Professional Historians Association (Vic & Tas)
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PHA (Vic & Tas) is a thriving, dynamic community of professional historians who communicate history in diverse ways.
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Unimelb's School of Government, Archives and Special Collections, and Trinity College are delighted to invite you to a Symposium being held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Fraser Government.
12-13 December 2025
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12-13 December 2025
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True Liberal? The Record and Legacy of the Fraser Government, 1975-1983
True Liberal? The Record and Legacy of the Fraser Government, 1975-1983
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November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Unimelb's School of Government, Archives and Special Collections, and Trinity College are delighted to invite you to a Symposium being held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Fraser Government.
12-13 December 2025
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12-13 December 2025
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The RMIT Design Archives Journal is seeking papers for a Special Issue on the theme "Housing and Community Need".
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RMIT Design Archives Journal - Call for Papers
We invite you to contribute to this special issue of the RMIT Design Archives Journal examining multinational design since 1960 with/in Australia or
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October 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The RMIT Design Archives Journal is seeking papers for a Special Issue on the theme "Housing and Community Need".
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PHA (Vic & Tas) extends our thanks to our friends at PHA (NT), Professional Historians Australia and the good people of Larrakia country for a fantastic PHA conference in Darwin over the weekend. See you all in Victoria in 2027!
October 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
PHA (Vic & Tas) extends our thanks to our friends at PHA (NT), Professional Historians Australia and the good people of Larrakia country for a fantastic PHA conference in Darwin over the weekend. See you all in Victoria in 2027!
On Tuesday, why not celebrate History Month at the PMI Victorian History Library with a truly inspiring event, “In Conversation with Professor Clare Wright OAM: A Monument of One’s Own”.
Date: 7th Oct @ 6:30pm
Location: PMI Victorian History Library
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Date: 7th Oct @ 6:30pm
Location: PMI Victorian History Library
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In Conversation with Clare Wright, A Monument of One’s Own
PMI Victorian History Library, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 AU - Tuesday, 7 Oct 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm AEDT
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October 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
On Tuesday, why not celebrate History Month at the PMI Victorian History Library with a truly inspiring event, “In Conversation with Professor Clare Wright OAM: A Monument of One’s Own”.
Date: 7th Oct @ 6:30pm
Location: PMI Victorian History Library
brushfire.com/pmivictorian...
Date: 7th Oct @ 6:30pm
Location: PMI Victorian History Library
brushfire.com/pmivictorian...
Can I Help You? Recognising and Improving Artificial Intelligence as History Maker
Thursday, 16 October at 6 pm
State Library Victoria Theatrette, Melbourne
Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO
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Thursday, 16 October at 6 pm
State Library Victoria Theatrette, Melbourne
Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO
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www.historycouncilvic.org.au/2025_annual_...
2025 Annual Lecture
History Council of Victoria
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September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Can I Help You? Recognising and Improving Artificial Intelligence as History Maker
Thursday, 16 October at 6 pm
State Library Victoria Theatrette, Melbourne
Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO
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www.historycouncilvic.org.au/2025_annual_...
Thursday, 16 October at 6 pm
State Library Victoria Theatrette, Melbourne
Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO
#vichistoryevents
www.historycouncilvic.org.au/2025_annual_...
October is Victorian History Month! Check out the schedule of events near you.
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Home - History Month 2025
Discover Victoria's History Month events from museums, libraries, councils, and heritage groups. Explore local history through tours, exhibitions, and community activities.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
October is Victorian History Month! Check out the schedule of events near you.
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The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project Team will be closing the project form on the 28 September! This is your final chance to tell us about your precarious oral history collection and contribute to this important project.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project Team will be closing the project form on the 28 September! This is your final chance to tell us about your precarious oral history collection and contribute to this important project.
precariousoralhistories.com
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Join the co-authors of "Fathering: An Australian History" for the next Making Public Histories webinar from the History Council of Victoria on Thursday 25 September at 5pm.
Register for the weblink!
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Register for the weblink!
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September 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Join the co-authors of "Fathering: An Australian History" for the next Making Public Histories webinar from the History Council of Victoria on Thursday 25 September at 5pm.
Register for the weblink!
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Register for the weblink!
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23 September at 6 pm, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne.
23 September at 6 pm, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne.
Book launch: Old North Melbourne - Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Join us to celebrate the publication of Old North Melbourne, the first comprehensive book on the nineteenth-century history of Hotham/North Melbourne, by Dr Fiona Gatt. ‘Like Janet McCalman’s Struggle...
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September 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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23 September at 6 pm, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne.
23 September at 6 pm, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne.
Spend an evening with Prof Clare Wright as she explores the stories behind Victoria’s monuments and the inspiration for her acclaimed project, A Monument of One’s Own.
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In Conversation with Clare Wright, A Monument of One’s Own
PMI Victorian History Library, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 AU - Tuesday, 7 Oct 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm AEDT
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September 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Spend an evening with Prof Clare Wright as she explores the stories behind Victoria’s monuments and the inspiration for her acclaimed project, A Monument of One’s Own.
brushfire.com/pmivictorian...
brushfire.com/pmivictorian...
Deadline Extended! Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. This project is taking an important first step by identifying and listing details about these collections in Victoria, Australia.
Visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com
Visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Deadline Extended! Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. This project is taking an important first step by identifying and listing details about these collections in Victoria, Australia.
Visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com
Visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com
An important conversation on fathering in Australia based on the new book, "Fathering: An Australian History", now available.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
An important conversation on fathering in Australia based on the new book, "Fathering: An Australian History", now available.
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If you know of an Australian oral history collection that could be at risk, perhaps in a struggling historical society, or a non-profit association, let the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project organisers know today!
