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“Don’t forget me, cobber”: The Battle of Fromelles, 100 years on
One hundred years ago today, the Battle of Fromelles began – the first major battle fought by Australian troops on the Western Front. With 5,533 casualties in one night, it was the worst 24 hours in...
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RAHS Seminar comes to Bankstown: 6 August 2016
This August, the Royal Australian Historical Society will host a history seminar in conjunction with Bankstown City Library and Knowledge Centre in Bankstown, Sydney. The day’s program will include:...
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National Family History Month is back! 30 days of genie research
Family historians around Australia, rejoice: National Family History Month is back! To celebrate, we’ve decided to revisit convenor Shauna Hicks’ thoughts on why this month is such an exciting one for...
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Escaping postwar Eastern Europe: an Australian family history
Where to begin tracing your family history when your father has grown up with no known relatives beyond his immediate family — and knows little about his roots in wartorn Eastern Europe? Faced with...
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From the family tree to an Honours degree: A UNE student on studying history...
While growing up, Karen Filewood helped her mother with the family tree; now she’s embarking on her own research projects as an Honours student at the University of New England (UNE). As part of her...
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Threads of the past: 1860s tapestry returned to its rightful owner
In 1860s Cambridgeshire, England, a girl named Elizabeth Bangle gave her cousin a beautiful tapestry. In 2017 Australia, the long-lost descendants of these two cousins reconnected — and the tapestry...
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Tracing family in Eastern Europe: A heritage trip to the homeland
Tracing your grandparents’ long-lost relatives is one thing; journeying to their birthplace to meet with them first-hand is quite another. In her previous article for Inside History, Elisa Jakymin...
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Readers’ stories: Chinese family history connections
Every week here at Inside History, we have the privilege of hearing dozens and dozens of wonderful stories from our readers’ family histories. These snapshots of long-gone people and bygone eras may...
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Readers’ Stories: Tracking Australian Outlaws
Every week here at Inside History, we have the privilege of hearing dozens and dozens of wonderful stories from our readers’ family histories. These snapshots of long-gone people and bygone eras may...
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Readers’ Stories: Places in Time where history comes alive
Places can be portals to the past. From cemeteries and churches, gaols and asylums, to cottages and grand houses, discover where history has come alive for our readers in the latest edition of readers’...
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