The Australian Genealogy Chat Sessions are a forum for Australian, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea Genies and others who are actively researching Genealogy and history in the Australia/pacific region. They are intended to provide a venue for you to put forward details of your research problems/deadends and to receive research assistance from other Genies. To participate, direct your IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client program to the following : Server : irc.iigs.org Port : 6667 or 7000 Channel : #Australia Date : Every Saturday. Time : 8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, 9pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time, 6pm West Australian Time, 10am Greenwich Mean Time. A different theme (or topic) is selected each week, however, off topic questions are encouraged as well. Discussion leaders are Cathy Dunn (IRC nickname Coast) and Scott Brown (Dragonlord). http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~cathyd/ausres.html#irc Cathy Dunn