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AUGUST 2000

EXHIBITIONS

EVENTS

commencing 1 August: Course. 'Historic Gardens and Interiors'. Six week course. Historic Houses Trust. Enrolments and enquiries: ph: 9518 6866.

2 Lecture. 'The 73rd Regiment of the Foot'. For those interested in colonial history and re-enactment. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium Time: 1pm Cost: $6, mems $4 Bookings: ph: 9247 8001; Email: history@rahs.org.au

2 Talk. 'Film and Travel in Australian in the 1920s'. Speakers include Associate Professor Bruce Johnson and Dr Gaye Poole. Venue: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

6 Tour. 'Upstairs, Downstairs at Government House'. See areas the public does not normally see. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Government House Time: 11am-12.30pm Cost: $13, mem/conc $9, family $22 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

7 Talk. 'Great Escapes by Convicts in Colonial Australia'. Presented by Warwick Hirst. Library Society. Venue: McDonalds Room, State Library of NSW Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

9 Lecture. 'The World of the Dead Sea Scrolls: From Antioch to Qumran'. Dr John Tidmarsh. Venue: Art Gallery of NSW Time: 1pm Cost: Free Enquiries: 9225 1744.

10 Forum. 'Genesis/Creation Stories: A Special Forum'. Jewish, Christian and Aboriginal communities talk about Genesis/Creation stories. Art Gallery Society. Venue: Art Gallery of NSW Time: 6pm Cost: $33, mems $27.50 Bookings essential: ph: 9225 1878; fax: 9221 6234.

10& 24 Tour. 'Rouse Hill Estate White Gloves Tour'. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Rouse Hill Estate Time: 10am-12noon Cost: $15, conc/mem $10 Bookings essential: ph: 9627 6777.

12 Tour. 'Time Please, Ladies and Gentlemen'. Walking tour of hotels in The Rocks. Historic Houses Trust. Meeting venue: Susannah Place Museum Time: 10am-12.30pm Cost: $35, conc/mem $25 incl. lunch Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

17 Talk. 'Convict Furniture'. Presented by Kevin Fahy. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Hyde Park Barracks Museum Time: 6.30-8pm Cost: $11 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

26 Tour. 'Place of Shadows and Secrets'. Lantern lit tour of Rouse Hill Estate. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Rouse Hill Estate Time: 5.30-8pm Cost: $15, conc/mems $10, family $40 (incl. sausage sizzle) Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

30 Talk. 'Hard country: Hard men'. Kieran Kelly on Augustus Charles Gregory. Library Society. Venue: Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

SEPTEMBER 2000 EVENTS

1 Forum. 'Stories, writing and publishing for cultural action'. Centre for Popular Education. Venue: Blackfriars Campus, University of Technology, Sydney Time: 8.45am-5pm Cost: $40 Enquiries: ph: 9514 3843; fax: 9514 3939; Email: cpe@uts.edu.au

1-3 Conference. 'Completing the Commonwealth: Western Australia & Federation, 1900'. Kalgoorlie. Conference to commemorate the passing of Western Australia's Constitution Bill referendum. Enquiries: Tessa Milne or Peta Shera ph: 9514 2034; fax: 9514 2037; Email: 1901centre@uts.edu.au; web: http://www.1901centre.uts.edu.au

2-3 Conference. 'Public History Meanings, Ownership, Practice'. Wellington. PHANZA. Enquiries: Email: gavin.mclean@dia.govt.nz or bronwyn.dalley@dia.govt.nz

6 Lecture. 'The Rediscovery of Manuscripts and the Realignment of Thought'. Stevan Miller. Part of series related to Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. Venue: Art Gallery of NSW Time: 1pm Cost: Free Enquiries: 9225 1744.

6 Lecture. 'Joadja Creek'. Presented by Leonie Knapman. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium, Macquarie St Time: 1pm Cost: $6, mems $4 Bookings: ph: 9247 8001; Email: history@rahs.org.au

CALL FOR PAPERS

'The XIth David Nichol Smith Century Studies Conference: "The Exotic"'. 26-28 March 2001, National Library, Canberra. Humanities Research Centre & National Library of Australia. Abstract of 300 words submitted by 30 November 2000. Enquiries: Dr Christa Knellwolf ph: 6279 8963; fax: 6248 0054; Email: Christa.Knellwolf@anu.edu.au

'Prospects and Retrospects: Law in History 2001: The 20th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society'. 6-8 July 2001, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Abstract of approximately 250 words, a brief curriculum vitae submitted by 1 December 2000. Enquiries: ph/fax: 64 7 838 4048; Email: c.coleborne@waikato.ac.nz

'Voices of a 20th Century Nation: Oral History Association of Australia National Conference 2001'. 30 August - 2 September 2001, National Library of Australia, Canberra. Enquiries: Dr Susan Marsden ph: 6247 6766; fax: 6249 1395.

FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES

'Communities: The building blocks of history'. RAHS State Local History Conference, 7-8 October 2000. Yass Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Yass. Enquiries: Mari Metzke ph: 9247 8001; fax: 9247 7854.

'World Heritage: Where are we at?'. 18-19 November 2000. National Science & Technology Centre Canberra. ICOMOS. Enquiries: web: http://www.icomos.org/australia/

'Archaeology, Heritage and Tourism'. 28 November-2 December 2000. Adelaide. The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) and The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA). Enquiries: ph:61 8 8204 9311; fax 61 8 8204 9455; Email: bjeffery@dehaa.sa.gov.au

'The Biennial conference of the History and Film Association of Australia and New Zealand'. 30 November - 3 December, 2000. New Zealand Film Archive/Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua & Victoria University of Wellington/Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Enquiries: fax: 64-4-463 5090; Email: Russell.Campbell@vuw.ac.nz
 

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

Singapore
Singapore University http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/confrnce.htm

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