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Australia and the Pacific Region

FEBRUARY 2002

'What's On in History' is a monthly calendar of history events in Australia and the Pacific region. To contribute to this page e-mail details to webmanager@phansw.org.au before 20th of each month. Please note that this page is under continuing development and events in additional regions will be added as they come to hand. Each month, events in the early part of the following month are also listed, where known.

EXHIBITIONS

New South Wales

'Gold Rush! The Australian Experience'. Venue: National Maritime Museum.
'On Location: Sydney'. Film & fashion photography. Until 31 March 2002.
'Cops on the Box'. Until 13 October 2002. Venue: Justice & Police Museum.
'Convicts'. Until end 2001. Venue: Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Park Barracks Museum.

EVENTS

New South Wales

9 Tour. 'Plague on The Rocks'. Tour to discover the impact of the plague on The Rocks. HHT. Meeting venue: Susannah Place Museum Time: 10am-12 noon Cost: $15, conc/mem $10, family $35 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9518 6866.

12 Tour. 'Return to the Scene of the Crime'. Walking tour of Circular Quay and The Rocks. HHT. Meeting venue: Police and Justice Museum Time: 6-8pm Cost: $15, mem/conc $10, family $35 Bookings essential: (02) 9518 6866.

12, 19 & 26 Lecture. 'RAHS / WEA LECTURE SERIES: Sending the News Home: Reporting Australia's wars'. Venue: History House Auditorium Time: 10.30am-12.30pm Cost: $45 Bookings essential: WEA ph: (02) 9264 2781 or (02) 9267 6988.

20 & 28 Workshops. 'Two Workshops on Grant Funding: 'Grant us this day .....''. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium Times: Morning sessions: 10am-1pm, afternoon 2-3.30pm Cost: $11 each workshop, $6.60 mems & affiliates Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9247 8001; Email: history@rahs.org.au

23 Tour. 'Place of Shadows and Secrets'. Sausage sizzle and lantern lit tour of Rouse Hill estate. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Rouse Hill estate Time: 7-9.30pm Cost: $20, mem/conc $15, family $45 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9518 6866.

23-25 Conference. 'National Trust NSW Suburbia Conference', Sydney. Enquiries: Web: http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au

28 Talk. 'The Villas of Darlinghurst'. Library Society. Venue: Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW Time: 12.30-1.30pm Cost: $16.50, mems/conc $11 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9273 1770; fax (02) 92731270; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

New Zealand

13-16 Conference. 'Whaka whitiwhiti au Tonga SOUTHERN CROSSINGS'. 6th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference. University of Auckland, New Zealand. Enquiries/Submissions: Professor Errol Haarhoff, fax: 64 9 373 7694; Email: e.haarhoff@auckland.ac.nz; Web: http://www.southerncrossings@auckland.ac.nz/

Overseas

21-24 Conference. 'Worlds in Collision: Critically Analyzing Aboriginal and European Contact Narratives: An International, Interdisciplinary Colloquium'. 21-24 February, 2002, University of Victoria, Canada. Enquiries: John Lutz Email: jlutz@uvic.ca

MARCH EVENTS

New South Wales

6 Lecture. 'The Office of the Public Trustee'. Presented by the Public Trustee, William Darwen. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium Time: 1pm Cost: $6.60, mems $4.40 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9247 8001; Email: history@rahs.org.au

CALL FOR PAPERS

'Frontlines: Gender, Identity and War'. 12-13 July 2002, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, Melbourne. A multi-disciplinary conference to bring together researchers with an interest in the social and cultural aspects of war. 200 word abstracts due by 15 February 2002. Enquiries: Email: genidwar@arts.monash.edu.au; Web: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/history/events/genidwar.html

'Strehlow Conference 2002'. 18-20 September 2002, Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Expressions of interest in presenting a paper due 7 December 2001. Abstracts due 1 March 2002. Enquiries: Email: brett.galtsmith@nt.gov.au

'Ruling Class Ruling Culture'. 19-21 July 2002, Trades Hall, Melbourne. R.W. Connell updates his classic study of class relations in Australia in the keynote address. Abstracts due by 19 April 2002. Enquiries: Email: Nathan.Hollier@vu.edu.au; Web: http://dingo.vu.edu.au/~arts/cals/overland/rcrc.html

'Thirty Years Later: The Whitlam Government as Modernist Politics'. 2-3 December 2002, Old Parliament House Canberra. Abstracts for refereeing due 26 April 2002, non-refereed papers due 31 May 2002. Enquiries: Dr Jenny Hocking, ph: (03) 9905 55238; Email: jenny.hocking@arts.monash.edu.au OR Dr Colleen Lewis, ph: (03) 9903 2795; Email: colleen.lewis@arts.monash.edu.au

FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES

'After Sovereignty: Nation & Place'. 14^th Biennial Conference Asian Studies Association of Australia. 1-3 July 2002, Hobart. Enquiries: ph: (03) 6224 3773; fax: (03) 6224 3774; Email: mail@cdesign.com.au; Web: http://www.cdesign.com.au/asaa2002

'Third Biennial Religious History Society Conference: Crossing Boundaries in Religions and Science'. 3-7 July 2002, Brisbane. Enquiries: Email: s.ferber@mailbox.uq.edu.au

'Crossing Boundaries'. 11^th Australian Historical Association Conference. 3-7 July 2002, Brisbane. Enquiries: Dr Regina Ganter ph: (07) 3875 7238; Email: aha2002@mailbox.gu.edu.au

'Cities of Tomorrow: 10^th International Planning History Conference'. 10-13 July 2002, London. Enquiries: Web: http://www.iphs2002.com

OTHER HISTORY WHAT'S ON SITES:

New South Wales
NSW Historic Houses Trust http://www.hht.nsw.gov.au/fevents.html
Royal Australian Historical Society http://www.rahs.org.au/activities.html
State Library of NSW http://www.slnsw.gov.au/events/

Victoria
Royal Historical Society of Victoria http://home.vicnet.net.au/~rhsvic/rhsv_2.htm
State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/events/whatson.htm

Queensland
State Library of Queensland http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whatson/index.htm

South Australia
State Library of South Australia http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/events/wotson.htm

Tasmania
Tasmania Government http://www.tas.gov.au/tasevents/

New Zealand
New Zealand History Net http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/WhatNewFrameset.html

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