Annual Meeting of the AVHS, Hobart, 22 May 2006

The Australian Veterinary History Society will meet next at the AVA National Conference in Hobart, Tasmania, on Monday 22 May 2006. A full day's programme has been arranged, to be followed by the Annual General Meeting and a dinner.

The programme will include six papers:

• The convict and the friend: Jorgenson and Backhouse and animal production in Van Diemens Land. John Auty
• The Tasmanian Contingent in the Boer War. Ian Parsonson
• Island practice in Tasmania. Peter McKean
• The development of the Veterinary Act in Tasmania. Michael heynes
• The role of the laboratory in wildlife reaearch. Mary Barton
• The veterinarian and whale rescue. Tim McManus

All members of the AVA and visitors will be welcome to participate in this programme.

Trevor Faragher
President, AVHS
Email: faragher@netspace.net.au