Talk - History Matters! Explore how history courses are constructed along with learning about time periods || History Week 2024

  • 10 Sep 2024
  • 10:00 - 11:30
  • WEA, 72 Bathurst St, Sydney, NSW 2000


Talk - Marking Time in History Matters: History Matters! Explore how history courses are constructed along with learning about time periods

History matters - as we "mark" history, so we learn from it. Celebrate History week at WEA Sydney with four very special events: Looking Back to '58 and the development of the Australian Encyclopaedia (Mon 9 Sep @ 10.00am); History Matters! Explore how history courses are constructed along with learning about time periods (Tue 10 Sep @ 10.00am); Staying in Contact - the history of Australian communication from First Nations messaging to the communicating into space Thu 12 Sep @ 12.15); and, Power to the People - the growth of adult education in Sydney (Fri 13 Sep @ 2.00). Join us for these fascinating stories from our history. These classes are free with light refreshments provided.


Event information and booking link: https://www.weasydney.com.au/courses/Events/History

Ticket Cost: Free

Event Contact: Workers Educational Association Sydney info@weasydney.nsw.edu.au

WEA Sydney Online: www.facebook.com/weasydney


Image credit: 1) Mobsby Collection, Fryer Library, Brisbane, Australia; 2) Parkes Observatory, CSIRO. (Both supplied: WEA Sydney).

History Week Banner: Graphic Design by Isabella Brown @ https://isabellabrown.co/Home

History Week is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

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