The Royal Australian Historical Society 1901-2001: Part I `Students of a like hobby': the Society 1900-1954(*).

From: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: JACOBS, MARJORIE | Copyright information

THE inaugural meeting of the Australian Historical Society was held at the Queen's Hall, Pitt Street, on 15 March 1901. There had been heavy rain during the day and early evening. Attendance was `miserable' despite advertisement in the press. Reluctant to abandon the official launching of the Society, which had already survived some months of informal existence, the organisers decided against delay. Having adopted a resolution moved by Normal Selfe that the Australian Historical So...

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