Now more than ever, there is a need for our young people to study History. It helps create a unified society by introducing youth to the ideas and experiences of people different to themselves as when young people study their past they learn about their connection, their commonality and thus gain a sense of belonging. …
HTAA is an association run in accordance with the constitution that was approved as of August 2021. View the HTAA Constitution.
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/
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/
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
The deadline for the National History Challenge is Friday 21st August. The 2015 theme is “Leadership and Legacy”. For more details, please visit historychallenge.org.au