Journey of a Lost Manuscript
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A true story!
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PowerPoint Presentations:
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Lorraine is currently sharing the results of her research in an entertaining 45 minute Power Point Presentation with various clubs, community groups and organisations. She and her husband Neil (her driver and technical supporter) live in Portarlington now and are happy to travel to selected locations within Victoria to give the talk:
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Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula area
Mornington Peninsula and Cranbourne area - a contribution towards costs is appreciated as they would travel on the Queenscliff/Sorrento ferry with the car.
Country towns west of Melbourne - a contribution towards fuel cost appreciated
Melbourne CBD is a possibility if easily reached via public transport..
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Please email if you'd like to enquire about making a booking: books@spectrum-oz.com
Past talks and upcoming bookings:
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2024:
Sun 13 Oct @11am: Beta Sigma Phi Convention, Melbourne CBD
Tues 8 Oct @2pm: Charles Brownlow Retirement Village, Highton
Mon 23 Sep @11am: St Leonards Probus Club
Fri 20 Sep @11am: Combined Probus Club of Geelong Central
Weds 14 Aug @11am: Sunnybank Hill Probus Club, Brisbane
Thurs 8 Aug @11am: Wynnum/Manly Probus Club, Brisbane
Weds 7 Aug @11am: Capalaba Probus Club, Brisbane
Tues 6 Aug @11:15am: North Redlands Probus Club, Brisbane
Thurs 18 July @1pm: Corio Library - public talk
Mon 24 June @10am: Central Methodist Hall, Morley UK - public talk
Weds 24 Apr @9:45am: Torquay Zeally Bay Probus Club
Weds 28 Feb @6pm: The Athenaeum Club, Melbourne
Thurs 22 Feb @11am: Belmont/Barwon Combined Probus Club
Fri 9 Feb: 11am Arthur's Seat Probus Club
Mon 5 Feb @2pm: Portarlington Senior Citizens
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2023:
Tues 21 Nov @2pm: Bannockburn Library - public talk
Weds 15 Nov @7pm: Charles Brownlow Retirement Village, Highton
Tues 14 Nov @11am: Casey Combined Probus Club, Berwick
Thurs 9 Nov @11am: Probus Club of Bentleigh
Weds 8 Nov @11am: Middle Brighton Probus Club
Sat 28 Oct @7pm: Camp Wyuna, Queenscliff
Fri 27 Oct @10:45am: Balwyn Men's Probus Club
Thurs 26 Oct @7:30pm West Gippsland Genealogical Society
Weds 25 Oct @11am: Phillip Island Probus Club
Mon 23 Oct @7pm: Bellarine North Rotary Club
Mon 23 Oct @11am: Point Lonsdale Probus Club
Fri 20 Oct @11am: Banyule Probus Club, Watsonia
Weds 11 Oct @11am: Rye Beach Probus Club
Tues 10 Oct @10:30am: Mornington Historical Society
Fri 6 Oct @11am: Watsonia Probus Club
Weds 20 Sep @11am: Belmont South Probus Club
Thurs 14 Sep @10:30am: Belgrave Probus Club
Weds 13 Sep @11am: Rickett's Point Probus Club, Cheltenham
Tues 12 Sep @11am: Eltham Probus Club
Fri 8 Sep @2:30pm: Roseville Apartments, Doncaster East
Fri 8 Sep @11am: East Ringwood Probus Club
Weds 6 Sep @11am: Bellarine Lakes Country Club
Mon 4 Sep @11am: Dingley Central Probus Club
Tues 15 Aug @12:15pm: Chirnside Park Senior's Club
Weds 9 Aug @11am: Seaholme Probus Club, Altona
Tues 1 Aug @2pm: Spectrum Church Group, Templestowe
Thurs 13 July @11:30am: Anglesea Surf Coast Family History/Historical Society
Mon 10 July @11am: Southern Peninsula Probus Club
Mon 5 June @11am: Queenscliff Combined Probus Club
Tues 30 May @1pm: Joan Saxton Lunch Club
Weds 24 May @2pm: Apollo Bay Library - public talk
Mon 22 May @11am: Spring Creek Ladies Probus Club (Torquay)
Weds 17 May @11:15am: Montmorency Petrie Park Probus Club
Mon 15 May @11am: Ladies Probus Club of Torquay
Weds 10 May @11am: Wantirna Sth Probus Club
Tues 9 May @11:30am: Melbourne Bearbrass Probus Club
Mon 8 May @11am: Torquay Surf Coast Probus Club
Weds 3 May @11am: Glenroy Ladies Probus Club
Tues 2 May @11am: Balcombe Men's Probus Club
