The society's activities include public lectures and an annual conference with papers presented by national and international speakers.
It promotes the exchange of information and reference material relating to historical archaeology in Australia and overseas.
Initially ASHA published only a Newsletter which was important in conveying relevant news and information (often research findings).
In 1983 the society began publishing the Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology under the editorship of Graham Connah.
[5] This was followed by Mackay and Karskens' review of Connah's appraisal, focusing on the ...contribution of other forms of public archaeology in Australia in the late twentieth century.