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25.01.2022 Check it out: NSW State Archives has a library of recorded webinars available on finding and using historical resources in their collection. Topics include Crown Plans, Aboriginal Blanket Returns, Reading Certificates of Title, How to read parish maps, Surveyor General Sketch Books, school records, and more. https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/webinars

23.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Two days to go From the Archives 10 The ASHA financial records are varied and voluminous and not all that exciting. However, flicking through the receipt books reveals some interesting entries of which this is not an entirely random selection. In 1993 Val Attenborough is sold Wybalenna by Judy at the student discount rate. When I mentioned this to Val she said ‘but I wasn’t a student then’, she was however a participant in the original excavation. In November ...1992 Martin Gibbs pays his student rate conference fees to Ilma Powell. At the same conference Mary Beaudry pays her membership for the following year to Jean Smith. In October 1993 Denis Gojak appears to have had trouble telling the difference between Tony Lowe and Mary Casey and in February 1993 Graham Wilson buys a publication from Andrew Wilson (no relation). Accompanying the books are two custom-made stamps, one for ‘Australian’ and a later one for ‘Australasian’. See more

23.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Seven days to go. From the Archives 6 The way it used to be done... If Billy McMahon, the former prime minister, can be famously described as ‘Tiberius with a telephone’ then it might be possible to describe Ilma Powell, Judy Birmingham’s long-time assistant, as the termagant with the teledex for her ability to negotiate, wheedle and cajole. Ilma was Treasurer from 1977 to 1985 and Vice President from 1987 to 1996 when I always addressed her as Madam Vice which she seemed to enjoy. Among the names near the bottom of the list are Brian Davey and Martin Davies who, like Ilma, are sadly no longer with us.

21.01.2022 An interesting post from Christine Williamson Heritage Consultants about the sad (& deadly) story behind a 19th Century faunal assemblage from No. 368 Mint Place, Melbourne Victoria.

21.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Eight days to go. From the Archives 5 The first ASHA conference titled ‘Prospects and Aspects’ ran over two days in October 1981 at the National Trust Centre in Sydney. It was a truly national conference with reports on historical archaeology from Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory as well as across New South Wales. Issues of cultural heritage management were also an important focus of the conference. Notes by Judy Birmingham on the bottom of the program show that the conference passed resolutions one of which was about the ‘Dissemination of information (JOURNAL)’. So, the sting in the tail for the presenters was the follow-up letter proposing to publish the proceedings as the first issue of the ASHA journal.

19.01.2022 Current ASHA members: keep your eyes on your mailbox. Volume 38 of the ASHA journal, Australasian Historical Archaeology, is hot off the press and winging its way to you. Did you know that the benefits of ASHA membership include a hard copy of the present year’s journal, as well as free access to electronic copies of back issues? More info on our publications and how to join ASHA is available on our website: http://www.asha.org.au/

16.01.2022 Only four days to go until the 50th Anniversary celebrations. For all the details of the evening and to register click on the link below. Looking forward to seeing you there https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/asha-50th-anniversary-ticke

14.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Five days to go. From the Archives 7 The second ASHA Conference titled ‘Talking rubbish or what does archaeology mean to the historian?’ ran over two days in October 1982 at Women’s College, Sydney University. The stated aim of the conference was to bring together historians and archaeologists in an attempt to educate historians about archaeology and to help archaeologists place their work in the wider context of Australian history. There are those who might argue that a lot of rubbish is still being talked about this subject. Unlike the first conference this was billed as the ‘annual’ conference, expressing a commitment that has been maintained continuously since then - until this year.

14.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years One day to go. From the Archives 11 When cut and paste really meant just that In 1978 ASHA published ‘Survey and Excavation at Fort Dundas, Melville Island, Northern Territory, 1975’ by Eleanor Crosby as Occasional Paper One, and the master survives. The text was typed on one side of the page only, paste ups were added and then they were stuck back to back with sticky tape. Annotations were made in blue pencil which did not show up in the reproduction. The i...llustrations were glued to cardboard along with their typed identifying numbers. The obverse photo of the 3rd Regiment shako plate has been carefully cut out, but the reverse photo was given a rough cut and paste treatment to no ill effect. There is also the roll of the section and reconstruction of the fortification by the ASO, and a slide of the historic maps that were reproduced as a halftone. See more

10.01.2022 Histarch in the news NZ: ‘Wilson St waterworks expose evidence of early Whanganui life’ (Whanganui Chronicle, 17 Feb 2021) https://www.nzherald.co.nz//wilso/BHRGESCP4EATMAGJJEYX2V7Y

