophie Shilling (pictured on R), to collecting and preserving digital
materials.
This guide aims to assist Australian historical societies in preserving
their digital collections. The author hopes to have filled a gap in the
current literature surrounding digital preservation, that being a
practical, plain English guide covering all aspects of curating and
keeping digital collections.
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Although digital preservation is a highly
technical subject, the advice given in this guide demonstrates what is
practical for small Australian historical societies. By following these
guidelines, your newly created digital collections will have the best
starting point to be preserved and accessible into the long-term. Any
future digital preservation efforts will be made much easier.
The guide assumes a reasonable level of computer literacy and offers
further advice for those with more knowledge. Several digital
preservation solutions have been provided, accounting for differing
levels of funding, experience, equipment, and knowledge.
Also included is how to write digital preservation plans and policies,
how to foster positive change in a society, and risk management of
digital collections. It is recommended that this guide is read through
from start to finish before embarking on a digital preservation project.
The guide can be accessed with this link:
http://www.history.org.au/Documents/Collecting%20and%20Preserving%20Digital%20Materials.pdf
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Featured Historical Society - Tasmanian Family History Society
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The Tasmanian Family History Society Inc. (TFHS)
promotes the study and research of the science of genealogy and family
history through education, preservation and transcribing of relevant
records, and the writing and publishing of appropriate literature.
There are five branches of the society around Tasmania - Burnie, Launceston, Hobart, Huon and Mersey.
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The genesis of the Tasmanian Family History
Society was in 1978 when a small group of enthusiasts set about to
preserve the genealogical history of Tasmania. Starting from a shelf in
the home of Lillian Watson, the library collection grew rapidly and
soon relocated to short-term accommodation in Bellerive, Hobart.
By 1986, branches around Tasmania had formed and the Hobart branch
of the society (then named The Genealogical Society of
Tasmania) took over the lease of the Heritage listed Bellerive
Post Office. In 2001 the name of the society was formally changed
to The Tasmanian Family History Society.
Today, TFHS offers a public service for researchers in its five
locations across Tasmania. Members and the general public can
obtain access to genealogical resources, including free access to
Ancestry.com, as well as many databases, monumental inscriptions,
undertakers records, wills, newspaper transcriptions etc. Where
available, society volunteers who have a wealth of knowledge in
genealogical research can offer assistance with family tree
research.
The resources of TFHS are fully catalogued in-house with an emphasis on
research in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom - print,
microform records, CD, overseas and interstate journals. A Comprehensive Subject Index
(CSI) is a work in progress with online information representing only
about 10% of the resources held by the TFHS. It provides references
to information in publications, paper or digital, that are or have been
in Society branch libraries.
The TFHS is blessed with a range of skilled volunteers. Across the
state, the membership base is around 1,000 (not all residing in
Tasmania) with many of the active volunteers being retired professionals
- from tourism, libraries, IT, teaching, and the banking sector. At the
Hobart branch about 120 active volunteers work in teams with specific
tasks and dedicated sub-groups including the Family History
Computer Group and Family History DNA group.
L to R: the Research Centre, Hobart branch, TFHS; cemetery, St Peter's
Church of England, Hamilton, Tasmania; book publication of the
TFHS.
One of TFHS's long-term projects is the capture of digital images
and transcriptions of headstones surviving in cemeteries around
Tasmania. The transcriptions are held by the five branches around
the State - Burnie, Launceston, Hobart, Huon and Mersey. A CD Tombstone and Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania has
been published of the transcriptions and is available for sale through
TFHS. Many of the headstone transcriptions are also listed on
the eheritage website with thumbnail images.
The Society has an in-house publishing area and sells on-demand books on Tasmanian History (including Our Female Ancestors discovered and remembered, and Making their own way: The Dunbabins on Maria Island 1869-1876) along with published indexes to newspapers (Tasmanian Ancestry Index, Van Diemen's Land Heritage Index and Convict Applications). A journal, Tasmanian Ancestry is published quarterly and sent to all members, with past volumes from 1980 to 2010 accessible via the web.
TFHS welcomes visitors to its monthly meeting, where guest speakers are
invited to talk on topics of interest. In November, Graeme Broxam will
be talking about the Smarts: three generations of Hobart watermen
1845-1941. To encourage family history research in Tasmania, the society
also offers two awards - the Meritorious Service Award and
the Lilian Watson Family History Award (awarded for a book dealing
with family history with a significant Tasmanian content).
The society has been relatively successful in adapting to digital processes and changes. Mercury Births,
Deaths and Marriages indexes, Tasmanian Pioneer Index (pre
1900 BDMs) and Queenborough Cemetery Index beyond
1954. The society works with, and contributes
to, commercial databases such as Ancestry.com.
