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#23325 - Newsletter

Resource ID
Location
23325
Newsletter ed.54, Oct 1964
Title/subtitle
Newsletter
Author/Creator
Phillips, Nan (ed.)
Format
Newsletter
Identifier
Nan Phillips
Publisher
Canberra & District Historical Society
Summary
Programme notes on the official opening of Lake Burley Griffin on 17 October, a talk on Druitt of the 48th and a field trip to Queanbeyan. Moves to form a genealogy and heraldry group in Canberra, a report on the 11th AGM of the CDHS, the appointment of Charles Daley as Honorary Vice President and the election of Patience Wardle as the first woman vice president of the Society. Creation of three sub commitees of the CDHS to oversee Blundell's Farmhouse, to provide hospitality to members and one dedicated to research and collections. A report on the field trip to Yass, a request for holiday photographs of historic sites and a list of office rules from the 'good old days' of an American company.