On this page we have made available for listening or download a number of the regular Launceston Historical Society lecture series held on the third Sunday of each month. It is audio only and on MP3.

They go back to 2011 and new ones are being added all the time, so come back and check occasionally.

RECENT ADDITIONS

2024 TALKS ARE NOW BEING UPLOADED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE – THESE ARE THE LATEST

• The Convict Memorial. A Talk by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart on 16 June 2024

• Joseph Reginald Forward and the making of the Launceston Public Library, 1906 – 1948. A talk by Stefan Petrow on 19 May 2024

• Crooks, Craftsmen and Gold Diggers! French and Italian Convicts in Launceston in the 1840s. A talk by Julian Burgess on 21 April 2024

• A Good Riddance: The Inception of Criminal Deportation in Colonial Australia. The 2024 John West Lecture by Kristyn Harman, 17 March 2024

RECENT LEGACY ADDITIONS

These have been added from archived CDs. Please look for them in date order.

• Captain Samuel William Barrett: From Island Boy to Master Mariner – Steve Radford 19 August 2018
• The Celebrated Peddle Chair – Denis Lake 20 May 2018