Meetings of the Launceston Historical Society

Monthly meetings are held from February to November, usually held in the afternoon of the third Sunday in the month, at the Meeting Room, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk. Speakers include members of the Society and other local and intra-state historians.

The Society hosts The Examiner - John West Memorial Lecture, delivered by a prominent Australian, in March each year. An annual symposium, around a central theme sometimes related to the John West lecture, is held in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting.

Below is the current schedule for these meetings. See the current newsletter for more information on upcoming events. Admission is free and visitors are welcome.

2012 Meetings:

Sunday, 19 February 2012
Jai Paterson  -  Punching above their weight: Tasmanians in New Zealand 1855-1875

Friday, 9 March 2012, at University of Tasmania
Prof. Carmen Lawrence  -  The Examiner-John West Memorial Lecture:
Development at any price? The case of Australia’s Indigenous Heritage

Annual General Meeting and SYMPOSIUM ~ Saturday, 21 April 2012
Various Speakers  -  Publishing and Printing in Launceston

Sunday, 20 May 2012
Nic Haygarth  -  Gustav Weindorfer: the Lenin of Tasmanian conservation?

Sunday, 17 June 2012
Prof. Barry Baker  -  Pugh Day Lecture

Sunday, 15 July 2012
Robert Warneke  -  Sealing in Bass Strait

Sunday, 19 August 2012
Craig Joel  -  John Montagu and Sir John Franklin

Sunday, 16 September 2012
Eleanor (Den) Robin  -  Cape Wickham Lighthouse

Sunday, 21 October 2012
Prof. John Mulvaney  -  Archaeology in Tasmania

Sunday, 18 November 2012
To be advised