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Critical reception
The Honest History Book have been generally well received among journalists and other historians. Stephen Caroll of The Sydney Morning Herald called the book "a long overdue assessment" on Australian history. Other reviewers commending the "timely" nature of the book, reflecting the trend of historical approaches in revisiting Australian history. Writing for the Evatt Journal, Michelle Arrow called the book "provocative, combative and myth-busting" which can "hopefully encourage Australians to demand more from the media, government and cultural institutions that shape our views of our past". Catie Gilchrist of The Dictionary of Sydney also gave a positive review stating that it is a "challenging, engaging, at times fist pumpingly 'you have nailed what is so wrong with Australian politics and history' sort of book".

In acknowledging the "public attacks" historians critical of Australia's ANZAC history have endured, public historian Anna Clark endorsed the book as important in delving and uncovering myths in Australian history. However, in writing for the Sydney Review of Books, Clark added that the book could have improved by "including international studies of memory and historical consciousness, as well as their implications for historical analysis and research".

Current Activties
Since 2019, Honest History has provided scholarships for secondary school history teachers to attend the annual Australian Historical Association Conference. Through their involvement with the Australian Historical Association (AHA), their annual scholarships served to cover the costs in accommodation, travel and registration. In 2019, Honest History has donated to Professional Historians Australia to financially support historians in the association to attend the annual AHA conferences.

On 28 June 2019, David Stephens, a member of Honest History, contributed a submission towards an independent review to the National Archives of Australia concerning the preservation of digital archives containing Commonwealth information. In the submission, Stephens raised the importance of maintaining the archives as a way of balancing Australian history.