All episodes
Mountford Cottage, Perth, Archaeological Dig. Talk by John Dent and Darren Watton, delivered by Sam Diprose Adams on 19 October 2025
Reginald Munro: Aviator Extraordinaire. A talk by Steve Radford 21 September 2025
James Austin: Of Beehives and Ferries. A talk by Richard Mack on 17 August 2025
Van Diemen's Land in 1820 from the Bigge Report. A talk by Alison Alexander. 20 July 2025
Charles St John David, City Engineer. A talk by Marion Sargent 15 June 2025
The Lost Province on Tasmanias West coast. A talk by Lou Rae on 18 May 2025.
'Our First Baptism of Fire': Northern Tasmanians in the 12th Battalion at Gallipoli, April 1915. A talk by Stefan Petrow on 13 April 2025
Networks of Resistance: Mapping a convict road gang in Northern Tasmania. The 37th John West Memorial Lecture given by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart on 16 March 2025
Launceston Court Record - A talk by Jai Paterson and John Dent. 16 February 2025
Perth Gaol Archaeological Dig. A talk by Darren Watton and John Dent on 17 November 2024.
Children at Work - Orphan School Apprentices. A talk by Lucy Frost on 20 October 2024
Henry Rice, East Coast Explorer. A talk by Bradley Wood. 18 August 2024
Boot up for a byte of history/ A talk by Wendy Roberts and Catherine Pearce. 21 July 2024
The Convict Memorial. A Talk by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart on 16 June 2024
Joseph Reginald Forward and the making of the Launceston Public Library, 1906 - 1948. A talk by Stefan Petrow on 19 May 2024
Crooks, Craftsmen and Gold Diggers! French and Italian Convicts in Launceston in the 1840s. A talk by Julian Burgess on 21 April 2024
A Good Riddance: The Inception of Criminal Deportation in Colonial Australia. The 2024 John West Lecture by Kristyn Harman, 17 March 2024
Virtual Tour of Local Heritage in Launceston. A talk by Michelle Blake on 19 Nov 2023
The Albert Hall and the Tasmanian Exhibition 1891-92. A talk by Prue McCausland on 15 October 2023
EThe Architectural Legacy of JM Haenke. A talk by Marion Sargent on 17 September 2023
EFlorence Perrin (1884-1952). A talk by Tabatha Badger on 20 August 2023
EThe Tricky Business of Fact and Fiction: Dr Barry Cotter and his wife Izzy. A talk by Moira McAlister on 18 June 2023
The Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index. A talk by Maureen Martin Ferris, Sandra Duck and Toby Martin on 21 May 2023
The Accidental Historian. A talk by Steve Cornish on 16 April 2023
The Long Shadow of John West's War - Dr Nick Brodie 19 March 2023
Significance of Tamar Valley for Tasmanian Aboriginal People. A talk by Geoff McLean 19 February 2023.
Lesser-Known Launceston Churches and Missions. A talk by Duncan Grant on 16 October 2022
EThe Mystery of the Oatlands' Scrimshaw Walking Cane. A talk by Dr Louise Zarmati on 18 September 2022.
EResearching Launceston's 19th Century Hotels. A talk by Dr Jai Paterson 21 August 2022
EThe Annandale Community Archaeology Dig. A talk by John Dent on 17 July 2022
EAnaesthesia and Surgery in Antarctica - No Place to Get Sick. 10th Pugh Day Lecture by Michael Cooper 19 June 2022
Coping with Shock Infectious Diseases: Typhoid and Cholera in 19th Century Tasmania. A talk by Stefan Petrow on 15 May 2022
Tasmanian Artillery from Federation to Gallipoli. A talk by Mark Cameron on 10 April 2022
Margaret Mack: Intrepid Physio. A talk by Richard Mack 20 February 2022
Touring Around Tasmania with Spurling in 1914. A talk by Graeme Williams in November 2021
The Little Skipper. Sir John Evans. A talk by Nigel Burch in October 2021
Who Killed the Tigers? A talk by Nic Haygarth September 2021
William Henry Clayton: architect. A talk by Robert Smith on 15 August 2021
If These Walls Could Talk. Talk by Alan Townsend in July 2021.
The role of anaesthetists in safe childbirth in Australia - from pioneers to present day. Talk read by Dr John Paull for Professor Alicia Dennis on 21 June 2021
John Francis - Royal Assassin. A talk by Derek Binns on 16 May 2021
Kings Meadows Road Station. A talk by John Dent and Darren Watton on 18 April 2021
Sir Richard Dry - Our Greatest Hero. Talk by Nigel Burch on 21 February 2021
Controversial Publisher of the Cornwall Chronicle. Talk by Mike McCausland on 16 February 2020
Edward Abbott Senior and Junior. A talk by Tony Marshall on 15 September 2019
A Brief History of the Cataract Gorge. Talk by Marion Sargent on 18 August 2019
Louisa Anne Meredith. A talk by Maureen Ferris on 14 April 2019.
Tasmanian soldiers and the end of World War I. Dr Stefan Petrow. 18 November 2018
When Multiculturalism Came to Launceston. Talk by Karin Le on 21 October 2018
Aboriginal Archaeology in Tasmania. Talk by Evan Livingstone-Thomas on 16 September 2018
Captain Samuel William Barrett: From Island Boy to Master Mariner - Steve Radford 19 August 2018
The O'Connors of Connorville. Dr Alison Alexander talk on 15 July 2018
The Celebrated Peddle Chair - Denis Lake 20 May 2018
Some Early Social History of Beaconsfield. A talk by Nigel Burch on 15 April 2018
AGM and The Kings meadows Convict Road Station - A talk by John Dent on 18 February 2018
EEngaging the Convict Legacy. Dr Christina Henri talk 9 November 2017
Why Do Kids Hate History? A talk by Dr Louise Zarmati on 20 August 2017
ESt John's Town Clock. Jenny Gill talk on 16 July 2017
What Would Pugh Say? A talk by Professor Milton Cohen on 18 June 2017
EThe Launceston Mechanics' Institute Library treasures. Talk by Peter Richardson on 19 February 2017
The City Park Fountain. Dr Anne Neale talk 20 November 2016
Turkish Baths in Launceston. Dr Susan Aykut talk on 21 August 2016
Kerry Lodge Archaeological Project. John Dent talk on 15 May 2016
The True Story of Henry Bridges (alias Horace Bennett). Dr Anne Neale talk on 15 November 2015
Old Cemeteries of Launceston. Talk by Marion Sargent 20 September 2015
A Tourist Walk With Max Oldaker Through Central Launceston. An archive DVD presentation 16 August 2015
ECount Strzelecki in Van Diemen's Land. A talk by John Paull on 19 July 2015
EThe Virtues of Local History (the case for a new Launceston history). A talk by Dr Thomas Dunning 15 February 2015.
EFrightened to Death Nick Clements talk 19 October 2014.
Tasmanian Nurses in the Second World War. Peter Henning talk on 21 September 2014
Imprisonment and the Family. Dr Hamish Maxwell-Stewart talk 17 August 2014
The Third Basin Goldrush 1857. Talk by Dr Roger Kellaway 20 July 2014
Sir Henry Parkes. Stephen Dando-Collins talk on 17 November 2013
Textile Workers Strike. Launceston 1932. Talk by Phoebe Kelloway 21 April 2013
John Watson. 19th Century Shipbuilder. Talk by Eleanor Robin 16 September 2012
Tasmanians in New Zealand. 1855-1875. Jai Paterson talk 19 February 2012
My First Year at QVMAG. Richard Mulvaney talk 4 December 2011
Holymans - 150 years. Stephen Radford talk 20 November 2011