2019 JSA Visit to the NGV
Eighteenth Century English Neo-Classical design and art at the NGVSunday 14th AprilMeet at 2:15 for 2:30 start.One of the ways of exploring the world of Samuel Johnson and his friends…
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2019 Johnson Society Program
We are pleased to announce that dates for our 2019 program have been finalised so that these can now be put in your diary. More details will appear closer to…
President’s Report August 2018
With the current issue of the Southern Johnsonian, the Johnson Society of Australia enters its 25th year and we remain a strong organisation, maintaining at least four events each year.…
2017 Fleeman Lecture
2017 Fleeman Lecture The 2017 Fleeman Lecture will be held on Saturday 11 November, beginning at 3:00 pm following the AGM. This year's distinguished lecturer is Professor Karen Green from…
Exciting New Publication
We are pleased to advise that Professor Kate Burridge's Fleeman Lecture, 'Magnificence of Promises': Samuel Johnson and advertising has now been published. This is a fascinating exploration of the early…
2016 Fleeman Lecture
Professor Emeritus John Carroll on Dr Johnson and the Great Anglo Tradition 5:00 pm, Saturday 15th October Tonic House, 386 Flinders Lane Melbourne John Carroll’s work focuses on culture, and…
JSA 2016 Seminar
The Johnson Society of Australia IncAnnual SeminarSaturday 30 July 201611:00 am—4:00 pm (Registration from 10:30 am) The English Speaking Union146 Toorak Rd West South Yarra$30 members and $35 non-members Includes tea,…
Eighteenth century porcelain sculpture at the NGV
2016 Gallery visit to see examples of 18th Century Art
The annual visit for members and friends of the Johnson Society to see examples of eighteenth century art will take place at the National Gallery of Victoria on the afternoon…
Entertaining program for JSA Annual Seminar
The JSA’s 2015 Seminar will be held at The English Speaking Union, 146 Toorak Road West, South Yarra, on Saturday July 4, 2015 with an entertaining day of Johnsonian and eighteenth century enjoyment.
Registration is at 10.30 and the fee for the seminar, including lunch and teas, is $30 for members and $35 for guests.
Dr Gordon Turnbull with Michelle Levine and John Byrne outside Tonic House
Our Patron does us proud
The audience for the 21st David Fleeman Memorial Lecture on October 24 at Tonic House, Melbourne, were treated to a masterly performance by our Patron, Dr Gordon Turnbull .
His lecture, “Keeping Boswell in Good Repair” gave us ample evidence of the prodigious talent which has taken him from a journalist and student in Australia to custodian of the great Boswell archives at Yale.