by evan.stampe@bigpond.com | Jun 12, 2026 | Meeting Archive, News Feed
Guest speaker: David Rathgen, Author We were lucky enough to have David Rathgen as the guest speaker at our May meeting. David spoke to us about his book “There’s No Place Quite Like it”. In his book, David explores the family history of Walter Withers, a significant...
by evan.stampe@bigpond.com | Jun 12, 2026 | Meeting Archive, News Feed
Guest speaker: The Revd Stephen Dent Our April meeting enabled us to meet the new Vicar of the Anglican Parish of St John’s Sorrento and St Andrew’s, Rye – and presented Revd Dent with an opportunity to meet us! It was a most interesting and enlightening talk....
by evan.stampe@bigpond.com | Jun 12, 2026 | Meeting Archive, News Feed
Hawkes Farm Instead of our usual meeting at the St Andrews Church Hall, on 23rd March we had an outing to Hawkes Farm in Boneo. As the weather hadn’t been wonderful in the days leading up to it, there was a concern that conditions may prevent us from going to the...
by evan.stampe@bigpond.com | Jun 10, 2026 | Meeting Archive, News Feed
Guest Speakers: Liz and Mal Cairns 23rd February was the first meeting of the Society for 2026 when we were lucky enough to have Liz and Mal Cairns addressing the Society. (Liz and Mal are relatively new members of the Society so it was nice to have speakers from our...
by evan.stampe@bigpond.com | Mar 2, 2026 | Meeting Archive, News Feed
End of Year Function November 24th saw the Rye Historical Society celebrate Christmas! Somewhat early, but everyone got into the Christmas spirit. This wasn’t a time for updates, reports, notices about the Society – it was purely a time to get together with...
by evan.stampe@bigpond.com | Mar 2, 2026 | Meeting Archive, News Feed
Cape Schanck Lighthouse On October 27th, instead of our usual meeting and guest speaker, we held an excursion to Cape Schanck Lighthouse. The day was blustery and as a picnic in the grounds had been planned for members, it was somewhat worrying as to whether the...
