News

Our Historian Kath Lonergan reports:

In this month of May we pay tribute 210 years ago to the arrival of the fourth embarkation in the exodus from Norfok Island ...

From Limerick to Campbell Town to Detroit, Meredith Hodgson guides us through the remarkable life of Eliza Williams.

The author Alice Meredith Hodgson will be in conversation with fellow historian Dr Kristyn Harman

The Female Convicts Research Centre (FCRC) is conducting an interesting Seminar at the Hobart Town Hall entitled "The Hobart Town Female Factory and the move to the Cascades, 1828".

When: Sunday, 22nd April 2018
Where: Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street, Hobart

For more details about the Seminar program and to Register select this link to FCRC.  Cost is $40 which includes morning tea and a light lunch.

The program also includes the Convict Women’s Press launch of their new book, “Convict Lives At The Cascade Female Factory” by Her Excellency, Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC, Governor of Tasmania.  The book has individual stories of women at the factories and our member Diane Davis is the author of one of the stories in this book.

The books will be available for purchase on the day.

An list of speakers covering varied and interesting topics for the 2018 monthly meetings of the Association is now available for members.  Remember that meetings are now held at the Moonah Community Centre, 7 Gormanston Road, Moonah on the first Tuesday each month except for January.