Read the April 2024 Launceston Historical Society Newsletter here: LHS Newsletter 193 Apr 2024
Find out what’s coming up in 2024:
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:
The 2024 John West Memorial Lecture was delivered by Associate Professor Kristyn Harman on the topic “A Good Riddance: The Inception of Criminal Deportation in Colonial Australia” on Sunday 17 March at 2 pm at the Meeting Room, Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk. The written version can be read here: 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.