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  • Monthly Gathering

    Howrah Community Centre 11 Howrah Road, Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania

    Our members Kathy Fazackerley and Lindy Mollineaux say you are never too old to "Try the Diploma of Family History".

  • Monthly Gathering

    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…

  • Monthly Gathering

    Howrah Community Centre 11 Howrah Road, Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania

    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…

  • Monthly Gathering

    Howrah Community Centre 11 Howrah Road, Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania

    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…

  • Old Picture Afternoon

    Howrah Community Centre 11 Howrah Road, Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania

    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…

  • OPEN OFFICE

    Our office will be open for the covariance of members and public who wish to view our extensive archive collections

  • MONTHLY GATHERING: SHOW AND TELL

    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.

  • MONTHLY GATHERING: THE STORY OF ALEXANDER MACONOCHIE

    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…

  • Excursion: Soldier Settlement Farm Collection

    There will be an outing on Saturday 14 October at 10am to view the Soldier Settlement Farm Collection. The owner, David Graham will make his collection available for viewing to BHS members and will give a talk on various items. The address is 222 Grahams…