Read the April 2025 Launceston Historical Society Newsletter here: No 198 April 2025

Find out what’s happening:

• Welcoming the 2025 committee members
• Summaries of the last two lectures
• Sunday 13 April, Stefan Petrow speaking on ‘Our first baptism of fire’: Northern Tasmanian soldiers in the 12th Battalion at Gallipoli, April 1915
• Sunday 18 May, Lou Rae, The Lost Province of Tasmania’s West Coast
• Sunday 15 June, Sophie Appleby, Harlequin Bob: The “chequered and eventful” life of Robert Cowburn
• Other LHS meetings for 2025
• Spring Excursion to Hobart for members only
• Launceston History Centre news
• Primary History Prize information
• Other events of interest

Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings to hear the speakers tell us more about our history. Admission is free for LHS members and $5 for visitors.