Come along to our General Meeting
Held on the 3rd Saturday of each
month at 2pm
(January - November)
Our next General
Meeting is
Saturday 19th June 2021
Following our meetings we present our Speakers
Program. Non-members are most welcome to come along to join us for our short
meeting - or if preferred, just for the speaker's presentation, which normally
starts around 2.20pm, followed by afternoon tea.
This month's General
Meeting guest speaker will be
John Brooks
John will tell us all about...
"The Hassall
Family in Australia"
Fleeing to Sydney in 1798 from hostile Tahitians – who seemed more interested in muskets than the Gospel – missionary Rowland Hassall thrived in his calling in the infant colony.
With his wife Elizabeth, the Hassalls went on to prosper and multiply, counting the City of Sydney Historical Society’s John Brooks among their many descendants.
John is a retired engineer, and a direct descendant of Jonathan Hassall, the third son of Rowland Hassall.
Currently, John is Treasurer of the City of Sydney Historical Association and has been a member of the Committee for fifteen years. He is also Treasurer of the Hassall Family History Association, whose objectives are to research and foster interest in the pioneering work of the family.
John is also Convenor of the Blackwattle Cove Coalition, which was formed to work in consultation with the Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Trust, the City of Sydney, and the various State Government Departments involved in planning the future of Wentworth Park and the Blackwattle Bay foreshores.
Read more about the Hassall family in our June
Newsletter – then come along and hear John’s fascinating story!
See our Events page for further information.
Visitors welcome –
afternoon tea will be available
No need to book –
just turn up!
The venue is Gordon Library Meeting Room No. 1, in
the Old Gordon Public School, which adjoins the Gordon Library, 799 Pacific
Highway, Gordon (corner Pacific Highway and Park Avenue).
It’s just a 5-minute walk from Gordon Station.
