The Society has been advised that new Ashfield Aquatic Centre is to open on 17 October 2020. The Council will be organising tours of the new complex, please visit Council’s website. https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/aquatic-centres/ashfield-aquatic-centre
A presentation by Robert Irving OAM will be held on Sunday on 18 October 2020. The esteemed architectural historian and author Bob Irving (a member of our Society) has a wealth of knowledge on history and heritage will present a talk to the Society on Australia’s First Real Building. Bob’s presentation will illustrate one of … Continue reading "Talk by Bob Irving: Australia’s Oldest Building"
Our Research Rooms are open for Members of the Society to conduct their research. Non-members are welcome to use the facilities and expertise of the people supervising the rooms for a small donation. We have an enormous volume of information available in Thirning Villa in both digital and hard copy.
The Society’s journal commemorating those from Ashfield and district who served in WW1. is now ready to be distributed. The research began with the work of Kerry Ann O'Reilly and Peter Byron recording the names on as many local WW1 Honour Boards as they could find. Then more searches of a variety of sources by … Continue reading "LAUNCH OF PRESERVING THEIR NAMES"
The Society’s AGM will be held at Pratten Park Community, Sports and Bowling Club. We welcome nominations to join the Committee in a nominated position or to assist as a general Committee Member. The AGM be followed by a presentation by our Committee member David Morgan on ‘Baron, Soldier, Engineer, Mercenary’: the life of Augustus … Continue reading "A&DHS Annual General Meeting followed by ‘Baron, Soldier, Engineer, Mercenary’: the life of Augustus Alt, first Surveyor-General of New South Wales."
Chris Pratten Joined the A&DHS in the early 1980s and his articles on a wide range of topics have appeared in various Society publications over the intervening years. He was Secretary of the Society from 1993 to 2001. Chris has led a full life as a farmer and grazier, a part-time lecturer and a conservation … Continue reading "Frederick Clissold – Was He Ashfield’s Richest Man in the Nineteenth Century? A Presentation by Chris Pratten."
