Community Events
Throughout the year the National Trust holds many events for members and the public as a fundraising opportunity for the organization. For a current program of events click event details below:
- A downloadable version is here
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Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop - Franklin House
Date: Thursday 22 July 2010
Place: Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Phone: 63447824
Time: 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Understand the need to prune a variety of fruit trees. Identifying fruiting habits that need special pruning, where to begin with an overgrown tree, espaliers etc
Admission: $20.00 per person includes morning tea & workshop notes
Booking essential as numbers are limited to 15 persons.
Christmas in July - Longford
Date: Friday 23rd July 2010
Place: RSL Hall,
Wellington St,
Longford
Phone:
Mary Macrae 03 6391 1472
Anne Burman 03 6391 2256
Time: 6.00pm to 10.00pm
A 2 course Christmas dinner and wine raffle
Admission: $32 per head. Bookings Essential
General Meeting & Presentation - St John's Park
Date: Sunday 25 July 2010
Place: Sunday School Hall, St. John's Park
Contact: secretary@orphanschool.org.au
Phone: 03 6285 2654
Time: 2.00 pm
Presentation by Oral History Group.
‘Sunday afternoon behind the clock’
Admission: Members are asked to bring a plate.
Non-members are asked to contribute a gold coin
Citrus Workshop - Franklin House
Date: Thursday 19 August 2010
Place: Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Phone: 63447824
Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
Citrus (Lemons, oranges etc.) Understanding & managing – Buying, planting, managing – including diseases, fertilizing etc. – the complete picture. Amission: $18.00 per person includes morning tea
Booking essential as numbers are limited to 15 persons.
Collinsvale History Trail
Date: Sunday 12th September 2010
Place: Collinsvale Primary School
Collinsvale Rd Collinsvale
Phone: Philip Tyrell 03 6223 3059
Time: 10.00 am to 1.30pm Hosted by the Hobart Macquarie Group. Collinsvale has a remarkable history. Early settlers from Germany and Denmark gave the village and region a distinctive character.
Local historian Graham Speight will lead our walk, including a visit to historic Voss Farm, a rare example of timber and mud building known as Fachwerkbau.
BYO picnic lunch.
Admission: Bookings by 3 September
$15 Members, $20 Non-members
Cheques may be made payable to:-
The National Trust of Australia (Tasmania)
And forwarded to:-
The Hobart Macquarie Group, 39 Cascade Rd, South Hobart TAS 7004.
School Holiday Programme - Franklin House
Date: Thursday 16th September 2010
Place: Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Phone: 63447824
Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
Step back in time to the 1840's. What did children do to amuse themselves? Franklin House will be offering a selection of activities for 6 to 10 year olds
Activities include pressed flower/leaf cards, kite making, corn dollies, collecting wand, heritage games, miniature scarecrows and mobiles.
Admission: $10 per child. Bookings essential (Maximum 16 children)
Talk - Influences of Culinary Customs Through the Ages with David Barratt
Date: Tuesday 5 October 2010
Place: Franklin House
413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Phone: 63447824 Hilary Keeley
Time: 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Go back in time, how did our customs, technology & environment influence the food we put on the table today. Where did some of the customs & terms originate? All will be revealed!
Admission: $18 entry per person, includes talk and lunch. Bookings essential
General Meeting & Hall Opening - St John's Park
Date: Sunday 10 October 2010
Place: Sunday School Hall, St. John's Park
Contact: secretary@orphanschool.org.au
Phone: 03 6285 2654
Time: 2.00 pm
Official opening of the hall with an ‘at home’ for other interested groups.
Admission: Members are asked to bring a plate.
Non-members are asked to contribute a gold coin
The Big Draw - Franklin House
Date: Saturday 16th October 2010
Place: Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Phone: 63447824
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Peer into the wonderful treasures of Franklin House. Imagine the lives of the people who lived there, find traces of their lives.
Use drawing to investigate the past, present and future of Franklin House and create your own memories.
Open to people of all ages and experience. Whether you are confident about drawing or uncertain about your ability to draw, this activity will enable you to use drawing to look closely, to explore and to share ideas.
(This Activity is presented by W.E.F.T.)
Walking Tour - St John's Park Precinct
Date: Sunday 17 October 2010
Place: Sunday School Hall, St. John's Park
Contact: secretary@orphanschool.org.au
Phone: 03 6285 2654
Time: 2.00 pm
Walking tour of the Orphan Schools and St. John’s Park Precinct, New Town.
The tour includes a visit to St. John’s Church and a short organ recital. Learn about the site and its history from one of our tour guides—Joyce Purtscher well known for her work on the children in the Orphan Schools and paupers, or Dianne Snowden our convenor and historian.
Admission: $10 donation towards notes and afternoon tea.
Members are asked to bring a plate.
Springtime in Ferntree
Date: Sunday 7th November 2010
Place: The Quarry Car Park
Huon Rd, Hobart (100m past Mt Wellington turn-off)
Phone: Margot Gray (03) 62344857
Time: 10.15 am
Enjoy the delights of Fern Tree in Springtime.
Tour two local historic gardens, including ‘High Peak’ at Neika, established in 1892, and visit famous local landmark, St Raphael’s Church.
BYO lunch, to be enjoyed in the grounds of the Church.
Walking shoes recommended. Tour concludes about 2:30 pm.
Admission: Please respond by 29 October
Trust Members: $20
Non-Members: $25
Cheques payable to The National Trust of Australia (Tasmania)
Please return to:
Hobart Macquarie Group
10 Watkins Ave, West Hobart 7000
AGM - St John's Park
Date: 11 November 2010
Place: Sunday School Hall, St. John's Park
Contact: secretary@orphanschool.org.au
Phone: 03 6285 2654
Time: 5.30 pm
Annual General meeting. Guest speaker to be advised
Admission: Members are asked to bring a plate.
Non-members are asked to contribute a gold coin
Victorian Picnic - Franklin House
Date: Sunday 14th November 2010
Place: Franklin House
413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Phone: 63447824
Time: 11.30 am to 2.30 pm
Picnics were most fashionable in the early Victorian period when Franklin House was built.
Hampers will be available, including a convict hamper for the chldren, to be purchased in advance. For adults there is a choice of two, from the two tiers of society, Clergymen or Squires. Music and children’s games will add to the atmosphere.
Admission: Entry is by pre-paid hamper only
Convict Child Hamper..$7.00
Clergyman Hamper...$18.00
Squires Hamper........$23.00
Phone to book and order hamper
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