HISTORY FORUM MAIN SEASON 2024

Nine speakers for our 2024 season which will run from April through to November 2024, on the 2nd Saturday of every month with special events for History Week in September.

The full season is here and for specific event details see our Program Page for 2024

The talks will be held at 4 pm at Blackheath Public School Hall in Leichhardt St. Blackheath, or at Gardners Inn on the Great Western Highway in Blackheath.

Hall Entry: $10 Waged; $5.00 Unwaged, or Pub talks – $15 (includes one drink),.

Tickets for each event can be purchased online through Humanitix, the Australian owned humane event ticketing platform that donates all profits from booking fees to children’s charities. Tickets will also be available at the door. Card and cash payments accepted.

Afternoon tea at the Hall from 3.30 pm (drink/cake $3 ea.).

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

We are still seeking volunteers for the committee and the season to set up the sessions, transport and store equipment, or serve behind the cake/tea counter and the entry desk. You don’t have to volunteer for every session (but you can if you like) and you will get free entry, coffee, and cake for your time. Please contact us if you think this might be something you can do.

The Blackheath History Forum is open to anyone interested in understanding Australian history in both its national and global contexts.  Our aim is to highlight ‘the past in the present’.

Our past speakers have included many of Australia’s leading historians, including Joan Beaumont, Judith Brett, Jenny Hocking, Grace Karskens, Stuart MacIntyre, Mark McKenna, Humphrey McQueen, and Henry Reynolds. We’ve also hosted engaging writers with strong historical interests like Meredith Burgmann, Richard Fidler, Jackie French, Paul Kelly, Tom Keneally, and Don Watson.

The Blackheath History Forum received funding from the Australian Government 2021 Volunteer Grants. We have also been supported by the Australian Government’s Culture, Heritage, and Arts Regional Tourism (CHART) program.

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Please note we are not a Local History group so cannot provide any information about the history of the Blue Mountains or Blackheath.

We look forward to meeting you at our next forum event.

Best wishes,

The Blackheath History Forum Committee

Image: Waratah head portrait 2. Doug Becker. CC BY-SA 2.0.