Introductory Note to the 'Armidale and District Historical Society Journal and Proceedings': No. 18, January, 1975

The changing tone of these editorial remarks over the last few years gives both an indication of the activities of the Society and of the general pattern of the spoken and written contributions to regional history in northern New South Wales. Thus the contents of the Journal are an index of wider concerns in historical societies and of increased interest in diverse sub-disciplines, such as: the history of mining; industrial archaeology; settlement patterns; early lines of communication; and styles of architecture; to say nothing of historical ecology, biographical research, mental climate studies, or the historiography of and for relatively small areas of sparse population.