The General Council is a body of 20 representatives elected biennially from the membership of the History Council of NSW. The General Council deals with matters of policy and meets four times a year.

The Executive Committee is responsible for the implementation of this policy and is elected annually from within the General Council.

Current Councillors

Mark Dunn (President)
Professional Historians Association New South Wales

Richard Waterhouse (Vice President)
The University of Sydney

Richard Neville (Secretary)
State Library of NSW

Christine Yeats (Treasurer)
State Records NSW

Tanya Evans (Executive Committee)
Macquarie University

David Carment (Executive Committee)
Royal Australian Historical Society

Stefania Bernini
The University of New South Wales

Fiona Burn
Australian Society of Archivists

Kate Cameron
History Teachers Association of New South Wales

Michelle Cavanagh
Individual

Lisa Featherstone
University of Newcastle

Andrea Fernandes
Migration Heritage Centre NSW

Janet Howse
Australian Society of Archivists

Melissa Jackson
State Library of New South Wales

Megan Martin
Historic Houses Trust

Mari Metzke
Individual

Lisa Murray
City of Sydney

Heidi Norman
University of Technology Sydney

David Roberts
University of New England

Peter Tyler
Individual

Jill Roe (ex-officio)
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (Federal Branch)