Bringing together local museums and history groups in Southern Tasmania

EXHIBITION Tuesday 7th - Sunday 12th October

TEN museums & history groups in ONE room
Kingborough Hub, 7 Goshawk Way, Kingston
Hours: 10am - 4pm

CONFERENCE on SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER
with 6 speakers, from 9.30am - 3.30pm

Speakers will include:
* Andrew Tomes, who will talk about using eHive to manage museum collections.
* Warwick Lee will talk about the Tasmanian parliamentary papers
1856-1901 which have recently been digitised in a large project.
* Dr. Imogen Wegman will speak about the Family History programme at UTAS.

* Fiona Cameron from Volunteering Tasmania will be talking on the benefits of being a member of VT.
* Lara Colrain - Curator from the Channel Museum will speak on preserving artefacts, and author and historian Richie Woolley will also speak.

The exhibition is gold coin donation, and children free. Please register if you are coming along to the conference.

The list of Museums and History Groups so far:
Bruny Island Historical Society
Channel Museum
Cygnet Living History Museum
Dover Museum & Gallery
Franklin History Group Inc.
Friends of Bruny Island Quarantine Station (FOBIQS)
Geeveston Archives & History Society (GAHS)
Ida Bay Railway Preservation Society
Upper Huon History Group

South Channel Ratepayers Association