Sponsors and Exhibitors

We're delighted to introduce our sponsors and exhibitors joining us at this year's HTAV Annual Conference.

Our conference partners are supporting HTAV because they value what you do and want to connect with you.

The financial contribution from these organisations enables us to keep conference registration fees affordable while providing the quality program and experience you have come to expect from an HTAV event. You can help our HTAV community, and our generous sponsors by inquiring about their programs, services and products and discover how they can support your teaching. Thanks to our sponsors there will be an opportunity to win some great prizes with the Exhibitor Passport Prize Draw each day of the conference.

On behalf of HTAV and the History teachers in Victoria, we would like to thank all the sponsors and exhibitors for their support and collegiality.

Sponsors

Conference Program Sponsor: Sovereign Hill

A visit to Sovereign Hill ignites curiosity as students step into a living landscape on Wadawurrung Country and explore the human stories of Australia’s gold rush era. Set within the original 1850s Ballarat East goldfields, history becomes immersive and tangible. Students investigate how the announcement of gold sparked one of the most significant social and economic transformations in Australia’s history, drawing thousands to the region in search of fortune and opportunity, and impacting the environment for generations.

Through inquiry and discussion, curriculum concepts are brought to life, transforming abstract ideas into meaningful historical understanding. Through hands-on, place-based learning, students engage directly with primary sources and develop historical thinking skills, including cause and consequence, continuity and change, and historical significance.

Students and teachers leave with a deeper appreciation of Australia’s past and a clearer understanding of how history continues to shape the present.

Thursday Social Hour Sponsor: Libertas Travel

Libertas Travel is a specialised and fully accredited provider of customised educational study tours.

Working with Australian schools and universities since 2011, we provide carefully curated and immersive curriculum-linked study tours across Australia and the world.
Our team of dedicated and professional staff will make your tour dream a reality by providing one-on-one services in the development of your itinerary. We will provide an information session at your school or online, along with customised promotional material to generate interest.

Every tour is accompanied by one of our experienced tour managers who will look after all of the daily logistics and administration, taking this burden from teachers. In each location, expert local guides will bring the sites to life.

Libertas Travel also offers teacher professional development tours. Destinations currently on offer include Egypt, China, Vietnam and Italy.

Visit our website to view our range of suggested itineraries for inspiration!
Contact Libertas Travel or chat to us at the conference to discuss your school’s requirements.

Pay It Forward Sponsors: Shrine of Remembrance and WorldStrides

Each will partner with HTAV to fully subsidise the professional learning registration costs of two teachers at the 2026 HTAV Annual Conference.

There are two places available for Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August. Details on how to apply are available on the HTAV website.

Exhibitors

HTAV Member Resources HTAV is committed to fostering an outstanding professional community that meets the challenges of teaching and learning History in a dynamic environment. Our aim is to support History teachers and educators in developing the necessary skills, knowledge, and values to be creative, responsible and effective in their profession. We strive to ensure that History is the most enlivening, memorable, and formative learning in which students engage. HTAV advocates for the discipline of History in schools and the expertise and commitment of History teachers.
HTAV Publishing HTAV Publishing is a not-for-profit educational publisher based in Australia. History is all we do, so we have developed deep expertise in this field. HTAV Publishing collaborates with our members to create diverse educational materials such as textbooks, study and exam guides, teaching resources, sample exams and digital resources. We aim to provide comprehensive support to teachers to encourage excellence in the teaching and learning of History. The full range of publications is available through the HTAV Shop.

	Bendigo Heritage Trust
	Cambridge University Press & Assessment
	Department of Veterans Affairs
	Eureka Centre Ballarat
	First Nations Incursions
	Jacaranda
	Kryal Castle
	Libertas Travel (Social Hour sponsor)
	Matilda Education
	Medieval Education and Entertainment
	Museums Victoria
	National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
	Old Treasury Building Museum
	Oxford University Press
	Robert Menzies Institute
	Sovereign Hill (Conference Program sponsor)
	State Library Victoria
	The Canberra Experience
	vyatra
	WorldStrides (Pay it Forward sponsor)