Centre for Historical Research

The National Museum of Australia's Centre for Historical Research fosters new thinking about Australian history and the Australian historical experience.

The Centre helps the Museum to develop the capacity to undertake substantive national research, and for academic interpretation of the subject areas represented by the Museum's collections.

Centre for Historical Research staff and visiting fellows, from left, Darrell Lewis, Mike Smith, Anne Faris, Maria Nugent, Matthew Higgins, Nicholas Brown, Libby Robin, Christine Wright, Peter Stanley, Lynne McCarthy, Richard Reid, Jenny Newell and Sophie Jensen. Photo: George Serras.

The Museum's focus is on interdisciplinary research in three broad thematic areas:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories
• Australian history and society since 1788
• People's interaction with the environment