Australian catholic historical society

Australian Catholic Historical Society

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Formation 1940
Type Historical society
Headquarters Sydney, NSW
Membership
~200
Official language
English
Website ACHS website

The Australian Catholic Historical Society was founded in 1940 in Sydney, by a group of students of Australian Catholic history led by Fr (later Archbishop) Eris O'Brien.[1] Since then it has maintained a program of talks and published research. Currently it holds talks in Sydney monthly.[2]

The patron is the Archbishop of Sydney.

The Society publishes the Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, with one issue per year. As of 2016 the editor is James Franklin of the University of New South Wales.[3]

The Society has a Melbourne chapter which holds occasional talks.[4]

In 2016 the Society held a conference 'To and from the Antipodes: Catholic missionaries over two centuries'. Its proceedings appear as a special issue of the Journal.[5]

See also


References

  1. Australian Catholic Historical Society website; E. O'Brien, Australian Catholic Historical Society inaugural address, 28 Nov 1940, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 12 (1990), 6-19.
  2. Australian Catholic Historical Society newsletter, Feb 2015; A.E. Cahill, The Australian Catholic Historical Society: the first fifty years, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 12 (1990), 31-38.
  3. "Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society". Australian Catholic Historical Society. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  4. Australian Catholic Historical Society newsletter, Feb 2015
  5. Conference 2016

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