Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc.
LIVERPOOL, NSW, AUSTRALIA
"Where Family History Matters"
2024 EVENTS
INDEX
Liverpool Regional Museum re-opens at 10 am, Tuesday 9 January 2024
Liverpool Genealogy Society: - Our workroom re-opens at 10 am, 16 January 2024
Australia Day 2024: Australian Patriotic Song - Video
Australia Day 2024: Mixed Videos
Liverpool City Council: Australia Day Event - Friday 26th January 2024
EXHIBITION FREE: Turbans 4 Australia our South-West Sikhs
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
FREE TALK: Amar Singh Our Local Hero: My story, My journey. Part of the Liverpool Regional Museum Talks collection.
FREE EXHIBITION: Turbans 4 Australia our South-West Sikhs.
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
FREE TALK: Busan to Kapyong: Australia and the first year of the Korean War. Talk by John Morthen. Part of the Liverpool Regional Museum Talks collection
FREE EXHIBITION: Turbans 4 Australia our South-West Sikhs
SENIORS FESTIVAL EVENTS 2024 held by Liverpool Regional Museum from 11-24 March 2024. Free Events - Link for booking your spot.
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
FREE TALK: "Best of Chums" Sikhs and Anzacs on Gallipoli: a talk by Professor Peter Stanley. Part of the Liverpool Regional Museum Talks collection.
FREE EXHIBITION: Turbans 4 Australia our South-West Sikhs. Finishes 27 April 2024.
Easter 29 March to 1 April: - LGS workroom closed for Easter Holiday Weekend. Re-open for business Tuesday 2 April 2024 at 10 am.
ANZAC DAY: - Liverpool Regional Museum & Family History Centre - LGS workroom closed Thursday 25 April 2024 re-opens Friday 26 April 2024 at 10 am
ANZAC DAY: - Liverpool Dawn Service Thursday 25 April 2024
Anzac Day 2024: Thursday 25 April 2024 - Videos
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
Mother's Day: - Sunday 12 May 2024.
FREE EXHIBITION: Marking the Land
FREE EXHIBITION: Exilio (Exiled) Chile to South-West Sydney
Sorry Day: - Sunday 26 May 2024, Liverpool Regional Museum Event to be advised.
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
FREE EXHIBITION: Marking the Land
FREE EXHIBITION: Exilio (Exiled) Chile to South-West Sydney
Kings Birthday Weekend: 10 June 2024.
LGS Meeting and AGM - see Meetings and Events
FREE EXHIBITION: Marking the Land
FREE EXHIBITION: Exilio (Exiled) Chile to South-West Sydney
Bank Holiday - Monday 5 August 2024
Meeting - see Meetings and Events
FREE EXHIBITION: Marking the Land
FREE EXHIBITION: Exilio (Exiled) Chile to South-West Sydney
Family History Month:
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
Father's Day: - Sunday 1 September 2024
FREE EXHIBITION: Marking the Land
FREE EXHIBITION: Exilio (Exiled) Chile to South-West Sydney
NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Annual Conference 2024
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
Labour Day Weekend - public holiday 7 October 2024
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
Remembrance Day 2024: Monday 11 November 2024
LGS Meeting - see Meetings and Events
Members' 2024 Writing Awards Presentation and Christmas Party.
Members' Christmas Luncheon - Sunday 15 December 2024.
JANUARY EVENTS
Liverpool Genealogy Society CLOSED
LGS will reopen on Tuesday 16 January 2024 at 10 am.
The society workrooms are closed over the Christmas break from Saturday 16 December 2023 until Tuesday 16 January 2024.
The Society's workrooms will reopen for the 2024 year on Tuesday 16 January 2024 at 10 am.
The Centre re-opens on Tuesday 9 January 2024 for visitors during January except for the public holidays.
Volunteers will be on their Christmas break during this time and will resume as voluntary assistants when the LGS workroom reopens on Tuesday 16 January 2024.
