Front-line heritage in the Hawkesbury
St Andrew’s New Church Hall, West Market St, Richmond
Thursday, 24 October at 7.30 pm
On 24 October, Dr Peter Hobbins will be delivering the 2024 Annual Memorial Lecture to R. Ian Jack, hosted by the Hawkesbury Historical Society.
Peter’s presentation, ‘Front-line heritage in the Hawkesbury’, will consider Ian’s lasting legacies in historical archaeology, especially industrial archaeology. Drawing upon Hawkesbury region examples, Peter will reassess the relics of twentieth-century industrialised warfare in local, regional, national and international contexts.
The presentation will start at 7.30 pm in St Andrew’s New Church Hall on West Market Street, Richmond. For details, see https://www.hawkesburyhistoricalsociety.org/
Dr Peter Hobbins is Head of Content at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour. As a historian, his research focuses on the development – and disasters – surrounding medicine, aviation, maritime and defence technologies.
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