Professional Historians Association WA

09/05/2026

12 BRAVE SLAMMERS competed for chocolates and PHA-branded coffee cups at the History Slam 2026!

Thanks to Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage's Regional Heritage Conference in Northam, a dozen history and heritage professionals delighted a large and enthusiastic crowd with lightning 3-minute history tales.

Huge thanks to staff at The Rec Hotel for allowing us to use their beautiful beer garden - an excellent venue for this fun and entertaining event.

Congratulations to the three worthy winners as voted by the audience, pictured below.

05/05/2026

History isn’t always about the date… but today we’re celebrating 5 years on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. We appreciate all our followers! 🙏🤗🎉

03/05/2026

PHA would like to congratulate our member Malcolm Traill on his new book "South: Stories from Albany and the South Coast of Western Australia" launched at History West last week.

To mark Albany's 2026 bicentenary, the book is both a celebration and a reflection - an invitation to rediscover the unique heritage of a town at the southern edge of a vast continent.

You can purchase a copy via UWA Press:
https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/south?srsltid=AfmBOooD0J-jGB_V2dY2vobgv0Z3cD_tkWZJHJTEAajn3lNTVBa4F9a3

01/05/2026

Are you going to the State Heritage Conference in Northam next week?

If so get along to the History Slam at the Rec Hotel from 5pm on Thursday. We have an amazing line-up of people talking all things history.

It's a great way to relax and unwind at the end of day one of the conference. We are so looking forward to it!

For catering, please register your attendance by scanning the QR code below. See you there!

28/04/2026

Professional Historians Association hosted a History Roadshow at the City of Perth Library as part of the Boorloo Heritage Festival. We had some very enthusiastic researchers attend to ask our members for advice about their respective and varied history projects! They all left with lots of ideas for the next steps to research. Thanks to Boorloo Heritage Festival and City of Perth Library staff for their incredible support and assistance for this event.

27/03/2026

The Boorloo Festival program is out! Come to the Perth History Roadshow.
Note: even though it reads no bookings required, it's best to secure your spot via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1534300

21/03/2026

07/03/2026

We are busy this year! Check out the following upcoming events. Participate, attend, spread the word and enjoy!

Sunday 26 April 2026: History Roadshow, City of Perth Library 1-3pm
As part of the Boorloo Heritage Festival, attendees will bring their research questions and seek advice from a Professional Historian. Members are invited to be a History Expert or show support by bringing along a friend or family member with their history question.

Thursday 7 May 2026: History Slam, Recreation Hotel, Northam 5pm
As part of the State Heritage Conference and following on from last year’s conference we will again be hosting the History Slam. Showcase your topic of interest in under three minutes! Or come to cheer on your fellow historians. This promises to be a highly entertaining event as always.

Both events provide excellent opportunities to promote the important research work done by Professional Historians. Contact Vice-President Lucy Hair for details: [email protected]

Friday 9 – Sunday 11 October 2026: Albany Road Trip
Embark on a PHA road trip to attend the biennial Great Southern, Great History conference and other Albany 2026 Bicentenary events. Detail to come!

18/02/2026

Although most of us are still easing our way into the New Year, the Trove team has been busy!

Newly digitised federal election ephemera, travel magazines, newspapers, gazettes and more are all ready for you to explore.

Discover what's new in Trove this February: https://brnw.ch/21wZPMV

27/10/2025

At a special ceremony on Friday 24 October 2025 the Hon. Simone McGurk MLA, Minister for Creative Industries, announced that Dr Caroline Ingram was the winner of the 2025 Margaret Medcalf Award. Dr Ingram was recognised for her research for an article ‘Death at Butterabby: the case of Belo and Mumbleby and Aboriginal women’s place in the nineteenth-century criminal justice system’: