Saturday 30 June 2012
We invite you to join the RAHS for a Saturday Open Day at History House. It begins with an open day at the RAHS library and concludes with afternoon tea in the drawing room. Members are welcome to drop in at any time during the morning and need not stay for the afternoon.
Library Open: Tours, Research and Workshop
From 10:00 a.m . until 2:00 p.m., the RAHS library will be o pen for tours and research, hosted by Librarian Donna Newton. Associate Professor Carol Liston will be present to assist researchers and show how to use some of the library’s new resources.
If you have never visited the RAHS library, this is your opportunity to explore the extensive resources on offer.
Tours are free, bookings are recommended.
Afternoon Tea at the Royal
History House’s Victorian drawing room will be the setting for a unique afternoon tea from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.. Join RAHS members and Councillors
for a delightful day of tea and wine, talks and music.
The schedule is:
2:00 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.: The President, Emeritus Professor David Carment, will talk on issues concerning the RAHS.
2:20 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: RAHS Councillor Dr Kathrine Reynolds will talk on "Assisted Skills Migration to Australia in the nineteenth century - the German Vinedressers of Alexander Berry's Estate, Coolangatta, near Berry".
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Afternoon tea with sandwiches, scones, cream and jam, cake and selected wines from the Coolangatta Estate vineyard.
4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Musical entertainment relevant to Alexander Berry devised by Dr Ian Jack with the help of the Collard & Collard grand.
Bookings for afternoon tea are requested on 02 9247 8001or history@rahs.org.au .