However, Maurice Appleyard, President of the the Tasmanian Family
History Society sounds a note of caution that crowd sourced content
can be incorrect and misleading to researchers. He is keen to
avoid duplication of information and is on the advisory board
of the Digital Information Group (DIG) for standardising library
protocols.
While TFHS is about to celebrate 40 years, Maurice wishes people were
more aware of TFHS and the resources available throughout the 5
branches. He notes that people often come to the society as a last
resort rather than as a first port of call. The wish is to turn that
around with family history research inquiries directed to TFHS in the
first instance.
Website https://www.tasfhs.org/
Email: secretary@hobart.tasfhs.org
Phone (03) 6244 4527
Sources: The Tasmanian Family History Society Website,
interview with President of the Tasmanian Family History Society
Maurice Appleyard.
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Burrup Peninsula's Rock Art in Nomination Process
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A landmark agreement over a future World Heritage listing of the Burrup
Peninsula's ancient rock art has been signed by the West Australian
Government and the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation.
The
WA Premier, state ministers, Indigenous stakeholders and Pilbara
communities gathered on Monday to begin the process of nominating the
site for World Heritage listing.
Read More: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/burrup-rock-art-world-heritage-listing-step-closer/10166642
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Mapping NSW Aboriginal Missions, Stations, and Camps
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This interactive map of
New South Wales Aboriginal Missions, Stations and Camps identifies the
locations and provides information about Aboriginal reserves, camps,
stations, children’s homes, and some unofficial settlements operating
under the tenure of the Aborigines Protection Board (which was replaced
by the Aboriginal Welfare Board in 1940) during its active years.
The map was compiled from information in the Aborigines Protection Board
annual reports, the Aboriginal Places map of the NSW State Heritage
Inventory, Department of Lands (NSW) Parish Maps, and a list of reserves
from government gazettes provided by the NSW Department of Community
Services. The map was developed by AIATSIS researcher Lachlan
Russell as a contribution to the Australian Research Council Project NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board 1883-1969: A History led
by Professor John Maynard at the University of Newcastle. It also draws
on previous research by Peter Tobin, A. McGuigan and Heather Goodall
who all added to the information about Aboriginal reserves in NSW.
Research by former Welfare Officer the late Philip Felton expanded
greatly upon the Department Of Community Services Reserves and Stations
list and was foundational to this mapping project.
https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/mapping-nsw-aboriginal-missions-stations-and-camps-1883-1969
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History Podcasts, History Lab, 2SER
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Podcasting is a growing phenomenon in Australia.
What does it take to make a really good history podcast?
In this History Lab episode The Making of History Lab Executive
Producer of History Lab Emma Lancaster describes
how she and Tamson discover that, in the gap between
historians and journalists, great things can happen.
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Listen to the latest History Lab podcast Fishing for Answers.
Tamson Pietsch and Historian Anna Clark
take their listeners on a journey around the Sydney’s Opera House and
discover that this is where huge middens of shellfish once existed.
Indigenous women in their nawi canoes collected the shellfish while
singing traditional songs in Dharug.
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Museums Galleries Australia Conference, NT
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Museums Galleries Australia Conference, 2019,
Our People, Our Places, Our Practices, Alice Springs (Mparntwe)
Combining elements of the most recent conferences that focused on
Museums and Galleries in their Cultural Landscapes (Brisbane 2017) and
Museums and Galleries as Agents of Change (Melbourne 2018), in 2019 the
conference travel to the geographical centre of the nation to tackle
some of the biggest thematic areas that occupy much of our national
conversation. Museums and Galleries are situated at the very centre of
that conversation in relation to our place within our communities and
the way we are deeply implicated in both a local and national
understanding of Australia’s past, present and shared future. And
while focusing on our people, places and practices, there will be
opportunity to consider purpose, relevance, diversity, equality,
national identity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander agency, our
various publics and the nature of co-creation, generational transfer of
knowledge and much more.
A community museums day is held within the Museums Galleries Australia Conference Program. Register your interest
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Brisbane Open House at the Commissariat Store, QLD
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The Enoggera Ensemble, together with
the Commissariat Store invite you to a concert for Brisbane Open House,
2018.
When: Sunday, 14 October, 3pm-5pm (Doors open & light refreshments: 2:30pm).
Where: The Commissariat Store (115 William Street, Brisbane)
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This special concert will feature
fascinating historical music for banjo, mandolin and guitar previously
performed in Queensland since the 1840s. Hear folk songs from Scotland
and Austria as well as arrangements of arias from the operas The
Bohemian Girl and Maritana. Enjoy a selection of popular dance
music, and revel in works that were brought to local audiences by
visiting banjo, mandolin and guitar troupes such as
the Estudiantina (Spain), Jungfrau
Kapelle (Switzerland), The Royal Hawaiians and several
minstrel groups (from America).
