Historical Society of the Northern Territory

The Historical Society of the Northern Territory is a historical society founded in Darwin, Australia in 1964. Major objectives of the Society include (1) the study of the history of the Northern Territory of Australia; (2) encouraging the preservation of the Northern Territory's historical relics and records by their deposit with an appropriate national or local authority, but not with the Society (which does not maintain archives or collections); (3) promoting lectures, discussions, excursions and exhibitions relating to the history of the Northern Territory; and (4) providing an avenue for publishing on the history of the Northern Territory in the Society's journal or as an occasional paper or book.

Historical Society of the Northern Territory Incorporated
Founded1964
TypeHistorical society; territorial peak body; incorporated association
ABN: 88 971 560 498
Registration no.00073C Associations Act (NT)
Location
  • Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Area served
Northern Territory, Australia
Websitewww.historicalsocietynt.org.au/index.htm
Journal of Northern Territory History
Disciplinehistory
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1990–present
Publisher
Historical Society of the Northern Territory Incorporated (Australia)
FrequencyAnnually
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. North. Territ. Hist.
Indexing
ISSN1034-7488
Links

The Society works with other historical societies and cultural organisations to advocate on behalf of the sector and to provide leadership and guidance.[1]

The Society is the Northern Territory constituent member of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies[2]

History

The Society was formed in Darwin in 1964.[3]

Publications

The Society publishes a journal, newsletter and other publications.


References
  1. Don Garden, "Historical societies" in Graeme Davison, John Hirst and Stuart Macintyre (eds), The Oxford Companion to Australian History (Oxford University Press, 2001) via Oxford Reference Online, Oxford University Press accessed 6 September 2011.
  2. Federation of Historical Societies, Constitution, 18 February 2008 accessed 6 September 2011.
  3. Earl B M James, The Historical Society of the Northern Territory: Early Days, Occasional paper 9 (Historical Society of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 2008).


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