Tasmanian Historical Research Association

Tasmanian Historical Research Association

Hobart based Tasmanian historical group and publisher in existence since 1951. The Launceston Royal Society became the Launceston Historical Society in 1988.

Earlier groups concerned about history and historical preservation occurred in the 1890s and 1920s. The Tasmania Society in the 1930s (then the Historical Society of Tasmania in the 1940s) was another group that preceded the association.

The association has been a publisher of a long lasting Papers and Proceedings and various books on Tasmanian history.

The THRA is a constituent member of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies.[1]

Publications

  • Papers and Proceedings.[2]
  • Alexander, Alison (1987). Governors' ladies: the wives and mistresses of Van Dieman's Land governors. Sandy Bay, Tas.: Tasmanian Historical Research Association. ISBN 0-909479-03-8.

References

  1. ↑ FAHS website. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Papers and Proceedings". Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading

  • Alexander, Alison, ed. (2005). The Companion to Tasmanian History. Hobart, Tasmania: Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania. ISBN 1-86295-223-X. OCLC 61888464.
    • Campbell Macknight. "Historiography". pp. 174–175.
    • Stefan Petrow. "Historical Societies". pp. 173–174.
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