6 March
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Dr Lisa Murray - Sydney Cemetery AdventuresCemeteries are wonderful, quiet places for the living, according to Lisa Murray, author of a new field guide to Sydney's cemeteries. She is passionate about making history accessible to the public. She is an author, professional historian and a regular contributor to debates around public history. Recent publications include the award-winning Sydney Cemeteries: A Field Guide (New South Publishing, 2016) and Our City: 175 Years in 175 Objects (City of Sydney, 2017). Lisa is currently writing a history and graveside companion for Australian cemeteries, to be published by the National Library of Australia.
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3 April
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Dr Paul Irish - Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney
Paul Irish is a Sydneysider who works as a historian and archaeologist with Coast History & Heritage. For over ten years he has been piecing together the Aboriginal history of coastal Sydney with researchers from the La Perouse Aboriginal community.
In hIs talk Paul will explore the unexpected and rich history of the continuing Aboriginal use of coastal Sydney throughout the nineteenth century. Contrary to what you may think, local Aboriginal people did not lose their culture and die out within decades of Governor Phillip’s arrival in Sydney in 1788. Based on his recent book Hidden In Plain View: the Aboriginal people of Coastal Sydney, Paul will discuss what happened to Sydney’s Aboriginal people between the devastating impact of white settlement and increased government intervention a century later. His book was the winner of the NSW Community & Regional History Prize 2018. |
1 May
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Mary Small - Sydney Centennial Celebrations in 1888
When Australia was celebrating the Centenary of 1788-1888, there was a state banquet in the city, opening of Centennial Park, many grand public building were completed, and the public were entertained by wonderful attractions in the aquariums at Manly, Coogee and Bondi beaches. Mary will speak about this time in our history.
Mary was born and educated in England, then studied in London to be a Speech Therapist and immigrated by ship to Australia in 1962. She is a published author of many books for children, has been a long time member of U3A (University of the Third Age), and is particularly interested in Australian history. |
5 June
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Ralph Scrivens - Bush Poetry
Retiree Ralph Scrivens will entertain us with bush poetry, a talent that has seen him dubbed the NSW and Queensland bush poetry champion. He started reciting poems at barbecues and parties but it wasn't until he moved to Corrimal and joined the Illawarra Breakfast Poets that he started competing and he also writes his own poetry.
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