Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Society will be held at the Archives in Mittagong. We are pleased to advise that our monthly general meetings will now be held in the archives on the ground floor, so no more stairs. Visitors are always welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday 25th July, 2024 at 2.00pm

Guest Speaker: Belinda Murrell, award winning, internationally published author with a history of writing in her family that spans over 200 years. Belinda has written more than 35 books including The Golden Tower and The Silver Sea, The Sun Sword trilogy, the popular Lulu Bell and Pippa’s Island series, and her Australian historical timeslip novels. Searching for Charlotte, is a biography written with her sister Kate Forsyth, inspired by the fascinating life of their great-great-great-great grandmother, Charlotte Waring Atkinson of Oldbury, Sutton Forest who wrote the first children’s book published Australia in 1841.

Topic: Charlotte Atkinson and her new statue in Berrima

 Afternoon tea will be served after the meeting.