History Events in Perth

Join local historian Greg Benjamin as he recounts the stories behind familiar Perth names commemorated in the East Perth Cemetery. Discover the histories of convicts, pensioner guards, and early settlers, and perhaps even a ghost or two!

Join historian and author Richard Offen for this step back in time looking at the celebration of Christmas in times past.

A one-day workshop exploring the diverse histories of encounter across Australasia. It challenges dominant colonial narratives by privileging Indigenous and Asian knowledge systems and adopting a longer temporal lens. Themes of ecology, topography, and Country are examined alongside European records.