Special NCB Event
Professor Elleke Boehmer will join us on 21 February to talk about Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), first president of democratic South Africa, as a world life–a national leader whose life also had global…
Congratulations to ACIH Advisory Board Member Pat Grimshaw on being awarded an Order of Australia
We are proud to announce ACIH Advisory Board Member Emeritus Professor Pat Grimshaw has been awarded an Order of Australia. Announced on Australia Day, the award is in recognition of Pat’s ‘…
”Tethered to the world”: A Frenchman in Colonial New South Wales
Image: J.E. Serisier's general store, Macquarie Street, Dubbo (from the collections of the State Library of NSW) Jean Emile Serisier died of smallpox on 10 February 1880. This French…
Congratulations Pat Grimshaw!
We are proud to announce our Advisory Board Member Emeritus Professor Pat Grimshaw has been awarded an Order of Australia. Announced on Australia Day, the award is in recognition of Pat’s ‘…
Afterburn screening on Nat Geo TV
“Afterburn: In the Tiger’s Jaws†follows the stories of three families over three years in one small Victorian community in the aftermath of 2009’s devastating Black Saturday bushfires.…
Black Friday Bushfires and the Beginning of the Stretton Royal Commission: January 1939
A house used for shelter in the town of Matlock during the Black Friday fires. Courtesy of Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria. This Friday 13 January marks the 78th…
Michael Chamberlain obituary
Read Michael Chamberlain's obituary in Obituaries Australia and the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for his daughter, Azaria.