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By Eric Pawson University of Canterbury 3rd World Congress in Environmental History, July 2019 This event, the third since Copenhagen in 2009, was held in Florianopolis, in southern Brazil, from July 22- 26. It took place on the campus of the Universidade Federal de...

New gallery of Australian environmental history at the NMA In 2021 the National Museum of Australia will open a new permanent gallery of environmental history. The gallery (with the working title ‘Life in Australia’) will foreground the expressive character of...

Australian environmental history writers have recently been short listed for awards: Julie McIntyre and John Germov's Hunter Wines has been shortlisted in the NSW Premier’s History Awards in the NSW Community and Regional History category. See the judges comments...

New Environmental Thinking One-Day Symposium, Monday 9th September, 10am - 4pm at Deakin Downtown, Level 12 Tower 2 -727 Collins St, Melbourne The Humanities have been making a valuable contribution to thinking about the environment for many years.  This one-day...

You can now view Andrea Gaynor's talk "The Wild Next Door" online. This talk was given as part of her National Library of Australia Fellowship. See below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxTB0Q9pylk

By Margaret Cook The 2019 Green Stream was held on Giabal and Jarowair country as part of the AHA conference in Toowoomba. With a keynote address, 25 papers, a film (Gardens of Stone: Living Landscapes) and a digital exhibition on urban water, a diverse range of media...