Hobart Branch, Tasmanian Family History Society Inc in Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Hobart Branch, Tasmanian Family History Society Inc

Locality: Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6244 4527

Address: 19 Cambridge Road 7018 Bellerive, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.hobart.tasfhs.org

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20.01.2022 URGENT NOTICE There will be NO MEETING of the Hobart branch next Tuesday - March 17. The scheduled speaker, Michael Holmes, has agreed to come back later but no new date has been decided yet.... We apologize for any inconvenience but trust you will understand how seriously the COVID-19 virus is affecting many organizations and events. We will advise of a new date as widely as possible. Keep an eye on the branch's website, and the branch's Facebook page. Members with email will receive information through the branch's email newsletter. Please share this notice.

14.01.2022 Enjoying Joyce Purtscher tell engrossing stories of families whose children were taken into care. Fascinating.

10.01.2022 #OnThisDay in 1832 the Katherine Phorbes left Woolwich bound for Hobart. On board were 17 political prisoners, transported for their leadership in an uprising ...that took control of large parts the English city Bristol. At the time only 5% of the population were able to vote, poverty, hunger, destitution and breathtakingly low mortality rates ravaged the English working class, yet for that 5%, empire had delivered unimaginable wealth. This huge inequality, and for some the fear of what might come, led to attempts at political reform. But these were reforms that would not come easy and not without a fight. In 1831 the second attempt at moving the Reform Bill through Parliament failed, on the 29th October ‘Sir’ Chris Weatherell a strong opponent of the bill visited Bristol to open a new court house, a protest gathered outside and news broke through that Wetherell had threatened to imprison participants as anger grew so did the numbers, several thousand encircled the buildings and packed nearby streets. The mayor ordered in the troops, but such was the intensity of the riot that the troops withdrew and for 3 days the working people of Bristol occupied and governed that area. Another squadron of soldiers was sent, and with swords drawn they charged into the protesters, 10 were killed and over 100 were injured. On January 1832 a trial led to 4 leaders being hung and 17 transported to Hobart. Like so many political prisoners transported to Tasmania distaste for the British establishment would only grow and resistance and rebellion would continue. Follow the Radical History Collective for more Share this history with friends

01.01.2022 For the past four months or so, the Family History Society has closed itself off from face-to-face contact with members and the public. Routine administration such as membership and sale of society publications has continued, as have safe efforts to supply research services. And individuals have added to society compilations of data and indexes to form the basis of future publications. Some branches of our society are preparing for the reopening of their libraries to the pub...lic, developing the procedures, facilities and rules they will use to ensure an operation safe for society volunteers and visitors. When the health emergency does eventually subside, branches will be prepared to serve you directly once again.