I hope you can join us for this History Now presentation as part of the exciting program for @historynsw.bsky.social #HistoryWeek2025
This #HistoryWeek2025 come along to the next History Now seminar that focuses on an island at the heart of the Sydney story – Cockatoo Island/Wareamah
Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins
Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv
@drcraigb.bsky.social
Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins
Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv
@drcraigb.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I hope you can join us for this History Now presentation as part of the exciting program for @historynsw.bsky.social #HistoryWeek2025
That's a wrap on #HistoryWeek2025
We were delighted to host our Annual History Awards and Lecture at Customs House, and co-present the Living Histories event and History Now
Thank you to all our members for staging events, and to everyone who contributed to the success of History Week 2025!
📷 TWH
We were delighted to host our Annual History Awards and Lecture at Customs House, and co-present the Living Histories event and History Now
Thank you to all our members for staging events, and to everyone who contributed to the success of History Week 2025!
📷 TWH
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
That's a wrap on #HistoryWeek2025
We were delighted to host our Annual History Awards and Lecture at Customs House, and co-present the Living Histories event and History Now
Thank you to all our members for staging events, and to everyone who contributed to the success of History Week 2025!
📷 TWH
We were delighted to host our Annual History Awards and Lecture at Customs House, and co-present the Living Histories event and History Now
Thank you to all our members for staging events, and to everyone who contributed to the success of History Week 2025!
📷 TWH
##HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 7 - Surfers, North Bondi, 20 October 1938, photographed for PIX magazine by Ivan Ive @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWQ...
September 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
##HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 7 - Surfers, North Bondi, 20 October 1938, photographed for PIX magazine by Ivan Ive @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWQ...
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 5 Climbing a tower to look for sharks, Blackhead Beach, Victoria, Australia, 1938, by Max Dupain @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arGv...
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 5 Climbing a tower to look for sharks, Blackhead Beach, Victoria, Australia, 1938, by Max Dupain @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arGv...
The judges also awarded a Commendation for the Max Kelly Award to Saskia Roberts, for 'The world was being opened to me’: Where Did I Come From?, girls’ reading and sexual knowledge in Australia’
Please join us in congratulating Saskia!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWAwards
Please join us in congratulating Saskia!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWAwards
September 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The judges also awarded a Commendation for the Max Kelly Award to Saskia Roberts, for 'The world was being opened to me’: Where Did I Come From?, girls’ reading and sexual knowledge in Australia’
Please join us in congratulating Saskia!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWAwards
Please join us in congratulating Saskia!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWAwards
🧐 Can’t find our historians and curators today (or any day this week)?
Chances are… they’re at a History Week talk. ⚓📚
6–14 Sept | Free daily talks | Ships, floods, spies & more!
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
#HistoryWeek2025 #MaritimeMuseum #WaterStories #SydneyEvents
Chances are… they’re at a History Week talk. ⚓📚
6–14 Sept | Free daily talks | Ships, floods, spies & more!
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
#HistoryWeek2025 #MaritimeMuseum #WaterStories #SydneyEvents
September 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🧐 Can’t find our historians and curators today (or any day this week)?
Chances are… they’re at a History Week talk. ⚓📚
6–14 Sept | Free daily talks | Ships, floods, spies & more!
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
#HistoryWeek2025 #MaritimeMuseum #WaterStories #SydneyEvents
Chances are… they’re at a History Week talk. ⚓📚
6–14 Sept | Free daily talks | Ships, floods, spies & more!
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
#HistoryWeek2025 #MaritimeMuseum #WaterStories #SydneyEvents
The judges also awarded a Commendation for the Jill Roe Regional History Award to Dr Meg Foster, for her engaging podcast, 'Sam Poo: a Chinese Bushranger?'
Congratulations Dr Meg Foster!
#HCNSWAwards #HistoryAwards #HistoryWeek2025
Congratulations Dr Meg Foster!
#HCNSWAwards #HistoryAwards #HistoryWeek2025
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The judges also awarded a Commendation for the Jill Roe Regional History Award to Dr Meg Foster, for her engaging podcast, 'Sam Poo: a Chinese Bushranger?'
Congratulations Dr Meg Foster!
#HCNSWAwards #HistoryAwards #HistoryWeek2025
Congratulations Dr Meg Foster!
