Group
Occupation
231535 Historian
Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
First release
231535 Historian
Researches, collects, and analyses information about the history of human activity, events, cultures, and eras, and prepares accounts of findings.
Specialisations
- Academic Historian
- Professional Historian
ANZSCO skill level
This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
Australia
- Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience
New Zealand
- Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience
Main tasks
- Assembles historical data by consulting sources of information, such as historical indexes and catalogues, archives, court records, diaries, newspaper files, and other materials
- Organises, authenticates, evaluates, and interprets historical, political, sociological, anthropological, and linguistic data
- Undertakes historical and cultural research into human activity, and prepares and presents research findings
- Writes articles to be published in academic publications, such as journals
- Analyses and interprets historical information to determine its authenticity