Mon 1 May @11am: Bayside Probus Club
Tues 25 Apr @11am: Malvern Men's Probus Club
Mon 24 Apr @7:30pm: Warragul Historical Society
Weds 19 Apr @11am: Somerville Probus Club
Tues 18 Apr @2pm: Edrington Park Retirement Village
Mon 17 Apr @11am: Daylesford Probus Club
Fri 14 Apr @11am: Greenwood Probus Club
Thurs 6 Apr @13:30pm: Point Lonsdale VIEW Club
Weds 5 Apr @11am: Combined Probus Club of Blackburn South
Mon 3 Apr @11am: Combined Probus Club of Belmont
Fri 31 Mar @11am: Rowville Listerfield Probus Club
Thurs 30 Mar @2pm: Mooroolbark Library - public talk
Sat 25 Mar @2:30pm: Sorrento Historical Society
Fri 24 Mar @11am: Glen Eira Probus Club
Weds 22 Mar @11am: Moorleigh Combined Probus Club
Tues 21 Mar @12:30pm: Doncaster VIEW Club
Fri 17 Mar @11:30am: SWWV - Women Writers of Victoria
Weds 15 Mar @10:30am: BassCare, Canterbury
Tues 14 Mar @11am: Box Hill RSL Day Section
Mon 13 Mar @11am: Clifton Springs/Drysdale Probus Club
Sat 11 Mar @8am: St Andrews Uniting Church breakfast, Portarlington
Weds 8 Mar @12noon: Drysdale Day VIEW Club
Tues 7 Mar @11am: Melbourne Ladies Probus Club
Mon 6 Mar @2:15pm: Mitcham Baptist Church
Mon 6 Mar @11am: Burwood East Retirement Village
Thurs 2 Mar @3:15pm: Surfcoast U3A, Torquay
Weds 1 Mar @4:30pm: Portarlington Neighbourhood House
Weds 1 Mar @10am: South Barwon Community Centre Genie Group
Mon 27 Feb @10:10am: Bacchus Marsh Probus Club
Fri 24 Feb @11am: Drouin Combined Probus
Thurs 23 Feb @11am: Edithvale Probus Club
Tues 21 Feb @11am: Torquay Jan Juc Probus Club
Mon 20 Feb @11am: Williamstown Pt Gellibrand Ladies Probus Club
Weds 15 Feb @11am: Combined Probus Club of Beaconsfield
Tues 14 Feb @11am: Mont Albert North Probus Club
Fri 10 Feb @3pm: Donvale Village Retirement Home
Thurs 9 Feb @11am: Torquay Central Combined Probus Club
Weds 8 Feb @10:30am: Probus Club of Maling Combined
Mon 6 Feb @3pm: Heathmont Ladies Probus Club
Mon 6 Feb @11am: Heathmont Men's Probus Club
Sat 4 Feb @1:30am: Mornington Peninsula Family History Society
Fri 3 Feb @11am: Armadale Probus Club
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2022:
Mon 28 Nov @11am: Essendon Central Probus Club
Tues 22 Nov @11am: Leopold Library - public talk
Weds 16 Nov @11am: Portarlington Bayview Probus Club
Fri 11 Nov @11am: Probus Club of Wheelers Hill
Thurs 10 Nov @11:30: Ionian Group Luncheon
Weds 9 Nov @11am: Croydon Probus Club
Tues 8 Nov @7pm: Mordialloc/Chelsea Evening VIEW Club
Tues 8 Nov @11am: Studfield/Wantirna Probus Club
Mon 7 Nov @11am: Combined Probus Club of Burwood East
Fri 4 Nov @11am: Pakenham Probus Club
Thurs 27 Oct @11am: Rye Whitecliffs Probus Club
Weds 26 Oct @2pm: Wheelers Hill Library - public talk
Weds 26 Oct @11am: Vermont South Ladies Probus Club
Mon 24 Oct @11am: Berwick Village Combined Probus Club
Fri 21 Oct @11am: Balnarring Probus Club
Thurs 20 Oct @2pm: Wonthaggi/Inverloch Probus Club (special event)
Thurs 20 Oct @11am: Anderson's Inlet Probus Club
Weds 19 Oct @11am: Moe Probus Club
Tues 18 Oct @11am: Mt Martha Osborne Ladies Probus Club
Mon 17 Oct @11am: Probus Club of Anglesea
Thurs 13 Oct @11am: Bittern Probus Club
Weds 12 Oct @11am: Mitcham Orchards Probus Club
Tues 11 Oct @11am: Mitcham Nunawading Probus Club
Mon 10 Oct @11am: Bulleen Heights Probus Club
Thurs 6 Oct @11am: Gisborne Probus Club
Weds 5 Oct @11am: Ladies Probus Club of Wyndham
Tues 4 Oct @11am: Knox Combined Probus Club
Mon 3 Oct @11am: Probus Club of Kingsbury
Thurs 29 Sep @11am: Kerrimuir Probus Club
Weds 28 Sep @11am: Ladies Probus Club of Glen Waverley
Tues 27 Sep @11am: Waverley Gardens Probus Club
Mon 26 Sep @11am: Reservoir Combined Probus Club
Fri 23 Sep @11am: Langwarrin Probus Club
Weds 21 Sep @11am: Ringwood Clocktower Probus Club
Tues 20 Sep @11am: Donvale Central Probus Club
Mon 19 Sep @11am: Probus Club of Ringwood Lakes
Fri 16 Sep @11am: Glenferrie Probus Club
Thurs 15 Sep @11am: Croydon Park Probus Club
Weds 14 Sep @11am: Glen Waverley Combined Probus Club
