Welcome to the Tasmania Branch page. Our Branch has members throughout the state. We conduct numerous events throughout the year to which visitors are welcome, including garden visits and lectures.
Event Calendar
Tasmania Branch: People, places and stories – Longford, Launceston and surrounds
18 May - 19 MayLongford House People, places and stories combines the first of our 2024 Winter Lectures with visits...
2024 Annual National Conference
18 October - 20 October at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre44th AGHS Annual Conference Hesperia: Looking West Bunbury, Western Australia Friday 18th, Saturday ...
The Jericho Landscape
Mary Ramsay shares the story of four generations of tree planters beside the Jordan River in Tasmania’s Midlands.
Read The Jericho Landscape.
Cultural Landscapes Past and Present
Over the weekend of 9-10 April 2022 a group of AGHS members explored part of Tasmania’s East Coast. Janet Whelan reports on the tour and changes to the landscape.
Nominating a tree to the Significant Tree Register
The Tasmanian Branch has formed a committee to develop a Significant Tree Register. New committee member and arboriculturist Andrew Robert-Tissot explains how the Register developed and how to nominate a tree.
Branch Committee
Branch Co-Chairs: Rosie Mackinnon (armackin@intas.net.au)
Ann Stark (annstark@outlook.com.au) also Membership Officer
Secretary: Antonia Dunne (secretaryaghstas@gmail.com)
Treasurer: Ian Kilgour (treasureraghstas@gmail.com)
Events Co-ordinator: Wyn Manners (eventsaghstas@gmail.com)
Advocacy: Sue Small (ss@ssla.net.au)
Special Projects Co-ordinator & NMC Rep: Andrew Robert-Tissot (robert-tissot@bigpond.com)
Committee members: Leslie Kilgour, Janet Whelan, Ian Sampson
Non-committee positions filled by members:
Blue Gum Editor: Jennifer Stackhouse
Oral History Coordinator: Jean Elder