Australian Humanities Research Council

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The Australian Humanities Research Council (AHRC) first met in 1954 and was formally established in 1956. Its aim was to promote and publish the work of Australian humanities researchers. In 1969, it was replaced by the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

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Davison, Graeme. ‘Phoenix Rising: The Academy and the Humanities in 1969.’ Humanities Australia 1 (2010): 6-13.

‘Humanities Research Council Holds First Meeting in Canberra.’ Canberra Times, 3 November 1956, 5. Accessed 6 December 2013. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91226660.

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