Meet for coffee at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and visit the Museum of Economic Botany to view Dr Thorton’s Temple of Flora exhibition. Please let Richard Heathcote know you will be there, so that he can watch out for you […]
Open for Bookings The eagerly awaited South Coast Tour has now been finalised and Ray Bradley has again created a diverse and wonderful 3-day/2-night tour for all of us to enjoy. Highlights include: a Paul Bangay-inspired garden in Braidwood the […]
The Garden at Broughton Hall This formal garden is over twenty-five years old and has been compared to Versailles. The four acres of terraced gardens cascade down the slope with views over the Tarago Reservoir and the rolling hills […]
Retford Park (photo Robyn Oates) We are delighted to invite you to a day out at the historic Retford Park house and gardens in Bowral. Retford Park’s European history extends back to 1821. In the 1880s the property was acquired […]
Longford House People, places and stories combines the first of our 2024 Winter Lectures with visits to four historic properties in the Longford & Launceston areas. Saturday’s program commences at 11am in Longford with a tour of the extensive gardens […]
Visit to Belair State Flora Nursery & Old Government House garden, hopefully with afternoon tea. Old Government House is open on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month for pre-booked teas & tours. State Flora is open 9am-5pm weekdays, […]
Professor Leslie Wilkinson on the ship Naldera, NSW, c.1930 (NLA: Fairfax archive, glass plate negative. PIC Row 14/7/5 #PIC/15611/8409) An Illustrated Talk by Flavia Scardamaglia. Heritage consultant Flavia Scardamaglia gives a re-introduction to Leslie Wilkinson, best-known as the first […]
The Chinese Garden of Friendship, 1988, Sydney (Image: Stuart Read) The Chinese have a long relationship with Australia – as ‘sojourners’, here for a short time (chasing sandalwood, trepang, gold, opportunity) and as ‘stayers’: eventually citizens. They have marked our […]
Winter online zoom lecture by Dr Raymond Madden, Senior Lecturer, Anthropologist, in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University James Dawson, (1806-1900), was a prominent pastoralist in the colonial history of western Victoria. In 1881 he published, ' Australian Aborigines: […]
Walk and Talk at Uambi, a cultural landscape, Heathmont, with Trevor Pitkin and Trust for Nature Uambi is a site in two distinct, but blended parts - the conserved ecosystem managed by Trust for Nature since 1980, and the stages […]
44th AGHS Annual Conference Hesperia: Looking West Bunbury, Western Australia Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October 2024. Optional Day Monday 21st October. Pre-conference Tour Tuesday 15th October to Thursday 17th October Leaves Perth and arrives in Bunbury […]