#HCNSWAwards #HistoryAwards #HistoryWeek2025
2025 marks the anniversaries of two spectacular visits to Sydney by foreign navies
Hear #hcnswmember Dr Peter Hobbins present 'The American Fleet of 1925 and the British Pacific Fleet of 1945' on 7th Sep at 2pm during #HistoryWeek2025 with the Australian National Maritime Museum
buff.ly/45WPr1i
Hear #hcnswmember Dr Peter Hobbins present 'The American Fleet of 1925 and the British Pacific Fleet of 1945' on 7th Sep at 2pm during #HistoryWeek2025 with the Australian National Maritime Museum
buff.ly/45WPr1i
August 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
2025 marks the anniversaries of two spectacular visits to Sydney by foreign navies
Hear #hcnswmember Dr Peter Hobbins present 'The American Fleet of 1925 and the British Pacific Fleet of 1945' on 7th Sep at 2pm during #HistoryWeek2025 with the Australian National Maritime Museum
buff.ly/45WPr1i
Hear #hcnswmember Dr Peter Hobbins present 'The American Fleet of 1925 and the British Pacific Fleet of 1945' on 7th Sep at 2pm during #HistoryWeek2025 with the Australian National Maritime Museum
buff.ly/45WPr1i
Tonight, we will be announcing the winners of the HCNSW Annual History Awards at our joint Awards and Annual History Lecture ceremony
Stay tuned across our socials tonight where we will announce the winners of our Awards!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWHistoryAwards
Stay tuned across our socials tonight where we will announce the winners of our Awards!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWHistoryAwards
September 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Tonight, we will be announcing the winners of the HCNSW Annual History Awards at our joint Awards and Annual History Lecture ceremony
Stay tuned across our socials tonight where we will announce the winners of our Awards!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWHistoryAwards
Stay tuned across our socials tonight where we will announce the winners of our Awards!
#HistoryWeek2025 #HCNSWHistoryAwards
We were delighted to be in partnership with Chau Chak Wing Museum for the #HistoryWeek2025 History Now event!
Thank you to Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner & Elliot Cummins for their wonderful presentations
Thank you to @drcraigb.bsky.social for staging this event!
Thank you to Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner & Elliot Cummins for their wonderful presentations
Thank you to @drcraigb.bsky.social for staging this event!
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We were delighted to be in partnership with Chau Chak Wing Museum for the #HistoryWeek2025 History Now event!
Thank you to Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner & Elliot Cummins for their wonderful presentations
Thank you to @drcraigb.bsky.social for staging this event!
Thank you to Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner & Elliot Cummins for their wonderful presentations
Thank you to @drcraigb.bsky.social for staging this event!
#HistoryWeek2025 Join Newcastle Museum and three University of Newcastle researchers for an evening of storytelling, history and cultural connection inspired by the current exhibition Heimat in the Hunter
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the exhibition on Thursday 11 September
Book via buff.ly/HOzvPBs
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the exhibition on Thursday 11 September
Book via buff.ly/HOzvPBs
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#HistoryWeek2025 Join Newcastle Museum and three University of Newcastle researchers for an evening of storytelling, history and cultural connection inspired by the current exhibition Heimat in the Hunter
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the exhibition on Thursday 11 September
Book via buff.ly/HOzvPBs
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the exhibition on Thursday 11 September
Book via buff.ly/HOzvPBs
#HistoryWeek2025 Explore #hcnswmember Georges River Libraries new exhibition on 'Life Along the Georges River' from 5th - 28th September at the Clive James Library
This exhibition explores the deep and evolving relationship between people and the Georges River
Learn more via buff.ly/NGTsuqg
This exhibition explores the deep and evolving relationship between people and the Georges River
Learn more via buff.ly/NGTsuqg
August 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#HistoryWeek2025 Explore #hcnswmember Georges River Libraries new exhibition on 'Life Along the Georges River' from 5th - 28th September at the Clive James Library
This exhibition explores the deep and evolving relationship between people and the Georges River
Learn more via buff.ly/NGTsuqg
This exhibition explores the deep and evolving relationship between people and the Georges River
Learn more via buff.ly/NGTsuqg
#HistoryWeek2025 Come along to #hcnswmember Eryldene Historic House and Garden Ikebana Workshop!
Learn the history and some of the fundamental techniques of this classical Japanese art form and create your own Ikebana on 13th September at 10am
Book via buff.ly/SNC8krJ
📷 Jenny Goodwin
Learn the history and some of the fundamental techniques of this classical Japanese art form and create your own Ikebana on 13th September at 10am
Book via buff.ly/SNC8krJ
📷 Jenny Goodwin
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
#HistoryWeek2025 Come along to #hcnswmember Eryldene Historic House and Garden Ikebana Workshop!
