A visit to the small, historic village of Brungle near Tumut, NSW, is on the itinerary for international historians visiting the region next week for a conference organised by academics from the School of Education at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. The 2010 Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES) conference has attracted about 50 historians of education from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA from Monday 6 to Thursday 9 December. “One focus of the conference is on Indigenous people’s educational histories in Australia, New Zealand and North America, highlighted by a keynote address by CSU’s Foundation Professor of Indigenous Studies, Professor Jeannie Herbert, at 8.30am on Wednesday 8 December,” conference co-convenor Dr Peter Rushbrook said. “As a part of this focus, the historians will visit Brungle Public School near Tumut from 12.30pm to 6.30pm on Wednesday 8 December. The school, established in 1868, is known for its excellent Indigenous education program, and a paper about the school’s history will be presented to the conference delegates on the coach on the way to the school.”