So says passionate history teacher Jonathon Dallimore, who is keen to highlight the good news story to be told here ...
Why is history thriving in NSW, yet in dire straits south of the border?
Amid reports history's survival is under threat in Victorian schools, in contrast the subject is ‘holding up very well’ in NSW, as the state leads the way in promoting and valuing the discipline.
Key political figures, active campaigns from HTANSW and a determined stance to keep history a distinct subject in its own right have been critical to the subject’s broad success, Dallimore says.