Forthcoming Events

FASCINATING FELLOWSHIP TOUR OF ANSTO, LUCAS HEIGHTS

THURSDAY 6 MAY 2010

The Fellowship  is conducting a tour of 

the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation based at Lucas Heights, NSW.

The site is part of a land grant to John Lucas, who was the son of FF Nathaniel Lucas.

Our host & guide is #7643.1 Paul Miskelly, formerly a member of staff at Lucas Heights.

He will be supported by #7643 Glenda Miskelly, FF Nathaniel Lucas/Olivia Gascoigne/James Squire.

THE TOUR IS OPEN TO ALL FFF MEMBERS & FRIENDS

Travel can be by private car with adequate parking. Bus transport will be provided through our Southern Highlands, Central Coast, and Eastern Farms Chapters for around $12 per person.

THE PROGRAM IS AS FOLLOWS:

11.30am     Arrival

11.45am -1.00pm Lunch at the ANSTO Bistro

A two-course buffet lunch – 2 x hot savoury dishes and boiled rice, dessert and unlimited tea and coffee –  for $15 per head. A single course is around $8.  

Alternatively, sandwiches are available (prices vary). Tea and coffee can be purchased for around $3.     

     During the lunch break, Glenda will speak on the FF Nathaniel Lucas connection to the site.

1.30pm  Tour commences at the Visitors Centre. 

An introductory talk followed by a bus tour to the REACTOR, and other facilities as time permits. 

4.00pm approx. Return to the Visitors Centre.

NOTES:

It is required that everyone including bus drivers carries photo identification such as a driver’s licence, passport etc. This is an industrial site so sturdy footwear is required. Sandals, thongs or high heels are NOT permitted on the site.

You can book a bus seat through the Chapters.

If you are travelling by car, you need to notify Paul Miskelly or John Boyd not later than 29 April 2010.

To get there turn off New Illawarra Road at the ANSTO Sign. Turn into the first road on the left and then into the car parks either right or left. 

Then proceed to the Visitor Centre which is painted green.

TANK STREAM TOURS

The Tank Stream is a rare surviving link with the historically important nexus

between pre- and post-contact European settlement.

It served as the settlement’'s first and main source of fresh water for 30 years.

AVAILABLE ONLY TWICE A YEAR, 

THESE SPECIAL TOURS TAKE VISITORS UNDERGROUND

ALONG A LENGTH OF THE STREAM

The ballot is now open for 2010 (March Tank Stream Tours
Applicants must register with Historic Houses Trust 

www.hht.net.au & follow the links

REPUBLISHING EVENTS

Two publications of great importance to the Fellowship and to its individual members

are being prepared for a Second Edition.

They are

The Founders of Australia by Mollie Gillen

and

Where First Fleeters Lie, by Joyce Cowell and Roderick Best

FFF Members are encouraged to make contact as soon as possible with the new editors if they wish

to contribute new material to the Second Editions or indeed to correct any errors in the First Editions.

Contact Michael Flynn for The Founders of Australia ~ russmike@bigpond.net.au

Contact Ron Withington for Where First Fleeters Lie ~ ronwit@ozemail.com.au

PUBLISHING EVENT – ELIZA DYEL STORY AVAILABLE NOW!

Julia Kable has recently published the story of Eliza Dyel, the wife of John Kable,

son of the First Fleeters, Henry and Susannah Kable.

This small book, entitled 

Eliza Dyel and the Dyel Family: A Chapter in the Kable Saga, 

answers many of the questions about Eliza’s origins, family background and history in an unembroidered, factual way. The story is also relevant to those with an interest in the lives of women in NSW in the 1820s and following decades, the Female Orphan School and the Female Factory.

Paperback, 50pp,  $14.95 plus $2.65 p&p (within Australia), 

from jkable@ezylink.net.au or 02 9522 0669.