Professional Historians Association Victoria & Tasmania

Oral History Australia's 2026 awards are now open! Three awards are on offer:

* the Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History; * the OHA Book Award, * the OHA Media Award.

The deadline for submissions is 31 July. Visit the website for more information.

https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/news/oha-2026-awards-now-open/

Nominations for the AMaGA awards are now open! Australia's museums, galleries, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions do extraordinary work and the AMaGAs exist to recognise it. This year's eligibility period covers projects produced between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025, with the extended window reflecting the awards hiatus in 2025.

https://amaga.org.au/Web/Web/Awards/Awards-homepage.aspx

Awards Homepage After a hiatus in 2025, the Australian Museums and Galleries Awards return in 2026. Nominations open May 28th, 2026 and close August 16th, 2026.

Registration for the AEHS 2026 Conference is now open! The theme this year is 'Local History: thinking outside the archival box'. The conference is open to anyone interested in local history.

You're invited to join for a day of learning, networking, and inspiration.

Register at: www.trybooking.com/DLLAE
More info: https://aehs.org.au/index.php/2026conference/

PHA (Vic & Tas) sends our congratulations to Professor Clare Wright Historian for winning the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction AND Book of the Year at the NSW Literary Awards for Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions.

The book is without question one of the most important Australian history books of the 21st century and a tremendous accomplishment.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/18/clare-wright-wins-book-of-the-year-nsw-literary-awards

‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Literary awards The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly alive’

This interactive online workshop from our friends at Oral History Victoria explores approaches and issues in creating written outputs from oral history interviews, using examples from Alistair’s oral history publications and from participants’ own work.

https://events.humanitix.com/writing-oral-history-turning-talk-into-text

Writing Oral History: Turning Talk into Text Full day advanced workshop taught by Alistair Thomson that focuses on approaches to creating text-based outputs from oral history interviews.

Panel Discussion: Authentic Stories in Architecture: The Importance of Indigenous Co-Design

In this panel discussion, participants will explore deep engagement, shifting from consultation to genuine co-design, how cultural integrity is embedded into design outcomes, and the positive impacts and challenges this entails.

When: Thursday, 14 May, 5:30 - 8 pm
Where: Gray Puksand Studio, 565 Bourke Street, Melbourne

https://events.humanitix.com/authentic-stories-in-architecture-the-importance-of-indigenous-co-design

PHA (Vic & Tas) is pleased to invite Australian historians to attend this half-day workshop: From Archives to Algorithms: Digital Methods and AI Tools for Historians. Space for non-members is VERY limited. Please register soon to avoid disappointment. Fees apply.

DATE: Saturday, 13 June, 9.30 - 12.30 pm

AT: Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, Carlton

COST: $120 for non-PHA members. Members outside Vic & Tas are welcome. Please email us for the registration code.

For more information, visit: https://www.phavic.org.au/event-items/2026/6/13/from-archives-to-algorithms-digital-methods-and-ai-tools-for-historians

The deadline for proposals for the 2026 OHA Biennial Conference is approaching. The theme is the very timely ‘Human voices, modern technology: Oral history & authenticity’ and features world-leading oral history and technology expert Doug Boyd as keynote speaker.

https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/biennial-conference-2026/

Biennial Conference 2026 - Oral History Australia Conference home The 2026 Oral History Australia Biennial Conference will be held in Tardanya/Adelaide, South Australia, on the lands of the Kaurna people, from 3-6 December. The conference is being presented jointly by Oral History Australia and Oral History Australia SA/NT. About the conference Our...

Do you need help finding funding for your history project? PHA (Vic & Tas) invites all PHA members across Australia to Think Like a Kindergarten: Avenues for Funding with Jonathan O'Donnell.

https://www.phavic.org.au/event-items/2026/5/1/think-like-a-kindergarten-funding-workshop-with-jonathan-odonnell

Map of Lost Places: A New Collaborative Project Exploring Women’s Memory, City Space and Story

Writers and creative practitioners Lisa D’Onofrio and Simmone Howell invite women to submit their memories and reimaging of Melbourne’s past through memory, narrative and site-specific experience.

Supported by a City of Melbourne Arts Grants, Map of Lost Places is a collaborative mapping, zine and public walk that explores women and non-binary individuals’ experiences of the city in
relation to leisure. The project centres on “lost” places: sites in Melbourne’s CBD that have been built over, transformed or erased, yet continue to live on in personal and collective memory.

For more information, visit the website:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGDoymiumSa8lL0QlB9MEQg1C71zUsVPoclEstQwDV2u7n4g/viewform?pli=1