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RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONAL HISTORIANS AND OTHERS

PHA members can obtain support, advice, and a range of helpful documents from their PHA and the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations (ACPHA).  Most of the documents are free, and most are available to non-members.  The resources below can be accessed via the website links provided on this page or by contacting PHA (WA).
Resources from ACPHA
  • Accreditation and Membership.
  • Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for Professional Historians in Australia.
  • Continuing Professional Development: Guidelines for PHA Members.
  • Scale of Fees recommended for the engagement of Accredited Professional Historians in Australia.
  • Model Contract or Memorandum of Agreement & a check list – available to PHA members only.
  • Commissioning Work by an Accredited Professional Historian.
  • History as a Career.
  • Members' Work Database.
  • Internet History Links – for links to other history organisations, business and practice issues (including copyright), careers and training in history, history resources, libraries, museums, registries and archives, and the internet and digital history.
  • ACPHA Discussion Forum – for archived posts on the Australian 'History Wars'.
  • What's On in History.
Resources from PHA (WA) 
  • PHA (WA) Register of Consultants.
  • Insurance – PHA (WA) carries insurance polices under which its members can purchase competitively priced professional indemnity and/or public liability insurance cover. For details of professional indemnity cover, click here. For details of public liability cover, click here.
  • Information on fees, on-costs and travel costs – available to PHA (WA) members only on request.
  • Model letter of engagement for small projects: Courtesy of PHA (NSW) – available to PHA (WA) members only on request.
  • Commissioning History: A practical guide to engaging consultant historians – see commissioning history for further information.
  • Members' Work Database.
  • Advice for potential hosts of work experience students – information about procedures available on request.
  • PHA policy for handling inquiries re commissioned history – information about procedures available on request.
  • PHA policy for handling requests for PHA assistance – information about procedures available on request.
  • PHA policy for speakers representing the PHA – information about selection and payment available on request.
  • Professional Historians Association (WA) Inc: 1989–2005 – background information about the Association available on request.
Resources from PHA (NSW)
  • Consultants Register.
Resources from PHA (NT)

No resources currently available.

Resources from PHA (Qld)
  • Consultants Register.
Resources from PHA (SA)
  • Directory of Consultant Historians & Researchers.
Resources from PHA (Tas)
  • Consultants List.
Resources from PHA (Vic)
  • Employment service.
  • Guide to costing a history project.
  • Preparing a project brief.

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Date of last update 24 November 2009