Congratulations to all those awarded 2023 State Library of New South Wales Fellowships, including AHA members:
Deborah Lee-Talbot, who has been awarded the CH Currey Fellowship for the project: ‘The Archive of the archivist: Phyllis Mander-Jones and Australian-Pacific History, 1901–1957.’ This project will focus on the Library’s 20th-century archives documenting Australians in the Pacific.
Effie Karageorgos, who has been awarded the David Scott Mitchell Fellowship for the project ‘Anti-Vietnam War protest in NSW.’ This project will focus on Australian histories of the anti-Vietnam War protest movement and what it tells us about the social and political atmosphere in the state during the 1960s and 1970s.
Patricia Curthoys, who has been awarded the Australian Religious History Fellowship for the project: ‘Anglican White Female: A Study of Rose Selwyn.’ The project will explore colonial Anglicanism in NSW through a study of the life of Rose Elizabeth Selwyn, through her archive in the Library and her appearances in the colonial press.
Penny Russell who has been awarded the Ross Steele AM Fellowship for the project: ‘John Rae’s Sydney: art in context.’ This project will explore John Rae (1813–1900) and his watercolour sketches of Sydney, to better understand the architecture and appearance of the city in the early days of the colony.