Federation of Australian Historical Societies

AHSSG background

At a meeting with the Council of the Historical Society of the Northern Territory concern was expressed over the isolation experienced by historical societies in remote areas. The Federation addressed this issue and the outcome has been an agreement with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria for the establishment of the online Australian Historical Societies Support Group as one of the My Connected Community (mc2) groups under its ownership. This facility will enable you to communicate with other historical society members across Australia who belong to the group on any topic that is of concern to you or your society. If a great deal of interest arises in one particular topic (eg. conservation of farm machinery or funding agencies) then it will be possible for specific topic/issue Australian Historical Societies Support Groups to be formed. You can join it to communicate with other members of your society or with people in other societies.

An initiative of the Victorian Government's Connecting Communities policy, mc2 is funded by the Victorian Government through Multimedia Victoria and coordinated by Vicnet. The main objective of mc² is to encourage community groups located in Victoria (Australia) to create their own online communities although there is provision for individuals residing outside Victoria to establish and participate in Australia-wide groups. The Australian Historical Societies Support Group offers participating historical societies, like-minded bodies and their members a variety of free, easy to use Web-based services which they can use to communicate with each other across the nation and the world on any topic that is of interest or concern to their organisations..

The mc2 website is designed for the use of members of organisations who are not computer "experts" in order to utilise online technologies now available for communicating between group members. In order to use the features of mc2 a member needs to be able to type information in a box and click a box or a link. Features of mc2 include a forum, an events list, space for sharing files, space for sharing photos, a links page and a chat room. There is also a website generator to help group members create a website without the need for learning html coding.

How to join the Australian Historical Societies Support Group (AHSSG)