Faculty Seminar – Ian Pfennigwerth

The ADFA History Fellowship 

Dr Ian Pfennigwerth

Presenter: Dr Ian Pfennigwerth
Date: Tuesday 11 October 2011
Time: 3:30pm, Refreshments available in the SEIT/PG student lounge (Bldg 21) from 3:15pm – RSVP for catering purposes to Jennifer Fernance j.fernance@adfa.edu.au by COB Friday, 7 October
Venue: SL1 (Bldg 21)

Abstract: The ADFA History Fellowship was initiated in August 2010 with the aims of recording the history of the development and first 25 years of operation of the Academy, and of creating a collection of materials relating to the activities and operations of ADFA for use by future researchers.  Those sound like simple enough tasks but the reality has been otherwise.  In this presentation the History Fellow, Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, will describe the travails of the researcher picking through what records have been preserved and the extensive search for those that have not, to produce the interesting story of ADFA.  You may be surprised at just how little you know of the history of your place of employment, and how that influences your work today.

After the presentation, time will be available for questions.  All staff and research students are encouraged to attend as Faculty Seminars provide a great opportunity for networking across all Schools at UNSW@ADFA.

Reposted from the  UNSW Canberra newsletter

International conference, 6-7 Oct. 2011 – Australian War Memorial

Korea: in from the cold

“Co-inciding with the 60th anniversary of the year of landmark Australian battles in Korea, at Kapyong in April, and Maryang San in October 1951, this conference will assemble leading military historians from around the world to bring a multi-national perspective to these themes. Keynote speaker, Prof. Robert O’Neill, Australian Official Historian of the Korean War and former Chichele Prof. of History at Oxford University, will join experts from Australia, the United States, Britain, China and South Korea to present their latest research findings. Distinguished Australian veterans of the Korean War will also present their perceptions of the conflict.”

For more information including the cost, program, abstracts, speakers or to register online see:

The Australian War Memorial Events page.

Note that: Registrations close 28 September 2011.

Re-post of selected information from the Australian War Memorial website.

Big Things in Store has been cancelled due to Mitchell fire

CANCELLED

War Memorial Annex open day.

Big Things in Store has unfortunately been cancelled due to the Mitchell fire. The War Memorial may try to reschedule for later this year. ABC’s 666′s photo gallery is still available to view here and some photos from the 2009 and 2010 openings are available to view on Flicka here and here.

Reflecting 50 years of Australian life – 4 Corners

4 Corners - ABC Television

’50 years Four Corners : your stories, our history’ is on ABC1 tonight at 8.30pm.

The documentary is a reflection of Australian society through the eyes of ABC’s 4 Corners journalists over the last five decades. The program will examine the five themes that link the episodes: crime and corruption, social change, indigenous affairs, war and conflict, immigration and politics.

A selection of reports and episodes from each decade will also be broadcast on ABC News 24 on Sunday night (10.10pm) over the following 5 weeks.

Simultaneously the ABC will launch a dedicated 50 years of 4 Corners Archive that will showcase the key stories, people and events.

The ABC intends the website to serve as  a valuable multimedia resource available to all Australians. For more see the ABC newspage here. The usual 4 Corners Archive is available from here.

Queensland Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

If you are curious about the surveying of Australia an interesting website to visit is Queensland’s Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying hosted by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management and a part of the Queensland Museum.

Athough aimed at a very general audience the website is a pleasure to wander through. Some interesting pages follow but really this site is well worth a little time to browse:

Surveying for topographic mapping by the army 

Early mapping of the Australian coast

Chain standardisation