Congratulations to two AANZEHN members on their success in the State Library of NSW 2018 Fellowship round:

Professor Grace Karskens has been awarded the 2018 Coral Thomas Fellowship for her project: The Real Secret River, Dyarubbin. This project will use the State Library of NSW’s extensive and rich collections of manuscripts, books, images and maps to tell new cross-cultural and environmental stories about one of Australia’s most beautiful and historically significant rivers: Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River.

Dr Julie McIntyre has been awarded the 2018 Merewether Fellowship for her project: Settlers in the Empire of Science: William Macarthur, James King and Australian agricultural modernity. This project will examine the work of William Macarthur and James King, well-connected mid-nineteenth century agriculturalists and experimenters. Both men were at the intersection of imperial science, international networks and local innovation, yet their importance in introducing new ideas and methodologies in addressing plants, soils and cultivation is no longer recognised.

Image: J. Lycett, View of Wilberforce on the banks of the River Hawkesbury, New South Wales, via NLA.