Up Coming Events ​


  • ​ Sunday 25 October 2020​  Nursing Museum at the Old Prince Henry Hospital then to La Perouse Museum and Bare Island Guided Tour.
 The Nursing Museum is free (but they have a donation box) and opens at 10 am so we would leave Sutherland at 9.15 am (car pooling) and go there first. La Perouse Museum is also free. Bare Island Guided Tour is $15 for adults and $13 for concessions. We have to book and pay in advance for the Tour.  The tours are 1.15 till 2.15 and 2.15 to 3.15. I intend to book the earlier tour. I need to know numbers and whether concession or full price and will need pre payment – preferably at September meeting. There are some cafes near both places but they are not cheap so I suggest bringing lunch. If raining the Nursing Museum has a covered verandah for eating lunch.
 
My contact details – 8519 4711  or cmedney@gmail.com.au
 
Christine Edney

  • Saturday 5 December 2020 SSHS Christmas Party
  • Club on East , 7 East Parade, Sutherland NSW 2232
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We have booked a room upstairs at Club on East , accessible from the ground floor lift or stairs, arriving at 12:00 for 12:30 start.  Undercover parking is available for anyone dining at the club. It will be a sit down Xmas menu and drinks will be available at own cost.

 Up Coming General Meetings​​

​​Members , guests and non members welcome​
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  • ​Saturday 17 October 2020​​  
Following the launch of SSHS publication East Coast Encounters 1770,  Paul Brunton one of the authors will be the speaker this month. Paul Brunton, OAM, FAHA, is Emeritus Curator, State Library of New South Wales. He was Senior Curator, Mitchell Library, 2002-2012, and Curator of Manuscripts,1986 to 2001. He was President of the Australian Society of Archivists, 1991-1993. ​He has published on archives administration and on various aspects of the State Library’s collection. His publications include an annotated edition of Joseph Banks’ journal kept on the Endeavour (1998) and Matthew Flinders: personal letters from an extraordinary life (2002). The exhibitions he has curated include Matthew Flinders: the Ultimate Voyage which opened at the State Library in 2001 and travelled nationally, 2002-2003; First Sight: the Dutch mapping of Australia, 1606-1697 (2006); Exquisite Books of French Pacific Voyages (2007); Politics and Power: Bligh’s Sydney Rebellion 1808 (2008) and ONE hundred, celebrating the Mitchell Library’s centenary (2010).


  • Saturday 21 November 2020​​​
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Our speaker for November 2020 is Stephanie Bailey. who  is the Discovery and Research Library Officer for Sutherland Shire Council Libraries. She researches and writes about the history of the local area. Stephanie also creates photographic records of the Sutherland Shire and Sydney region, and has won several awards for her images. Prior to her career in libraries, Stephanie worked in the television industry for many years and has held roles at Channel 9, Foxtel and BSkyB in London, amongst others. She recently provided historical research for a documentary on Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Stephanie is continuing to examine the history of the Cook commemorations and their place in the wider Australian historical narrative.
​Due to Covid19 we can have a limit of 50 people and are asking if you are wanting to attend this meeting please email shirehistory@gmail.com to register.