Read the December 2023 Launceston Historical Society Newsletter here: 191 December 2023

This is a wrap-up for the year and includes a summary of the last two lectures and other activities:

• Prue McCausland’s talk on The Albert Hall & the International Exhibition 1891-92
• Michelle Blake’s virtual tour of local heritage in Launceston
• East Tamar Excursion
• Old Perth Gaol Archaeological Dig
• Primary History Prize
• Lectures organised so far for 2024
• List of ‘Our History’ articles for the last two months
• Links to the LHS Membership Form in Word – renewals are due on 31 December 2023

Everyone is welcome to come along each month to hear the speakers tell us more about our history. Admission is free for LHS members, and $5 for visitors.

Commander Stephen Cornish RAN presented an address on “A journey into family military history or how I became an historian by accident” to the Launceston Historical Society meeting on 16 April 2023.

The full address is posted here with illustrations:

Address to Launceston Historical Society by Stephen Cornish

The next John West Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Associate Professor Kristyn Harman on the topic “A Good Riddance: The Inception of Criminal Deportation in Colonial Australia” on Sunday 17 March 2024 at 2 pm at the Meeting Room, Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk.  https://launcestonhistory.org.au/activities/john-west-lecture/

The Launceston Primary School History Prize for 2024 will open after Easter.

Be in the running to win book vouchers from Petrarch’s Bookshop by doing some historical research and presenting it in a short video or project.

Open to all students from the Launceston area in grades 3 – 6.

More information and entry forms for 2024 will be available here: https://launcestonhistory.org.au/activities/history-prize/

ALSO

The Marita Bardenhagen Memorial Award for Local History is a biennial prize acknowledging outstanding original research in the field of local history with significant Tasmanian content.

The 2023 Award opens on 14 June and closes on 30 September. 

Application forms are available from Dr Dianne Snowden AM at dsnowden@tassie.net.au.

The 2021 winner was Jill Cassidy for her book Deviot Talks. She was awarded $1,500.