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#23339 - Newsletter

Resource ID
Location
23339
Newsletters ed.65, Oct 1965
Title/subtitle
Newsletter
Author/Creator
Phillips, Nan (ed.)
Format
Newsletter
Identifier
Nan Phillips
Publisher
Canberra & District Historical Society
Summary
Programme notes on talk by Dr RA Gollan on currency and banking in Australia and the events that led to the creation of the Commonwealth Bank, a visit to Araluen to prospect for gold, helpers for the annual spring cleaning at Blundell's Farmhouse, a special offer for the Canberra Choral Society's performance of Bach at the Canberra Theatre and a report on the CDHS AGM where Pat Wardle was elected president. A brief obituary on Eric Long, a foundation member of the CDHS, the opening of a military museum at Ingleburn near Sydney, moves to establish a museum at Braidwood and at Bega.