Ku-ring-gai Historical Society Inc
incorporating the
Ku-ring-gai Family History Centre

Meetings

Ku-ring-gai Library Meeting Rooms, The Old Gordon Public School (adjacent to the Gordon Library, 799 Pacific Highway, Gordon; Cnr Pacific Highway and Park Ave).
General Meetings
MonthsDate and time
Jan-Nov3rd Saturday 2pm
Family History Meetings
MonthsMembers’ ResearchGeneral Meeting
Feb-Dec 1st Saturday 11am 1st Saturday 2pm
KHS Speakers’ Program for 2010
TimeSpeakerSubject
Sat 16 JanAlmis SimansMacquarie’s Kingdom
Our first talk for 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Lachlan Macquarie’s influential governorship of NSW.
Sat 20 FebIan HoskinsArthur Streeton, Henry Lawson and Sydney Harbour
North Sydney Council’s Historian speaks on how the beauty of Sydney’s harbour was perceived by artists and writers in the period 1890 - 1914.
Sat 20 MarNeil ChippendaleHeroism, Duty or Just Bad Luck
The life and times of some of Hornsby district's World War 1 soldiers who are commemorated on local memorials.
Sat 17 AprStuart BragaMajor Gen ‘Tubby’ Allen – Architect of Victory on the Kokoda Trail
Based on the biography of the strategist and leader behind the crucial Australian victory over advancing Japanese forces.
Sat 15 MayDavid WilkinsPatrols into the Stone Age
David will recount some of his experiences with the Australian Army in remote areas of PNG in the 1960s.
Sat 19 JunPam Liell Dressed in their Best
A hundred years (1860-1960) of family photographs and what they tell us about costume, manners, shopping and photography.
Sat 17 JulJudy RainsfordNorth Shore Aviatrix
The surprising and largely unknown history of pioneering women pilots with northern Sydney connections.
Sat 21 AugNola BrambleLebanese Migration to NSW 1880s-1920s
The little known story of this extraordinary pioneer community.
Sat 18 SepBob LasseterThe Search for Lasseter's Reef
Hear the intriguing story surrounding the legendary last gold reef.
Sat 16 OctSilas Clifford-SmithPercy Lindsay – Artist and Bohemian
Our speaker’s biography of the eldest Lindsay brother (a Roseville resident from 1919 to 1935) won the 2008 Isabella Brierly Prize.
Sat 20 NovJohn ReadThe Controversial Major Mitchell
The life and times of Surveyor-General and explorer, Major Sir Thomas Mitchell.
Followed by Christmas drinks.