JASA
The Jane Austen Society of Australia Inc.
The JASA calendar has events nearly every month, with meetings in Sydney and other capitals and regional areas, an annual Conference, and a Christmas lunch. There are also two online events – an international lecture and a study morning.
calendar of events
Please note that the below calendar does not include all regional meetings. Full details are provided for Sydney meetings; for some regions dates are included but not details; and others are not on the calendar. If you are interested in a particular region, you can find contact details on the regional meetings page of this site.
Sydney meeting
‘Her solace was visiting and news’: Gossip in Jane Austen
Amanda Jones
‘My dear Mr Bennet, have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?” Many of us were socialised to think of gossip as a bad thing, which we should avoid, but ‘gossip’ drives and furthers many of the plots in Austen’s novels. Perceived or unperceived, reliable or questionable, as an important means of communication, […]
JASA Trivia Event 2026
It’s back! After last year’s success, we’re holding another Jane Austen Trivia Event on Saturday 18 July at the Roseville Church Hall, from 4.00pm to 6.00pm. Gather your team or come by yourself and join us for a delightful afternoon of trivia! The cost is $25, or book a table of 8 for $180. Welcome […]
Sydney meeting
Mansfield Park and Education
Dr Heather Neilson
Mansfield Park can be read as a meditation on education, in both the formal and moral senses of the term. In this presentation Heather will be considering the ways in which the various characters of Austen’s novel reveal the results, both pernicious and beneficial, of their education. She will also briefly consider the ways in […]
Sydney meeting
Re-reading Jane Austen: the experience of sixty years later
Ben Taaffe
Ben Taaffe describes his talk as follows: I spoke once before to JASA: the topic, ‘Jane Austen in the Classroom’, a reflection on my years as a school teacher. In 2010, when I left the classroom, I thought that retirement would mark the end of literature classes, that I would bid Jane Austen adieu. But […]
JASA Christmas Lunch 2026
Details to come.
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