Simpson Prize 2016 Winners Announced

The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of Anzac, Dan Tehan, on Tuesday 15th March presented awards to the winners and runners-up in the 2016 Simpson Prize at Parliament House Canberra. “The Simpson Prize is a prestigious national history competition and whether a winner or a runner up, …

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Triumph or Tragedy?

The 2016 National History Challenge theme was announced on 1 December at the national award ceremony held at Parliament House. Further details can be found at http://historychallenge.org.au/

2015 NHC winners announced

The National History Challenge ceremony was held on 1 December at Parliament House. Ineka Voigt was named 2015 National Young Historian. Congratulations to all the winners who undertook extensive research and created engaging arguments. The full list of winners can be found at http://historychallenge.org.au/2015-winners/

2016 HTAA Conference – Call for Papers

HTANSW will host the 2016 national conference at Sydney Grammar School, 28 – 30 September. Prospective presenters can download proposal forms for conference sessions via the HTANSW website. Applications close 18 March 2016. Registrations for the conference will open in April – May 2016. We look forward to seeing you in Sydney next September.

Australian Curriculum Update

ACARA has released the updated Australian Curriculum website which includes the revised HASS curriculum for 2017. The amended curriculum has attempted to address the concerns of overcrowding in the primary years with a single HASS curriculum and Achievement Standard for F-6. In 7-10 ACARA has maintained discrete disciplines within HASS as well as separate Achievement …

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New HTAA Executive

Paul Foley (South Australia) has been elected as the new President of HTAA at the recent AGM. He is joined by Dr Rosalie Triolo (Victoria), our new Vice President and Pip Macdonald (Queensland) as Honorary Treasurer. We would like to thank Paul Kiem and Richard Smith, outgoing Vice President and Honorary Treasurer, for their many …

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Scholarship Winner Announced

Congratulations to Anne Gripton who is the inaugural recipient of the HTAA – Gandel Holocaust Studies Scholarship funded by the Solomear Gruener Endowment Fund. The Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators is an 18 day seminar run by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. The program is designed to enable educators to learn more about the …

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2015 HTAA National Conference

The 2015 annual HTAA National Conference will be hosted by HTAV and held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. The conference begins on Tuesday 19th September and concludes on Friday 2nd October. Keynote speakers include Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick, Dr Stéphane Lévesque and Mr Bruce Pascoe. For more details, please visit www.htav.asn.au/conference/program-14/program

Australian History Competition 2015 winners

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Australian History Competition this year. The national winner for the Year 8 competition was Tommy Kwon from Penrith High School who achieved 100%. In the Year 10 competition there were joint winners: Thomas Jones from Fort St High School and Jessica Chambers from PLC (Armidale) who …

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