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If so you can head along to the Local Heritage Room at the Nowra Library next Thursday, August 29 when another of the popular history talks will be presented.
Local Heritage Librarian Derrilin Roberts is now into her third year of presenting the popular monthly gatherings.
She presents talks once a month between February and November and even though she is a "born and bred local" Ms Roberts admits she is finding out more and more information about her local area with each presentation.
"It's great, I get to learn so much I didn't know or realise about my local area," she said.
For instance, she knew her family was involved in the timber industry through the Ison family, obviously, which are on one side of her family.
But when she was researching the timber industry in Berry for one of her talks she came across the other side her family, who had also been involved in the industry.
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Ms Roberts draws information for her talks from the excellent collection of local history books the library possesses and also by trawling through Trove for relevant newspaper articles.
"There is never a shortage of information and fascinating stuff about our area," she said.
She started her talks by looking at the various major villages along the coast, starting at Berry travelling through to seaside Huskisson and ending at Ulladulla.
In the second year, she worked her way back up the coast and more recently her talks have been about national parks, exploration and mining.
Next Thursday she will be venturing into fires and floods and as she said 'the region has certainly had plenty of both over the past couple of centuries."
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Everyone is invited to attend the talks which start from between noon and 12.15pm next Thursday, August 29 in the heritage room.
"You can get lunch form our cafe upstairs or bring your own," Ms Roberts said.
"At the completion of the presentation, we open the topic up for discussion or comment.
"It's there we get to hear more fascinating stories or anecdotes about the area,"
Later in the afternoon, at 2pm, Ms Roberts also presents a family history talk, where she provides tips and hints about how to get started and learn about researching your family history,
This month's talk is on using the census and electoral records.
"Lots of people are keen on researching their family history," she said.
"And there is lots of information on line, but where do you start?
"People still like to come in and talk about how to get started and what are some of the better resources to look at.
"There is a lot of legitimate information on line but there is also a lot of hearsay as well.
"Despite what ancestry says and what you often see depicted on the family research type television shows, you do have look and do some research.
"It's not just all laid out for you."
That talk is also in the Nowra Library Local Heritage Room.
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