General Meetings and speakers for 2017

Date

Speaker/s

Topic/s

Sunday 13 August 2017

Michael Bell, OAM

After twenty years working for a trustee company Michael decided on a change of career and studied to become a teacher. On graduation he was appointed to a one teacher school in rural Parklea.

He has been involved in various community organizations, the local P&C, Volunteer Fire Brigade, and Progress Association to name some. After retirement from teaching he was elected as a Councillor of Hornsby Shire Council and acted as Mayor for a time.

While a Councillor he chaired Council’s two year Rural Land Study to set in place the rural planning for the next twenty five years. He was also a member of a number of Council committees, including those for cultural, environmental and heritage.

At the end of his term on Council he Chaired the Hornsby Arts Council Inc, an entity established to acquire an art collection for the residents of Hornsby Shire.

He and his wife, Natalie are both interested in overseas travel, art and history.

Michael’s talk is called The Dural Area, Past and Present

He will use some of his Society’s maps to show connections with early settlers, the early planned roads, early access roads to the water transport and Aboriginal rock engravings.

He will also use some of his Society’s photographic collection to tell us about the history of this very historic area.

Sunday 10 September 2017

Mark Taylor

“Prospect Connections”

Sunday 8 October 2017

Catherine Bishop

“Minding Her Own Business”

Sunday 12 November 2017

Sue Stenning & Goran Terzic

“The Greystanes Visitors Book”

Sunday 10 December 2017

Paul Storm

“Christmas Cards and the BLAU Family of Sydney”