BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ashfield & District Historical Society - ECPv6.18.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ashfield & District Historical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ashfieldhistory.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ashfield & District Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260712T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260712T160000 DTSTAMP:20261014T211224Z CREATED:20260626T221223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T211224Z UID:6238-1783864800-1783872000@ashfieldhistory.org.au SUMMARY:The connection between Ashfield\, Summer Hill\, the rabbit plagues\, and the Australian Steel Industry DESCRIPTION:Ashfield\, Summer Hill\, and the Rabbit Plague \n\n\n\nFor over 100 years\, the Lysaght Wire Mill at Chiswick produced most of Australia’s fencing materials\, significantly the wire netting of which thousands of Kilometres was used in rabbit-control fencing\, in a never-quite-successful attempt to eradicate these cute\, fluffy introduced creatures which were determined to destroy our farming industry.Ashfield and Summer Hill\, perhaps surprisingly\, played a part in the battle to control the burgeoning population of these pests\, being heavily involved in the distribution of Lysaght’s products throughout Australia during much of last century.Much of engineer Brian Gray’s working life was spent in this industry\, and his travels and experiences facilitating effective use of these products in the unending pursuit of the pesky rabbits provide him with much to tell us about this phase of our local history. URL:https://ashfieldhistory.org.au/event/the-connection-between-ashfield-summer-hill-the-rabbit-plagues-and-theaustralian-steel-industry/ LOCATION:Summer Hill Community Centre\, 131 Smith Street\, Summer Hill\, NSW CATEGORIES:Presentation ORGANIZER;CN="Jan and Paul Williams":MAILTO:events@ashfieldhistory.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260913T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260913T160000 DTSTAMP:20261014T211208Z CREATED:20260319T233039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T211208Z UID:6156-1789308000-1789315200@ashfieldhistory.org.au SUMMARY:History Week: The Federation House – Where it really Came From\, by Mark Sabolch DESCRIPTION:The Ashfield and District Historical Society invites you to join us for this informative talk at the Summer Hill Community Centre\, 131 Smith Street\, Summer Hill. \n\n\n\nIts sometimes said that the Federation period house is Australia’s own style. But is it really? \n\n\n\nThis illustrated talk will explore the origins of the Federation period house\, so prevalent in the Ashfield district. \n\n\n\nThe house style that had been previously popular was the Victorian Italianate. However\, by 1895 there were significant cultural changes that that promoted new ways of looking at the world\, and the idea of Federation was only one of them. Mark’s talk will explore the cultural and social influences that drove an evolution in house style away from the Italianate style. \n\n\n\nWho were some of the key people that shaped public opinion at this time? \n\n\n\nMark Sabolch is a long-standing member of the Ashfield and District Historical Society and author of the ‘Hawthorne Canal – the History of Long Cove Creek’ published in 2004. Recently Mark has been researching the origins of the architectural house styles prevalent in Sydney’s inner west. URL:https://ashfieldhistory.org.au/event/history-week-the-evolution-of-the-federaton-style/ LOCATION:Summer Hill Community Centre\, 131 Smith Street\, Summer Hill\, NSW CATEGORIES:Presentation ORGANIZER;CN="Jan and Paul Williams":MAILTO:events@ashfieldhistory.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261011T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261011T163000 DTSTAMP:20261014T211155Z CREATED:20260319T234745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T211155Z UID:6158-1791729000-1791736200@ashfieldhistory.org.au SUMMARY:A Tour of the Glentworth Mansion Grounds and an invitation to vespers in the Chapel\, in the Cardinal Freeman Village\, Ashfield. DESCRIPTION:Daf Hewson\, a Society member\,will lead an informed tour of the Clissold home “Glentworth” followed by an invitation to Vespers in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeeting point to be advised by email several days before the event. \n\n\n\nThis  stunning Romanesque Revival Chapel was built by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in 1942. Glentworth is one of Ashfield’s largest old mansions and is a heritage listed property.  It was built in 1886 for Frederick Clissold\, who was a member of the first Ashfield Council and owned much vacant land in the municipality.   \n\n\n\nThe tour will be limited to 20 registrations. URL:https://ashfieldhistory.org.au/event/tour-of-the-chapel-of-the-good-shepherd-sisters-at-glentworth-house-ashfield/ LOCATION:Chapel of the Good Shepherd Sisters\, 137 Victoria Street\, Ashfield\, New South Wales CATEGORIES:Site Inspection ORGANIZER;CN="Jan and Paul Williams":MAILTO:events@ashfieldhistory.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261018T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261018T160000 DTSTAMP:20261014T211142Z CREATED:20260328T005647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T211142Z UID:6182-1792332000-1792339200@ashfieldhistory.org.au SUMMARY:House Inspection; Caroline Stott’s remarkable Federation house in Tintern Road DESCRIPTION:A close view of Caroline Stott’s remarkable Federation house in Tintern Road. Mark Sabolch and Caroline will collaborate in explaining significant features of the style \n\n\n\nAddress in Tintern Road will be emailed to participants URL:https://ashfieldhistory.org.au/event/house-inspection-caroline-stotts-remarkable-federation-house-in-tintern-road/ LOCATION:NSW CATEGORIES:Site Inspection ORGANIZER;CN="Jan and Paul Williams":MAILTO:events@ashfieldhistory.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261108T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261108T160000 DTSTAMP:20261014T211121Z CREATED:20260328T010304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T211121Z UID:6184-1794146400-1794153600@ashfieldhistory.org.au SUMMARY:How did the small mid-19th century mining town of Burra in the Clare Valley district of South Australia\, largely abandoned well over 100 years ago\, come to represent some of the most significant advances in heritage preservation in Australia\, and indeed World-wide ? DESCRIPTION:Dr Bronwyn Hanna will share some of her extensive knowledge of this subject in describing the background\, and explaining why the Charter has been so influential\, along with insights into the broader history of heritage practices in Australia. \n\n\n\nThe Burra Charter evolved from a meeting of the Australian chapter of the United Nations-sponsored International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 1979 and is internationally influential in providing standard guidelines for heritage conservation practice \n\n\n\nDr Bronwyn Hanna is a heritage consultant who trained as an Australianarchitectural historian at the University of Sydney\, completed a PhD on the history of women architects in NSW in 1999 at UNSW\, and co-authored two books on the topic. She has worked for government\, industry and community groups on many heritage places including the Sydney Opera House\, the Parramatta Female Factory and the Brewarrina Fish Traps. URL:https://ashfieldhistory.org.au/event/the-significant-influence-of-female-architects-in-shaping-the-development-of-australian-urban-landscapes-bronwun-hannah/ LOCATION:Summer Hill Community Centre\, 131 Smith Street\, Summer Hill\, NSW CATEGORIES:Presentation ORGANIZER;CN="Jan and Paul Williams":MAILTO:events@ashfieldhistory.org.au END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR