Bernard was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 9 June 2025 for ” services to literature as sportswriter and author”.Details of citation.
ASSH Student Article Award (2023-2025) Winner Announced
The Honours and Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the ASSH Student Article Award (2023-2025) has been won by Ruby Ekkel for her article “The Meaning of a Bushwalk with the Melbourne Women’s Walking Club” which was published in Australian Historical Studies on 14 October 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2024.2406839). Further information about the successful winner and article.
The Tom Brock Bequest Scholarships 2025-2026
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Tom Brock and Wes Smythe scholarships. These scholarships help to advance the serious study of rugby league. See the following pages for more information:
Applications for both awards will close Monday 9 June 2025.
ASSH Book and Article Awards 2023-2025
The following ASSH Awards are now open for submission – ASSH Book Award, ASSH Anthology Award, ASSH Public History Book Award (new) and ASSH Student Article Award. Full details including submission conditions. Nominated books to sent to each member of the Book Awards Sub-Committee by 21 March 2025.
The 25th Annual Tom Brock Lecture: A Tribute to Ian Heads
The 25th annual Tom Brock Lecture will be held at Petersham RSL , Sydney on Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 6pm. Panel – Phillip Heads, Geoff Armstrong, David Middleton and John Smailes. Further information including free registration.
Tom Brock Scholarship 2024-2005
A scholarship will be offered during the financial year, 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, to the value of $3000. The objective will be to encourage new research on rugby league and its relationship to other sports. Preference will be given to a postgraduate student or a beginning researcher who has not yet established a track record in sports history research. Details. Applications close 28 June 2024.
24th Annual Tom Brock Lecture!
Our lecture this year takes place on Tuesday 12 September, 6:00 for 6:30pm. It takes the form of a panel discussion: ‘Whither Bush Footy? Country rugby league in the 21st century’
Our panellists are Matt Parish, Karen Stuart and Geoff Mann.
ASSH Awards 2023
ASSH Book, Anthology, Student Article and Service Awards close on 25 May 2023. More information.
Publishing in Sporting Traditions
Editors Lionel Frost and Abdel Halibi accept original research articles on the historical, economic, political, social, cultural, legal or philosophical significance of sporting activity. Articles do not have to relate to sport in Australia. More information.
Australian Society for Sports History 