The Historical Society of the Northern Territory is a
historical society
A historical society (sometimes also preservation society) is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way to help future gen ...
founded in
Darwin,
Australia
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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.
The Society works with other historical societies and cultural organisations to advocate on behalf of the sector and to provide leadership and guidance.
[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.]
The Society is the Northern Territory constituent member of the
Federation of Australian Historical Societies
The Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) is the peak body for historical societies throughout Australia.The Federation of Australian Historical Societieshome page Retrieved 24 August 2010.Cathy Pryor, "A force for the regions", ...
[Federation of Historical Societies]
Constitution
18 February 2008 accessed 6 September 2011.
History
The Society was formed in Darwin in 1964.
[Earl B M James, ''The Historical Society of the Northern Territory: Early Days, Occasional paper 9'' (Historical Society of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 2008).]
Publications
The Society publishes a journal, newsletter and other publications.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Historical Society of the Northern Territory
History of the Northern Territory
Educational organisations based in Australia
Non-profit organisations based in the Northern Territory
Organizations established in 1964
Historical societies of Australia