Under the auspices of Professional Historians Australia, state and territory associations admit members in accordance with nationally recognised accreditation criteria and standards. Please click on the following link for further information on why employing a professional historian is vital to the success of your project.
To increase potential clients' and employers' awareness of both the skills of professional historians and the appropriate conditions for their employment.
To develop dialogues with bodies, institutions and agencies that are involved in the areas of history, culture and heritage.
To provide a forum for productive and critical discussion of the practice of historical scholarship in Australia.
To maintain and encourage adherence to professional standards and ethics among historians.
To encourage mutual support and co-operation among professional historians.
Professional Historians Australia welcomes this inquiry into the question of how to restore and bolster trust in Australia’s democratic institutions.
Professional Historians Australia welcomes this inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts into the economic and non-economic benefits of creative and cultural industries, the impact of COVID-19 on them, and how to measure, recognise and grow access and opportunities for creative and cultural institutions through government policy at all levels.
PHA has called on the government to reconsider its commitment to the Australian War Memorial’s $498 million redevelopment plan.
Under the auspices of Professional Historians Australia, state and territory associations admit members in accordance with nationally recognised accreditation criteria and standards.
Delegates from the Professional Historians Associations also administer Professional Historians Australia on an honorary basis. Visit our contact page for the details of current delegates.
We have State and Territory Professional Historian Associations in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.