Michelle Grattan will deliver the John West Memorial Lecture at 8pm on Friday 18 March 2016 at the Sir Raymond Ferrall Centre at the University of Tasmania, Newnham. Her topic will be The Power of Small Voices: The Struggle for the Senate’s Centre.

Information on The Examiner-John West Memorial Lecture for 2015 is under the Activities heading. Julian Burnside AO QC spoke at the Albert Hall on Friday 13 March at 8.00pm. The full text of his lecture We can do much better is now online.

Today, the new Launceston Historical Society web site is fully functional.

The new site has actually been sitting here for some time, but you have not been able to see it. When you type http://launcestonhistory.org.au/ into your web browser, it asks a special web site called a Domain Name Server to look up the correct address and take you there. It is the Internet’s phone book, and for the last few days it has been sending you to the wrong place.

Marion sorted it out yesterday, and now everyone can access the new site.

Enjoy!

Phil Stephens

The Launceston Historical Society web site has been moved to a new format. It will allow us to inform you of news and events quickly and easily.

It will also allow members to comment on the news posts made here.

It will take some time to get everything set up correctly, so please be patient.