For assistance see the contact details
AUSTRALIA DAY 2024
Friday 26 January 2024
Liverpool Regional Family History Centre, Liverpool Genealogy Society, and Liverpool Regional Museum will be closed on Australia Day Friday 26 January 2024 and will reopen for business on Saturday 27 January 2024 at 10 am.
We are open from Tuesdays to Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm and closed on public holidays.
AUSTRALIA DAY 2024
Australia Day 2024
Australia Day 2024
'I Am Australian' in Yawuru language | ABC Australia
National sing-along by kids in isolation | I am Australian | ABC Australia
The Last Farewell ~ Roger Whittaker
I am, you are, we are Australian
EXHIBITION
TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA
OUR SOUTH-WEST SIKHS
31 October 2023 – 27 April 2024
IMAGE: Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view of Sikh cultural artefacts.
Photography Liverpool Regional Museum.
Sikhs have been documented living and working in Australia dating back to the 1830s.
Today there are over 210,000 Sikhs in Australia, representing 0.8% of the Australian population.
Founded in 2015, charity organisation Turbans 4 Australia have supported hundreds of thousands of Australians through tough times including natural disasters, homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, unemployment and the isolating Covid - 19 pandemic.
Their story is a continuous journey from the past, embedded with traditions and values from centuries of rich history, into contemporary Australian life and identity.
This enduring story of selfless service, promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance, is a celebration of Sikh heritage, arts, culture and values
FEBRUARY EVENTS
FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 3 February 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS workroom
Welcome to the first LGS General Meeting for 2024.
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
FREE TALK:
Amar Singh Our Local Hero: My story, My journey
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 11 am - 12:30 pm
Amar Singh is the president and founder of the charity Turbans 4 Australia. Since 2015, he and his team have been providing support to Australians from all walks of life, while promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance.
Turbans 4 Australia's amazing team of volunteers have worked tirelessly to help hundreds of thousands of Australians in need. From those affected by natural disasters such as floods, bushfires and cyclones, to those facing homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, unemployment and isolation. By building relationships with people from all walks of life, they break down barriers of fear and misunderstanding while upholding the core Sikh values of equality, respect and service to humanity.
EXHIBITION
TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA
OUR SOUTH-WEST SIKHS
31 October 2023 – 27 April 2024
IMAGE: Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view of Sikh cultural artefacts.
Photography Liverpool Regional Museum.
Sikhs have been documented living and working in Australia dating back to the 1830s.
Today there are over 210,000 Sikhs in Australia, representing 0.8% of the Australian population.
Founded in 2015, charity organisation Turbans 4 Australia have supported hundreds of thousands of Australians through tough times including natural disasters, homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, unemployment and the isolating Covid - 19 pandemic.
Their story is a continuous journey from the past, embedded with traditions and values from centuries of rich history, into contemporary Australian life and identity.
This enduring story of selfless service, promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance, is a celebration of Sikh heritage, arts, culture and values
MARCH EVENTS
MARCH GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 2nd March 2024 10.30 am
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
FREE TALK:
Busan to Kapyong: Australia and the first year of the Korean War
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 11 am - 12:30 pm
Join John Morthen for his talk on the Korean War, remembered now as the Forgotten War, and learn how it started, what happened in the first 12 months of the conflict and how Australia played a key role in preserving the freedom of South Korea.
Image: Australian War Memorial
EXHIBITION
TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA
OUR SOUTH-WEST SIKHS
31 October 2023 – 27 April 2024
IMAGE: Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view of Sikh cultural artefacts.
Photography Liverpool Regional Museum.
Sikhs have been documented living and working in Australia dating back to the 1830s.
Today there are over 210,000 Sikhs in Australia, representing 0.8% of the Australian population.
Founded in 2015, charity organisation Turbans 4 Australia have supported hundreds of thousands of Australians through tough times including natural disasters, homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, unemployment and the isolating Covid - 19 pandemic.
