We are pleased to present this collection of articles for Australian Historian Studies,the third to be produced during the most extraordinary and trying of times. Our thoughts go out especially to our friends and colleagues in Melbourne, the spiritual home of Australian Historical Studies, and especially to the ever-reliable Annal-isa Giudici who would never let a pandemic get in the way of a publishing deadline. While 2020 has been the unkindest of years, we offer this issue as further proof that Australian historical research continues to flourish in the hands of both our senior and emerging scholars.