Program for 2017
Venue:
Time:
Vonnie Young Auditorium,
Level 1, Bowen Library,
669-673 Anzac Parade, Maroubra
(unless otherwise listed)
7:00pm
Visitors Welcome
February
Fri 10th
Speaker: Peter Carney – Coogee Surf Life Saving Club Life Member
Topic: 110 Years of Coogee Surf Life Saving Club
March
Fri 10th
Speaker: Sue Castrique – Author
Topic: Under the Colony’s Eye: Gentleman & Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869
April
Fri 7th
Speakers: Cape Banks FHS Members
Topic: “A Leaf from my Family Tree”
Tue Apr 18th – Sun May 21st
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National Trust Heritage Festival 2017
Theme: Having a Voice |
Thu 27th
State Library of NSW – History & Heritage Tour
Time: 10:30am-11:30am
Sat 29th
Beginners’ Workshop, 11.00am-1.00pm
Location: 113A Paine Street, Maroubra
Presenter: Margaret Phillips, Education Officer
Sat 29th
Open Day: 10:00am-4:00pm
Location: 113A Paine Street, Maroubra
May
Fri 12th
Speaker: Bruce Carter – Librarian
Topic: Navigating the new website of the State Library NSW
June
Fri 9th
Speaker: Alan Lloyd, Art Conservator
Topic: What did you do in the Olden Days, Daddy, when there were pennies?
July
Fri 14th
Speaker: Cathy Jones – Strathfield Heritage
Topic: George Todman and the Kensington Connection
August
Fri 11th
Speaker: Kylie Rees
Topic: Archiving and Preserving Documents of your Family History’
September
Fri 8th
Speaker: Cdr Tony Reid (Rtd RAN), National Maritime Museum
Topic: The Stories of Three Shipwrecks
Fri 15th
National Archives of Australia – Bus trip
Location: Chester Hill
Fri 22nd to Sun 24th
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NSW & ACT AFHS State Conference
Host: Orange Family History Group Theme: Your Family Story: telling, recording and preserving Venue: Orange cultural precinct |
October
Fri 13th
Annual General Meeting, followed by “Show and Tell” – items displayed by members
November
Fri 10th
Speaker: Christine Yeats, Randwick & District Historical Society
Topic: Lady Storey and the Red Cross
December
Fri 8th
Christmas Meeting