Tues 13 Sep @11am: Greythorn Combined Probus Club
Mon 12 Sep @11am: Ladies Probus Club of Oakleigh
Thurs 8 Sep @2.45pm: Frankston U3A
Thurs 8 Sep @11am: Frankston Ladies Probus Club
Weds 7 Sep @11am: Patterson Lakes Probus Club
Tues 6 Sep @11am: Camberwell Probus Club
Mon 5 Sep @11am: Probus Club of North Balwyn
Fri 2 Sep @11am: Monash Combined Probus Club
Thurs 1 Sep @11am Sanctuary Lakes/Pt Cook Probus Club
Fri 26 Aug @11am: Mt Eliza Central Probus Club
Thurs 25 Aug @11am: Plenty Probus Club
Weds 24 Aug @11am: Watsonia Probus Club
Tues 23 Aug @11am: Manningham Probus Club
Mon 22 Aug @11am: Greenhills Probus Club
Weds 17 Aug @11am: Combined Probus Club of Newcomb
Weds 10 Aug @11am: Templestowe Central Probus
Tues 9 Aug @11am: Donvale-Tunstall Probus Club
Fri 5 Aug @11am: Mt Waverley Combined Probus Club
Thurs 4 Aug @11am: Thursday Friends, Syndal Baptist Church
Weds 3 Aug @11am: Parktone Probus Club
Tues 2 Aug @11am: Safety Beach Probus Club
Mon 1 Aug @11am: Notting Hill Pinewood Probus
Weds 27 Jul @11am: Waurn Ponds Combined Probus Club
Mon 25 July @11am: Laverton Probus Club
Fri 22 July @11am: Combined Probus Club of Syndal
Weds 20 July @11am: Probus Club of Altona
Mon 18 July @11am: Chisholm Combined Probus Club
Fri 8 July @11am Hawthorn Glen Combined Probus Club
Weds 6 July @11am: Gladstone Park Combined Probus Club
Tues 5 July @11am: Creswick Probus Club
Mon 4 July @11am Waurn Ponds Deakin Probus Club
Mon 27 June @11am: Ocean Grove Combined Probus Club
Fri 24 June @10.30am: Port Melbourne Probus club
Weds 15 June @11am: Avondale Heights Probus Club
Tues 14 June @11am: Chelsea Probus Club
Fri 10 June @11am: Probus Club of Mont Albert
Thurs 9 June @11am: Seaford Probus Club
Weds 8 June @11am: Essendon Buckley Park Ladies Probus Club
Tues 7 June @11am: Mornington Combined Probus Club
Mon 6 June @11am: Mt Eliza Village Ladies Probus Club
Thurs 2 June @11am: Inverloch Probus Club
Weds 1 June @11am: Corinella Probus Club
Mon 23 May @11am: Essendon Central Probus Club
Fri 20 May @11am: Frankston Combined Probus Club
Thurs 19 May @11am: Dromana Valley Combined Probus Club
Weds 18 May @11am: Dromana Bay Combined Probus Club
Tues 17 May @3pm: Friends of Inverloch Library (FOIL)
Tues 17 May @11am: Wonthaggi Probus Club
Mon 16 May @11am: Rye Ladies Probus Club
Fri 13 May @11am: Somers Combined Probus Club
Thurs 12 May @11am: Pinewood Combined Probus Club
Tues 10 May @11am: Mt Martha Mens Probus Club
Mon 9 May @11am: Mt Eliza Probus Club
Sat 7 May @2pm: Wonthaggi Genealogy Society
Fri 6 May @11am: Somers Ladies Probus Club
Thurs 5 May @12:45pm: Orana Senior Citizens Club (Moe)
Weds 4 May @11am: Wantirna Probus Club
Tues 3 May @11am: Berwick Combined Probus Club
Mon 2 May @11am: Newborough Probus Club (Moe)
Tues 19 April @11am: New Generation Probus Club (Ballarat)
Thurs 14 April @11am: Hamlyn Heights Probus Club
Weds 13 April @11am: Ballarat East Ladies Probus Club
Thurs 7 April @11am: Woodend Probus Club
Weds 6 April @11am: Ballarat Goldfields Probus Club
Weds 2 Mar @10:30am: Brighton Antique Club
Tues 1 Mar @2pm: Hoppers Crossing Library - public talk
Mon 28 Feb @7pm: Sam Merrifield Library, Moonee Ponds - public talk
Mon 28 Feb @11am: Grovedale East Ladies Probus Club
Fri 25 Feb @11am: Combined Probus Club of Tunstall
Thurs 24 Feb @6pm: Traralgon Library - public talk
Thurs 24 Feb @11am Warragul Ranges Probus Club
Weds 23 Feb @3pm: Diamond Valley Library, Greensborough - public talk
Weds 23 Feb @10:30am: Ferntree Gully Probus Club
Tues 22Feb @11am: Red Hill Probus Club
Mon 21 Feb @11am Cowes Probus Club
Fri 18 Feb @3pm: Dingley Library - public talk
Fri 18 Feb @11am: Monash Central Combined Probus Club
Thurs 17 Feb @11am: Mt Waverley Men's Probus
Weds 16 Feb @11am: Montrose Probus Club
Tues 15 Feb @11am: Frankston Heights Probus Club
Mon 14 Feb @11am: Templestowe Probus Club
Thurs 10 Feb @3pm: Mornington Library - public talk
Thurs 10 Feb @11am: Mt Martha Valley Probus Club
Weds 9 Feb @11am: Rosanna Ladies Probus Club