Their story is a continuous journey from the past, embedded with traditions and values from centuries of rich history, into contemporary Australian life and identity.
This enduring story of selfless service, promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance, is a celebration of Sikh heritage, arts, culture and values
SENIORS FESTIVAL 11-24 March 2024
FREE Events held by Liverpool Regional Museum
PLEASE NOTE: Bookings for all Seniors Festival Events do not open until 9 am on Monday 22 January 2024.
Tuesday, March 12, 10:30 AM. Place: Liverpool Regional Museum
Do You Remember? & Tour of Liverpool Regional Museum
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
Wednesday, March 13, 11:00 AM. Liverpool Regional Museum.
High Tea & Museum Tour suitable for ages 16+
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
Thursday, March 14, 10:30 AM Place: Liverpool Regional Museum
Family History - Where Do I Start? suitable for ages 16+
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
Friday, March 15, 10:00 AM. Place: Meet at Bigge Street & Moore Street Old Liverpool Courthouse
Historic Liverpool Walking Tour suitable for ages 16 +
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
Saturday, March 16, 11:00 AM Place: Liverpool Regional Museum
High Tea & Museum Tour suitable for ages 16+
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
Tuesday, March 19, 10:00 AM Place: Liverpool Regional Museum
Collingwood House and the Museum, suitable for ages 16+
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
Wednesday, March 20, 10:00 AM Place: Liverpool Regional Museum
Art and Well-being, workshop with Rhonda Dee
More information – Link Bookings essential - Link
APRIL EVENTS
APRIL GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 6th April 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS workroom
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
FREE TALK:
'Best of Chums': Sikhs and Anzacs on Gallipoli, A talk by Professor Peter Stanley
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 11 am - 12:30 pm
Professor Peter Stanley is one of Australia's most distinguished military historians. Recently retired as a Research Professor at UNSW Canberra, Peter has published over 40 books, most in Australian military history, but also in the military history of British India. His 2011 book, Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny Murder and the AIF, jointly won the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History.
Image:
Indian Soldiers of 29th Indian Infantry Brigade 1915-01-05: Australian War Memorial
EXHIBITION
TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA
OUR SOUTH-WEST SIKHS
31 October 2023 – 27 April 2024
IMAGE: Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view of Sikh cultural artefacts.
Photography Liverpool Regional Museum.
Sikhs have been documented living and working in Australia dating back to the 1830s.
Today there are over 210,000 Sikhs in Australia, representing 0.8% of the Australian population.
Founded in 2015, charity organisation Turbans 4 Australia have supported hundreds of thousands of Australians through tough times including natural disasters, homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, unemployment and the isolating Covid - 19 pandemic.
Their story is a continuous journey from the past, embedded with traditions and values from centuries of rich history, into contemporary Australian life and identity.
This enduring story of selfless service, promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance, is a celebration of Sikh heritage, arts, culture and values
WE ARE CLOSED OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND
GOOD FRIDAY - 29 March
EASTER SATURDAY - 30 March
EASTER SUNDAY - 31 March
EASTER MONDAY - 1 April
WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE & HOLY EASTER
OUR WORKROOM WILL REOPEN ON
TUESDAY 2 APRIL 10 am
ANZAC DAY
Thursday 25th April 2024
Liverpool Regional Museum, Family History Centre, and the LGS workroom will be closed today and will reopen on Friday 26th April 2024 at 10 am.
Thursday, 25 April 2024 5.30 am - 9 am
To commemorate Anzac Day, a Dawn Service will be held at Bigge Park, Liverpool.
ANZAC DAY 2024
ANZAC DAY 2024
Unlocking World War I repatriation records: investigating repatriation records
I Am Australian (ANZAC Version)
Boer War Documentary
Rare War Footage from The Boer War (1899) | War Archives
MAY EVENTS
MAY GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 4th May 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS workroom
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
MOTHERS DAY
SUNDAY 12th MAY 2024
Free Exhibition: Marking the Land
Monday, 01 January 2024 - Tuesday, 31 December 2024
10 am – 4 pm
Marking the Land: Inked, Drawn, Painted presents depictions of early Liverpool by colonial artists from the 1800s to 1900s.
