Speakers

5 September

Patrick Kennedy - Long Bay A Prison History

Long Bay has housed some of Australia's most notorious criminals: Tilly Devine, Darcy Dugan, Russell Cox, Neddy Smith, Chow Hayes, Bernie Matthews, Rex Jackson and Roger Rogerson have all spent time behind its bars.

Patrick Kennedy has a personal connection: his parents worked there as medical staff and he grew up metres from the outer wall. As a paramedic he tended to Russell Cox after his escape attempt and was one of the first on the scene at Prison Officer John Mewburn's murder. He takes us behind the scenes of Australia's hardest prison, telling the stories of inmates, prison officers and nurses. Kennedy is the only author to have been given access to the Forensic Hospital.

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3 October

Bruce Shying - Mutiny on the Lady Shore

Bruce Shying, sailor, author and raconteur, will "spin us a yarn" about Can  the 'Mutiny on the Lady Shore'.  
This is the story about the only successful mutiny on a convict ship bound for Sydney. The story follows the lives of some of the people who did eventually make it out to the Colony, and then trace their families through to the winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861. The yarn covers free settlers, convicts and aliens.

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7 November

Jean Campbell - WWI Research

BBFHS Member Jean, our Education Officer and Research centre Co-ordinator,  will be speaking on various aspects on World War I research and resources