Did you notice the #HistoryWeek2025 flags on display this year in Sydney CBD?
We were honoured to be supported by #hcnswmember City of Sydney who installed the History Week Banners to fly around Sydney CBD!
📷 TWH Photography. Taken outside Customs House on the night of our HCNSW Awards and Lecture
Check out #hcnswmember Harbour Trust online exhibition on The Story of Camp Cove’s Former Marine Biological Station
As part of #HistoryWeek2025 the Harbour Trust spotlighted the layered story of one their protected landmarks
Explore the exhibition via the link below!
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 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!
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!
#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...
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
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
#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 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
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
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
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 4 Children at the beach, Watson’s Bay (?), Sydney, c. 1935, by Sam Hood, from vintage glass negative, @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arGv...
Celebrate #HistoryWeek2025 with a series of events centred on First Nations histories and voices!
Developed by HCNSW First Nations Project Officer, Jadzia Stronell, this guide highlights all of our members First Nations History Events happening across the state
Learn more via buff.ly/uFi81Cf
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - Day 3 - the SS Coolebar, washed ashore Bellinger Point, NSW, 16 April 1917. Refloated 12 May 1917. Sydney Underwriters' Association, @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJd...
#HistoryWeek2025 (6-14 Sept) Water Stories - 2 Crustaceans caught dredging in the Antarctic Ocean on Mawson's Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14. Photo by Frank Hurley @StateLibraryNSW ttps://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/Djp62QmVK4zpv
🧐 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
#HistoryWeek2025 Hear Amy Davidson speak at the Living Histories event: First Nations Creatives and Researchers in conversation!
Associate Lecturer Amy Davidson is a proud Wiradjuri woman on her mother’s side with mixed Anglo-settler heritage on her father’s side
Book your spot via buff.ly/a1xTMv0
#HistoryWeek2025 Lily Thomas-Mcknight will join a panel of First Nations Creatives and Researchers in conversation at the next Living Histories event!
Lily is a proud Wiradjuri and Gomeroi woman with ties to Yuin Country.
Registration is essential so book your spot via buff.ly/a1xTMv0
#HistoryWeek2025 Hear Samantha Snedden speak at the Living Histories event: First Nations Creatives and Researchers in conversation!
Sammi is a Wiradjuri and Dunghutti woman based on Wangl land
She is an experienced creative producer and emerging artist/curator
Book your spot via buff.ly/a1xTMv0
You are invited to attend #hcnswmember Friends of Linnwood Open Day this #HistoryWeek2025
Check out the range of stalls, displays, music, and food available throughout the day on 14th September between 10am - 3pm
Visit our website for more information via buff.ly/JnDuAf2
#waterstories
#HistoryWeek2025 Tours are now available on the 10th and 14th September at 10am to join #hcnswmember Inner West Council Library and tour guide Jason Chatwin for a guided interpretative tour of the historic and beautiful area of Annandale
Book your spot via buff.ly/oqj3Ruq
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#HistoryWeek2025 Experience one of #hcnswmember Inner West Council Library and History VR sessions to explore the history of Balmain and Dawn Fraser Baths!
Sessions are available throughout 12th and 13th September
Check out more information and book via buff.ly/IqwKCnB
#HistoryWeek2025 Join tour guide Jason Chatwin for a guided interpretative tour that celebrates the Water Stories of the historic and beautiful area of Annandale with #hcnswmember Inner West Council Library and History on 10th September at 10am
Book your spot via buff.ly/iD9dDZQ
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#HistoryWeek2025 Join local researcher Andrew Redfern and wander the winding path of the Cooks River and uncover the hidden stories of those who’ve lived along its banks.
Come along to this guided walking tour with #hcnswmember Inner West Council on 6th September at 10am
Book via buff.ly/xagdlVV
Register your spot to our #HistoryWeek2025 'Living Histories' event to hear First Nations Creatives and Researchers in conversation!
Hear from Samantha Snedden, Lily Thomas-Mcknight and Amy Davidson on Thursday 11th September at 5pm
Book your spot via buff.ly/AaD734S
#HistoryWeek2025 Join a #hcnswmember Harbour Trust guided tour on 6th September to explore Macquarie Lightstation, the site of Australia’s first lighthouse, and discover about the history and recent developments behind this iconic Sydney landmark
Book via buff.ly/KGYjG3I
📷 (C) Harbour Trust
#HistoryWeek2025 Visit the iconic Cockatoo Island and explore the history of this UNESCO World Heritage site located right in the heart of Sydney Harbour
Join one of #hcnswmember Harbour Trust guided tours from 6th - 14th September at 11am and 3:30pm
Book a guided tour today via buff.ly/uU8EFpW
Celebrate #HistoryWeek2025 with Hunter's Hill Council Heritage Adviser, Chery Kemp and City of Canada Bay Local Studies Librarian, John Johnson as they share fascinating stories of the rich history of the Parramatta River on Wednesday 10 September from 10.30am
Book your spot via buff.ly/ySjslpg
I hope you can join us for this History Now presentation as part of the exciting program for @historynsw.bsky.social #HistoryWeek2025