Their vision, often romanticised, recall idealised English landscapes far removed from the harsh reality and danger of the Australian bush.
Whilst styled in a European drawing and painting tradition botanical clues exist, portrayed through native Australian flora, which hints toward a partial topographical depiction of New South Wales.
As two worlds collided these landscapes marked changing times during contact between colonists and First Nations peoples. A time when two cultures and their relationship with the land differed greatly. One of tradition and the known, dating back thousands of years, and one of the unknown, dating back to 24 January 1788*. Their landscape experiences and interpretations would continue to be rendered in vastly different visual languages and cultures.
*First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. First Contact was made with First Nations peoples on 24 January 1788 at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach, La Perouse.
All exhibited works are from the State Library of New South Wales Collection and the Liverpool Regional Museum Collection
Liverpool, New South Wales 1824 etching, aquatint, hand coloured with watercolour on paper 23.2x32.7 cm, plate 14 from Views of Australia
Artist: Joseph Lycett
In Volume: Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen’s land delineated, in fifty views with descriptive letter press: dedicated by permission to the Right Honorable. Earl Bathurst, 1824-1825.
Published by J. Souter, London
Bequeathed by the Mountfort and McDonald families, 1998.
liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
0287117126
FREE EXHIBITION
EXILIO (EXILED) CHILE TO SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - Saturday, 28 September 2024
10 am – 4 pm
The 1973 Chilean Military Coup d’état forced a whole generation into exile. One of the darkest chapters in the history of Latin America caused thousands of Chileans to be kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and murdered. The military, commanded by General Pinochet and supported by the US, UK and Australian Governments, overthrew the democratically elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende.
By 1981 more than 18,000 arrived in Australia after seeking refugee status with further waves throughout the 1980s. Many made their new home in Sydney’s western suburbs of Liverpool, Campbelltown and Fairfield.
Liverpool Regional Museum has commissioned Chilean born filmmaker Milena Sanhueza Ben-David (Recapture Productions) to create a series of video testimonials from the Chilean Community in Western Sydney.
The geopolitics leading up to the coup and generational after-effects of trauma and loss are presented in archives, artefacts and ‘Arpilleras’ – a communal folk-art process created by women which depict pictorial narratives and testimonies of protest in brightly coloured textiles.
These are some of their stories.
Image: Rivera Family departing Chile, Aeropuerto Internacional De Pudahuel, Santiago, 1977. (Courtesy of Nadia Rivera)
Contact details: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
phone 0287117126
SORRY DAY - Friday 26 May 2024
National Sorry Day – Friday 26 May 2024
Reconciliation Australia – History of Sorry Day Pdf
Liverpool City Council – Aboriginal Peoples
JUNE EVENTS
JUNE GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 1st June 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS workroom
REMINDER: Membership fees are due by the 30 June of each year.
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
Free Exhibition: Marking the Land
Monday, 01 January 2024 - Tuesday, 31 December 2024
10 am – 4 pm
Marking the Land: Inked, Drawn, Painted presents depictions of early Liverpool by colonial artists from the 1800s to 1900s.
Their vision, often romanticised, recall idealised English landscapes far removed from the harsh reality and danger of the Australian bush.
Whilst styled in a European drawing and painting tradition botanical clues exist, portrayed through native Australian flora, which hints toward a partial topographical depiction of New South Wales.
As two worlds collided these landscapes marked changing times during contact between colonists and First Nations peoples. A time when two cultures and their relationship with the land differed greatly. One of tradition and the known, dating back thousands of years, and one of the unknown, dating back to 24 January 1788*. Their landscape experiences and interpretations would continue to be rendered in vastly different visual languages and cultures.
*First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. First Contact was made with First Nations peoples on 24 January 1788 at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach, La Perouse.
