List of historical societies

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This is a partial List of historical and heritage societies from around the world. The sections provided are not mutually exclusive. Many historical societies websites are their museums' websites. List is organized by location and later by specialization.

Contents

International societies

Global

Supra-national

Australia

National societies

State and territory societies

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

The Royal Western Australian Historical Society is the overarching society for the whole state.

Perth:

  • Heritage Perth
  • Bassendean Historical Society
  • Bayswater Historical Society
  • Canning Districts Historical Society
  • City of South Perth Historical Society
  • Cockburn Historical Society
  • Colonial Bottle Collectors Club
  • Darlington Historical Group
  • Fremantle History Society
  • Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of WA
  • Kalamunda and Districts Historical Society
  • Maritime Archaeological Association WA
  • Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association
  • Melville Historical Society
  • Midland and Districts Historical Society
  • Mundaring and Hills Historical Society
  • Perth Electric Tramway Society
  • Rockingham District Society
  • Scout Heritage Centre of WA
  • Swan-Guildford Historical Society
  • WA Police Historical Society
  • Wanneroo and Districts Historical Society

Peel:

  • Jarrahdale Heritage Society
  • Kwinana Heritage Group
  • Mandurah Historical Society
  • Murray Districts Historical Society
  • Serpentine Historical Society

Wheatbelt:

  • Beverley Historical Society
  • Bindoon and Districts Historical Society
  • Brookton and Districts Historical Society
  • Carnamah Historical Society
  • Cervantes Historical Society
  • Corrigin Historical Society
  • Cunderdin Historical Society
  • Goomalling Historical Society
  • Koorda and Districts Museum & Historical Society
  • Moora Historical Society
  • Narembeen Historical Society
  • Northam and Districts Historical Society
  • Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum
  • Toodyay Historical Society
  • Wongan Hills and Districts Museum and Historical Society
  • Yilgarn Historical Society
  • The York Society

South West:

  • Augusta Historical Society
  • Australind and Districts Historical Society
  • Bridgetown Historical Society
  • Bunbury Historical Society
  • Busselton Historical Society
  • Denmark Historical Society
  • Donnybrook Historical Society
  • Friends of Donnelly Village
  • Harvey Historical Society
  • Manjimup Historical Society
  • Margaret River and District Historical Society
  • Walpole-Nornalup Historical Society

Great Southern:

  • Albany Historical Society
  • Broomehill Historical Society
  • Katanning Historical Society
  • Kojonup Historical Society
  • Plantagenet Historical Society

Mid West:

  • Birdwood Military Museum and Society
  • Geraldton Historical Society
  • Irwin Districts Historical Society
  • Morowa District Historical Society
  • Northampton Historical Society

Kimberley:

  • Broome Historical Society
  • Kununurra Historical Society
  • Wyndham Historical Society

Goldfields-Esperance:

  • Eastern Goldfields Historical Society
  • Esperance Bay Historical Society
  • Ravensthorpe Historical Society

Gascoyne:

  • Gascoyne Historical Society [3]

Pilbara:

  • Pilbara Railways Historical Society

Brazil

Canada

National societies

Ontario Historical Society, in 1914 Ontario Historical Society, Ottawa, 1914.jpg
Ontario Historical Society, in 1914

Provincial and territorial societies

Alberta

  • Old Glenora Conservation Association

British Columbia

  • Sea Island Heritage Society

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Greenspond Historical Society

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

China

Czech Republic

French Polynesia

Finland

Germany

Ghana

Hungary

India

Ireland

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Scrabo Tower, on the Ards peninsula

Lithuania

Mexico

Moldova

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Pakistan

Poland

Portugal

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Philippines

Turkey

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

National societies

Regional and local societies

United States

Aviation historical societies

United States

Other countries

Denominational societies

Time-period oriented societies

United States

Subject matter-based historical societies

Canada

India

United Kingdom

United States


See also

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References

  1. International Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in Russian
  2. International Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in English
  3. "Gascoyne Historical Society". Trove. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. "ANPUH - BRASIL - Associação Nacional de História". anpuh.org.br. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  5. Ards Historical Society, official site]

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