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Jane Austen Society of Australia

Calendar of Events 2006

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All meetings are held at:
   Uniting Church
   7 Lord Street
   Roseville NSW
unless otherwise indicated.

Read extracts from talks given at meetings and conferences and published in JASA's journal Sensibilities

Attendance at meetings is $4 per person, unless otherwise indicated (all amounts in Australian dollars). This fee covers venue hire, gift vouchers for guest speakers, a first-class afternoon tea and, very importantly, insurance cover for attendees while at the venue. Bookings not required unless otherwise indicated.

Use the handy JASA Order Form to book for the Annual Conference and Study Days, or simply to renew your own membership or give a membership as a gift.

Jane Austen phone line:
(02) 9380 5894
Email: info@jasa.net.au

Sat 18 February

Georgette and the Great Jane
Dr Jennifer Kloester
Author of Georgette Heyer’s Regency World
2.00 pm
Roseville

Sat 8 April

Along the Autistic Spectrum in Pride and Prejudice
Phyllis Bottomer
JASNA member
2.30 pm
Presbyterian Church
28 Lord St Roseville

Note

Members should note the change of
venue and time for the April meeting -
just over the road from our usual meeting place..

Fri 5 May – Sun 7 May

Mansfield Park -
The Controversial Novel?
JASA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Weekend Conference
Monte Pio Resort
Hunter Valley

For Your Diary
2006

Literature talks by JASA President, Susannah Fullerton

‘A Taste of Irish Literature’,
an 8 week course at WEA,
Thursdays from 2 Feb, 10.30-12.30

‘Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited’,
Friday 10 Feb, 6-8.30pm,
supper included, WEA

‘Great Love Poetry’, State Library of NSW.
Metcalfe Auditorium,
Wed 15 Feb, 12.30

‘Daphne du Maurier’, State Library of NSW,
Metcalfe Auditorium,
Wed 22 Feb, 12.30

‘Elizabeth Gaskell’, State Library, Library of NSW.
Metcalfe Auditorium,
Wed 15 March, 12.30

‘Portraits of Great Writers’,
a slide-illustrated talk at the Art Gallery of NSW,
Tues 21 March, 10.30am.

‘Beatrix Potter’,
State Library, Dixson Room,
Wed 29 March, 12.30

‘Rudyard Kipling’
Ashfield Town Hall,
Wed 5 April, 2-3pm, free

Bookings and enquiries to the Library of NSW on 9273 1500; WEA on 9264 2781;
Art Gallery 9925 1700;
Ashfield Library 9716 1810

Sat 17 June

Australia in Jane Austen’s Time
Roslyn Russell
JASA member and historian
2.00 pm
Roseville

Sat 15 July

A Day in Emma’s Highbury
JASA STUDY DAY
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
(Cost $20)
Roseville

Sat 19 August

Jane Austen’s Wonder Women: Female Heroism the Austenian Way
A/Prof Kathleen Anderson,
Palm Beach Atlantic
University, USA
2.00 pm
Roseville

Fri 15 Sept – Sun 17 Sept

Jane Austen’s Life
JASA COUNTRY WEEKEND
Merroo Conference Centre
182 Mill Road, Kurrajong NSW
(Cost. Twin - $160,
Single - $200, Day only - $50)

Sat 21 October

Filling the Idle Hours:
Pastimes for the Gentry of
Jane Austen’s World
Prof. Penny Gay,
University of Sydney
2.00 pm
Roseville

Sat 16 December

JASA Christmas Lunch
Venue, programme
and cost
to be advised.