Cost: $25 RHSQ members / $30 general public / U14 free
Ticket price includes concert, refreshments and museum access
Tickets: http://www.queenslandhistory.org/event/special-event-boh-colonial-chords-music-for-banjo-mandolin-and-guitar-from-queenslands-earliest-colonial-days/
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Moruya & District Historical Society hosting ANMM exhibition, NSW
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SUBMERGED: Stories of Australia’s Shipwrecks on show at the Moruya & District Historical Society
until Friday 26 October.
Moruya & District Historical Society Museum:
85 Campbell Street, Moruya, NSW
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The exhibition is presented by the
Australian National Maritime Museum and the Australian Maritime Museums
Council and is the result of a national project with workshops held
across the country to develop the exhibition and to source shipwreck
stories.
Featured in the exhibition are stories about the wrecks of merchant
vessels, steamers, schooners, whalers and a submarine. The oldest wreck
featured is WA’s Batavia. Its 1629 loss on Beacon Island, and
subsequent mutiny, is one of the most dramatic events in Dutch and
Australian history.
Other wrecks include Sanyo Maru, a Japanese motor vessel lost in
1937 in Boucaut Bay NT, British merchant ship Sydney Cove lost
in 1797 off Preservation Island, Tasmania and the paddle
steamer Wagga Wagga, which sank at Narrandera, NSW in 1913.
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Mechanics' Institutes Conference, Ballarat, Victoria
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Mechanics' Institutes Australia 2018 Conference: Celebration and Survival
The joint purpose of MIA 2018 will be to celebrate the
twentieth anniversary of the Mechanics’ Institutes of Victoria Inc. and
the staging of a National Conference of like groups.
The Conference will cover subjects on history, success, maintenance,
utilisation and ideas and will explore a way forward for Mechanics’
Institutes and their ilk.
It will also commemorate the Centenary of Anzac, for most Institute
Halls hold World War I related Honour Boards, plaques, photos or other
memorabilia.
The Conference itself will provide and consolidate a State and national
focus in the context of international research largely by way of the
Mechanics’ Universities.
Further information: https://www.mivic.org.au/mia2018.html
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Talking History Series, History Trust SA
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Dr Julie Collins and Peter Lekkas present September’s Talking History –
Stories, Statistics and Sanatoria: Tuberculosis in South Australia in the early 20th century
In this talk Dr Julie Collins will present interdisciplinary research
concerning the urban, social and cultural histories of tuberculosis in
South Australia at the turn of the twentieth century. Research which
raised many questions particularly in reference to those who died from
tuberculosis: Who were they? Where did they live? What were their
social, urban and housing conditions? In the crusade against
tuberculosis, the therapeutic benefits of place were also promoted by
medical professionals and architects alike.
This talk will also look at places designed for such treatment – Kalyra
and Nunyara at Belair, two of the earliest sanatoria purpose-designed
for the open-air treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Australia.
This free public lecture is part of History Trust of South Australia’s Talking History series.
Date: 18 September 2018
Time: 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start
Location: History Trust of South Australia, Adelaide SA, Australia
https://history.sa.gov.au/events/talking-history-stories-statistics-and-sanatoria-tuberculosis-in-south-australia-in-the-early-20th-century/
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Visit to Walter Burley Griffin house, HHA, Sydney
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Historical Houses Association are hosting a tour to Fishwick House, Castelcrag, Sydney.
Designed by Walter Burley Griffin, Fishwick house was built in 1929 as
part of Griffin’s Castlecrag project to develop an exclusive
harbour front residential community. Fishwick House is a large and
marvellous example of Griffin’s work and is considered one of the
most complete of his visions for the project.
Places are limited for this very special House visit, so book early to secure your place. Address supplied with tickets.
$35 Members, $45 non-Members. Fishwick House Saturday 22 September, 10am-12 noon
Bookings
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Eldershaw Lecture, THRA, Hobart
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The 2018 Eldershaw Lecture will be given by
Professor Geoffrey Blainey, one of Australia’s most distinguished and
prolific historians.
Geoffrey Blainey at the peaks of Lyell, Tasmania. Photograph: ABC Local.
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The Eldershaw Lecture provides a wonderful
opportunity to hear Professor Blainey’s mature reflections on
Australia’s past including Tasmania. Professor Blainey’s books are
too numerous to mention, but include classics like The Tyranny of Distance and Triumph of the Nomads.
The Eldershaw Lecture will be held at the Dechaineux Theatre, Art
School, Hunter Street at 8.00 pm on Tuesday 9 October. All welcome.
