Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns and precautions, the meeting planned for tomorrow night (17th March) at NERAM has been cancelled.

The first regular meeting will be held on Tuesday 18th February at 7.30pm at
‘Dumaresq Chambers when Matthew Tierney will present Armidale Railway Station
Open for Business. outlining how public expression of the people from 1870 to 2004
brought mainline trains to the Northern Tablelands and kept them running.

We will instigate a $1a ticket monthly raffle to be drawn at each meeting.

The chambers will be open from about 7pm, so do come early, have a cuppa and a catch up chat with fellow members before the meeting. All welcome.

The next meeting of the Society will be on Tuesday, 20^th August, 7.30 pm at ‘Dumaresq Chambers’.The speaker will be Martin Gibbs, Professor of Australian Archaeology,Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences at UNE, whose interests include research projects on aspects of historical and maritime archaeology.  His talk is titled  Seeing Beneath the Soil:  is there a buried Armidale? and is based on describing UNE’s newly acquired geophysical survey instruments, how they work and where to survey.

The August meeting is the AGM, followed by the general meeting. The AGM will be conducted by patron William Oates, all positions will be declared vacant.  Please consider taking an active role in the Society. We welcome volunteers and have positions we need to fill: 1) Someone to deal with research enquiries, and 2) a publicity person (or persons).

As usual, the Chambers will be open from about 7pm on the night of the meeting, and we people are welcome to come early to chat, look at resources, or have a cuppa.

The next meeting of the Society will be on Tuesday, 18 June at 7.30, at Dumaresq Chambers, 114 Faulkner Street when the speaker will be Wayne Hoppe, President of the Armidale Family History Group. In his ongoing recording of Armidale Cemetery history, his research has included the Undertakers and Stonemasons who have serviced the cemetery and his talk will present his interesting findings on the history of The Undertakers of Armidale.

The rooms will be open from about 7pm, so do feel welcome to come early and browse through the resources or catch-up with other members.Visitors are very welcome. There’s no need to book. Tea and coffee will be served after the meeting.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, 21st May at 7.30pm in the Society’s rooms at 114 Faulkner Street. The rooms will be open from about 7pm, so do feel welcome to come early and browse through the resources or catch-up with other members.

I’ll update this post with information about our guest speaker soon!

Welcome to the new website of the Armidale and District Historical Society.We’re currently setting up the site – please come back again soon for news, updates, and other information.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday February 19th At 7.30pm at Dumaresq Chambers, 114 Faulkner Street Armidale. All welcome to attend.