Newsletters

The Butler Society Southern Cross Region Newsletters

As our membership extends all over Australia, and includes members from New Zealand, our Newsletters form an important means of communication. Newsletters are issued at regular intervals throughout the year.

For a sample of the information these contain, please refer to the attached links.

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Southern Cross Newsletter June 2020       

  • Butlers and Previous Pandemics
  • John Butler – An Unlikely Hero
  • The Butler DNA Project
  • Ren Butler, Whisky Specialist

Southern Cross Newsletter June 2020

 

Southern Cross Newsletter April 2022

  • The 50th Anniversary Celebrations
  • Alexander Bishop Butler, London Gunsmith
  • Princess Shirley (Butler) of the Hutt River Province
  • Edward Henry Butler, convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.
  • Australian Butlers in WWI
  • Descendants of Sir John Butler (d. 1285) who had sugar plantations in Antigua.
  • Gamaliel Butler who established Australia’s oldest surviving law firm in 1824.

Southern Cross Newsletter April 2022

 

Southern Cross Newsletter September 2022

  • Butlers and Maritime History in Australia
  • Walter Butler – An Eventful Life
  • Butler Place Names

Southern Cross Newsletter September 2022