BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Melbourne METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260724T103000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_3074_16746dfa31781dbd8303c2fbc150f9a1@www.gsv.org.au SUMMARY:Victoria and Tasmania Discussion Circle X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Guest speaker: Dr Ian D Clark

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We couldn’t decide what to ask t his interesting man to talk about\, so Dr Ian Clar k has agreed to talk predominantly on his work on the interaction between the indigenous people and early settlers around Melbourne and the South West of Victoria. But he will also talk a bit about hi s work on toponymy - the study of place names. 
\n He is happy to answer questions\, so come al ong ready for a great presentation and discussion.

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Dr Ian D. Clark is an academic histor ian and toponymist whose primary work has focused on Victorian Aboriginal history\, aboriginal topon ymy and the frontier conflict between indigenous A ustralians and immigrant settlers during the Europ ean settlement of Victoria\, Australia. He has hel d a number of academic and tourism posts - please search online if you are interested in learning mo re about him. In 2005\, he was chair of the Victor ian State Committee of the Australian National Pla cenames Survey.

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The Victoria and Tasma nia Discussion Circle is for GSV members researchi ng their family history in these two States. This meeting will take place on Zoom\, and registrants will receive an email with the Zoom link.
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\n More information about this Discussion Ci rcle can be found at
\n https://www.gsv.org.au/victoria-and-tasmania-dis cussion-circle

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For GSV members only. Free of charge. Please log in to register.< br />\n Zoom link provided with registration confi rmation email.
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DESCRIPTION:Guest speaker: Dr Ian D Clark\n \n \n \n We couldn ’t decide what to ask this interesting man to talk about\, so Dr Ian Clark has agreed to talk predom inantly on his work on the interaction between the indigenous people and early settlers around Melbo urne and the South West of Victoria. But he will a lso talk a bit about his work on toponymy - the st udy of place names. \n \n He is happy to answer qu estions\, so come along ready for a great presenta tion and discussion.\n \n \n \n Dr Ian D. Clark is an academic historian and toponymist whose primar y work has focused on Victorian Aboriginal history \, aboriginal toponymy and the frontier conflict b etween indigenous Australians and immigrant settle rs during the European settlement of Victoria\, Au stralia. He has held a number of academic and tour ism posts - please search online if you are intere sted in learning more about him. In 2005\, he was chair of the Victorian State Committee of the Aust ralian National Placenames Survey.\n \n \n \n The  Victoria and Tasmania Discussion Circle is for GSV members researching their family history in these two States. This meeting will take place on Zoom\ , and registrants will receive an email with the Z oom link.\n \n \n \n More information about this D iscussion Circle can be found at\n \n https://www. gsv.org.au/victoria-and-tasmania-discussion-circle (https://www.gsv.org.au/victoria-and-tasmania-dis cussion-circle)\n \n \n \n For GSV members only. F ree of charge. Please log in to register.\n \n Zoo m link provided with registration confirmation ema il.\n \n  \n \n CATEGORIES:Discussion Circle CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260724T103000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260724T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260724T120000 LOCATION:Zoom meeting via Internet\n Australian Eastern Sta ndard Time\n Melbourne VIC \n Australia\n URL:https://www.gsv.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3074 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR