Professional Development

The Association has a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program, including activities and publications. Guidelines and a CPD recording sheet are available on the ACPHA Web site.

Whilst some profession-specific CPD facilities are provided by the Association, members are expected to pursue CPD through relevant external avenues according to their needs.

The following activities are planned for 2012:

• Thursday 9 February 2012:

  Guided Tour: National Art School

  Join Deborah Beck, one of the newest members of PHA NSW, for a guided tour of the buildings and grounds of the National Art School (NAS), site of the former Darlinghurst Gaol. The tour will include an overview of the records of NAS, prior to their relocation into a purpose-built archival repository. Deb has a long association with the National Art School, as well as being a former student and a current teacher of drawing, she is also its historian and archivist, and has authored two books on its history.

  Venue: National Art School, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst (behind Taylor Square). Meet at the Forbes Street entrance.

  Time: 2-4pm

  Cost: $10 payable at the Cashier at NAS on the day (Note that this tour is open to PHA NSW members only)

  Enquiries and bookings: Please contact the PHA NSW Secretary email secretary@phansw.org.au or phone the message service on 9252 9437.





• RAHS/PHA NSW Lecture Series at WEA

  • Aussies and Greeks in World War II: Maria Hill

    These two lectures by PHA NSW member Maria Hill address the much-overlooked Greek and Crete campaigns of 1941. This neglect is surprising given that 83% of the Australian soldiers captured in Europe came from Greece and Crete. Even more shocking is that no soldiers who fought in these suicidal missions were ever awarded a campaign medal. Both lectures will be supported by images and interviews.

    Historian Dr Maria Hill has long been fascinated by the doomed campaigns fought by Australian soldiers in Greece and Crete in WW2 with a special interest in Australian history. Her book, Diggers and Greeks, also looks at the special connection between the Australian troops and the Greek people and why they formed friendships that endure to this day.

    • Wednesday 15 February 2012:

      Diggers and Greeks

      In this session the strong bond of friendship forged between Australians and Greeks during the campaigns will be discussed – including how it helped diggers survive in enemy-occupied Greece.

      Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney

      Time: 11am – 1pm

      Cost: $32

      Enquiries and bookings: WEA (02) 9264 2781.

    
    
    
    • Thursday 8 March 2012:

      Remembering the Greek and Crete Campaigns of 1941

      This session explores the impact of the campaigns on veterans and also on their families who suffered as a result of the trauma that many soldiers experienced, explaining how commemoration helps with closure.

      Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney

      Time: 11am – 1pm

      Cost: $32

      Enquiries and bookings: WEA (02) 9264 2781.

    
    
    
  • Wednesday 23 May 2012:

    Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics, issues of identity on Sydney’s rural-urban fringe: Ian Willis

    Join historian Ian Willis on a journey to discover the mysteries of Sydney’s rural-urban fringe: an ever- expanding frontier on the edge of Sydney. Explore how the dynamic forces of the fringe have resulted in a collision between the desires and aspirations of ‘locals’ and ‘outsiders’ and prompted a crisis in community identity. Examine how history and heritage, assisted by geography and aesthetics, have created a cultural myth based on a romantic notion of ‘a country town idyll’ from the past.

    Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney

    Time: 11am – 1pm

    Cost: $30

    Enquiries and bookings: WEA (02) 9264 2781.

  
  
  
  • Tuesday 29 May 2012:

    Wondering about waste?: Virginia Macleod

    What happened to our garbage in the past? Looking back over the 20th century this was a growing problem, which hasn’t disappeared in the 21st century. Sydney’s landscape is littered with potential archaeological digs, not just Indigenous middens, but more recent leftovers. Where are they and what do they look like now? Hear about incinerators, tips and recycling. Historian Virginia MacLeod will explain it all!

    Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney

    Time: 11am – 1pm

    Cost: $30

    Enquiries and bookings: WEA (02) 9264 2781.

  
  
  

General bookings and enquiries: Please contact the PHA NSW Secretary secretary@phansw.org.au or 9252 9437 (PHA message service).