Tours, Book Launches and Associated Social Events
Monday 29 June
HDR/ECR Scavenger Hunt
| Date: | Monday 29 June, 11.30am - 3pm |
| Meeting Point: | ‘The Beacon’, First Fleet Park, Circular Quay |
| Description: | The AHA HDR/ECR Scavenger Hunt is back! Get to know the city of Sydney and build new connections with your colleagues all while racing to tick off as many Sydney icons on Monday afternoon. Use the link on the AHA newsletter to sign up. All are welcome! |
| Registration: | Register now |
| Queries: | Chaya Kasif chaya.kasif@hdr.mq.edu.au |
Tour: A People’s History of Macquarie University
| Date: | Monday 29 June, 2pm - 4pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, meet at Central Courtyard |
| Description: | ‘They shouldn’t pick on a bloke because of his sexuality’ declared union leader Bob Pringle. From Pink Bans defending queer students, to draft resistance, to student occupations with sledgehammers, Macquarie University has a rich history of protest and dissent. Join your friendly tour guide Tim, host of the People’s History of Australia podcast, for a fascinating walk through the university, exploring its radical past. |
| Registration: | Contact: timbriedis@gmail.com |
HDR/ECR Workshop: Publishing in a Journal
| Date: | Monday 29 June, 3pm - 4.30pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, AG09, 25 Wally's Walk, Macquarie Park, NSW 2109 |
| No registration needed |
Welcome Reception
| Date: | Monday 29 June, 6.30pm - 8pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, Campus Hub, Ubar |
| No registration needed |
Tuesday 30 June
Launch: “Fifty Years On: Rethinking the Legacies of Australia’s International Women’s Year (1975)” special issue of Australian Historical Studies
| Date: | Tuesday 30 June, 12.45pm - 1.30pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, Moot Court, Michael Kirby Building (adjacent to the atrium where lunch is served, grab your lunch and come along to the launch) |
| No registration needed |
Launch: Andonis Piperoglou and Francesco Ricatti Researching Migration on Indigenous Lands
| Date: | Tuesday 30 June, 5.45pm - 7pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, Campus Hub, Ubar |
| No registration needed |
HDR/ECR Trivia Night
| Date: | Tuesday 30 June, 6.30pm for 7pm start |
| Location: | Molly Malone’s Irish Pub, 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills |
| Description: | You may know history, but do you know general knowledge? HDRs and ECRs are invited to test their pub trivia credentials at Molly Malone's Irish Pub on Tuesday evening. Arrive around 6:30pm for a 7pm start. Great prizes to be won! |
| Queries: | Contact: Harrison Croft, Harrison.Croft@uni-a.de |
| No registration needed |
Wednesday 1 July
Book Launch: Jennifer Jones, Timothy Jones, Nadia Rhook and Charles Fahey Believing in Upside Down Country
| Date: | Wednesday 1 July, 12.45pm - 1.30pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, Michael Kirby Building, Moot Court (adjacent to the atrium where lunch is served, grab your lunch and come along to the launch) |
| No registration needed |
Jessica Urwin Contaminated Country: nuclear colonialism and Aboriginal resistance in Australia
| Date: | Wednesday 1 July, 12.45pm - 1.30pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, Michael Kirby Building, ROOM TBC (adjacent to the atrium where lunch is served, grab your lunch and come along to the launch) |
| No registration needed |
Feminist Dance Party
| Date: | Wednesday 1 July, 6.30pm - late! |
| Location: | Oxford Hotel, 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst |
| Description: | The AWHN will once again be hosting a Feminist Dance Party. All members and their feminist friends are invited to dance, be merry and compete for the AHA's most prestigious award (best dancer). Food and drink available at the venue. |
| No registration needed |
ACPH&PHA Historic pub tour of the Rocks and Millers Point
| Date: | Wednesday 1 July, 6.30pm - 8pm |
| Meeting Point: | Fortune of War Hotel - Sydney's Oldest Pub, 137 George Street The Rocks |
| Description: | Hotel historiography is controversial in its claims of oldest, meanest, spookiest, bestest. This tour will sweep the floor with actual facts and clear out the dregs that have stained the carpets of so many of our fine establishments. |
| Registration: | Spaces limited, register now (code required - 376SGADG) |
| Queries: | Contact: slauren@uow.edu.au |
Thursday 2 July
Book Launch: Vanessa Hearman The Good Sea
| Date: | Thursday 2 July, 12.45pm - 1.30pm |
| Location: | MQ Campus, Michael Kirby Building, Moot Court (adjacent to the atrium where lunch is served, grab your lunch and come along to the launch) |
| No registration needed |
Conference Dinner
| Date: | Thursday 2 July, 7pm - 10pm |
| Location: | Mama Mulan, Level 1, The Concourse, Chatswood |
| Description: | Please register for the dinner via the conference registration website , full details can be found there. |
Friday 3 July
Tour: Barangaroo Environmental History Walk
| Date: | Friday 3 July, 10am - 12pm |
| Location: | Meet at entry to Barangaroo Metro Station |
| Description: | Join us for a stroll through the reimagined Barangaroo Reserve on Warrane/Sydney Harbour. From the 1860s, this section of the Gadigal people’s sandstone Country was progressively cut away to create space for roads and wharves. Over time, the entire headland was obliterated and replaced by a wasteland of asphalt and concrete. As part of the 2006 concept plan for the wider Barangaroo Precinct, an imagined version of this headland was created and now functions as a popular city park with 75,000 native trees and shrubs and impressive harbour views. As we walk around and then up and over the headland, commentary will be provided about the phases of the site’s environmental history from deep time to gasworks and container terminal, and how they led to the artificial “natural” landscape that exists there today. For more information, see Barangaroo Timeline |
| Registration: | Contact: nancy.cushing@newcastle.edu.au |
Tour: State Library of New South Wales, Behind the Scenes
| Date: | Friday 3 July, 10.30am - 12pm |
| Location: | State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library Vestibule, Reception Desk |
| Description: | How and why does the State Library of NSW collect original materials, from ephemera to archives? Get behind the scenes and deep into the collection stacks of the library on this historian-led tour. |
| Registration: | Contact: peter.hobbins@sl.nsw.gov.au |
Tour: A People’s History of Newtown
| Date: | Friday 3 July, 11am - 1pm |
| Location: | Meet at Green Bans Park, Corner of Erskineville Road and Albert Street, Erskineville |
| Description: | From Green Bans winning parks to an anti-eviction riot of thousands, from radical bookshops to iconic queer history, Newtown has an incredible history of protest and political organising. Join your friendly guide Tim, host of the People’s History of Australia podcast, for a rich and exciting journey through Newtown’s streets and back alleys. |
| Registration: | Contact: timbriedis@gmail.com |
ACPH&PHA Historic pub tour of the Rocks and Millers Point
| Date: | Friday 3 July, 2.30pm - 4pm |
| Meeting Point: | Fortune of War Hotel - Sydney's Oldest Pub, 137 George Street, The Rocks |
| Description: | Hotel historiography is controversial in its claims of oldest, meanest, spookiest, bestest. This tour will sweep the floor with actual facts and clear out the dregs that have stained the carpets of so many of our fine establishments. |
| Registration: | Spaces limited, register now (code required - 376SGADG) |
| Queries: | Contact: slauren@uow.edu.au |
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