Third Sunday of the Month at 2pm, Queen Victoria 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, Queen Victoria Museum at Inveresk, at 2pm unless otherwise notified. Speakers include members of the Society and other historians.

The Society hosts the John West Memorial Lecture, delivered by a prominent Australian, in March each year. The Annual General Meeting is held in February. The re-instated Mead, Smith, von Stieglitz Memorial Lecture is held annually.

Below is the current schedule for these meetings. See the latest newsletter for more information on upcoming events.

Admission is free for LHS members and $5 for visitors.

There is no need to book to attend lectures. Audio recordings of the lectures will be uploaded to this website in due course.

2025 Meetings: 

Sunday, 16 February 2025 Flyer                                                                            Annual General Meeting + Jai Paterson & John Dent, Launceston Court Records: Just hope your ancestors were caught…

Sunday, 16 March 2025 John West Memorial Lecture + Flyer                                      Hamish Maxwell Stewart, Networks of resistance: Mapping a convict road gang in northern Van Diemen’s Land 1829-1839

Sunday, 13 April 2025 Flyer                                                                                         Stefan Petrow, ‘Our first baptism of fire’: Northern Tasmanian soldiers in the 12th Battalion at Gallipoli, April 1915

Sunday, 18 May 2025                                                                                                    Lou Rae, The Lost Province on Tasmania’s West Coast  

Sunday, 15 June 2025                                                                                            Sophie Appleby, Harlequin Bob: The ‘chequered and eventful’ life of Robert Cowburn     

Sunday, 20 July 2025                                                                                                Alison Alexander, Rogues and Scoundrels of Launceston

Sunday, 17 August 2025                                                                                        Richard Mack, James Austin of Austin’s Ferry

Sunday, 21 September 2025                                                                                    Steve Radford, Reginald Munro: Aviator Extraordinaire

Sunday, 19 October 2025 Mead, Smith, von Stieglitz Memorial Lecture            Darren Watton & John Dent, Perth Cottage Archaeology Dig

Monday, 27 October 2025                                                                                  Excursion to the Convict Penitentiary and TMAG, Hobart. Members only.

Sunday, 16 November 2025                                                                                       Brad Wood, Debunking the Myth. The True Story of Waubadebar

Monday to Friday, 24-28 November 2025                                                     Archaeology Dig, Mt Ireh, Longford. Members only.