Learn the history and some of the fundamental techniques of this classical Japanese art form and create your own Ikebana on 13th September at 10am
Book via buff.ly/SNC8krJ
📷 Jenny Goodwin
Learn the history and some of the fundamental techniques of this classical Japanese art form and create your own Ikebana on 13th September at 10am
Book via buff.ly/SNC8krJ
📷 Jenny Goodwin
#HistoryWeek2025 Come along to #hcnswmember Museum of Fire online event to hear Ben Dickson, Acting CEO, as he explores the vital role water has played in shaping firefighting in NSW on 14th September at 10am
Register your spot via buff.ly/jh7dOHo
📷 Museum of Fire
#waterstories #waterhistories
Register your spot via buff.ly/jh7dOHo
📷 Museum of Fire
#waterstories #waterhistories
August 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#HistoryWeek2025 Come along to #hcnswmember Museum of Fire online event to hear Ben Dickson, Acting CEO, as he explores the vital role water has played in shaping firefighting in NSW on 14th September at 10am
Register your spot via buff.ly/jh7dOHo
📷 Museum of Fire
#waterstories #waterhistories
Register your spot via buff.ly/jh7dOHo
📷 Museum of Fire
#waterstories #waterhistories
Halfway through #HistoryWeek2025 and plenty more to come.
From shipwrecks to lighthouses and floods, our free daily talks dive into this year’s theme: Water Stories.
Talks run every day until Sun 14 Sept at the Maritime Museum.
Plan your visit: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
From shipwrecks to lighthouses and floods, our free daily talks dive into this year’s theme: Water Stories.
Talks run every day until Sun 14 Sept at the Maritime Museum.
Plan your visit: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
September 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Halfway through #HistoryWeek2025 and plenty more to come.
From shipwrecks to lighthouses and floods, our free daily talks dive into this year’s theme: Water Stories.
Talks run every day until Sun 14 Sept at the Maritime Museum.
Plan your visit: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
From shipwrecks to lighthouses and floods, our free daily talks dive into this year’s theme: Water Stories.
Talks run every day until Sun 14 Sept at the Maritime Museum.
Plan your visit: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/history-week-2025
Celebrate #HistoryWeek2025 with a hands-on walk and art tour through Hyde Park with #hcnswmember City of Sydney
Create your own a site-specific relief print artist book as you explore the park on 11th September at 1pm
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/gpuWg8G
📷 Archibald Fountain. Chris Southwood
Create your own a site-specific relief print artist book as you explore the park on 11th September at 1pm
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/gpuWg8G
📷 Archibald Fountain. Chris Southwood
August 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Celebrate #HistoryWeek2025 with a hands-on walk and art tour through Hyde Park with #hcnswmember City of Sydney
Create your own a site-specific relief print artist book as you explore the park on 11th September at 1pm
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/gpuWg8G
📷 Archibald Fountain. Chris Southwood
Create your own a site-specific relief print artist book as you explore the park on 11th September at 1pm
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/gpuWg8G
📷 Archibald Fountain. Chris Southwood
#HistoryWeek2025 Come along for a history talk with #hcnswmember Museum of Chinese in Australia
A number of stories have been told of those who came to Australia
Hear one of those remarkable stories as told by Gordon Mar on 12th September at 6pm
Book your spot via buff.ly/fypRbkz
#waterstories
A number of stories have been told of those who came to Australia
Hear one of those remarkable stories as told by Gordon Mar on 12th September at 6pm
Book your spot via buff.ly/fypRbkz
#waterstories
August 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#HistoryWeek2025 Come along for a history talk with #hcnswmember Museum of Chinese in Australia
A number of stories have been told of those who came to Australia
Hear one of those remarkable stories as told by Gordon Mar on 12th September at 6pm
Book your spot via buff.ly/fypRbkz
#waterstories
A number of stories have been told of those who came to Australia
Hear one of those remarkable stories as told by Gordon Mar on 12th September at 6pm
Book your spot via buff.ly/fypRbkz
#waterstories
During #HistoryWeek2025, come along to #hcnswmember Royal Australian Historical Society lecture, presented by Ian Burnet on Dangerous Passage: A Maritime History of the Torres Strait on Wednesday 10th September at 1pm
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/RrAMZnp
#waterstories #waterhistories
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/RrAMZnp
#waterstories #waterhistories
July 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
During #HistoryWeek2025, come along to #hcnswmember Royal Australian Historical Society lecture, presented by Ian Burnet on Dangerous Passage: A Maritime History of the Torres Strait on Wednesday 10th September at 1pm
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/RrAMZnp
#waterstories #waterhistories
Reserve your spot via buff.ly/RrAMZnp
#waterstories #waterhistories
#HistoryWeek2025 Presented by #hcnswmember @kotahitourism.bsky.social join guides from Koori Kinnections to learn about Aboriginal Culture, history and traditional connections to Sydney Harbour at Berry Island Reserve on 8th September
Book your spot via buff.ly/VJLC6Qe
📷 Rebecca Farrell
Book your spot via buff.ly/VJLC6Qe
📷 Rebecca Farrell
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#HistoryWeek2025 Presented by #hcnswmember @kotahitourism.bsky.social join guides from Koori Kinnections to learn about Aboriginal Culture, history and traditional connections to Sydney Harbour at Berry Island Reserve on 8th September
Book your spot via buff.ly/VJLC6Qe
📷 Rebecca Farrell
Book your spot via buff.ly/VJLC6Qe
📷 Rebecca Farrell
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 6 The first Japanese whaling fleet to visit Sydney arrived on 19 October 1935 on its way to Antarctica. Photo, 1935 by Norman Herfort. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling...
