Honour Roll

Presidents of the AHA

• Professor A.G.L. Shaw 1973-75
• Professor R.B. Joyce 1975-76
• Professor B.E. Mansfield 1977-79
• Dr F.B. Smith 1979-80
• Professor M.I. Thomis 1981-82
• Professor R.J. Moore 1983-84
• Professor D.M. Schreuder 1985-86
• Professor G. Davison 1987-88
• Dr C.W. Hudson (Acting) 1989
• Professor G.C. Bolton 1989-90
• Professor Beryl Rawson 1991-92
• Professor P.F. Bourke 1993-94
• Professor N. Etherington 1995-96
• Professor S.F. Macintyre 1997-98
• Professor Jill Roe 1998-2000, 2000-2002
• Professor David Carment 2002-2004
• Emeritus Professor Ros Pesman 2004-2006
• Professor Desley Deacon 2006-2008
• Professor Martyn Lyons 2008-2010
• Professor Marilyn Lake 2010-2014
• Professor Angela Woollacott 2014-2016
• Professor Lynette Russell 2016–2018
• Professor Joy Damousi 2018-2020
• Professor Melanie Oppenheimer 2020-2022
• Professor Frank Bongiorno 2022-

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Each year the AHA will honour one or more eminent practitioners of history with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is in recognition of a career that has made a significant, positive contribution to the field of history in Australia. Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award have demonstrated both excellence in history and generosity in service. The Award details, including the nomination and awarding process, can be found here.

• Professor Joy Damousi (2022)
• Professor John Maynard (2022)
• Professor Penny Russell (2022)
• Emeritus Professor Lyndall Ryan (2022)
• Emeritus Professor David Carment (2023)
• Professor Marilyn Lake (2023)
• Professor Henry Reynolds (2023)
• Emeritus Professor Iain McCalman (2023)
• Emeritus Professor Marian Quartly (2023)
• Professor Patricia Grimshaw (2023)
• Emeritus Professor Shurlee Swain (2023)
• Professor Angela Woollacott (2024)
• Emeritus Professor Joan Beaumont (2024)
• Professor Diane Kirkby (2024)

Life Members of the AHA

• Dr Anthea Hyslop (2000)
• Professor Stuart Macintyre (2002-2021)
• Emeritus Professor Jill Roe (2004–2017)
• Dr Robyn Arrowsmith (2006)
• Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Bolton (2008-2015)
• Emeritus Professor Michael Roe (2011)
• Emeritus Professor David Carment (2023)
• Professor Marilyn Lake (2023)
• Professor Melanie Oppenheimer (2024)

Special AHA Award Recipients  

• Emeritus Professor K.S. Inglis (2000)
• The Hon. Bob Carr MP, Premier of NSW (2002)
• The Social History Unit, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2004)
• Mr Phillip Adams AO (2024)