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Royal Australian Historical Society

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9247 8001

Address: History House, 133 Macquarie Street 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.rahs.org.au

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25.01.2022 This year marks 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of Australia. To commemorate the centenary, the SLNSW is co-hosting a full-day of free online talks, panels and presentations this Saturday 31 October, from 9am to 5pm.

23.01.2022 Dear Members and Affiliates, You may receive an email in the coming days asking you to 'Please confirm your subscription to the weekly round-up'. We are in the process of updating our website, so that is the reason why you have received this notification. This is a notice to receive updates from our blog. If you wish to opt in, please click the subscription link, otherwise please just ignore the email.

22.01.2022 NSW State Archives have digitised the 'Convict and Convict Administration Guide' - its free and downloadable.

20.01.2022 Our Summer Book Sale is next Week! We have limited spots available for the Monday afternoon session, so get in quick. Spaces are still available for our Tuesday through to Friday sessions. This will be a Covid Safe, ticketed event. Only people with a ticket will be allowed entry into History House to participate in the Book Sale. Find out more on our website: https://tinyurl.com/y445vcs4

17.01.2022 A quick reminder that our last free online Day Lecture for 2020 is on tomorrow at 1pm. Graham Shirley will be talking about the travelling film industry between the 1920s-1940s. He will also be discussing the home talent film 'The Adventures of Dot', a stock-standard script that starred a town's leading citizens. Book Now: https://www.rahs.org.au/pr/home-talent-day-lecture-tickets/

16.01.2022 Sydney’s built landscape rapidly urbanised in the first two decades of the twentieth century. 'Developing Sydney - Capturing Change 1900-1920' is an exhibition that captures Sydney's profound transformation using photographs from the City of Sydney City Building Surveyor’s Condemnation and Demolition Books https://www.rahs.org.au/developing-sydney-capturing-change/

13.01.2022 Recognising National NAIDOC WEEK in 2020. With the 'Always Was, Always Will Be', we consider history, advocacy and education. #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC https://www.rahs.org.au/naidoc-week-2020/

09.01.2022 HOME TALENT - AUSTRALIA'S ITINERANT FILMMAKERS Our last free online Day Lecture for 2020 is fast-approaching. RAHS Councillor and former NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Historian Graham Shirley will present on travelling film exhibitors from the 1920s to 1940s. The presentation will also look at a stock standard script, 'The Adventures of Dot', which was repeatedly filmed as directors and cameraman travelled from town to town. Find out more on our website and book a ticket online - we will send you the webinar link at a later date: https://tinyurl.com/y62mhtrh

09.01.2022 RAHS WESTERN SYDNEY SEMINAR: LAND & COMMUNITY LIFE The RAHS Western Sydney Seminar is a grant-funded program and due to unallocated funds, the RAHS has decided to make it a free event. If you would like to attend, please book through our online shop or call History House on (02) 9247 8001. The first session is on Tuesday 10 November and features Carol Liston giving a talk on the history of land settlement in Western Sydney, and Judith Dunn on the Parramatta Cemeteries between... 1790 to the Present. The second session is on Tuesday 17 November and features Carol Liston discussing how to access land title records online and Christine Yeats showing you how to find out more about your ancestors using online resources such as Trove. If you would like to find out more about these seminars, please visit our website: https://tinyurl.com/y3awy8tl You can download the Media Release here: https://tinyurl.com/yyjyfxu6

09.01.2022 The lyrics of 'Advance Australia Fair' have become embroiled in controversy - with media, politicians and public outcries calling for changes and backlashes in response. 'Advance Australia Fair' officially became Australia's national anthem in 1984. Learn more about the anthem’s history, and the struggle to institute a uniquely Australian anthem on our blog: https://www.rahs.org.au/an-anthem-of-our-own-advance-austr/

06.01.2022 Join the RAHS & Historic Houses Association of Australia for an online seminar about the about the vice-regal consorts of NSW. Presenters Carol Liston, Bruce Baskerville and Joy Hughes will discuss the consorts’ contributions to the history of NSW and stories about their historic residence, Government House. Discover how the consorts found themselves supporting spouse and family, sovereign, empire or nation while also dealing with a high degree of scrutiny about every aspect of their lives. Book Online: https://tinyurl.com/y3wkr56b

06.01.2022 Our first offering of the RAHS Western Sydney Seminar is close to capacity. If you would like to receive the webinar link, book now to avoid disappointment: https://tinyurl.com/y5xn927a The seminar will begin at 10.00am and concludes at 12.00pm. Speakers are Associate Prof. Carol Liston AO on the history of land in Greater Western Sydney and Judith Dunn OAM on the Parramatta cemeteries from 1790 to the present. We look forward to seeing you at tomorrow's online seminar.

06.01.2022 RAHS SUMMER BOOK SALE The RAHS invites our members and friends to our ticketed book sale at History House from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December. The book sale will run between 10am 2.45pm, with a limit of ten visitors per each one-hour session. In line with current COVID-19 safety recommendations, ticket holders will need to sign-in and follow social-distancing guidelines. Books for sale are primarily Australian and South Pacific publications and include encyclopaedi...c works, directories, biographies, literary fiction, pictorial books, facsimile editions of early publications and a small collection of rare books. We will also have excess of JRAHS and History Magazine editions available and a small number of new publications on sale. The book sale is part of History House Project preparations. The RAHS is currently deaccessioning duplicates, multiple editions, excess and unrequired items from the RAHS library collection. The collection will then be safely stored away during construction. Book your ticket online https://tinyurl.com/y4uxbdqk or contact History House on 02 9247 8001

02.01.2022 Our Online Day Lecture is this afternoon between 1-2pm. David Carment AM will discuss the adventurous and dangerous flight of ‘Waltzing Matilda’, the first civilian aircraft to reach Australia from Britain after the Second World War. Book a ticket and we will send you the webinar link: https://tinyurl.com/y3tq5a7o