(That's our Chair Neal Blewett looking on as Professor David Day responds to some Q&A during last year's Vere Gordon Childe Memorial Lecture.)

The Blackheath History Forum is open to anyone interested in understanding Australian history in both its national and global contexts.  

Our second series of seven fortnightly lectures -- 'Australia and the World' -- begins on Saturday, 31 July 2010, and will focus on some important recent debates about the impact of international events on Australian History.  

This year's speakers will include Paul Ham, Richard Waterhouse, David Bird, Andrew Moore, Steven Miller, and Robert O'Neill.  Go to ''Program 2010" for full details of this year's program (which will be uploaded onto this site soon). 

During NSW History Week we shall also be staging the second annual Vere Gordon Childe Memorial Lecture, which Professor Henry Reynolds will deliver on September 11 on the subject 'Australia in the Early Twentieth Century: The Burdens of Race, Place and Empire'. 

Each session will be moderated by Forum Chair Neal Blewett.  Our normal format is a 45-minute talk, followed by a tea break and then up to an hour of group discussion.  Our venue is the Blackheath Primary School.  Doors open at 3.30 pm for a 4 pm start.  Admission is $5.  Refreshments will be available.  

We look forward to meeting you at our next forum event.

Best wishes,

The Blackheath History Forum Committee