Welcome to the FAHS website
The Federation was established in 1977, has eight constituent members, one in each state and territory, and is the national peak body representing the interests of about 1,000 historical societies and approaching 100,000 members throughout Australia. The FAHS:
lobbies governments about issues affecting historical societies.produces a variety of guides and training materials to assist historical societies, such as the FAHS Heritage Handbook, guides to heritage tourism (its most recent publication), how to publish historical materials, and aspects of running a historical society.
runs the Australian Historical Societies Support Group.
publishes an E-Bulletin and a Newsletter.
is managed by a Committee comprised of delegates from each of its constituent member societies which meets quarterly by teleconference and annually face-to-face.
The project to design and build this website was undertaken with funding from the Australian Government.
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