Just a short reminder that this year our February General Meeting is on the F I R S T instead of the second Saturday of the month.
This coming Saturday, 4 February, David Millar will tell us all about ‘Architecture in Medieval Times’. Some of our members have heard him speak before and are full of praise for his interesting and entertaining talks. Certainly not something to be missed.
And if you are able to attend our NSW Branch Convention in May in Mittagong, please make sure that you bring your registration form (Julia sent these out a bit earlier to all members) and deposit along. We do need to get some indication how many people are interested.
Non-members are most welcome to attend, too. Please contact Julia at info@richardiii-nsw.org.au for more information and your copy of the registration form.
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday!
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Posted by: Dorothea Preis in News
As reported previously the next triennial conference of the Richard III Society will be taking place next year. Now the full programme is available and it sounds truly exciting.
It will be held at Burleigh Court, Loughborough, from 20 to 22 April 2012. The theme is “all about new discoveries and new thinking: from the discovery of the new site of Bosworth and the war graves of Towton to new thinking about battle records, armour and weapons.” The five speakers are experts at the forefront of their fields. One of them is Professor Anne Curry, who will explore the representation of battles in contemporary records. Prof Curry was one of the speakers at the ‘Blood and Roses’ conference in Oxford and a lively and fascinating speaker.
On the Saturday afternoon there will be an optional guided visit to Bosworth and the battle-field centre, which sounds too good to be missed.
You can find the full details and the application form on the website of the Richard III Society in the ‘What’s New’ section.
I know that one of our branch members is planning to attend and we are all looking forward to hearing everything about her experience. And the good news for the rest of us is that there should be another triennial conference in 2015!
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The following report on the convention of the Australasian branches of the Richard III Society, which took place 5 – 7 August 2011 in Melbourne, is by long time Society Member Ann Chandler. Thank you, Ann, for your entertaining report of what must have been an interesting weekend!
The date finally arrived and we all converged on the Victoria Hotel in Melbourne’s Little Collins Street in the early evening of Friday, August 5. The hotel is a lovely old building with much charm and character, recently renovated and the perfect venue for the convention. Read the rest of this entry »
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The biennial Australasian Convention of the Australian and New Zealand Branches of the Richard III Society will this year be hosted by the Victorian Branch. It will take place from Friday, 5 August, to Sunday, 7 August 2011, at the Victoria Hotel, Little Collins Street, Melbourne.
Registration for this important event should be made by 31 January 2011. If you haven’t already done so, please remember to help the Victorian Branch by getting your form to them on time. All the information was sent to members and friends last October. Should you have mislaid the documents, please let Julia know (on info@richardiii-nsw.org.au) so she can send you replacements. You can also find them on the website of the Victorian Branch.
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On a lovely clear autumnal Saturday in May the Richard III Society NSW Branch held their biannual conference, set in the spacious, attractive North Sydney Leagues Club in the Sydney suburb of Cammeray. The event was well attended by regular members and people from the community, with some eager attendees having travelled interstate to attend. A wide range of topics presented throughout the day guaranteed something of interest to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
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We hope you will join us on Saturday, 15 May, for our one-day conference. This promises to be a day with good companions, great speakers and a love of books, maps, heraldry and many things medieval.
We are sure you’ll find the speakers and the talks full of interest. We are not only academic people in deep discussion over obscure points of history! Naturally you’ll also learn very quickly why we are so enthusiastic about Richard III, his life and times. Speakers on the theme of Books and Bookmakers include Maggie Patton from the State Library of NSW, Stephen Szabo of Heraldry Australia and historical novelist Felicity Pulman. And there are more contributions from familiar faces from our branch.
Your registration fee of $30 includes a two course lunch and morning and afternoon tea – and there will be a super raffle and a sales table. Don’t miss out!
Registration forms and additional information are now available from info@richardiii-nsw.org.au.
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A report by our Chairperson, Carol Gerrard, on the recent Australasian Convention in Perth is now available. You can read it here.
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At the recent Australasian Convention of the Richard III Society in Perth it was announced that the recipient of this year’s Robert Hamblin award is one of us. Not only from one of the Australasian branches but from our NSW branch. It is none other than our secretary Julia Redlich! Read the rest of this entry »
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Please write Saturday, 15 May 2010 in your diary now. It’s when we hold our one-day conference at the North Sydney Leagues Club in Cammeray from 10am – 4pm.
We’re still in the planning stages, but there is a definite theme of Books and Bookmakers. Already Margaret Patton from the State Library has agreed to speak on printing in medieval times with a special look at maps (something she currently manages at the Library); Carol Gerard is longing to tell us about Caxton and his book The Discovery of Britain’; and Isolde Martyn and Felicity Pulman, whose historical novels are so well known to us, are going to speak on the pleasure and problems of writing them. The day promises to be as informative and enjoyable as our last ”mini conference” at Bundanoon in April 2008.
The North Sydney Leagues Club is very accessible by public transport and, there is plenty of car parking. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea will be provided. We look forward to seeing you all there – and remember that your friends and family are welcome to join us. It’s not a Members Only event!
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After getting the impression that most members would like the next day-long conference to take place in Sydney, the committee went to work on dates and venues – and came up with the following:
Place: North Sydney Leagues Club, Abbot Street, Cammeray.
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, from 10am – 4pm
Many of us know and like the Club, one of its advantages being ease of access: a short bus trip from Wynyard to Cammeray shops, then a very short walk to the club. Or train to North Sydney and a bus to Cammeray shops from there. There’s a large car park for those shunning public transport.
More details will come later, of course, but we hope it will be as enjoyable as our last day-long conference, and we aim to keep the costs down. Morning and afternoon tea and lunch will be included.
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