Tues 8 Feb @11am: Bentleigh East Probus Club
Thurs 3 Feb @11am: Langwarrin Ladies Probus Club
Weds 2 Feb @11am: East Malvern Probus Club
Tues 1 Feb @11am: Donvale Hill Probus Club
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2021:
* Many 2021 talks are postponed due to covid restrictions
Thurs 25 Nov @11am: Ballarat Ladies Probus Club
Tues 16 Nov @11am: Melbourne North Probus Club
Mon 8 Nov @11am: Leopold Combined Probus Club
Thurs 12 Aug @11am: Grovedale Marshall Probus Club
Weds 4 Aug @11am: Kardinia Combined Probus Club (Geelong)
Mon 26 July @11am: Ocean Grove Combined Probus Club
Tues 13 July @11am Ballarat Central Probus Club
Mon 24 May @11am: Leopold Gateway Probus Club
Weds 19 May@11am: Lara Probus Club
Weds 21 April@11am: Ocean Grove on Barwon Ladies Probus Club
Thurs 8 April @11am: Ballarat South Probus Club
Mon 15 March @11am: Geelong East Probus Club
Thurs 11 March @11am: Warrnambool Men's Probus Club
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2020:
* Most 2020 talks are postponed due to meetings being suspended in the COVID19 pandemic
Weds 28 Oct @8pm: Geelong Family History Group (via video link)
Thurs 6 Feb @11am: Melbourne Sunrise Probus Club
2019:
Mon 18 Nov @11am: Probus Club of Ocean Grove Surfside
Mon 7 Oct @11am: Winchelsea Probus Club
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Tues 1 Oct @7pm: Warrnambool CWA
Thurs 26 Sep @10:30am: Queenscliff Historical Museum
Thurs 12 Sep @11am: Pakenham Probus Club
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Weds 11 Sep @2pm: Warragul Library - public talk
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Tues 10 Sep @11am: Warragul-Baw Baw Probus Club
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Mon 9 Sep @11am: San Remo Probus Club
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Sat 7 Sep @2pm: Wonthaggi Library - public talk
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Fri 6 Sep @11am: Drouin Hills Probus Club
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Thurs 5 Sep @11am: Trafalgar Probus Club
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Weds 4 Sep @2pm: Korumburra Library - public talk
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Tues 3 Sep@11am: Bunyip-Garfield Probus Club
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Mon 2 Sep @11am: Woorayl Probus Club (Leongatha)
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Tues 13 Aug @11am: Ballarat Gardens Probus
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Tues 6 Aug @11am: Mt Gambier Ladies Probus Club
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Thurs 1 Aug @11am: Barwon Valley Probus Club
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Weds 31 July @6:30pm: Waurn Ponds Library - public talk
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Weds 24 July @12:30pm: Hamilton Library - public talk
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Fri 24 May @6pm: Port Fairy Library - public talk
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Thurs 16 May @11am: Combined Probus of Highton
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Thurs 18 April @11am: Probus Club of Geelong Central
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Sun 14 April @2pm: Mortlake Historical Society
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Fri 5 April @11am: Apollo Bay Probus Club
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Mon 1 April @ 10am: Timboon Probus Club
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Tues 12 March @11am: Hamilton U3A
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Mon 4 Feb @11am: Colac Central Ladies Probus Club
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2018:
Mon 10 Dec @7pm: Koroit Historical Society
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Weds 28 Nov @11am: Ballarat North Probus Club
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Tues 27 Nov @11am: Ballarat Southern Cross Probus Club