10.01.2022 New on the ASHA blog: 'The Governors' Domain and Civic Precinct listing', by Andrew Wilson (University of Sydney) This post gives some insight into the research behind the nomination of the Governors' Domain and Civic Precinct to Australia's National Heritage List, and is illustrated with some fantastic historical map overlays. #historicalarchaeology #historicalmaps #nationalheritage ... http://www.asha.org.au//governors-domain-and-civic-precinc

09.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Nine days to go. From the Archives 4 We replaced the card file membership records in 1988 with a database written in MINARK run on a ‘luggable’ KAYPRO computer that used the CP/M operating system. This thumbed and annotated printout survives. On the front (right) are instructions about making edits to which I have added explanatory annotations in pencil. In red pen is a later note and list about subscriptions managed by EBSCO, who are still in Arthur Street, North Sydney. On the inside page (left) is my note explaining the variable names for surname, given name and corporate name. In 1993 we migrated the database to MS Access DOS and then Windows had won.

08.01.2022 What’s on NSW: The Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioner’s (SHAP) workshop will be held on 21 May 2021. This year’s theme is Archaeology On The Edge. Tix now available. #2021NAW

08.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Four days to go. From the Archives 8 The way it used to be done... Having left the Gestetner behind ASHA Newsletters got much smarter in the 1980s. They were typed in columns on an electric typewriter and cut up and pasted onto the pages. The masthead was carefully curated and updated with volume details for each issue and the whole thing was held together by the liberal application of sticky tape and white-out. They were often produced by guest editors, so the web page carried imposition diagrams to ensure consistent dimensions and layout.

07.01.2022 SHA 50 Years Three days to go. From the Archives 9 The original ASHA web page was hosted by Sydney University Archaeological Computing Laboratory in 1997. Initially it was very simple, the HTML was just written in Notepad. It gradually expanded when we had access to MS FrontPage. It was very much of its time low resolution, GUI buttons and a tiled background image. It provided details of membership and contacts and advertised lectures and the annual conference as well as all the publications. It included the complete contents of the journal with articles and reviews listed by author and title and delivered the current newsletter as a PDF. It was superseded in 2002 when ASHA got its own domain.

05.01.2022 ASHA 50 Years Today From the Archives 12 While stored at the Cumberland Campus the Sydney University archaeological collections, including the ASHA records like this internal envelope labelled ‘ASHA Conference 1992’ by Ilma Powell, were damaged when rain caused minor flooding. In 2018 Professor Barbara Caine, Head, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, provided support to maintain and remediate the collections and Professor Keith Dobney, her successor, has continued this support and interest. Thanks are also due to Nikki Whipps, the School’s Research Officer and especially to Dr Toner Stevenson, School Manager, for her commitment to ensuring these collections are preserved and maintained.

03.01.2022 How great is this photo? You are looking at the view from the photo tower looming North West over the early stage of excavation of Tirhatuan in Jan 1980. Thanks to Iain Stuart for sending this in. One of the photos sent to us for the ASHA celebrations on Thursday evening. Do you have any photos you would like to share? Today is the last chance to do so. If so send them to [email protected]

02.01.2022 National Archaeology Week 2021 will run across Australia from 16 to 22 May. Please put it in your calendars and tell your friends. If you are planning an event,... have any suggestions, or could use some help, please get in touch via https://archaeologyweek.org/contact. The Bake It and Make It competition will run again this year after the 2020 competition revealed some truly talented crafters & bakers in the archaeological community. So fire up your blender? ... crochet hook? ... imagination! In the meantime, Meet the Archaeologists! Please add or update your profile for 2021. We will be highlighting profiles from the page over the course of NAW because they are a lovely bunch. https://archaeologyweek.org/meet-the-archaeologists Connect with us on social media! NAW is active across Instagram (@nationalarchaeologyweek), Twitter (@archaeologyweek), and here on Facebook (@archaeologyweek). If you’re sharing anything NAW related, please make sure to tag the relevant NAW account and use our hashtag for 2021 it’s #2021NAW ! We are looking forward to joining you all for a wonderful NAW 2021!

02.01.2022 This video might be of interest to ASHA members: Maritime archaeologists Dr Matt Carter and Kurt Bennett undertake the first archaeological survey of Tamatea/Dusky Sound, the small inlet where Captain James Cook's ship the Resolution was berthed up for several weeks.