Our Sydney-based meetings/presentations will be offered both face-to-face and remotely via “Zoom” technology in 2025. A link to join a meeting via “Zoom” will be emailed to members shortly before each meeting. Our presentations from previous years have been recorded and are available on the “members only” section of this website.
Meetings/Presentations
Our meetings are held regularly in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. We usually have a speaker who gives a talk/presentation on a topic of Huguenot interest.
This is followed by afternoon tea and a chance for members to mingle, get to know each other, and exchange information.
Our meetings are open to everyone. See “Upcoming Events” (below) for details of times and places.
Social Events
Various activities are held regularly including dinners, lunches and picnics in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane so that members can get to know each other.
Journal/Newsletter
We publish our journal/newsletter Huguenot Times twice a year (May and November) to keep in contact with all our members, especially those who live outside the big cities.
It includes articles of Huguenot interest, including sometimes summations of talks/presentations given at our meetings, and shared information on Huguenot family history.
Upcoming Events
NSW (Sydney) Chapter – 2025
Our regular meetings/presentations commence at 2.00pm. Details for 2025 are:
Venue: Gordon Baptist Church Hall, 20-22 Park Avenue, Gordon
There is no charge for attendance or afternoon tea for members, but from November 2025 there will be a $10 entry charge for non-members.
Members, relatives and friends are most welcome and afternoon tea will be provided as usual.
The location is close to Gordon Railway station, but please note that there is no right turn into Park Avenue from the Pacific Highway if you are travelling by car from the south.
Our (Sydney) programme for 2025
Meetings/presentations in Gordon Baptist Church Hall AND via Zoom (all on Saturdays):
15 February 2025: Dr Marcia Cameron – Freda Du Faur: Pioneer Mountaineer Held
17 May 2025: Dr Jeff Brownrigg – Music … and the Huguenots, from the 16th Century to Today (this will also be the Annual General Meeting of the Society) Held
16 August 2025: Penny Sewell – Huguenots in London in the Time of the Early Stuarts Held
15 November 2025: Robert Nash – The Mysterious Cathars: Who Were They?
Other events:
11 April 2025 (12.30pm): Edict of Nantes Lunch at La Bouitte French Bistro, 197 High Street, North Willoughby Held
22 June 2025 (2.00pm): Huguenot Heritage Church Service at St Swithun’s, Pymble Held
11 September 2025 (from 11.30am onwards): Spring Picnic at 57 Flinders Place, North Richmond NSW (the home of Neil Renaud)
External presentations:
12 April 2025 (2.00pm): Robert Nash – Silkweavers of Spitalfields (for the Society of Australian Genealogists – to be broadcast on Zoom as part of an online conference on craftspeople and artisans. Details – http://www.sag.org.au/events) Held
7 July 2025 (7.00pm): Robert Nash – Huguenot Artisans of the West End of London (for the Silver Society – at the Crows Nest Centre, 2 Ernest Place, Crows Nest NSW. Details – https://silversociety.com.au) Held
16 August 2025 (10.00am): Neil Renaud – Revealing the Huguenots: Their Diaspora, Their Descendants, and My Own Personal Discoveries (for Colo Shire Family History Group – at the Tebbutt Room, Deerubbin Centre, Hawkesbury City Library, 300 George Street, Windsor NSW. Details – Neil Renaud: nrenaud@bigpond.com) Held
13 September 2025 (1.00pm): Neil Renaud – Revealing the Huguenots (for the NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Annual Conference – at the Fraternity Club, 11 Bourke Street, Fairy Meadow NSW. Details – https://familyhistoryconference2025.org.au). Note: The Huguenot Society of Australia will have a trade table at this event.
8 October 2025 (5.30pm): Pamela Summers – The Huguenots and the French Reformation (for Moore Theological College – at the Donald Robinson Library, 1 King Street, Newtown NSW. In person and online. Details – Library: The Huguenots and the French Reformation – Moore College)
Victorian (Melbourne) Chapter – 2025
We meet at Maling Heritage Centre, 190a Canterbury Road, Canterbury (close to Canterbury Railway Station), commencing at 2.00pm.
8 March 2025: Held
24 October 2025 (12.30pm): Huguenot Lunch (venue to be advised)
25 October 2025: Mr Robert Nash – They Did Their Duty: Huguenot Servicemen From England, America, Australia and Germany
External presentations:
18 March 2025 (7.30pm): Robert Nash – Huguenot Family History Research for Australians (for the Wodonga Family History Society – at Felltimber Community Centre, Ritter Road, Wodonga) Held
Queensland (Brisbane) Chapter -2025
We meet at Toowong Library Meeting Room, 9 Sherwood Road, Toowong, commencing at 2.00pm on Sundays.
30 March 2025: Valerie Hayward – Some Huguenot Families in South Africa Held
23 November 2025: Robert Nash – The Mysterious Cathars: Who Were They?
External presentations:
21 March 2025 (2.00pm): Neil Renaud – Revealing the Huguenots: Their Diaspora, Their Descendants, and My Own Personal Discoveries (for the “Connections” Australasian Conference 2025 – at Brisbane Technology Park Conference and Exhibition Centre, 1 Clunies Ross Court, Eight Mile Plains) Held
ACT (Canberra) – 2025
We meet at the Family History ACT Education Room, 41 Templeton Street, Cook ACT.
Activities to be advised.
Tasmania (Hobart) – 2025
13 October 2025 (time and venue in Hobart to be confirmed): Neil Renaud – The Huguenots and the Huguenot Background of Jacob Bellett (for the Garth-Bellett Family Reunion)
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