Third Sunday of the Month 2.00pm, QVMAG Museum at Inveresk

Monthly meetings are held from February to November, usually on the afternoon of the third Sunday in the month, at the Meeting Room, QVMAG Museum at Inveresk. Speakers include members of the Society and other historians.

The Society hosts The Examiner-John West Memorial Lecture, delivered by a prominent Australian, in March each year. The Annual General Meeting is held in February.

Below is the current schedule for these meetings. See the latest newsletter for more information on upcoming events. Admission is free and visitors are welcome.

2015 Meetings:

Sunday, 15 February 2015 - Annual General Meeting form 2015 + Poster
Tom Dunning –  The Virtues of Local History: the Case for a New History of Launceston 

Friday, 13 March 2015 – The Examiner-John West Memorial Lecture +  more information
Held at the Albert Hall, Launceston at 8.00pm
Julian Burnside AO QC – We can do much better

Sunday, 12 April 2015 – Australian Heritage Week 
Julian Burgess – Private William Gow’s Anzac Diary

Sunday, 17 May 2015 – Tasmanian Heritage Festival Month  (Conflict and Compassion)
Anne Neale, Charles Street Virtual Walk

Sunday, 21 June 2015 – Fourth Pugh Day Lecture
Dr Rod Westhorpe – From Etheriser to Anaesthetist: The development of a medical specialty

Sunday, 19 July 2015 
John Paull – Count Strzelecki in Van Diemen’s Land 1840-42

Sunday, 16 August 2015
John Shepherd – A Tourist’s Walk with Max Oldaker through Central Launceston

Sunday, 20 September 2015    
Nic Haygarth – Historic Tasmanian Bushmen

Sunday, 18 October 2015
John Watts – Low Head Leading Lights

Sunday, October 2015
Spring Excursion to be advised

Sunday, 15 November 2015, Christmas Celebration
Anne Neale – Horace Bennett, Architect of the Launceston Town Hall