All exhibited works are from the State Library of New South Wales Collection and the Liverpool Regional Museum Collection
Liverpool, New South Wales 1824 etching, aquatint, hand coloured with watercolour on paper 23.2x32.7 cm, plate 14 from Views of Australia
Artist: Joseph Lycett
In Volume: Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen’s land delineated, in fifty views with descriptive letter press: dedicated by permission to the Right Honorable. Earl Bathurst, 1824-1825.
Published by J. Souter, London
Bequeathed by the Mountfort and McDonald families, 1998.
liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
0287117126
FREE EXHIBITION
EXILIO (EXILED) CHILE TO SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - Saturday, 28 September 2024
10 am – 4 pm
The 1973 Chilean Military Coup d’état forced a whole generation into exile. One of the darkest chapters in the history of Latin America caused thousands of Chileans to be kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and murdered. The military, commanded by General Pinochet and supported by the US, UK and Australian Governments, overthrew the democratically elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende.
By 1981 more than 18,000 arrived in Australia after seeking refugee status with further waves throughout the 1980s. Many made their new home in Sydney’s western suburbs of Liverpool, Campbelltown and Fairfield.
Liverpool Regional Museum has commissioned Chilean born filmmaker Milena Sanhueza Ben-David (Recapture Productions) to create a series of video testimonials from the Chilean Community in Western Sydney.
The geopolitics leading up to the coup and generational after-effects of trauma and loss are presented in archives, artefacts and ‘Arpilleras’ – a communal folk-art process created by women which depict pictorial narratives and testimonies of protest in brightly coloured textiles.
These are some of their stories.
Image: Rivera Family departing Chile, Aeropuerto Internacional De Pudahuel, Santiago, 1977. (Courtesy of Nadia Rivera)
Contact details: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
phone 0287117126
JULY EVENTS
JULY GENERAL MEETING & AGM
Saturday 6th July 2024 10.30
Meeting - LGS workroom
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society, followed by the AGM.
Members need to be financial members to be able to attend the Society's AGM meeting and to be able to vote or stand for any positions on the Committee within the Society.
Membership fees are due by 30 June each year.
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Free Exhibition: Marking the Land
Monday, 01 January 2024 - Tuesday, 31 December 2024
10 am – 4 pm
Marking the Land: Inked, Drawn, Painted presents depictions of early Liverpool by colonial artists from the 1800s to 1900s.
Their vision, often romanticised, recall idealised English landscapes far removed from the harsh reality and danger of the Australian bush.
Whilst styled in a European drawing and painting tradition botanical clues exist, portrayed through native Australian flora, which hints toward a partial topographical depiction of New South Wales.
As two worlds collided these landscapes marked changing times during contact between colonists and First Nations peoples. A time when two cultures and their relationship with the land differed greatly. One of tradition and the known, dating back thousands of years, and one of the unknown, dating back to 24 January 1788*. Their landscape experiences and interpretations would continue to be rendered in vastly different visual languages and cultures.
*First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. First Contact was made with First Nations peoples on 24 January 1788 at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach, La Perouse.
All exhibited works are from the State Library of New South Wales Collection and the Liverpool Regional Museum Collection
Liverpool, New South Wales 1824 etching, aquatint, hand coloured with watercolour on paper 23.2x32.7 cm, plate 14 from Views of Australia
Artist: Joseph Lycett
In Volume: Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen’s land delineated, in fifty views with descriptive letter press: dedicated by permission to the Right Honorable. Earl Bathurst, 1824-1825.
Published by J. Souter, London
Bequeathed by the Mountfort and McDonald families, 1998.
liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
0287117126
FREE EXHIBITION
EXILIO (EXILED) CHILE TO SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - Saturday, 28 September 2024
10 am – 4 pm
The 1973 Chilean Military Coup d’état forced a whole generation into exile. One of the darkest chapters in the history of Latin America caused thousands of Chileans to be kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and murdered. The military, commanded by General Pinochet and supported by the US, UK and Australian Governments, overthrew the democratically elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende.