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Weds 21 Nov @7:30pm: Colac VIEW Club
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Weds 14 Nov @5:30pm: Port Fairy Rotary Club
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Tues 13 Nov @7:30pm: Hamilton History Centre
Weds 7 Nov @6pm: Hamilton Evening VIEW Club
Fri 26 Oct @10am: U3A – Colac
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Tues 23 Oct @10:30am: Portland Bay Ladies Probus
Fri 19 Oct @11am: Derrinallum Historical Society
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Weds 17 Oct @11am: Warrnambool Ladies Probus Club
Thurs 11 Oct @11am: Cobden Probus Club
Mon 1 Oct @11am: Colac Men’s Probus Club
Thurs 20 Sep @11am: Maryvale Probus Club (Morwell)
Weds 19 Sep @11am: Warragul-Tarago Probus Club
Tues 18 Sept @11am: Coal Creek Probus Club
Mon 17 Sep @11am: Leongatha Probus Club
Fri 14 Sep @2:30pm: Leongatha Library - public talk
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Thurs 13 Sep @11am: Morwell & District Probus Club
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Mon 3 Sep @11am: Hamilton Men’s Probus Club
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Mon 20 Aug @2pm: Colac Library - public talk
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Mon 20 Aug @11am: Camperdown Probus
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Mon 13 Aug @11am: Colac Ladies Probus Club
Weds 8 Aug @11am: Warrnambool East Ladies Probus
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Mon 6 Aug @11am: Terang Probus Club
Tues 31 July @1:30pm: U3A - Derrinallum
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Mon 30 July @1:30pm: Ballarat GFS
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Fri 20 July @1:30pm: U3A - Cobden
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Tues 17 July @10:30am: Portland Harbour Probus Club
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Mon 16 July @11am: Colac Otway Probus Club
Tues 10 July @7pm: Rotary Club of Warrnambool
Mon 9 July @11am: Mortlake Probus Club
Tues 3 July @10:30 talk: Portland Ladies Probus
Mon 2 July @11am: Hamilton Ladies Probus
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Thurs 14 June @7pm: Rotary Club of Warrnambool East
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Weds 13 June @11am: Nhill Probus Club
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Weds 16 May @7pm: Nhill Rotary Club
Tues 15 May @8pm: Terang FHG and Camperdown HS - combined
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Weds 28 March @7:30pm: Colac Historical Society
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Weds 14 Feb @11am: Koroit Probus Club
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7Mon 12 Feb @11am: Korumburra Probus Club
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2017:
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Tues 14 Nov @7:30pm: Port Fairy Historical Society
Tues 14 Nov @2pm: Colac Family History Group
Thurs 12 Oct @8pm: Port Fairy Book Club
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Mon 11 Sep @1pm: Cavendish Senior Citizens
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Mon 4 Sep @2:30pm: Perth U3A
Mon 21 Aug @8:30pm: Warrnambool Freemasons
Weds 26 July @11am: Twin Rivers Probus Club
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Thurs 6 July @11am: Hopkins Ladies Probus Club
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Weds 24 May @11am: Morley (UK) Public Library - public talk
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Thurs 27 April @11am: Save the Children Fund Group
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2016:
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Mon 26 Sep @11am: Norfolk Ladies Probus
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Weds 14 Sep @7:30pm: Family History Group
Book launch:
Friday 9 Sep 2016 @7pm: Warrnambool Books
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