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Saturday | 2 pm to 5 pm |
Sunday | 2 pm to 5 pm |
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Name a Place, Honour Ancestors
Honour your Victorian ancestors by nominating them to have a feature named after themFHACT February Monthly Meeting
Join us on Tuesday 4 February to hear about the Australian Cemeteries Index. All Welcome.Are you going to Congress?
The 17th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry, Brisbane 21 – 24 March 2025Events Happening Soon View All Events
Australia SIG (Information)
Today, 02:00PM
2.00pm Bound for Botany Bay - How, when and why convicts were sent to Botany Bay Australia.Library Practice (Information)
Tomorrow, 10:00AM
10:00 am Join us to learn about the many little used but valuable resources we have in our FHACT Lib...Pauline's Parlour (Information)
Tue, Jan 28, 11:00AM
11:00 am Round table chats to assist with research problems and explore different topics.Events This Month
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We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.