General meetings, which feature an address from a guest speaker, are held at the Burnside Community Centre at 7.30pm on the third Monday of each month. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of the general meetings.
We request that you make a gold coin donation on registering at the desk.
View the full record of past meetings, including details of the talk and how to access recordings.
Upcoming Meetings
7:30 pm Monday 21 September 2026
Oasis in the Desert: The Mound Springs of Inland Australia
Presented by Colin Harris
Mound springs are natural outlets for the waters of Australia’s Great Artesian Basin, one of the largest groundwater basins in the world. As isolated sources of potable water in an otherwise desert environment, they are of immense biological and cultural value.
Indigenous Aboriginal people relied on them for survival in an otherwise hostile environment and following European colonisation they were of vital importance in the construction of the Overland Telegraph which linked Australia with the rest of the world in 1872.
Colin Harris is an honorary life member and former President of Burnside Historical Society. He is a geographer and environmental historian by profession, who, for most of his career, was with the South Australian Environment Department. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia and was awarded the Public Service Medal for his conservation work. In retirement, he is President of the community group Friends of Mound Springs (FOMS).
Document:
Oases in the Desert – the Mound Springs of Inland Australia
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
7:30 pm Monday 19 October 2026
Charles Hope Harris: Surveyor, Astronomer and Toponymist
Presented by Roger Harris
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
7:30 pm Monday 16 November 2026
Quiz Night and End-of-Year Celebration
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
7:30 pm Monday 15 February 2027
February 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
7:30 pm Monday 15 March 2027
March 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
8:30 pm Monday 19 April 2027
April 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
8:30 pm Monday 17 May 2027
May 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
8:30 pm Monday 21 June 2027
June 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
8:30 pm Monday 19 July 2027
July 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
8:30 pm Monday 16 August 2027
August 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
8:30 pm Monday 20 September 2027
September 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
7:30 pm Monday 18 October 2027
October 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road
7:30 pm Monday 15 November 2027
November 2027 Meeting
All welcome, refreshments provided.
Members, no charge.
Visitors, $2 donation appreciated.
Location
Coralie Soward Hall, Burnside Community Centre (adjacent Burnside Library)
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore SA 5065
Enter car park from Fisher Street, off Portrush Road