‘Off the Beaten Track’ travelling lectures is brought to key regional centres of NSW during History Week by the Copyright Agency Limited and the History Council of NSW . The series showcase outstanding and innovative historical scholarship. The inaugural series was launched in 2005.

Previous Lectures

2009 Laila Ellmoos Solitude of Sighs

2008 Jill Roe Brains from the Bush: creativity and culture in rural and regional New South Wales, from Miles Franklin to Marie Bashir

2007 Ian Jack The Pastoral Legacy

2006 Richard White The City, the Bush and the Australian Holiday

2005 Richard Waterhouse Agrarian Ideals, Pastoral Realities: the Use and Misuse of Land in Rural Australia, 1788-2004

Supported by our regional partners.