Meeting details
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Time | 2.00 |
| Day | Thursday (17 Nov, 22 Dec. 2012: 19 Jan, 16 Feb, 15 Mar, 19 Apr, 17 May, 21 Jun, 19 Jul, 16 Aug, 20 Sep, 18 Oct, 15 Nov, 20 Dec ) |
| Duration | 1 1/2 hours |
| Location | Abbot Hall Social Centre |
| Coordinator | Mary Christian |
What we do
We are a small group, slowly working our way through the history of this complex country. We are working in roughly chronological order and each month, one or two of our members lead a discussion – usually on a historical event or period. But we have also looked at broader topics such as language development, immigration and the relationship between State and Federal government. This last topic keeps cropping up as the background to many of the events that have taken place over the last several hundred years
.American History is the subject of so many stories and films that we think we already understand what happened – but maybe the truth has got lost in the myths. Do come along and find out!
New members are very welcome to join us - to lead a session, to contribute to the discussion or to just listen to what others have to say.
Dates and provisional topics for the next few months are:
- 17 November: Russia and the Alaskan Purchase
- 22 December: American Christmas traditions
- On 19 January we have something a bit different – Ben Goodman is giving us a one-man play about Mark Twain, which promises to be both interesting and entertaining.
- 16 February: The 1876 campaign and Custer’s last stand
- 15 March: The Molly Maguires