Queensland Family History Society Inc
QFHS Calendar Event
Members Lounge - Book Club - Wangalpong to Mount Tamborine by Karen Rosser
Starts: 24 Jun 2024 at 10:00 AM
Ends: 24 Jun 2024 at 11:30 AM
Notes:
THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD ONLINE AND IN PERSON AT THE QFHS FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE i.e. A HYBRID MEETING.
We are excited to announce that Karen Rosser has agreed to join our book club and share the journey of creating this beautiful work.
Review by Nola Fulwood, published by Judy Webster on her blog: Queensland Genealogy.
This meticulously researched and beautifully written history is one we can enjoy as a good read and keep handy for reference. It is written from the point of view of The Mountain and its ancient people. They watched as the volcano rearranged the landscape, the ships sailed by, the explorers ventured north, and settlement began. The author has made extensive use of the eye-witness accounts of those explorers, administrators, surveyors, and settlers. Careful analysis has given an interesting new view of the history most of us learned at school. This is no dry as dust recitation of the bare dates and places but a fascinating story that carries the reader along and encourages us to explore further.
This book started as a family history but developed as the author’s curiosity led to questioning our history as we have known it. We should all have this fascinating history of the beginnings of Queensland on our library shelves.
Nola Fulwood
Karen is a fourth-generation Tamborine Mountain local who grew up on a dairy farm on the South End. Her grandfather, Stan Rosser, was just five years old when his family came to The Mountain in 1896, and her father, Allan Rosser, aged 97, still lives there today. An avid historian and bush lover who has travelled extensively, Karen is a retired science and mathematics teacher who now lives in North Queensland with her husband Darby Monro.
Our book club is designed for family historians. We will read both fiction and non-fiction and share our opinions. Highbrow, lowbrow - we do not care as long as we are reading good writing and learning something along the way.
The Book Club events are Members Only events. Non-members are encouraged to have a look at all of the activities of the society. In particular, check out the Members Lounge webpage where all members only events are listed. If you feel keen to attend these activities, please join us.
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