By 1981 more than 18,000 arrived in Australia after seeking refugee status with further waves throughout the 1980s. Many made their new home in Sydney’s western suburbs of Liverpool, Campbelltown and Fairfield.
Liverpool Regional Museum has commissioned Chilean born filmmaker Milena Sanhueza Ben-David (Recapture Productions) to create a series of video testimonials from the Chilean Community in Western Sydney.
The geopolitics leading up to the coup and generational after-effects of trauma and loss are presented in archives, artefacts and ‘Arpilleras’ – a communal folk-art process created by women which depict pictorial narratives and testimonies of protest in brightly coloured textiles.
These are some of their stories.
Image: Rivera Family departing Chile, Aeropuerto Internacional De Pudahuel, Santiago, 1977. (Courtesy of Nadia Rivera)
Contact details: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
phone 0287117126
AUGUST EVENTS
AUGUST GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 3rd August 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS workroom
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
Free Exhibition: Marking the Land
Monday, 01 January 2024 - Tuesday, 31 December 2024
10 am – 4 pm
Marking the Land: Inked, Drawn, Painted presents depictions of early Liverpool by colonial artists from the 1800s to 1900s.
Their vision, often romanticised, recall idealised English landscapes far removed from the harsh reality and danger of the Australian bush.
Whilst styled in a European drawing and painting tradition botanical clues exist, portrayed through native Australian flora, which hints toward a partial topographical depiction of New South Wales.
As two worlds collided these landscapes marked changing times during contact between colonists and First Nations peoples. A time when two cultures and their relationship with the land differed greatly. One of tradition and the known, dating back thousands of years, and one of the unknown, dating back to 24 January 1788*. Their landscape experiences and interpretations would continue to be rendered in vastly different visual languages and cultures.
*First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. First Contact was made with First Nations peoples on 24 January 1788 at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach, La Perouse.
All exhibited works are from the State Library of New South Wales Collection and the Liverpool Regional Museum Collection
Liverpool, New South Wales 1824 etching, aquatint, hand coloured with watercolour on paper 23.2x32.7 cm, plate 14 from Views of Australia
Artist: Joseph Lycett
In Volume: Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen’s land delineated, in fifty views with descriptive letter press: dedicated by permission to the Right Honorable. Earl Bathurst, 1824-1825.
Published by J. Souter, London
Bequeathed by the Mountfort and McDonald families, 1998.
liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
0287117126
FREE EXHIBITION
EXILIO (EXILED) CHILE TO SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - Saturday, 28 September 2024
10 am – 4 pm
The 1973 Chilean Military Coup d’état forced a whole generation into exile. One of the darkest chapters in the history of Latin America caused thousands of Chileans to be kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and murdered. The military, commanded by General Pinochet and supported by the US, UK and Australian Governments, overthrew the democratically elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende.
By 1981 more than 18,000 arrived in Australia after seeking refugee status with further waves throughout the 1980s. Many made their new home in Sydney’s western suburbs of Liverpool, Campbelltown and Fairfield.
Liverpool Regional Museum has commissioned Chilean born filmmaker Milena Sanhueza Ben-David (Recapture Productions) to create a series of video testimonials from the Chilean Community in Western Sydney.
The geopolitics leading up to the coup and generational after-effects of trauma and loss are presented in archives, artefacts and ‘Arpilleras’ – a communal folk-art process created by women which depict pictorial narratives and testimonies of protest in brightly coloured textiles.
These are some of their stories.
Image: Rivera Family departing Chile, Aeropuerto Internacional De Pudahuel, Santiago, 1977. (Courtesy of Nadia Rivera)
Contact details: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
phone 0287117126
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
SEPTEMBER ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 7th September 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS work room
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
FATHERS DAY
SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2024
Free Exhibition: Marking the Land
Monday, 01 January 2024 - Tuesday, 31 December 2024
10 am – 4 pm
Marking the Land: Inked, Drawn, Painted presents depictions of early Liverpool by colonial artists from the 1800s to 1900s.
