NMA Student Prize 2010 winner
The winner of the 2010 NMA Student Prize in Australian Environmental History and the History of Australian Science is Luke Keogh of the University of Queensland for an essay entitled ‘Duboisia…
The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts
Australia is the driest inhabited continent – and our distinctive drylands make up the largest of the continent's biomes. The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts reviews and synthesizes the deep…
New environmental history: Pictures of Time Beneath
Pictures of Time Beneath: Science, Heritage and the Uses of the Deep Past by Kirsty Douglas Pictures of Time Beneath examines three celebrated heritage landscapes: Adelaide’s Hallett Cove, Lake…
The Influence and Legacies of Swain and Lane Poole
Seminar by Brett Bennett Tuesday 29th June, 5-6pm Lecture Theatre, Forestry Building (48) Linnaeus Way (comes off Daley Road) Charles Lane Poole (1885-1970) and Edward Harold Swain (1883-1970) are…
Environmental History PhD Workshop
Centre for Environmental History, Australian National University, Canberra, 25-29 October, 2010 Applications for the 2010 workshop have closed. The next workshop will be held in 2012 Are you writing…
Honouring the career of Professor Desley Deacon
The School of History recently held a very symposium to honour the career of Professor Desley Deacon upon her retirement. Entitled Gender, Biography, Modernity & Film, these multiple themes still…
Journal of Aboriginal History
The journal Aboriginal History was founded in 1977. For over thirty years, it has been a flagship of the field of Australian Aboriginal history. Earlier this year, Dr Shino Konishi and Dr Maria…