Conquering the Highlands: A history of the afforestation of the Scottish uplands
Jan Oosthoek, ANU ePress, 2013 Deforestation of Scotland began millennia ago and by the early 20th century woodland cover was down to about 6 per cent of the total land area. A century later…
History Student Awarded University Medal
Stephanie Wright has been awarded a University medal for her history thesis. Stephanie is one of two students from the College of Arts and Social Sciences awarded the medal this semester. The…
2013 'Past Matters' Festival
Dr Martin Thomas, ARC Future Fellow in ANU's School of History and winner of the 2013 Calibre Prize, will be Guest Speaker on the Opening Night of the 2013 Past Matters Festival on 26 and 27 July.…
Scandal at the stock exchange, success in the colonies
At the end of July 1827 London’s financial world was rocked when Stock Exchange trader James Henty defaulted on his creditors. It was, according to the newspapers, ‘one of the most extensive failures…
Grant success for Crawford biography
Following the award of an ARC Linkage Grant, two members of the School of History, Nicholas Brown and Frank Bongiorno, will lead a research team to write the biography of Sir John Crawford. A leading…
Highly Ranked Journals
The Editors of several highly acclaimed history journals are Faculty Members in the School of History at ANU. The School contributes to the journals by supporting staff in their editorial…
Local Intermediaries in International Exploration Conference commences 17 July
At this two day conference over 30 speakers will explore a range of issues including: art, photography and expeditions, bodies and cross cultural encounters, Aboriginal people’s oral histories and…