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GENERAL:

• NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE: You can view the April 2019 Newsletter HERE:
• Now Covid 19 restrictions have ended, we look forward to a more normal programme for 2023. However, we recommend mask wearing and if unwell please stay home and keep safe.

View an amazing new resource on British and World history written for free use by Dr Derek Waldie. www.timewisetraveller.co.uk/

You might also be interested to read about the ‘restructuring at Te Papa and its implications for historians and museums HERE and HERE 

If you are interested in some information surrounding the historic Chinese settlement in Allens Rd click here: APPENDIX TWO Illustrative Set Final Ashburton Chinese settlement 

And JUST FOR YOUR INTEREST

1.  This piece from Papers Past is worth a read. It tells us that learning local history and history in general has always been an educational/political/power and control issue. What, how and why should our children be learning about history? Click on the following link: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAST19120125.2.57?items_per_page=10&page=4&query=McMillan+Brown+Hogben&sort_by=byDA

2.  The following link is an interesting narrative on why we need to study history. Feel free to post your own thoughts to the committee if you wish. https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/historical-archives/why-study-history-(1998)