Venue:
Coast Centre for Seniors,
2 Curie Avenue, Little Bay, NSW
(unless otherwise listed)
Time:
1:30pm
(unless otherwise listed)
Visitors Welcome
Upcoming Events:
NSW Heritage Festival
NSW Heritage Festival
The 2023 Australian Heritage Festival theme is Shared Stories. This new theme invites event organisers to share the stories of our natural, cultural built and Indigenous heritage, and encourages the community to build connections through the contribution of their own rich and diverse stories along the way.
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: David Rosenberg
Topic: "Pine Gap – Close To God’s Ear: NSA Eavesdropping Memoirs"
David worked for the NSA for over twenty years, including eighteen years as an American officer at the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap. This is the first book about the NSA’s operations at a satellite ground site by an individual who held the Top Secret security clearance that allowed him to work inside Operations. His book details the intelligence collection mission at Pine Gap and the partnership between Australia and the United States that has made Pine Gap the most important satellite ground site in the Intelligence Community. David is the Technical & Creative Consultant for the Netflix and ABC television series, ‘Pine Gap’.
Beginners’ Workshop
Beginners' Workshop
A free Beginners' Workshop for those who are starting out on their journey into their family history.
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Dr Megan Neilson
Topic: "Unravelling the family myth: A personal glimpse of Chinese-Australian history"
When I set out to solve a family puzzle I never expected to fall headlong into Chinese-Australian history. The puzzle concerned my great-grandmother Matilda Jane Millar who in 1852 had arrived in Victoria from England, only 11 years old and seemingly unchaperoned. On the Ballarat goldfields Matilda Jane was later to marry my Chinese great-grandfather Chin Kit 陳吉. There was a romantic family myth about how they had met elsewhere. But the records said otherwise. The unravelling of the true story took me from University College London, to Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria, to Launceston in Tasmania and ultimately to Guangdong in southern China.
Past Events:
Discussion Group
Discussion Group
Topic: "The Corner Shop". This could include memories of days gone by of the local store where you or your ancestors shopped. Where was the it located? What did it stock? What services did it provide? Do you have photos of the shop? Bring them along with your story to be told. If you do not have anything to share, come along and listen to other members' stories. Their ideas may trigger a memory for you, which you may then wish to share. Looking forward to hearing a number of different stories!
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Leonie Bell
Topic: "Stannumville: Suburb in the Sand"
Many people are aware of the canvas and tin shacks that were erected by desperate people on the sandhills of La Perouse and Sans Souci during the throes of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Shanty towns such as these have a long history in Australia, particularly in pioneer and gold mining towns in Victoria and New South Wales during the Gold Rush. However, few will have heard of a News South Wales State Government scheme to house families in a purpose-built tent town during World War 1. Canvas Town, sometimes referred to as Calico Town or Tin Town, was later known as Stannumville and was situated south of Daceyville.
Discussion Group
Discussion Group
Topic: "What the family wore and when they wore it". This could include what was worn on a special occasion, what was worn for work, a special outfit that was treasured or any other important or treasured clothing item. Do you have photos or perhaps even that special item? Bring them along with your story to be told.
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Jane Britten and Barbara Swebeck, Woollahra Library Local Studies Team
Topic: "Maps and Mansions"
NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies
NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies
Title: Riding the Waves of History
All presentations via ZOOM and YouTube.
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Freda Backes, Australian Lebanese Historical Society
Topic: "Establishing the Australian Lebanese Historical Society to document early Lebanese immigration to Australia: Uncovering my family history."
Discussion Group
Discussion Group
Topic: "Family History in Numbers (and the story behind the number/s)"
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Chris Beazley
Topic: "The Amazing Taylors: George, Florence and Vince"
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Dr Lesley Potter
Topic: "Connections and Interconnections in Sydney Society in the 1830s"
Beginners’ Workshop
Beginners' Workshop
A free Beginners' Workshop for those who are starting out on their journey into their family history.
General Meeting
General Meeting
Speaker: Christine Yeats
Topic: 'Chasing the ubiquitous "Mrs" in family research'
NSW Heritage Festival
NSW Heritage Festival
The 2022 Australian Heritage Festival theme is Curiosity. From the city to the regions, this theme brings heritage to life by encouraging communities to actively wonder, investigate and learn about natural, cultural, Aboriginal, living and built heritage around the nation.
Recording, Storing and Presenting Your Family History
Recording, Storing and Presenting Your Family History
Presenter: Margaret Phillips, Education Officer