Office open 9.30 am - 12 pm so please call in if you are interested in Bellerive history. If you are thinking of having a clean out and have old photos or books about Bellerive we would love you to donate them to us.
Our members Kathy Fazackerley and Lindy Mollineaux say you are never too old to "Try the Diploma of Family History".
Hobart's Jewish History, 1828 - Present. Jeff Schneider, President of the Hebrew Hobart Congregation will give a presentation of the long and remarkable history of Hobart's small Jewish community. Most of this history can be found in the Congregation's free digital archive with documents dating…
Doll’s houses – what do they have to do with history? Miniature homes, furnished with domestic articles and resident inhabitants, both people and animals, have been made for thousands of years. The earliest known examples were found in the Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom, created nearly five…
Do you know the number of the bus stop leaving for Hobart outside Riva Est Cafe in Bellerive Village or do you know the year the Tasman Bridge was opened? At this month's gathering you will have the opportunity to join fellow members being tested…
Please Note a change in day and time for our August and September 2023 gatherings. This has come about via members suggestions to have a trial for daytime meetings. For these two months we will meet at 2.30pm on the first Tuesday of the month…
Our office will be open for the covariance of members and public who wish to view our extensive archive collections
If you have something at home of historical interest you would like to share with fellow members, please bring it along to the monthly meeting and tell us about it.
Rosie Severs will tell us about the fascinating story of ALEXANDER MACONOCHIE a Naval Officer, Geographer and Penal Reformer. In 1836 he was appointed Private Secretary to his friend Lieutenant-Governor John Franklin and left England for Hobart Town. He was later to become Governor of…