September 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 6 The first Japanese whaling fleet to visit Sydney arrived on 19 October 1935 on its way to Antarctica. Photo, 1935 by Norman Herfort. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling...
We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for the #HistoryWeek2025 Living Histories Event!
Hear from speakers Samantha Snedden, Lily Thomas-Mcknight and Amy Davidson
This event is also available to be live-streamed so book your spot via buff.ly/AaD734S
Hear from speakers Samantha Snedden, Lily Thomas-Mcknight and Amy Davidson
This event is also available to be live-streamed so book your spot via buff.ly/AaD734S
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for the #HistoryWeek2025 Living Histories Event!
Hear from speakers Samantha Snedden, Lily Thomas-Mcknight and Amy Davidson
This event is also available to be live-streamed so book your spot via buff.ly/AaD734S
Hear from speakers Samantha Snedden, Lily Thomas-Mcknight and Amy Davidson
This event is also available to be live-streamed so book your spot via buff.ly/AaD734S
This #HistoryWeek2025 come along to the next History Now seminar that focuses on an island at the heart of the Sydney story – Cockatoo Island/Wareamah
Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins
Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv
@drcraigb.bsky.social
Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins
Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv
@drcraigb.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This #HistoryWeek2025 come along to the next History Now seminar that focuses on an island at the heart of the Sydney story – Cockatoo Island/Wareamah
Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins
Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv
@drcraigb.bsky.social
Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins
Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv
@drcraigb.bsky.social
Yesterday afternoon, our First Nations Project Officer Jadzia Stronell lead an engaging and insightful discussion with panelists Lily Thomas-Mcknight, Samantha Snedden and Amy Davidson at the #HistoryWeek2025 Living Histories Event
Thank you to everyone who attended both in-person and online!
Thank you to everyone who attended both in-person and online!
September 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yesterday afternoon, our First Nations Project Officer Jadzia Stronell lead an engaging and insightful discussion with panelists Lily Thomas-Mcknight, Samantha Snedden and Amy Davidson at the #HistoryWeek2025 Living Histories Event
Thank you to everyone who attended both in-person and online!
Thank you to everyone who attended both in-person and online!
In celebration of #HistoryWeek2025 and its theme Water Stories, #hcnswmember Jessie Street National Women's Library on Facebook to see a special series of posts that highlight stories of women whose lives have been shaped by water
Follow them on instagram at @jessiestreetlibrary
buff.ly/7SSnElz
Follow them on instagram at @jessiestreetlibrary
buff.ly/7SSnElz
September 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In celebration of #HistoryWeek2025 and its theme Water Stories, #hcnswmember Jessie Street National Women's Library on Facebook to see a special series of posts that highlight stories of women whose lives have been shaped by water
Follow them on instagram at @jessiestreetlibrary
buff.ly/7SSnElz
Follow them on instagram at @jessiestreetlibrary
buff.ly/7SSnElz
This #HistoryWeek2025, discover the history and role of Ulladulla's lighthouse with #hcnswmember Australian History Research Historian Cathy Dunn
Built in 1871, it was originally located at the entrance to Ulladulla harbour. Today it is located at Wardens Head
Learn more via buff.ly/6lVD0Fg
Built in 1871, it was originally located at the entrance to Ulladulla harbour. Today it is located at Wardens Head
Learn more via buff.ly/6lVD0Fg
August 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This #HistoryWeek2025, discover the history and role of Ulladulla's lighthouse with #hcnswmember Australian History Research Historian Cathy Dunn
Built in 1871, it was originally located at the entrance to Ulladulla harbour. Today it is located at Wardens Head
Learn more via buff.ly/6lVD0Fg
Built in 1871, it was originally located at the entrance to Ulladulla harbour. Today it is located at Wardens Head
Learn more via buff.ly/6lVD0Fg