Learn how to investigate land settlement in the region and how to trace the history of your house at a seminar to be held in the Southern Highlands
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The seminar titled “Women, Place and Your Community” will be presented by the Royal Australian Historical Society on December 1.
It will be held in the Henrietta Rose Room, Bowral Central Library, Bendooley St, Bowral.
The RAHS is based in Sydney and is the peak body for historical societies and heritage groups throughout New South Wales.
Its Regional Seminar program promotes the study, writing and dissemination of Australian history.
It also aims to develop historical expertise in the community.
The seminar in Bowral will run from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
The cost is $20 including lunch and afternoon tea.
Participants will be offered practical advice on assessing key historical record sources.
This will be followed by a range of case studies on applying this to research projects.
Associate Professor Carol Liston (RAHS Senior Vice-President) will highlight the range of records now available online that can help researchers investigate land settlement in the Southern Highlands and how to trace the history of your house.
Billie Arnull (Library Information Services Officer, Wingecarribee Shire Council) will examine the resources available in the local studies collection at Bowral Central Library.
Carol Liston will discuss the joint project she is undertaking with Dr Kathrine Reynolds (RAHS Treasurer) on female convicts transported to NSW between 1801 and 1836.
Christine Yeats (RAHS President) will delve into the largely forgotten history of silk growing in the late-19th century and consider its links to the Southern Highlands.
The seminar is being held in conjunction with the local Berrima District Historical & Family History Society, an affiliate member of the RAHS, and Bowral Central Library.
All those interested are invited to attend, but need to book.
Tickets may be purchased on the website history@rahs.org.au or for more details call the RAHS on 9247 8001.
- Supplied by Philip Morton, BDH&FHS