Please arrive no later than 7.50 pm..
https://www.thra.org.au/lectures/2018/10/9/eldershaw-lecture
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Life in a Tent on the Goldfields
When: 10:00am - 24/10/2018
Location: Stirling House 49 Broadway, Nedlands
Cost: $10
Phone: 08 9386 3841
Email: admin@histwest.org.au
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For the tens of thousands who rushed to the
Goldfields in search of a fast fortune, the world that met them
was infinitely tougher than the one they had left behind.
They were young well positioned siblings, freshly impoverished by
the colonial bank crash in Victoria - ready to do anything legal to get
back on track in the shanty town which would become the ‘golden
crucible’ in the desert.
Susan Clarke will take us into this world with her family in her talk to the RWAHS: Life in a Tent in the Goldfields.
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Join Jenny O'Donnell at the launch of her book Noorilim - from Wool to Wine which
traces the fascinating history of Noorilim from 1840 to the present.
Noorilim is classified by the National Trust, is on the Victorian
Heritage Register & the Register of the National Estate, & is
one of the top 90 Historic Gardens recognised by the Vic Govt. It is one
of the grandest homesteads ever erected in Victoria & reflects the
affluence of 19th century pastoralists and their role in building the
Australian economy & nation.
Date: Wednesday 26 September 2018 at 5:30pm
Location: Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=418594
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Lustre-Pearling and Australia, a Travelling Exhibition
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The travelling exhibition: Lustre-Pearling and Australia is
the result of a unique partnership between the Western Australian
museum and Nyamba Buru Yawuru—the organisation of the Yawuru people of
Broome and surrounds. It is currently touring nationally and
recently won a MAGNA award for the best travelling exhibition.
Sarah Yu recently presented a talk Lustre: Telling the story of pearling in the northwest as a reconciled history to
the Royal Western Australian Historical
Society about the thinking behind the exhibition and how
it is an example of telling a reconciled history . Sarah
is the curator, and also senior project officer of Nyamba Buru
Yawuru, the organisation of Broome’s Yawuru people.
In the talk Sarah outlined how the three key players in the Lustre story
are country, pearl shell and people, and that the story stretches back
at least 22,000 years and continues to the present. In this long
Aboriginal history, pearl shell was highly valued and traded across the
continent. It remains a core part of Broome’s identity and economy
today.
Further information on Lustre - Pearling and Australia http://www.yawuru.com/lustre-pearling-australia/
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Regional Cultural Fund Recipients, NSW
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An item in the FAHS e-bulletin 181 highlighted a grant received by
Millthorpe & District Historical Society Inc., from the
NSW Regional Cultural Fund (RCF) for the Digitisation of
Collections.
The Regional Cultural Fund (RCF) also made an investment into another 10
projects to make it easier for museum, art and other culturally
important collections to be explored and enjoyed. A number of these are
historical societies or larger organisations working with community
museum (inc. those run by historical societies).
- Albury & District Historical Society Inc., Revisiting the Albury District Crossing Place, Again and Again ($68,877)
- Bathurst District Historical Society, Digitisation of large photographs ($2,000)
- Museums & Galleries of NSW, Collections & Stories, community museums in NSW ($93,750)
- Orange City Council, Sharing object stories and community conversations about objects and collections ($71,000) (working with community museums and heritage organisations across Orange, Blayney and Cabonne Councils)
- Warren Historical Society, Digital scanning & microfilm reader printer ($20,000)
Further information https://www.create.nsw.gov.au/news-and-publications/news/1-6-million-to-digitise-regional-collections-2/
Regional Cultural Funds were also allocated to a number of historical
societies and keeping places across NSW for infrastructure development
- Armidale
and Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place Inc.,
Development completion – New England North West ($846,000)
- Berrima
District Historical & Family History Society Inc., Berrima District
Museum Masterplan project – South East and Tablelands ($113,324)
- Guyra & District Historical Society Inc., Museum refurbishment – New England North West ($60,000)
- Kyogle and District Historical Society Inc., Kyogle History Museum – North Coast ($130,000)
- Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Building upgrades – North Coast ($103,757)
Further information https://www.create.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Regional-Cultural-Fund-Round-One-Recipients.pdf
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RHSV Self-Guided Podcast Walking Tours, Melbourne
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RHSV Podcast Walk 1 –
A podcast walk around the western CBD and West Melbourne. Sites visited
include The Gill, Queen Victoria Market, St James’ Old Cathedral and
the Flagstaff Gardens.
RHSV Podcast Walk 2 –
A self-guided tour around the western CBD and West Melbourne. This tour
takes in the key features of the block around the RHSV Headquarters,
including La Trobe, Elizabeth, William and Lonsdale Streets.
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/rhsvevents/rhsv-walking-tours
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The FAHS e-Bulletin, No. 182,
16th September 2018
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