CDU event
History Talks: The Annual History Colloquium
| Presenter | Various | |
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Steven Farram
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| Location | Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin | |
| Open to | CDU staff and students, Public | |
Cyclone Tracy, aviation history, and archaeology in Western Arnhem Land – the program of the 2024 History Talks: The Annual History Colloquium includes all these stories and more! The story behind the book Massacre Men of Northern Australia, and presentations by CDU PhD candidates on the Parap 118 camp, and the internment of the Japanese during the Second World War are special highlights. Brought to you by Charles Darwin University in partnership with, the Professional Historians’ Association (NT), and Library & Archives NT, the colloquium showcases research by established and emerging historians.
History Talks program (PDF, 1.01 MB)
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