24th Annual General Meeting (2025) Report
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Doing your DNA for family research
After Peter Sherlock’s [E.4.1a.6b.5c.1d.2e] talk and Q&A session (at our AGM on 8 November 2025) about Tom Winder, we had numerous members excited and offering
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Join us for our Annual General Meeting – Saturday 8 November 2025 – special guest talk
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Subscription Renewals for 2026
Subscriptions for the 2025/2026 year are due by 30 September 2025, so now is a good time to make your payment online. Subscriptions have had
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HAFS Newsletter 70 – Aug 2025
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2025 NSW Legend of the Vine: Bruce Tyrrell [E.2.4a.10b.1c.2d] honoured
Source: Winetitles Media Bruce Tyrrell AM [E.2.4a.10b.1c.2d] was named the 2025 NSW Legend of the Vine at the 2025 Sydney Royal Wine Show Awards Lunch
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Melissa Doyle to Host Oprah Winfrey’s Australian Tour
‘The 15-year-old wannabe journo inside of me is squealing. What an honour.’ Doyle [E.2.4a.9b.1c.3d.1e] revealed she spoke with the American talk show icon via Zoom
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An American Event!
Hungerford Family Art Exhibit Opening Ceremony Celebrate North Country history through the eyes of a local family. During the War of 1812, Orville Hungerford transported
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HAFS AGM 2024 – 23 November 2024 at 2pm
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Phoebe Hosier was in the crowd when shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally
Pheobe Hosier [E.2.4a.7b.1c.2d.1e.1f], is a journalist and works for the ABC as a cross-platform producer, based in Washington DC in the United States. She and her partner went to the Trump rally for “the experience” but ended up experiencing more than she expected, becoming part of an event that echoed around the world!
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Who Do You Think You Are?
TV presenter Melissa Doyle [E.2.4a.9b.1c.3d.1e] is featured on the Australian Who Do You Think You Are? on 11 June 2024 at 7:30pm on SBS, or watch it afterwards on SBS On Demand.
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2024 Archibald Prize won by Laura Jones for portrait of author Tim Winton
Sydney-based artist Laura Jones [H.4a.4b.2c.1d/E.6.5a.4b.2c.1d.1e] has won the $100,000 Archibald Prize for her portrait of author and conservationist Tim Winton, becoming only the 12th woman to win the prize in its 103-year history.
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Hyacinth Bucket
Today (17 February 2024) is Patrica Routledge’s 95th birthday. She is best known for her performance in the BBC series Keeping Up Appearences as Hyacinth Bucket (who insists that her surname is pronounced “Bouquet”). It seems such a long time ago now, but she was able to give Dear Fay one of the greatest honours of her life as an actor and singer during a visit to Australia in the late 1990s.
Newsletter 67 – Feb 2024
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Newsletter 66 – Aug 2023
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List of family members in World War II – Updated
Work has begun on a HAFS book to remember our family members who served in World War II. Here is the first version of the list of people to be included. You click on a column label to sort in a different order.
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A (small) HAFS Connection to Royalty
Queen Margrethe’s second born son, Prince Joachim of Denmark (born in 1969) spent a year on a farm near Wagga Wagga in NSW from 1986-1987. The Queen and her husband Henri came to Australia in 1987 to visit him and while here, on the 6 February 1987, visited the Winery in the Hunter Valley. They were accompanied by Prince Joachim.
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The HAFS 2023 Annual General Meeting
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Chris Tyrrell takes the Helm as President of Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Association
Chris Tyrrell, CEO of Tyrrell’s Wines, is now the President of the Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Association (HVWTA). He follows in the footsteps of his father, Bruce and grandfather Murray, both former Presidents of the Association.
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Index to HAFS Journals & Newsletters 1991-2024
This index provides a cross-reference to all the HAFS Journals and HAFS Newsletters published from 1991 to 2023. The index lists people, places and topics appearing within both publications (for a condensed list of HAFS Journal article titles and authors, see our Table of Contents of HAFS Journals).
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