Lucy Taksa | President's Column | Labour History, 93

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Lucy Taksa | President's Column | Labour History, 93 | The History Cooperative

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

As has previously been reported, the 'President's Column' aims to keep members of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) in touch with the Society's activities and to acquaint them with the work being done by the Federal Executive.	1
It gives me great pleasure to provide a report on recent developments. In early July, the Melbourne Branch hosted an extremely successful conference. On behalf of the Society I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the organisers, the Melbourne Branch and especially Peter Love and Julie Kimber, the other members of the Conference organising committee: Verity Burgmann, Phillip Deery, Stuart Macintyre, Sean Scalmer and those who supported them, Jackie Dickenson, Terry Irving, Gabrielle Murphy, Judith Smart, Margaret Walters and Nick Irving, for their hard work and dedication in helping to make this a memorable event. Their efforts help the Society to maintain its traditional links with the industrial and political wings of the labour movement, as well as scholars, students and activists. Congratulations are also extended to the Branch for the publication of the Conference proceedings, and to Julie Kimber, Peter Love and Phillip Deery as its Editors. Of course, thanks must also be extended to all those labour historians and fellow travellers who presented papers and those who helped to support their research by attending the conference.	2
The Federal Executive meeting held at the Conference in Melbourne was especially pleased to welcome colleagues from New Zealand. Ray Markey and Peter Franks took the opportunity to report on the success of the Trans Tasman conference held in Auckland in January and its role in helping to foster closer links between the ASSLH and labour historians in New Zealand. The Federal Executive congratulated Ray and Peter on the success of the Trans Tasman conference and we look forward to further collaborations in future. In recognising the importance of developing such international links, the meeting appointed Andrew Moore to investigate potential relationships with local and international affiliates, and to advise the Federal Executive on this matter.	. . .

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