Heritage Tour
Kids Capers
Lectures
Photography Workshop
Tours
Walks

Heritage Tour

Quarantine Station Heritage Tour 
Heritage Tour

Sunday 18 July, 2004, 1:15pm

Join your fellow TAMS members on this private heritage tour of the Quarantine Station, North Head. Founded in 1832, the Quarantine Station protected residents against epidemic diseases. Members can investigate the lonely isolation of the burial grounds, the haunting shower blocks, the disinfecting rooms and autoclaves and the old hospital wards on this special afternoon, led by a guide from the National Park and Wildlife Service. There are also magnificent old rock engravings which will be explored which tell the story of some of the Quarantine Station’s internees.

Adults $15.50 ea
Children $12.00 ea

Please note this event is booked out.

Kids Capers

SCIENCE MADE EASY WORKSHOPS: PALAEONTOLOGY AND FOSSILS  
Ages 12 – 15 years old

Wednesday 14 July, 2004, 2pm – 4.30pm

Palaeontology involves the study of fossils. This provides a picture of what the world was like in the past and what interesting creatures used to roam the earth. These workshops will help answer questions about palaeontology, such as what is a fossil and how are they formed. You can begin to uncover the fossil story and what it tells us about life on earth.

SCIENCE MADE EASY WORKSHOPS: PALAEONTOLOGY AND FOSSILS 
Ages 7 – 11 years old

Sunday 25 July, 2004, 3pm – 4.30pm

Palaeontology involves the study of fossils. This provides a picture of what the world was like in the past and what interesting creatures used to roam the earth. These workshops will help answer questions about palaeontology, such as what is a fossil and how are they formed. You can begin to uncover the fossil story and what it tells us about life on earth.

Members $10.00 ea
Non-members $15.00 ea

This event is now fully booked

Lectures

Homo Species: queering the animal kingdom  
Dr Geoff MacFarlane, University of Newcastle

Thursday 29 July, 2004, 7pm

Homosexual behaviour in animals has long been the “love that dare not speak it’s name”. A growing body of research is quietly accumulating though, revealing homosexual behaviour is a natural subset of other sexual behaviours in wide range of wild-living mammal, bird and even reptile, amphibian, fish and invertebrate species. Amazingly, more than 450 species of animals worldwide have been reported as engaging in homosexual activity. Join biologist Geoff MacFarlane as he explores the diversity and prevalence of same-sex sexual behaviour across the animal kingdom.

Photography Workshop

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR TEENS 
Esther Beaton

Tuesday 13 July, 2004, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Two day workshop

Tuesday, 13 July and Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Come to the Museum and learn all about nature and wildlife photography with acclaimed wildlife photographer, Esther Beaton. This course is for children aged between 14 and 17 and involves two days of theory and practical sessions in the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Tours

Sri Lanka 
Leader: Bob Hudson

18 July, 2004
Members Only

Departs 18 July

Mountains, jungles, ruined cities, vast lakes, impressive Theravada Buddhist temples and statuary, fertile uplands, abundant wildlife ... Sri Lanka’s rich tapestry of landscape, people and culture overwhelms and delights the senses. Kandy (and the stunning pageantry of the Esala Perahera Festival, with its ancient procession of robed elephants, dancers and acrobats), forms the centrepiece of this 17 day tour to Sri Lanka with The Australian Museum Society. Before and after Kandy, you will explore World Heritage listed sites and more, including Colombo; the important Cultural Triangle cities of Anaradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya; the groomed tea estates of the Hill Country around Nuwara Eliya; Yala National Park; and the south-west coast around Galle.

Archaeologist Bob Hudson has led previous TAMS tours to Buddhist destinations and has recently returned from Sri Lanka where he spent time researching and arranging this comprehensive TAMS program. Join him as he leads this fascinating tour in August.

For further information on this tour and bookings phone Ray Boniface, Heritage Destinations (02) 9267 0129

Please note: This tour is now fully booked

Japan: Island world in the ring of fire 
Led by Lin Sutherland

27 September, 2004
Members Only

Departs 27 September 2004

The Pacific Ring of Fire contains other island groups, such as the Aleutians, the Marianas, the Philippines and Indonesia. But in Japan, even a casual visitor senses a different attitude towards volcanoes, best exemplified by Mt Fuji, a symbol ingrained as no other into the Japanese psyche.

Mineral-rich onsen; verdant foliage in deep fertile soil; sublime alpine vistas: all owe their presence to the superb volcanoes of Japan. At times they cause appalling destruction. Calamities occur, villages are buried with tragic loss of life but the Japanese accept this as an integral part of their lives, the darker side of the living nature that inhabits their island world. Our program has been carefully designed for TAMS travellers interested in volcanoes as well as more general Japanese cultural attractions. We start in Kyushu, the southern island where Japanese civilisation began. We proceed to Honshu and along the way experience a combination of well-known and unusual sites. Highlights include Nagasaki, Mt Unzen, Kumamoto, Mt Aso, Kyoto, Hakone, Mt Fuji, O-Shima and Tokyo. Our trip leader is Australian Museum Research Fellow and volcanic researcher Dr Lin Sutherland is a well-known TAMS lecturer and author who has worked and studied in Japan. For further information and bookings phone Ray Boniface, Heritage Destinations (02) 9267 0129

Come along to our information evening on the TAMS Japan trip on Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 6:00pm. There is no charge for this night, but please phone TAMS on 9320 6225 to reserve your seat.

Walks

Spend some time in Greenwich  
Ross Pearson

Sunday 4 July, 2004, 10:00am
Members Only

Greenwich is a peninsula surrounded by the upper reaches of Sydney Harbour that is thought to have derived its name from its London, Thames-side namesake. This walk takes in the seascapes, bush areas and urban settings of the Sydney suburb of Greenwich with historical and natural highlights along the way.

Vaucluse Visions 
Ross Pearson

Monday 12 July, 2004, 10:00am
Members Only

An eccentric Irish ‘gentleman convict’, Sir Henry Brown Hayes, was transported to Australia in 1802. He purchased 105 acres in Sydney and in 1803 he called it ‘Vaucluse’. This walk for TAMS members begins at one of the best features of Vaucluse – Vaucluse House, the gothic style mansion which was famously occupied by William Wentworth (the father of the Australian Constitution). The walk then heads south along Fisher Avenue, around the harbour foreshore and on to Nielson Park for lunch. The day will conclude with a tour of historic Vaucluse House.

North Sydney Part Two: The East Side 
Keith Robinson

Wednesday 21 July, 2004, 9:30am
Members Only

In part two of the North Sydney walk, members will join veteran TAMS walk leader and guide Keith Robinson to discover the east side of this historic mini metropolis*. Come and see where some of North Sydney’s earliest settlers such as Billy Blue, James Milson and Edward Wollstonecraft were given in the first quarter of the 19th Century. In 1828 the Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Mitchell, drew up a town plan for St. Leonards, as this area was once known. This plan was never acted upon and finally a new town plan was gazetted in 1838, which established North Sydney as the town as we know today, the centre on a traditional grid pattern with Berry, Mount, Blue and Lavender Streets running east-west and Miller and Walker Streets running north-south. *Please note: participants do not need to have completed part one in order to join this walk