Their vision, often romanticised, recall idealised English landscapes far removed from the harsh reality and danger of the Australian bush.
Whilst styled in a European drawing and painting tradition botanical clues exist, portrayed through native Australian flora, which hints toward a partial topographical depiction of New South Wales.
As two worlds collided these landscapes marked changing times during contact between colonists and First Nations peoples. A time when two cultures and their relationship with the land differed greatly. One of tradition and the known, dating back thousands of years, and one of the unknown, dating back to 24 January 1788*. Their landscape experiences and interpretations would continue to be rendered in vastly different visual languages and cultures.
*First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. First Contact was made with First Nations peoples on 24 January 1788 at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach, La Perouse.
All exhibited works are from the State Library of New South Wales Collection and the Liverpool Regional Museum Collection
Liverpool, New South Wales 1824 etching, aquatint, hand coloured with watercolour on paper 23.2x32.7 cm, plate 14 from Views of Australia
Artist: Joseph Lycett
In Volume: Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen’s land delineated, in fifty views with descriptive letter press: dedicated by permission to the Right Honorable. Earl Bathurst, 1824-1825.
Published by J. Souter, London
Bequeathed by the Mountfort and McDonald families, 1998.
liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
0287117126
FREE EXHIBITION
EXILIO (EXILED) CHILE TO SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - Saturday, 28 September 2024
10 am – 4 pm
The 1973 Chilean Military Coup d’état forced a whole generation into exile. One of the darkest chapters in the history of Latin America caused thousands of Chileans to be kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and murdered. The military, commanded by General Pinochet and supported by the US, UK and Australian Governments, overthrew the democratically elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende.
By 1981 more than 18,000 arrived in Australia after seeking refugee status with further waves throughout the 1980s. Many made their new home in Sydney’s western suburbs of Liverpool, Campbelltown and Fairfield.
Liverpool Regional Museum has commissioned Chilean born filmmaker Milena Sanhueza Ben-David (Recapture Productions) to create a series of video testimonials from the Chilean Community in Western Sydney.
The geopolitics leading up to the coup and generational after-effects of trauma and loss are presented in archives, artefacts and ‘Arpilleras’ – a communal folk-art process created by women which depict pictorial narratives and testimonies of protest in brightly coloured textiles.
These are some of their stories.
Image: Rivera Family departing Chile, Aeropuerto Internacional De Pudahuel, Santiago, 1977. (Courtesy of Nadia Rivera)
Contact details: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
phone 0287117126
NSW & ACT Association
of
Family History Societies Inc.
Annual Conference
Saturday 14 September 2024
Join us at the Annual Association Conference in 2024 to be run by Society's Management Committee.
A virtual one-day conference via Zoom.
OCTOBER EVENTS
OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 5th October 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS work room
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
NOVEMBER EVENTS
NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 2nd November 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS work room
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting.
After the meeting, if you need some help with your family history, this will be a good time.
Remembrance Day 2024
Remembrance Day 2024
You’re Home Mate | Entombment of the Unknown Soldier
Can You Hear Australia's Heroes Marching? - Remembrance Song.
The Actual "Unknown Soldier" - Remembrance Day - WW1
Armistice Day Tribute
DECEMBER EVENTS
DECEMBER GENERAL MEETING
2024 Writing Awards
LGS Christmas Party
Saturday 7th December 2024 10.30 am
Meeting - LGS work room
The meeting today will commence at 10.30 am with the general business of the society. 2024 Writing Awards presentations after the meeting followed by the Society's Christmas Party.
The meeting will be held in the Society's workroom.
Members and guests are all welcome to attend the meeting and Christmas party.
Members are asked to bring a plate along to our Christmas Party. We all have a wonderful time catching up with all our friends on the day, old friends and new ones.
