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Sutherland Shire Historical Society
Mindful of the Past..
Focused on the Future.
2024 EVENTS and MEETINGS CALENDAR
General Meetings
The Society meets on the third Saturday of every month
in the Stapleton Centre
3A Stapleton Street, Sutherland
Meetings start at 1:30pm
Mindful of the Past..
Focused on the Future.
2024 EVENTS and MEETINGS CALENDAR
General Meetings
The Society meets on the third Saturday of every month
in the Stapleton Centre
3A Stapleton Street, Sutherland
Meetings start at 1:30pm
Up Coming Events , please check with the organiser to confirm attendance and regarding weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
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Up Coming General Meetings
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Sunday 14 July 2024
Excursion to Delardes Reserve Although SSHS recently had an excursion to this historic reserve this activity is different. This event will inform people about the Aboriginal, European and natural history of this historic reserve. We will be combining with the National Parks Association and the Menai Wildflower Group. The activity also includes Aboriginal Heritage. We start with an optional walk, commencing at 9:00, from the corner of Silvan Ridge Drive and Moon Point Road Illawong to the Albert Delardes Reserve, a distance of about 3km downhill, through the Georges River National Park, mostly on a fire trail with some loose surfaces and rough sections. At the reserve activities will commence at 10:00 with Graham Avery, the Sutherland Council Aboriginal Development Officer, performing a smoking ceremony. Graham will then discuss indigenous food sources and we visit a large midden in the reserve robbed by Europeans in the 19 th century (a walk totaling about 800m). Archaeologists Greg Jackson and Pam Forbes will lead us to several local sites of European importance including the first crossing of lower Georges River in 1843. Lloyd Hedges will then explain the quite unusual local flora. Morning tea will be kindly provided by Menai Wildflower Group. People who do not wish to do the optional walk can meet Graham in Delardes Reserve, Griffin Parade, Illawong at 10:00. The entry to Delardes Reserve is near the western end of Griffin Parade. The event should finish at about 12:00 and walkers will be driven back to their cars. Please wear appropriate walking shoes, bring water and wear a hat. RSVP to Greg Jackson at: [email protected] or phone 0450615104 |
Saturday 20 July 2024
Wal Walker author of The Squatters' Grab, Where it All Went Wrong will be the speaker this month. Wal Walker is an economist who has a long standing interest in the history of New South Wales and Queensland and that of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. Born in Sydney, he lived ten years in Queensland and for several years in the Northern Territory. Members of both sides of his family have been involved in progressing the welfare of Indigenous Australians. The Squatters' Grab traces the failure of various governments and colonial administrators to discharge their obligations to Indigenous Australians; failure that gave rise to the ascendancy of the squatters and dispossession of the Aboriginal people. Saturday 17 August 2024 The speaker this month will be Bill Phippen , his topic is engineering history . Kathleen Muriel Butler, Confidential Secretary to John Bradfield during the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The tunnel boring machine for the Metro under the harbour was named Kathleen. Few people in Sydney now would know who Kathleen was, but in the early 1920s everyone knew Kathleen Muriel Butler, Confidential Secretary to John Bradfield building the Sydney Harbour Bridge. A remarkable young woman, the more so for her times, Butler played a vital role in the bridge construction both in Sydney and in London where she was sent to represent Bradfield and the NSW government in their dealings with Dorman Long and Co, the British contractors for the work. Saturday 21 September 2024 Chris Simms will be displaying Sutherland Shire images. SSHS AGM Saturday 19 October 2024 John Oakes will be speaking about the building of the Illawarra railway south south of Mortdale. Saturday 16 November 2024 Leonie Paterson author of The History of Loftus will be the speaker this month. |