Hi everyone, Found this info about a visit to Australia by David White, Somerset Herald. Lecture goes for a few hours and further intel by me about the event The person co-ordinating the event said there is "no cost involved but gold coin donations accepted, we couldn't put that on the flier as Parliament House is iffy about being seen to be used as a fund raiser, and there will be one or two small raffles on the night, as for time I expect only a couple of hours depending on interest shown in asking Somerset questions etc." HERALDRY AUSTRALIA INC. Richard d'Apice AM, President, and the Executive of Heraldry Australia Inc. extend a most cordial invitation to you to attend a lecture to be delivered by David Vines White Somerset Herald, College of Arms, London titled Of Sheep and Emus, Lions and Kangaroos - 19th and Early 20th Century Grants of Arms to Australians This event will take place on Wednesday 5 November 2008 Hosted by the Honourable David Ridgway MLC Old Parliament House North Terrace, Adelaide (enter via marble steps Railway Station end) Lecture commences at 6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm) Please RSVP by Friday 24th October 2008 For bookings and inquiries please contact Jeff Poole, Vice-President (South Australia) by telephone on (08) 8688 3664, by post at PO Box 946, North Shields SA 5607, or by e-mail on [email protected] About Our Guest Speaker David White (b. 1961) has been an English officer of arms since 1995 when he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant. He was promoted to Somerset Herald in 1995. Educated at schools in Scotland and England, he read history of art at both Pembroke College, Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He began work at the College of Arms in 1986 as research assistant to Theobald Mathew, then Windsor Herald. A regular lecturer on heraldry, he is currently chairman of The Heraldry Society which, although based in London, has members throughout the world. He first visited Australia in 1981 in his gap year between school and university, when he worked as a labourer on the Seppelts winery at Great Western in Victoria. He has returned to Australia half a dozen times since. Bibliography D. V. White, "Heralds and their clients - the arms of Nelson", in The Coat of Arms n.s. 12 (1997-8), no.182, pp.223-238. D. V. White, "Some 19th century Sunderland grantees of arms", in Antiquities of Sunderland 36 (Sunderland's History 9) (2000), pp. 90-109. D. V. White, "Early New Zealand grantees of arms", Perth Congress 2000. 9th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry 27 September 1 October 2000. Congress Proceedings (Perth: Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. and Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc., 2000), vol. 2, pp.283-292. D. V. White, entries on Brooke, John Charles (1748-1794), and Heard, Sir Isaac (1730-1822), in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Kind Regards, Mark

Hey Mark, this sounds very interesting. So handy also to train it into the city and back Any members interested in going? "no cost but gold coin donation" is also inviting....... Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lang" <[email protected]> To: "FPFHG-List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:19 AM Subject: [FPFHG-LIST] Somerset Herald's lecture tour (long) > Hi everyone, > > Found this info about a visit to Australia by David White, Somerset > Herald. > Lecture goes for a few hours and further intel by me about the event The > person co-ordinating the event said there is "no cost involved but gold > coin > donations accepted, we couldn't put that on the flier as Parliament House > is > iffy about being seen to be used as a fund raiser, and there will be one > or > two small raffles on the night, as for time I expect only a couple of > hours > depending on interest shown in asking Somerset questions etc." > > HERALDRY AUSTRALIA INC. > > Richard d'Apice AM, President, > and the Executive of Heraldry Australia Inc. > extend a most cordial invitation to you to attend a lecture to be > delivered > by > > David Vines White > Somerset Herald, College of Arms, London > > titled > > Of Sheep and Emus, Lions and Kangaroos - > 19th and Early 20th Century Grants of Arms to Australians > > This event will take place on > > Wednesday 5 November 2008 > > Hosted by the Honourable David Ridgway MLC > > Old Parliament House > North Terrace, Adelaide > (enter via marble steps Railway Station end) > > Lecture commences at 6:00pm > (doors open at 5:30pm) > > > Please RSVP by Friday 24th October 2008 > > For bookings and inquiries please contact Jeff Poole, Vice-President > (South > Australia) by telephone on (08) 8688 3664, by post at PO Box 946, North > Shields SA 5607, or by e-mail on [email protected] > > About Our Guest Speaker > > David White (b. 1961) has been an English officer of arms since 1995 when > he > was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant. He was promoted to Somerset Herald > in > 1995. > Educated at schools in Scotland and England, he read history of art at > both > Pembroke College, Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He began > work at the College of Arms in 1986 as research assistant to Theobald > Mathew, then Windsor Herald. > A regular lecturer on heraldry, he is currently chairman of The Heraldry > Society which, although based in London, has members throughout the world. > He first visited Australia in 1981 in his gap year between school and > university, when he worked as a labourer on the Seppelts winery at Great > Western in Victoria. He has returned to Australia half a dozen times > since. > > Bibliography > D. V. White, "Heralds and their clients - the arms of Nelson", in The Coat > of Arms n.s. 12 (1997-8), no.182, pp.223-238. > D. V. White, "Some 19th century Sunderland grantees of arms", in > Antiquities > of Sunderland 36 (Sunderland's History 9) (2000), pp. 90-109. > D. V. White, "Early New Zealand grantees of arms", Perth Congress 2000. > 9th > Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry 27 September 1 October > 2000. Congress Proceedings (Perth: Australasian Federation of Family > History > Organisations Inc. and Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc., > 2000), > vol. 2, pp.283-292. > D. V. White, entries on Brooke, John Charles (1748-1794), and Heard, Sir > Isaac (1730-1822), in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: > Oxford University Press, 2004). > > > Kind Regards, > Mark > > > > > This is a MEMBERS ONLY list for FPFHG Members. Advertising on Rootsweb > lists is prohibited. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >