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Military

History related to army, air, naval and associated subjects, from colonial days to the modern era, at war and peace, at home and abroad.

Business

Business entrepreneurs and pioneers have often underpinned Australia’s prosperity, including many successful family businesses in the agricultural, automotive, hotel and building sectors.

Biographical

Focusing on those who did not seek the limelight, with biographical details to illuminate their life and times, from hoteliers to builders and citizen soldiers to garage owners.

Recent publications by Andrew Kilsby

Co-author

A Reputable Set of Men: The Sandringham Club 1913-2013
Sigma Pharmaceuticals 1912-2012

Editor

In the Fight: Australians and the War in Burma 1942-1945 (with Dr Daryl Moran)

La Trobe Society Fellowship

In 2024, Dr Kilsby was awarded, through the Sate Library of Victoria, a La Trobe Society Fellowship.

Read More: https://connect-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/La-Trobeana-Vol-23-No-3-La-Trobe-Society-Fellow.pdf

About Connect-History

The principal of Connect-History is Andrew Kilsby, an independent historian and published author. He researches and writes histories and articles, convenes history conferences, and arranges exhibitions with a focus on Australian related military, business and biographical history. He holds a PhD in history from UNSW@ADFA. Dr Kilsby has a background in military and diplomatic service and in corporate communications both in Australia and in Asia-Pacific.

Andrew is passionate about the importance of history to connect us to our past and to the legacy of those who went before us. He is dedicated to recovering lost or forgotten history, whether of families or communities, business endeavours, or aspects of Australia’s military history and of those who served. Through a compelling narrative based on detailed research and context, augmented by images and oral history, Andrew is able to create and write accessible history which can be passed down to future generations. Andrew’s curiosity about the connections between past, present and future is reflected in his capacity to explore, discover and describe history, not just in written form, but also in exhibitions and through conferences.

Dr Kilsby supports and endorses the Australian ‘Value of History’ Statement

Associates of Connect-History include:

Dr. Daryl Moran – Historian – Read More…
Dr. Susan Walter – Award Winning Land Historian – Read More…
Helen Gobbi, OAM – Award Winning – Read More…

Commissioned Projects

Connect-History accepts commissioned work for histories large (such as book size narrative histories fully researched and written to an academic standard) to small (such as biographies and reports), for convening one or two day history conferences and curating and arranging exhibitions of different durations and sizes, managing archival projects whether private or organisational or conducting research. While our scale of fees is based on the guidance given by the Professional Historians of Australia (see www.historians.org.au/scale-of-fees/ ) all projects can be made to measure for budgets and purpose.

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