Journal_of_the_Australian_Catholic_Historical_Society

Australian Catholic Historical Society

Australian Catholic Historical Society

Sydney based historical society

The Australian Catholic Historical Society discusses Australian Catholic history via a newsletter and meetings, and is focussed around Sydney.

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Leadership

The society was founded in 1940 in Sydney, by a group of students of Australian Catholic history led by Fr (later Archbishop) Eris O'Brien and Sydney solicitor Brian McGrath.[1] It was revived in the 1960s through the efforts of Monsignor Cornelius (Con) Duffy.[2] Since then it has maintained a program of talks and published research. Currently it holds talks in Sydney monthly.[3]

The patron is the Archbishop of Sydney. As of 2023, the president is Dr John Carmody.

Activities

The Society publishes the Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, with one issue per year. As of 2023 the editor is James Franklin of the University of New South Wales.[4] The Society also publishes four newsletters each year.

The Society has a Melbourne chapter which holds occasional talks.[5]

In 2016 the Society held a conference 'To and from the Antipodes: Catholic missionaries over two centuries'. Its proceedings appear as a special issue of the Journal.[6]

The Society presents the James MacGinley Award for students and early career researchers writing on Australian Catholic history.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Catholic Historical Society website; Australian Catholic Historical Society: inaugural meeting, Catholic Press 5 Dec 1940, p. 17; E. O'Brien, Australian Catholic Historical Society inaugural address, 28 Nov 1940, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 12 (1990), 6-19; B.J. McGrath, Australian Catholic Historical Society: proposed foundation in Sydney: Australian Catholic history, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 12 (1990), 26-29; B. McAteer, Our diamond jubilee, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 21 (2000), 59-66.
  2. [2]
    Monsignor C. J. Duffy (1902-1986): in memoriam, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 8 (2) (1987), 3-12.
  3. [3]
    Australian Catholic Historical Society newsletter, Feb 2015; A.E. Cahill, The Australian Catholic Historical Society: the first fifty years, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 12 (1990), 31-38.
  4. [4]
    "Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society". Australian Catholic Historical Society. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  5. [5]
    Australian Catholic Historical Society newsletter, Feb 2015
  6. [6]
    "Conference special issue of Journal" (PDF). Australian Catholic Historical Society. 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Awards". Australian Catholic Historical Society. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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