2023 News Archive
December 2023
- ANNUAL DINNER 2023 - The CDHS annual dinner will be held at the Southern Cross Club, Woden on 7 December starting 7pm for 7.30pm. The speaker will be Nicholle Overall, local...
November 2023
- CDHS Members' projects night - CDHS members are invited to give short presentations (about 10 minutes) on current projects. We meet at the Vercoe Room, Wesley Centre, Forrest 5pm for...
October 2023
- Secrets, Codes and the 'Cable Girls' of West Block - Peter Dowling will talk about this fascinating piece of Canberra's history. 5 for 5.30pm 10 October at the Wesley Uniting Church (Vercoe Room). Free parking...
September 2023
- CDHS Annual General Meeting and Telopea Park School talk - The annual general meeting will be held at Telopea Park School. This will include the election of a new Council and a talk by Esther Davies about the history...
August 2023
- LETTER FROM BOBEYAN WITH YLARIA ROGERS - Ylaria talked about the film she acted in that was about a tragedy that happened in 1950, leaving the wife and daughter of Thomas Westerman dead.
July 2023
- BEETLES WITH BENEFITS - John Feehan talking about how they drastically reduced out fly population - Beetles with benefits. The vital contribution of our ecosystem engineers - dung beetles. This follows on from Dawn Waterhouse's talk about the development...
June 2023
- Well suited to the Colony" Queanbeyan's early days from about 1835 - Come and hear Gillian Kelly talk about one of her passions - early Queanbeyan. From 5pm the car park at the Wesley Uniting church in Forrest will be open...
May 2023
- Callum Brae: The past and the future - Come and hear the story of this original Soldier Settler farm that is currently farmed by the Ipkendanz family. This is a family operated, heritage listed...
April 2023
- Images and Voices - highlights from two ACT Heritage Grant projects - This meeting will feature highlights from two ACT Heritage Grant projects. The first involves digitising and placing on the CDHS website about 2,000 additional...
March 2023
- Canberra Day Oration by Dr Ken Heffernan - The Canberra Day Oration celebrates the naming of Canberra on 12 March 1913. The Oration is delivered each year by a prominent Canberran, usually at the...
February 2023
- Monthly members meeting. Surprises and curiosities from the Tillyard-Wardle Collection - You may be surprised to find out some of the unusual items we came across when rehousing our nationally significant Tillyard-Wardle collection. Our volunteer...
