It is important—Book early for a hassle-free weekend with the opportunity to relax, walk, explore the surroundings and historic cemetery, and enjoy the company of people with like interests in one of Southern New South Wales’ most historic locations. Galong is situated about forty minutes drive north of Yass, just off the Binalong-Harden Road

Please complete the registration form and return it with payment in full or deposit. Balances are due by 24 March 2017. Cancellations after that date will attract a fee of $100.00. Payments to Whole Histories Yass & District Historical Society Inc P O Box 304, Yass NSW 2582 or Email registration form to wholehistories@yasshistory.org.au and deposit funds to Yass & District Historical Society Inc, Westpac, Yass BSB 032 771 Account 12 0621 and quote your name on deposit. Visit our website www.yasshistory.org.au and follow the link for detailed information on the event, program, venue, accommodation, directions etc.

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Phone enquiries— Cheryl Mongan 6226 1435 Maureen Collins 6226 1334 Anne Pigram 6226 4894

Accommodation—St Clement’s offers a choice of rooms. The air conditioned double and twin occupancy ensuite rooms are in the main monastery building as are the twin rooms with shared bathroom facilities. There is lift access, telephones in each room and a centrally located kitchenette area, with tea making facilities. Double and single rooms in the Retreat House are air conditioned, comfortably furnished and have shared bathroom facilities. A large common room with televi-sion and tea making facilities and a public telephone are located on the ground floor. There is no lift access in the Retreat House. Special diets -Vegetarian, diabetic and gluten-free diets can be catered for if advised on the booking form.

What does the registration fee include? - The all inclusive price of $410.00 per person (or $390.00 for YDHS Inc members) includes – ▪Two night’s accommodation in a single or twin room with shared bathroom facilities* ▪All meals including a three course dinner in ‘Galong House’ ▪Presentations ▪Dinner wines and pre-dinner drinks on Saturday night. ▪Conference pack ▪Commission free opportunity to market your organisation’s activities and publications. *Please add $40.00 per person for ensuite rooms.. Pre-seminar information will be forwarded to all participants upon receipt of full payment. Special day rate!

Saturday 8 April Presentations from 9.00am to 4.00pm

plus lunch, morning and afternoon teas.

$75 per person Pre-dinner drinks, three course dinner

& refreshments in Galong House $65 per person

Non-members add $5.00 per person

St Clement’s Retreat & Conference Centre Galong NSW

Friday 7 to Sunday 9 April 2017

YASS & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

Whole Histories

Keeping the stories alive

Proposed Program

Friday 7 April

What you can expect …

The theme – We live in a digital age but we must not lose sight of the past and the value history contributes to our communities. In an ever changing world the pursuit and recording of history is also changing but will museums, archives, historical and family history groups of today survive the pressures of such rapid change and declining memberships? During the weekend our speakers will address this and other aspects of keeping history alive and within the public gaze. Our keynote speaker is Dr Mathew Trinca, Director of the National Museum of Australia. He and Dr Carol Liston of the Royal Australian Historical Society together with speakers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines will give thought provoking presentations of interest to any one interested in Australian history. Participants are especially encouraged to join in the Sunday morning forum. It’s not all talk —It is country hospitality with a concert and drinks, before dinner in Galong House the homestead of the Ryan family who were renowned for their hospitality. Good food, good wine and good company with after dinner speaker Dr David Headon will ensure an enjoyable evening. An iconic setting—The venue for our weekend devoted to Australian history and its preservation in its many forms is one of the oldest surviving properties in southern NSW. Whether you are a dedicated volunteer at a local museum or archives, a keen family historian or have an interest in history this is the event to be part of in 2017. St Clement’s at Galong will give you the opportunity to experience history in a unique setting. The property was settled in the late 1820s by transported Irish convict Edward ‘Ned’ Ryan and for many years Ned's holdings were 'beyond the limits of location'. As his extensive pastoral holdings grew through determination and hard work so did his prosperity and generosity to his family, friends, neighbours and the church. Come and experience the tradition of hospitality that Galong has become renowned for.

12.00pm Registration

2.00pm Welcome

2.15pm Closer Settlement, geese, school days and council shenanigans: Telling tales from the Yass and District Historical Society Archives. Dr Richard Reid, Yass & District Historical Society

3.00pm Afternoon Tea

3.30pm Importance of family history. Danny O'Neill, Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc

4.15pm Free time

6.15pm Dinner

7.30pm Re-imagining small museums: old and new. Cheryl Mongan, Yass & District Historical Society

8.00pm Hearing the past, seeing the future: sounds, moving images and local collections. Dr Jeff Brownrigg, Australian National University

Saturday 8 April

9.00am Local history and national meaning in museums. Dr Mathew Trinca, National Museum of Australia

10.00am Morning tea

10.30am Louis Jules Matras, his lost mongrel retriever and documenting the bush in 2017. Michael Piggott, Archival consultant & historian

11.15am Keeping Whole Histories Whole: conservation of cultural materials. John Greenwood, Consulting Conservator

12.00pm History and letter writing. Linda Emery, Berrima District Historical & Family History Society Inc

12.45pm Lunch

Due to unforeseen circumstances speakers and titles may change

1.45pm

New approaches to family history, local history and public history. Dr Tanya Evans, Macquarie University

2.30pm Kindred practices: local, family and ADB historians. Prof Melanie Nolan, Director of the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

3.15pm Cliftonwood: interpreting a local property Tony Wade, owner of Cliftonwood, Yass

4.00pm Afternoon Tea

6.00pm Concert

6.45pm Pre-dinner drinks

7.30pm Dinner in historic Galong House Dr David Headon,

Sunday 9 April

9.00am Historical Societies: Their Value to Members and the Community. Judith Dunn, Parramatta & District Historical Society

9.30am Having your say, a forum for all Judith Dunn, Convenor

10.00am Morning tea

10.30am Quality Publications made easy. Courtney Page-Allen, Department of Veterans’ Affairs

11.15am Social media. Rachel Purdy, Yass & District Historical Society

1.45pm Future options in a changing world. Dr Carol Liston, President, Royal Australian Historical Society

2.30pm Wrapping it up

12.45pm Lunch

Comprehensive information is available on our website www.yasshistory.org.au and follow the Whole Histories link

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