Up Coming Events Members and non members welcome
Great news!! Excursions are back on the SSHS calendar for 2021. The first excursion is to the Australian Museum which has reopened after extensive refurbishment. It is the oldest museum in Australia, and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the world, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. We will be meeting at Sutherland station on Platform 1 at 9:10am to catch the 9:19am train , 2nd carriage from the front. Arriving at Central 9:54, we will change to platform 21 (City Circle), arriving Museum station 10:01am. Then walking to the Australian museum, a 8 minute walk and having a coffee before commencing. Please bring a mask to travel on the train and enter the museum. Exhibits will include: Garrigarang - Sea Country Surviving Australia Free time to experience the museum. Entry is free. Please bring own lunch to have in Hyde Park. Contact Joe Hales 0418 270 744 if you have any queries and to confirm attendance. Bring a friend if you wish and looking forward to seeing everyone soon. Regards Joe Hales
Meeting at Waratah Park, Sutherland 9:00 for 9:30 start we will be carpooling. As the road is fairly bumpy a 4wd vehicle is the preferred mode of transport. Drive to Audley , cost is $12.00 per vehicle and take left turn to Warambul Road. We have permission to enter above sites if there are no visitors to Hilltops. We will be having lunch by the shores of Port Hacking. Please BYO. It is advisable to wear comfortable walking shoes and be of reasonable fitness. Contact Joe Hales 0418 270 744 to confirm numbers attending.
Starting at Kamay Visitor Centre 10:30am Bruce Howell will be conducting this excursion of Kurnell, including many places of interest. Lunch at Cafe 1770 , or byo We can arrange transport to and from Kurnell by meeting at Stapleton St Centre at 10:00am, Contact Joe Hales 0418 270 744 so as we can confirm numbers. |
Up Coming General MeetingsMembers , guests and non members welcome
Meeting cancelled due to Covid restrictions
Christine Yeats , is our speaker this month on Crime, misdemeanours and more in the Sutherland Shire. All are welcome to attend this meeting to be held at 1.30 on Saturday 20 February 2021. Sutherland Shire Historical Society meets at Stapleton Centre, 3A Stapleton Avenue Sutherland – just a short walk from Sutherland station. Make sure you reserve your place at this COVID-safe event by registering at shirehistory@gmail.com.
James Cook is regarded as a villain by some, while to others he is a hero. In a lively talk to be delivered at Sutherland Shire Historical Society’s March meeting Kareela resident Elizabeth Adams will examine the Cook ‘blame game’ and the implications of this debate for national unity and reconciliation. Ms Adams will discuss the ways in which Cook is remembered in Britain and how this differs from memorialisation in Australia. In considering the ‘crimes’ Cook is often accused of she will highlight contrasting settler and Aboriginal myths. After a teaching career, Elizabeth Adams has worked as a consultant historian with a special interest in oral history and family, local and Australian social and economic history. In 2014 she was the inaugural winner of the Society of Australian Genealogists’ Croker Prize for Biography, and her 2018 publication, Kareela – Lucky & Liveable, was greeted with widespread acclaim. Her contributing chapter to East Coast Encounters 1770, reflections on a cultural clash discussed Cook’s career ‘from Yorkshire to Newfoundland’. All are welcome to attend this meeting to be held at 1.30 on Saturday 20 March 2021. Sutherland Shire Historical Society meets at Stapleton Centre, 3A Stapleton Avenue Sutherland – just a short walk from Sutherland station. Make sure you reserve your place at this COVID-safe event by registering at shirehistory@gmail.com.
All are welcome to attend this meeting to be held at 1.30 on Saturday 15 May 2021. Sutherland Shire Historical Society meets at Stapleton Centre, 3A Stapleton Avenue Sutherland – just a short walk from Sutherland station. Make sure you reserve your place at this COVID-safe event by registering at shirehistory@gmail.com.
Stephen Gapps will be the speaker this month on The Sydney Wars. All are welcome to attend this meeting to be held at 1.30 on Saturday 19 June 2021. Sutherland Shire Historical Society meets at Stapleton Centre, 3A Stapleton Avenue Sutherland – just a short walk from Sutherland station. Make sure you reserve your place at this COVID-safe event by registering at shirehistory@gmail.com.
Due to Covid19 restrictions we can have a limit of 50 people at rooms 1 & 2 at the Stapleton Centre and are asking if you are wanting to attend our meetings please email shirehistory@gmail.com to register and secure your seat. |