All dressed up with no where to go on Saturday 21 May ? Consider joining us at 'CLOWNS, CRIMINALS, CONVICTS and the FRENCH CONNECTION' SEMINAR 2005 Saturday 21 May 2005 Gosford Lions Community Hall, 8 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford 9.30am to 4pm (Doors open 8.30am) Members are welcome to bring their family, friends and neighbours. $33 per person includes - Morning and afternoon tea, a barbecue lunch, seminar booklet and goody bag and a chance to win a years subscription to the Society. As always during our Seminars there will be a quite few sur'prizes'!! BOOK NOW by telephoning 4324 5164 9.30am to 4pm Monday to Saturday and 7pm to 9pm Thursday evening Payment can be made by cash, cheque or Credit Card 'CLOWNS, CRIMINALS, CONVICTS and the FRENCH CONNECTION' SIT BACK AND ENJOY A DAY OF FAMILY HISTORY INDULGENCE AS YOU LISTEN TO OUR FOUR OUTSTANDING GUEST SPEAKERS Robert Nash - 'The Huguenots and their Australian Descendants'. Robert Nash is the secretary of the Huguenot Society of Australia. Huguenots were religious refugees who fled France and the Low Countries to Britain and America in the 17th century. Many of their descendants immigrated to Australia. Do you have a French connection? Lindsay Allen - 'Supreme Court Records featuring people of the Central Coast: divorce, theft, murder and more.' Sounds absolutely fascinating - Lindsay Allen is Senior Archivist of Access and Information at State Records NSW. Trish Skehan - 'Klimo, the Clown Who Went To War'. Trish Skehan told us of the history of the Walkers of Yaralla at our July meeting and will return to tell us about Klimo the Clown. From the opening of Government House, the Tivoli, Bullen's Circus to the outback, Klimo, riding the world's smallest bike, entertained everyone. A survivor of two world wars, a veteran of vaudeville with his mates George Wallace and Roy 'Mo' Rene, Klimo's extra ordinary life was filled with laughter and tears, bravado and pathos. One of Australia's forgotten heroes. Peter Christian - The First Fleet: the voyage, the arrival, the people and their descendants. Peter Christian is a descendant of First Fleeter, William Tunks, a marine on the Sirius. An experienced and inspiring speaker, Peter has been President of the 'Fellowship of First Fleeters' for many years. I very much look forward to welcoming you to Seminar 2005, Lorna Kyzelis, President, Central Coast Family History Society Inc.