BLUE MOUNTAINS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ANNUAL MCLAUGHLIN ADDRESS

The Annual McLaughlin Address of the Blue Mountains Historical Society will be held on Saturday 2 March at 10.30 am in the Wentworth Falls School of Arts on the Great Western Highway at Wentworth Falls.

Our Speaker, Professor Tanya Evans, is Director of the Centre for Applied History at Macquarie University and President of the International Federation of Public History and is committed to revealing the value and significance of history for individuals and society to everyone.

Her talk, ‘Family, Community and Nation: Understanding Identity through the History and Heritage of the Blue Mountains of Australia’, will connect the history of our mountains with our own lives.

Tanya is a public historian who specializes in family history, cultural heritage, history and sport, gender in sport, community, local and regional history, memory and life-stories, histories of charities and NGOs, history and the media and history in tourism.

Come along to her address at the Wentworth Falls School of Arts. Admission is free to members and $5.00 for non-members. Tea and coffee available for a gold coin donation. 10.30 am, Saturday March 2.