ASHG held its annual general meeting on 4 November. It was a lovely night of members celebrating a great year over some refreshments.
A big thanks to all members, volunteers and contributors who’ve made our year so successful. It’s been a big year establishing our new home at Yeronga Community Centre.
At the meeting we passed the audited statements and elected the new Committee who are: President Pauline Peel; Vice President Jeff Brunne; Treasurer Glenda Sheaffe; Secretary Kate Dyson, Committee member and Membership Secretary Kit Watters, Committee member Denis Peel and Committee member Jeanette Wiley.
A big thanks to the outgoing President Jeff Brunne for his contribution over the past three years as we prepared to move into our new home at Yeronga Community Centre. We thank him for staying on as Vice President.
Thank you to Janis Hanley for her time on the Committee and for her continued commitment to ASHG.
Above: The ASHG Committee from left Denis Peel, Jeanette Wiley, Kit Watters, Pauline Peel, Kate Dyson, Jeff Brunne. Missing is Treasurer Glenda Sheaffe who was unable to attend the AGM. Photo is courtesy of Janis Hanley.
We’d love to have you join our group and there a many ways you can be involved – researching, coming to events, participating in events, and following us online. Click here for more details.
Membership cost is currently $10 per year.
Help support a vibrant local history community. Read more about the benefits of joining here.
New members
You can join online, send us an email, or pay in person, See details below.
The Annerley-Stephens History Group is a community group encouraging broad involvement in the history of our community.
All people and peoples are living histories…understanding the linkages between past and present is absolutely basic for a good understanding of the condition of being human. Penelope J. Corfield
There are a number of ways of engaging with ASHG.
We regularly hold public talks and meetings at our facility at the Yeronga Community Centre at 62 Park Road, Yeronga and elsewhere. Please refer to upcoming events and the calendar for more information.
Every week we host informal “Drop-in days” at the ASHG history room. Times and dates are shown also in upcoming events and the calendar.
As an active local history group there are many opportunities to volunteer with ASHG. Read more about them here.
We encourage all those interested in the history of our area to become members. Read more hereabout the benefits of ASHG membership.
However you choose to engage with ASHG, we appreciate your interest in history and extend a warm welcome to you. We know you will enjoy connecting with us.
Do you live in the inner southside of Brisbane and are interested in local history?
Do you enjoy conversations about history with interesting people?
The Annerley-Stephens History Group hosts Drop In Days at our History room situated at the Yeronga Community Centre at 62 Park Road, Yeronga
Currently our Drop In Day is each Wednesday 9.00-12.00 midday and occasional Saturdays. As a visitor you can chat to a volunteer, learn about upcoming events, look at our displays and library, and share your story about the local community.
Check our event calendar for Saturday drop-in days.
Contact [email protected] if you would like to learn more or simply ‘drop in’.
As ASHG is completely volunteer run, there are many ways of getting involved depending on your interests, your availability and the way you like to work.
Bring along your love of history and sense of fun and see what appeals to you.
Some of the volunteering opportunities include:
Joining our drop-in day team at the history room – a great way to talk to people about local history
Participating in a community history project e.g. collaborating on researching a geographic area, organising a history walk, and gathering oral histories, photos and documents
Programming and organising history events such as conferences, talks and workshops. Volunteers are also needed to help set these events up
Participating in community events such as festivals and fetes to reach out to new people about history
Assisting with publicity, displays, social media and the website
Videoing, photographing and sound recording interviews and events
Researching local history and staying abreast of new developments in local history research
Joining the committee and planning other ways to engage with the community.
Joining a history group is a way of discussing history with like-minded people and to share your own personal history. We all have a story to tell.
It is also a great way of connecting your history to the local area and reliving memories of days past. We provide opportunities to volunteer and will keep you informed of all of our events and special projects.
ASHG is also affiliated with Brisbane Living History and the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, so you get to hear about events and activities from outside our part of Brisbane.
For just $10.00 annually you can be a part of our ASHG family. We are a very pro-active group – there is always lots happening! You can participate as little or as much as you like.
