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Historical Society of The Nepean Ward of The Mornington Peninsula Including Portsea, Sorrento and Blairgowrie History

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Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

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Meeting Saturday 25h March 2023

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Nepean Historical Society
Posted in Monthly Meetings, Uncategorized

Monthly Meeting Mar 6th 2020

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Nepean Historical Society

Friday 7:00 pm at The Museum . . . Note earlier time – 

notice-of-meeting-mar

Note that the meeting is at 7:00pm

 

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged first shot, fort nepean, russell joseph, WWI

Monthly Meeting Feb 7th 2020

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Nepean Historical Society

Friday 7:00 pm at The Museum . . . Note earlier time – 

Note that the meeting is at 7:00pm

 

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged 2020 activities, the sorrento museum

Monthly Meeting Nov 8th 2019

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Nepean Historical Society

Friday 6:00 pm at The Museum . . . Note earlier time – 2019 Nov Notice of Meeting

Note that the meeting is at 6:00pm

 

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged diane lightfoot, quarantine

Monthly Meeting Sep 6th 2019

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Nepean Historical Society

Friday 8:00 pm at The Museum

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged family history

Monthly Meeting Aug 2nd 2019

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Nepean Historical Society

Friday 8:00 pm at The Museum

 Speaker: Ian Thomson, Engineer/Historian

Topic: The Bay Paddle Steamers

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged bay paddle steamers, ian thomson, port phillip bay

Monthly Meeting July 5th 2019

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Nepean Historical Society

Friday 8:00 pm at The Museum

 Speaker: Bob Marmion, Historian/Author

Topic: Murder at the Fort

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged bob marmion, murder at the fort, queenscliff, WWII

Monthly Meeting Mar 1st 2019

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Nepean Historical Society

8:00 pm at The Museum

Trish Bourke

Trish at work in The Museum

 

Speaker: Trish Bourke – Artist in Residence at Police Point

Topic: Trish is an established water colourist and botanical artist.
We will discover the artist’s path to the creation of her fascinating pieces.

 

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged artist in residence, police point, Trish Bourke

Monthly Meeting Nov 9th 2018

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Nepean Historical Society

7:00 pm at The Museum (Note earlier time)hell ship

Speaker: Michael Veitch

Topic: Hell Ship – The Journey of The Ticonderoga

 

Posted in Events, Monthly Meetings | Tagged hell ship, michael veitch, quarantine station, ticonderoga

Monthly Meeting Sep 7th 2018

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Nepean Historical Society

8:00 pm at The Museum

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Susan Spunner Window St. John’s Sorrento

Speaker: Suzanne Spunner (NHS Member)

Topic: The Will of Susan Spunner: Sorrento’s First Feminist

(Suzanne’s great great grandmother)

Posted in Monthly Meetings | Tagged family history, sorrento, spunner

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