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Next ASHET events

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Saturday 31 July 2010
Visit to Sydney Trades Hall

Sydney Trades Hall was established by the developing trade union movement in NSW. The building was first begun in 1888 with the final meeting hall finished in 1917.  A large scale refurbishment was completed in 2007.

Trades Hall has been home to many unions over the years. In the late 1940s there were 88 separate offices in the building. It houses a large collection of items, including banners,  badges, photographs and items that provide links with the world-wide trade union movement.

The tour will be guided by Neale Towart, librarian and heritage officer of the Trades Hall.

Venue: Trades hall, 4 Goulburn Street, Sydney
Time: 10 a.m, duration apporoximately two hours.
Cost: $5.00 for ASHET members, $10 for others. Pay on the day.
Bookings: phone ASHET secretary Ian Arthur at 9958 8397 or email sec@ashet.org.au

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Tuesday 3 August 2010
Talk by Ann Moyal
The Telegraph revisited

To a nation the size of Australia, the telegraph was the most important technological innovation of the nineteenth century. Ann Moyal, author of Clear across Australia: a history of telecommunications, will speak of the way the telegraph transformed human society, business, transport, trade, the media, scientific communication, and all the processes of the economy in Australia and begat the information age.

This is a joint activity of ASHET and the Royal Australian Historical Society

Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Time: 5.30 for 6 pm
Cost: $8.00 Includes light refreshments on arrival
Bookings: phone RAHS on (02) 9247 8001 or email history@rahs.org.au

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No Darling Downs tour this year

Following the very successful two week tour in 2009 to Outback NSW,
ASHET and the Royal Australian Historical Society planned a similar
tour to the Darling Downs for August this year. Because we needed a
minimum number of participants to share the cost of coach hire, we
advertised among our members and members of RAHS for expressions
of interest, before making firm commitments. Unfortunately the response
fell well short of the minimum number of participants we needed, so we
are unable to proceed with the tour.

We are still hopeful that we will find a way of running the tour in
2011.

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