International Historians Association

The International Historians Association (IHA) is a non-profit organisation based in Australia. They specialise in aiding the development of local historical networks that will help promote local history throughout Australia. Their main areas of research are focused on general Australian history, and also its capital Canberra.

The association was founded in 2009, when a number of freelance writers noticed the lack of readily available knowledge about the history of Australia. They decided to begin piecing together vast amounts of information about its history. The idea was and still is supported by local and the national government, which feel the idea will greatly improve knowledge and tourism.

The main aim of the foundation became clear a couple of years after it was founded, they aimed to launch a website and online encyclopaedia for Canberra’s Centenary celebrations in March 2013. The aim was to have a basic encyclopaedia of around 100,000 articles ready for the celebrations.

The future of the association will lie with government involvement, men's sheds and school projects to keep the information growing and improving.

The association aims to manage and provide an online resource about Australia’s history throughout the 21st Century and beyond. This is centred on the aim that the collated information will be accessible and be able to be accessed by future generations, to read about the history of Australian achievements, events, individuals and businesses.

The First Responder Community was the first virtual shed to be launched by the IHA in 2014 in an effort to recognize the valuable heroic work of the hundreds of thousands of first responders that are in their retirement years and are in need of aged care, health welfare and mobility equipment. This community group supports retired police, fire fighters, paramedics,rescue workers and the military by developing programs that assists in their mental alertness and physical well being.

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