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Precarious Oral Histories
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August 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you know of an Australian oral history collection that could be at risk, perhaps in a struggling historical society, or a non-profit association, let the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project organisers know today!
precariousoralhistories.com
precariousoralhistories.com
ANU School of History invites applications for a PhD scholarship to research the Communist Party of Australia, 1970-91. The project continues the work of the late Prof Stuart Macintyre and is valued at AU$100,000 over a four year period.
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August 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
ANU School of History invites applications for a PhD scholarship to research the Communist Party of Australia, 1970-91. The project continues the work of the late Prof Stuart Macintyre and is valued at AU$100,000 over a four year period.
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The AQuA Research Fellowship is a research award intended to assist scholars and historians further their research in Australian LGBTIQA+ history.
Applications close 5 September.
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Applications close 5 September.
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AQuA Research Fellowship - AQuA
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August 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The AQuA Research Fellowship is a research award intended to assist scholars and historians further their research in Australian LGBTIQA+ history.
Applications close 5 September.
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Applications close 5 September.
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The annual RMIT Australian Screen Research Collection Fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to engage with the RMIT ASRC's extensive holdings, encouraging projects that both promote the collection and critically engage with archival representation.
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RMIT Australian Screen Research Collection Fellowship
The annual RMIT ASRC Fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to engage with the AFIRC's extensive holdings.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The annual RMIT Australian Screen Research Collection Fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to engage with the RMIT ASRC's extensive holdings, encouraging projects that both promote the collection and critically engage with archival representation.
www.rmit.edu.au/about/cultur...
www.rmit.edu.au/about/cultur...
PHA (Vic & Tas) members had a great time at our 2025 AGM! With thanks to Al Thomson for a fascinating talk on his life as an oral historian.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
PHA (Vic & Tas) members had a great time at our 2025 AGM! With thanks to Al Thomson for a fascinating talk on his life as an oral historian.
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Our friends at Oral History Victoria are hosting a portraiture skills workshop to help you take the best photographs you can of your oral history subjects.
Saturday, 8 November, 9:30 - 1 pm (online)
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Saturday, 8 November, 9:30 - 1 pm (online)
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August 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Our friends at Oral History Victoria are hosting a portraiture skills workshop to help you take the best photographs you can of your oral history subjects.
Saturday, 8 November, 9:30 - 1 pm (online)
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Saturday, 8 November, 9:30 - 1 pm (online)
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Trove has now digitised the Richmond Guardian from 1931-1936. If you're looking for local footy legends, vintage ads or just want a glimpse of what life was like for the residents of Richmond Victoria during the Depression, check it out!
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July 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trove has now digitised the Richmond Guardian from 1931-1936. If you're looking for local footy legends, vintage ads or just want a glimpse of what life was like for the residents of Richmond Victoria during the Depression, check it out!
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Celebrate the Centenary of Women's Right to stand for Parliament in Victoria at Cherishing, Challenging, Democracy: Civics, Rights, Responsibility.
16 July 2025 (9 am to noon)
Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
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16 July 2025 (9 am to noon)
Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
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Cherishing, Challenging Democracy-Rights & Responsibility
You are invited to Parliament House on 16 July to celebrate the centenary of women's right to stand for parliament in Victoria. Expert speakers...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Celebrate the Centenary of Women's Right to stand for Parliament in Victoria at Cherishing, Challenging, Democracy: Civics, Rights, Responsibility.
16 July 2025 (9 am to noon)
Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
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#unimelb
16 July 2025 (9 am to noon)
Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
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#unimelb
History on the Radio: Crafting History for Audio Audiences is now available on YouTube!
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PHA NSW/ACT presents: History on the Radio
YouTube video by Professional Historians Australia
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July 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
History on the Radio: Crafting History for Audio Audiences is now available on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpKa...
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The Open House Melbourne program is now live! Enjoy walking tours around some of Melbourne's most iconic properties on the weekend of 26-27 July.
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Open House Melbourne Weekend 2025 | Open House Melbourne
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June 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Open House Melbourne program is now live! Enjoy walking tours around some of Melbourne's most iconic properties on the weekend of 26-27 July.
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Protesting the Vietnam War and National Service Talk
Thursday, 26 June at 6 pm, Library at the Dock
Discover this pivotal moment in Australian history in a talk by historian and podcaster Alexandra Pierce.
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Thursday, 26 June at 6 pm, Library at the Dock
Discover this pivotal moment in Australian history in a talk by historian and podcaster Alexandra Pierce.
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Protesting the Vietnam War and National Service Talk - Royal Historical Society of Victoria
During the Vietnam War, a huge national protest movement grew around the conscription of young Australians ordered to fight in the contentious war. In Victoria, many women were at the forefront of the...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Protesting the Vietnam War and National Service Talk
Thursday, 26 June at 6 pm, Library at the Dock
Discover this pivotal moment in Australian history in a talk by historian and podcaster Alexandra Pierce.
www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/protes...
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#historyvictoria
Thursday, 26 June at 6 pm, Library at the Dock
Discover this pivotal moment in Australian history in a talk by historian and podcaster Alexandra Pierce.
www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/protes...
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#historyvictoria
ACU (Ballarat) is offering one full-time PhD Industry Scholarship on advancing social justice for survivors of historical child welfare systems. Applications are now open and close 4 July.
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Advancing social justice for survivors of historical child welfare systems | Scholarship-supported research project
Work in partnership with Child and Family Services Ballarat on a research project focused on the histories and legacies of children's institutions in Ballarat to advance social justice for survivors o...
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June 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ACU (Ballarat) is offering one full-time PhD Industry Scholarship on advancing social justice for survivors of historical child welfare systems. Applications are now open and close 4 July.
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
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