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History Council of NSW Awards and Prizes - closing soon!
Submissions close for the History Council of NSW's 2018 awards and prizes on 31 March 2018. Students and history professionals are invited to nominate their work for their chance to be a part of the annual awards program, totalling $6,500. Aboriginal History Prize -…
Letters of Complaint
2SER Breakfast listeners had a special treat today as Lisa talked about Letters of Complaint, just one of the projects she's been working on in her role as the City Historian at the City of Sydney. A cliff-face stair-way, Darlinghurst…
History Week 2015: War, Nationalism and Identity
Women lay wreaths on the wharf at Woolloomooloo where the WW I troops departed, c1931. By Hood, Ted. From the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, hood_02026 / Home and Away 2026 History Week has been…
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse 1948. Contributed by City of Sydney Archives, SRC11917 Since it is the start of spring, and the spring racing carnival is getting underway, I thought we should take a look at the history of Randwick Racecourse. Randwick Racecourse is…
A smorgasbord of delights
History Week is nearly upon us, and what a feast it promises to be! Presented by the History Council of NSW, with the theme of EAT History, History Week has something for everyone to savour. Oyster farmers David Corstorphine of Tuncurry, aged…