What a pleasure it was for JCU Special Collections to serve Adele Zubrzycka (L) and Julia Russoniello (R), winners of the AHA (Australian Historical Association) Northern Australia Research Fellowships. Read more on our news blog: bit.ly/4i46JEU (images ©JCU)

To coincide with the Australian Historical Association (AHA) conference being held on the JCU Bebegu Yumba Campus, Townsville in 2025, JCU Library is proud to present a newly-digitised collection: "Studies in North Queensland History" jculibrarynews.blogspot.com/2025/05/studie… #specialcollections

Follow our series "Studies in North Queensland History" on the JCU Library News Blog - where new light is cast on important historical works. Read Dr Jon Piccini's response to Diane Menghetti’s The Red North, published by the JCU History Department. buff.ly/QaHgtPR

Follow "Studies in North Queensland History" on the JCU Library News Blog - where new light is cast on important works. Read Dr Lyndon Megarrity's response to Dorothy Gibson-Wilde’s Gateway to a Golden Land published by the JCU History Department. buff.ly/Qx5e9HJ

Follow "Studies in North Queensland History" on the JCU Library News Blog - where new light is cast on important works. Read Professor Warwick Anderson's response to Lori Harloe's "Tropical Australia: Anton Breinl and the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine" from 1987.

Members! Don't forget to register for the 2025 AGM, on next week - especially important if you're attending virtually! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The "Studies in North Queensland History" series on the JCU Library News Blog casts light on important historical works. Read Professor Frank Bongiorno’s response to North Queensland Separatism in the Nineteenth Century (1981) by Christine Doran. buff.ly/cwRlpRA

Next week we're in Townsville for the 2025 AHA Conference! We can't wait to see you there!

Brilliant start to #OzHA2025 with a thought-provoking roundtable on teaching history in the age of AI. Does the AHA (Australia) need to address AI in its code of ethics? #AHA2025

We're live in warm and sunny Townsville for our first full day of conferencing! Share your conference experiences with us #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

The Institute of Intellectual History has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches rootsandbranches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1-r…

James Cook University and CQ University are this week hosting the Australian Historical Association’s (AHA) national conference, bringing more than 220 historians to Townsville. 🔎🇦🇺🇳🇿 Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4kgbZFC

Finally, a valid unit of measurement.

#AHA2025 #OzHA2025

The "Studies in North Queensland History" series on the JCU Library News Blog casts light on important historical works. Read Adjunct Associate Professor Hannah Forsyth's response to "Mount Isa: Oasis of the Outback" (1998) by Noreen Kirkman. buff.ly/LX8zbll

Pr Koen Stapelbroek launches the amazing, free, online, Studies in North Queensland History series. Look up and read up on the North. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025 jcu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/coll…

A fascinating, funny, and thoughtful reflection on a life in politics and activism from the irrepressible Margaret Reynolds. #OzHA2025 #AHA2025

Day 3 done and dusted 💪 #OzHA2025 #AHA2025

I've been struck by how heartfelt the introductions have been at this conference. Love to see such sincere collegiality. A beautiful tribute to our final keynote Lyndon Megarrity from Claire Brennan. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

Follow our series "Studies in North Queensland History" on the JCU Library News Blog - where new light is cast on important works. Associate Professor Richard White responds to Todd Barr's "No Swank Here?" published in 1990 by the JCU History Department. buff.ly/AfPf8Ff