History and the Hill 2019 was a fascinating, enlightening and important gathering of policy makers (past and present), policy shapers, academics, students and journalists, held at Deakin Downtown (and University of Melbourne) from 12 – 14 June 2019. 

The event kicked off with a the Australian Policy History Public Lecture, delivered by Prof. Graeme Davison, looking at the influences of Hugh Stretton. 

The event continued on Thursday 13 June with a keynote speech delivered by The Honourable Dr Andrew Leigh MP,  Small-l Liberalism and the Labor Tradition.

You can read more about the papers given by Dr Carla Pascoe-Leahy and Dr Carolyn Holbrook on our website, and you can see the tweets from the event by searching the hashtag #APHCon19 on Twitter or here

Below you will find a collection of photos from the conference, highlighting the breadth of contributions. We look forward to discussing and publishing more papers, outcomes and ideas from the conference over the coming months.