JASA
The Jane Austen Society of Australia Inc.
The Jane Austen Society of Australia is a member-based association founded in 1989 to bring together lovers and admirers of Jane Austen in this part of the world. We number academics and scholars amongst our members, but we are mostly enthusiastic amateurs who meet to discuss the genius of Austen and to explore the era that gave rise to her.
Although based in Sydney, we have members in all states of Australia and overseas, and we warmly welcome visitors to our events.
We produce regular publications, have a member’s library, and sell Austen-inspired items through our Regency Fair stall at meetings.
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JASA Trivia Event 2026
View the event calendar to see all upcoming JASA events, except for Regional meetings.
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“Three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on.” — Jane Austen, Letter to Anna Lefroy, 9 September 1814
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📚 Think you know your Jane Austen? Join us for an afternoon of trivia, prizes, bubbles, winter nibbles and friendly competition as we put your
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📺 Missed our last meeting? Or simply need your Jane Austen fix before the next one? We're delighted to share that Gillian Brent's fascinating talk,
'Even My Mother Reads Fan Fiction' by Gillian Brent
From the earliest written stories, people have been picking up on t...
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🎉 Congratulations to Sarah Emsley on 'The Austens' being awarded the Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers' Choice Award! This well-deserved recognition celebrates a novel that has
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“I shall support myself by the remark of a very respectable Historian, who says that ‘he was a Prince of a very good sort, and
Jane Austen Society of Australia
Before she became one of the world’s most beloved novelists, Jane Austen was writing poetry. In this youthful poem, Austen delights in moonlit groves, melancholy
Jane Austen Society of Australia
If you haven’t had a chance to see our president Susannah Fullerton give a talk about Jane Austen - do yourself and favour a book
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💷 Jane Austen or a puffin? The Bank of England has announced a shortlist of British wildlife that could appear on future banknotes, replacing the
Foxes, sharks and puffins in line to replace historic figures on UK banknotes
Foxes, sharks and puffins are on a shortlist of wildlife to appear on Britain's next banknotes, replacing historic figures including World War Two leader Winston Churchill, novelist Jane Austen and mathematician Alan Turing.
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“Mrs Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure, and a disposition to be merry.” — Sense and Sensibility Few characters delight in other people’s