JASA
The Jane Austen Society of Australia Inc.
2024 Christmas Luncheon & Jane Austen’s Birthday
JASA is delighted to invite members and their guests to our 2024 Christmas Luncheon. Once again we will meet at the usual York Street, Sydney location.
Date
Saturday 14 December 2024
11.30am for 12.00pm start
Location
Club York, 95-99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
A Passage to India
Our annual lunch, which also celebrates Jane Austen’s birthday, will feature the launch of member Jan Merriman’s new book Jane Austen’s Remarkable Aunt, Philadelphia Hancock: ‘A Girl of Genius and Feeling‘.
Sydney members may recall that Jan spoke to us at a meeting in October 2021 about her research for her book (you can read Jan’s paper in the December 2021 issue of Sensibilities).
Philadelphia Hancock was Jane Austen’s father’s older sister who was orphaned, sent to live with relatives, served as a millinery apprentice in London, and then packed off to India to marry. She gave birth to her daughter Eliza, later Eliza de Feuillide who subsequently married Jane’s brother Henry.
We’ll also have a talk by Adrian Dickens from Circa AD Jewels on Jewels of the Raj. Adrian has been a regular at JASA Christmas lunches since he spoke to a Sydney meeting in February 2022 on Jewels of the Regency. Expect to see lots of luscious photos!
Bookings are taken in order of receipt and will close once we reach capacity. A waiting list will be held on a first come first served basis.
Raffle tickets will be for sale at the event (cash only), as well as Regency Fair (cash or card purchases).
To register and have your booking for the JASA 2024 Christmas Luncheon confirmed, you will need to:
1. Return a registration form with your personal details and dietary requirements. Choose one method only:
— Use this online form here, – OR –
— Download this printable form, – OR –
— Use the form enclosed with September Practicalities. Paper forms should be completed and returned by post.
2. Make your payment at the time of booking. Details are here. Your booking will not be recorded until payment is received.
3. If you have a special seating request including sitting with friends, you can do this on the online booking form, or by using this printable form. To avoid confusion, please make arrangements with your friends first.
The event has a maximum capacity so book early to avoid disappointment. Bookings close on 5 December 2024 (or earlier if capacity is reached).
Members: $75.00 / Visitors: $80.00
Payment can be made by direct deposit, cheque, or cash at a meeting. It is essential that all payments include your name as reference so we can match it with your registration form. Your booking is not recorded until payment is received.
Direct deposit
Account name: Jane Austen Society of Australia Inc.
Bank: St George Bank Ltd BSB: 112-879
Account number: 156156319
Cheque
Mail to Elizabeth Budge, JASA Treasurer, 21 Galston Crescent, Leura NSW 2780
Cash
Pay using cash at our Sydney meeting.
Seating is pre-allocated. If you want to sit as a group with particular people you must tell us in one of these ways:
— Use this online form here – OR –
— Download this printable form, – OR –
— Use the form issued with September Practicalities. Paper forms should be completed and returned by post.
You will be automatically allocated to a table unless we are told otherwise. All tables will have a maximum of 10 and any groups smaller than 10 may share their table with others.
PLEASE NOTE: Elizabeth is not responsible for seating allocation or passing on seating requests.
You can book online using this form. Payment must be made separately via one of the methods listed above. Your booking is not recorded until payment is received by JASA’s treasurer.
Please complete and submit this form. Look out for a reply by email which will be your acknowledgement that the form has been lodged.
Please use this form to request help or more information.