OPEN FORUM 27 August 2019 2-4 pm State Library At what price? The costs of Australian security. Dr Alison Broinowski Topic: Australian governments have always been obsessed with the prospect of armed attack. Since 2001 Australia has built up an unprecedented concern with national security, which has been justified by…
Dr Beverley Sherry … “Milton in stained glass” At History House, 133 Macquarie St Sydney 9 May 2019 … 2.30pm—4.30pm From the mid-nineteenth century, portraits of Milton in stained glass proliferated—in schools, libraries, universities, civic buildings, churches, even residences. Depictions of his works are much rarer and carry…
Joint Independent Scholars Association of Australia (NSW Chapter) & Royal Australian Historical Society Open Forum Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018; Time: 2pm - 4pm History House. Royal Australian Historical Society 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney Title: Charles Dickens and his performed readings: a new art form: In his third professional career after journalism…
Independent Scholars Association of Australia (NSW Chapter) In collaboration with the State Library of NSW Annual Seminar In the Aftermath of the First World War – Women’sLegal Status Act 1918 Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW Macquarie Street Sydney 21 July 2018 – 12.45-4.30pm The aftermath of the First World…
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ISAA NSW Chapter, Thursday 17 May 2018 at 1.00 pm Mitchell Library of NSW, Jean Garling Room Annual General Meeting Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Confirmation of the Minutes of the 2017 AGM 3. President’s Report 4. Treasurer’s report 5. Election of Office Bearers 6. General Business…
Visions of Sydney The 1788 arrival of Governor Phillip at Farm Cove with the 11 ships of the First Fleet saw the displacement of the peoples of the Eora Nation and the establishment of the British penal colony that would become Sydney Town and, eventually, the City of Sydney.…
Visions of Sydney The 1788 arrival of Governor Phillip at Farm Cove with the 11 ships of the First Fleet saw the displacement of the peoples of the Eora Nation and the establishment of the British penal colony that would become Sydney Town and, eventually, the City of Sydney. From…