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Since 1991 the History Trust of South Australia has held an annual History Conference, alternating each year between a metropolitan Adelaide venue and a regional location. The Community History Unit is responsible for the organisation of the conference.
The 17th State History Conference will be held at Sunnybrae Farm Function Centre, Regency Park from 1-3 August 2008.

Titled, Changing Places: Changing Lives the conference will focus on the history of communities, neighbourhoods and working lives that are disappearing in the face of rapid suburban and technological change: and on the challenges facing historians, museums and heritage experts to record and preserve the past and the process of change for the future.

17th State History Conference program registration form.Program and registration forms are now available from the History Trust of South Australia. Alternatively you can view and download them by clicking on the links below.

Download the program.

Download the registration form.

The registration form can be printed off and mailed to us at the History Trust:

State History Conference Registration
History Trust of South Australia
GPO Box 1836, Adelaide SA 5001

Contact the History Trust on 8203 9888 if you require further information.

 

 

Previous Years

History Conference 2007

The 16th State History Conference, was held in The Barossa Arts and Convention Centre, Magnolia Road, Tanunda from 3 - 5 August 2007. Titled Country Connections the conference  focused on the history of South Australia’s country towns and communities, especially in the 20th century, from local, state, national and global perspectives.

Copies of papers presented at the conference are available and can be downloaded from the list below. They are in original form -


Further details can be obtained from the History Trust by contacting Jan Mudge on jmudge@history.sa.gov.au.

History Conference 2006

 
 
 

The 15th State History Conference was held in Adelaide from 26-28 May 2006. Held in Union House at the University of Adelaide the conference, titled In History We Trust, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the History Trust of South Australia. A record number in excess of 180 delegates attended to hear papers reflecting on histories written and presented in recent years about South Australia.

A lively reception on the Friday evening, with entertainment by folk historian and musician Warren Fahey, introduced many delegates to the history of folklore and song in Australia.

Over the following weekend delegates took part in workshops featuring architectural drawings, GIS technologies, and audio playback devices for use in museums and research projects. Discussion groups offered advice on how to establish and maintain archival records, and listened to suggestions for strengthening South Australia’s history presence.

A highlight for the 2006 conference was a presentation by Keith Conlon and Ron Kandelaars from Channel 9 in Adelaide. They illustrated and talked about how they present history using their popular television program Postcards.

Copies of papers presented at the conference are available and can be downloaded from the list below. They are in original form -

Papers are also available by email or in hard copy. Contact Jan Mudge, email jmudge@history.sa.gov.au or phone 8203 9877.

To view the 2006 program click here.

History Conference 2005

The 14th State History Conference, Blast from the Past, held at the Westland Hotel/Motel in Whyalla on the weekend of 28 and 29th May 2005, attracted over 170 delegates from all over South Australia. Many regular conference delegates said it was the best conference ever!

Whyalla was a perfect location, a place ‘where the Outback meets the sea’ (Whyalla’s slogan). Presenters at Blast from the Past traversed the interconnected stories of pastoralists, unionists and companies, shipbuilders, immigrants and asylum seekers, explorers and sailors, women, Indigenous communities, miners and more. This history connected contemporary voices and ideas to South Australia’s ancient landscape and times past.

A highlight for the 2005 Conference was cartoonist-in-residence, Stephen Stanley. His perceptive comments on the ideas and papers presented added a critical but enjoyable dimension to the weekend.
Copies of Stephen Stanley's cartoons from the 2005 State History Conference are available on CD from the History Trust of SA, phone 8203 9888.

The State History Conference is never just a talk-fest. Delegates were treated to a welcome reception hosted by Whyalla City Council at the Whyalla Maritime Museum and enjoyed tours to Iron Knob and the OneSteel steelworks, through the old township of Whyalla and along the Freycinet Trail. A BBQ lunch, in the late autumn sunshine at the lovely Mt Laura Homestead on the final day was a great way to end this annual get-together for history buffs.

To view the 2005 conference program click here.

Copies of the papers presented at the 2005 Conference are available by email or in hard copy. Contact Jan Mudge at jmudge@history.sa.gov.au or 8203 9877.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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