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 protogrphs from our extensive collection. The second involved digitising cassette tape recordings of some of the more significant talks by notable speakers delivered at regular CDHS member meetings.
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 National Library of Australia. More details later.
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 team will share their findings.
Local treasure Dawn Waterhouse will be talking about Canberra and Blowflies at our next meeting which is on 11 October at 5 for 5,30pm. The monthly meetings are held at the Vercoe Room, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest. The car park is free after 5pm - entry off Fitzroy Street.
