Canberra Tracks - New website

In the final issue of the RAHS Newsletter for 2013 is this notification of a new website.

Canberra Tracks is a network of heritage signage that incorporates six self-drive routes leading to many of Canberra’s historic sites. Each sign tells exciting stories from a time gone by and the present day. Canberra Tracks immerses you in the rich tapestry of Canberra’s early beginnings as you connect with the lives of early inhabitants.  

Click here to access site.

Canberra Opportunity

The organisers of the 2015 National Genealogy Congress in Canberra have advertised their Call for Papers and asked for this news to be distributed.

Issue 2 :: November 2012 Call for speakers Would you like to present a paper at Congress 2015? Or do you know someone who might like to do so? All speakers interested in presenting at Congress 2015 are now being invited to advise Congress organisers through a Registration of Speaker Interest (ROSI) process. The call for speakers will remain open until the end of June 2013. Detailed information is available on our website congress2015.org.au Speakers are asked to address the theme of the Congress, Generations Meeting Across Time,which allows exploration of a very wide range of issues, resources and technologies encompassing the fields of family history, genealogy and heraldry. Within this broad theme topics could cover, but are not limited to: Crossing the great divide – be it geographic, social or cultural Building the nation – infrastructure, military, social, political etc. Finding families in national, state and local institutions or repositories Making the digital age work for family historians and genealogists Please pass this information to any potential speakers who may not have caught up with this news.