Members and guests are invited to attend Tamworth Historical Society Inc. Annual General Meeting on 17 November 2021. The meeting will be held at Calala Cottage Museum. This meeting will also be the Christmas Party. COVID-19 protocols will be in place requiring check in using the QR code. Other rules may be in place, please [...]
We will be holding a monthly meeting on Wednesday 20 October 2021. Our guest speaker will be Steve Cuneen. His wide ranging talk is titled 'Phillip; The First Australians; The Colony; The Convicts and The Arts'. The meeting will commence at 7.30pm and conclude with a delicious supper. All welcome, members and their guests. COVID-19 [...]
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AS THE MUSEUM IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED. Join us at the monthly meeting on 21 July. Brian Sullivan will be our guest speaker on 'The Epic Voyage of the Endeavour'. All welcome, members and guests. After our short meeting, enjoy the talk followed by a delicious supper.
Our monthly meeting will feature a talk by John Vickery on the design, construction and personalities involved in the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The meeting will start at 7.30pm, concluding about 9pm after the talk and a delicious supper. Members of the public are very welcome to attend. (Free entry).
Tamworth Historical Society member, Gordon Holding, will give a talk after our monthly meeting on Wednesday 19 May 2021, enlightening us all on when Tamworth was the capital of England. Our monthly general meeting commences at 7.30pm with the talk and a delicious supper following. The meeting usually concludes around 9pm. All welcome. This is [...]
Please join us on a fascinating stroll along Peel Street. Your guide will be Society Life Member and historian Rod Hobbs, who will reveal little known stories and facts about many of the landmark buildings as you walk along Peel Street, passing historical sites featuring mills, murders, hangings, old schools, courts, pubs, hospitals, gasworks, blacksmiths [...]
During Heritage Week 2021, Tamworth Historical Society Inc. will present two events, the first being special tours behind the scenes at Calala Cottage Museum. Museum volunteers from Tamworth Historical Society collect and preserve a wide range of items from textiles to ceramics to diaries and furniture, musical instruments, photographs, maps, letters, agricultural implements and machinery [...]
After our April monthly meeting, THS life member Rod Hobbs will present a talk about the Rise and Fall of the Britten Family of Tamworth. Meeting begins at 7.30pm with the talk commencing around 8pm, followed by a delicious supper, finishing up around 9pm. All welcome, members and their guests, members of the public. This [...]
Members and guests are welcome at the March monthly meeting on 17 March 2021, 7.30pm at Calala Cottage Museum. Richard Hutt will give a talk about Ettie & Bill Grayston after the general meeting. Everyone welcome. A delicious supper will be served. Free.
Please join us for the monthly meeting 7.30pm, 17 February 2021, at Calala Cottage Museum. Melinda Gill will present a slide presentation of Ian McFaul's photo collection of Goonoo Goonoo's garden and architecture. Mr McFaul was a former gardener of Goonoo Goonoo's 7 acres of garden. All members and their guests - members of the [...]
