The Brassie

The Society distributes a newsletter, 'The Brassie', three times a year. As well as keeping members up to date with what's happening in the Society, members are invited - and soundly encouraged - to submit articles for publication on the historical aspects of golf, their experiences with hickory play, their collections, book reviews . . . basically anything that may be of interest to fellow members. Articles may be submitted for consideration to the editor.

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	March 2019 - President's Report; At the Museum; Vale Tony Doggett; Captain's Report; Festival of Tropical Hickory Golf; From the Historians; A Golf Course Lost to War; Team Matches in Golf; Make the AGHS Great; Tax Deductible Donations.
	April 2018 - President's Report; At the Museum; Meerogal and Golf; Captain's Report; Queensland Hickory Shaft Championship; Australian Heritage Festival; History Sub-Committee; Research into Early Golf
	August 2017 - President's Report, A Short History of Kiama Golf Club, Captain's Report, Dates for the Hickory Diary, Golf Course Architecture, Queensland Hickory Shaft Championship, Museum Report, Early Golf in Queensland, Ferrier and Nicklaus at Manly, Buy, Swap and Sell, Goofy Golf, Contribute to 'The Brassie'
	April 2017 - President's Report; The 1904 Golf Championships of Australia; Captain's Report; 2017 U.S. Hickory Open; Golf Course Architecture; Dates for the Hickory Diary; Dr Ewan Frazer-Pioneer of Australian Golf; Museum Report; Play Vintage Golf; Vale Margery McWilliam; AGHS Oral History Project; Early Golf in India; Buy, Swap & Sell; A Bigger and Better Golf Ball; Contribute to 'The Brassie'
	December 2016 - President's Report; Golf Notes; New Members; Queensland Report; On the Spot Report; Golf Course Architecture; Dates for the Hickory Diary; Golf Clubs & Sundries; Museum Report; The Greatest Hazard; Glossary of Technical Terms; Short Putts; Buy, Swap & Sell.
	August 2016 - President's Report; Captain's Report; Late News; Museum; Golf Course Architecture; Queensland Report; Historians; Vale John Fletcher; Hickory Events; Steel Centered Golf Balls; Classified Ads.
	April 2016 - Vale Dan Cullen; President's Report; Free Talk: Early Golfers in Ireland, America, India and Australia; Tribute to Dan (Denzil) John Cullen; Schenectady Putter; Coming Hickory Events; AGHS Museum Report; History Report; Dan Cullen Trophy
	November 2015 - President's Report; Captain's Report; Coming Hickory Events - 2016 Fixtures; The Australian Hickory Shaft Championship; AGHS Museum Report; An Analysis of Two Articles on Golf History; Roselands Golf Club; Rebuilt and Repainted Golf Balls; 2015 Queensland Hickory Shaft Championship
	June 2015 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Golf & War Exhibit; Golf Club History (Bonnie Doon Golf Club) History Sub-Committee; Myths & Legends in Golf History
	February 2015 - President’s Report; Vale – Kel Nagle; History Sub-Committee; Coming Events 2015; Golf in Sydney in 1839; The Earliest Golf in Tasmania.
	July 2014 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Coming Events 2014; Vale . . . Al Howard; Museum Report; Fred Findlay (1872 – 1966); History Sub-committee; On Golf Club’s History; Snow & Ice Golf.
	October 2013 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Coming Events; Event Results 2012 – 2013; Australian Golf Collections; The Masters Pennant.
	June 2013 - President’s Report; Event Results; Museum Facts; Centenary of Golf at Moore Park; Al Howard OAM Turns 100; Getting to Know Your Museum.
	November 2012 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Museum Report; Tony Gresham donation; 2011 Hickory Shaft Championship; Tom Moore’s address to PGA Centenary Exhibition; Early History of Golf in NSW; Vale John ‘Spud’ Murphy.
	June 2012 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; AGHS Museum Significance Report; Ossie Pickworth’s Clubs; The Great Gatsby; Scottish Bob’s Scorecard Collection; Vale Mavis Parry.
	June 2011 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Museum Report; Stamp Collecting and Golf; Bobby Locke woods; Australia’s World & Australian Hickory Champion Perry Somers.
	October 2010 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Kel Nagle – AGHS Patron; Museum Report; Museum Sale; Tom Moore Life Membership of Australian PGA.
	July 2010 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Golf Museum Report; Historians Group Report; Eddie Anderson;  Letters to the Editor; Lost Golf Courses in Sydney (Part 2); Historical Rules Incident.
	May 2010 - President’s Message; Captain’s Comment; Historian’s Group Report; the Edgar Oakman Collection; Early Golf in Sydney; Harry Williams: An Australian Golfer.
	June 2009 - President’s Message; New Website; Captain’s Message; Dan Cullen Trophy; Al Howard Trophy; Museum Report; Historian’s Group Report; Postcards and Golf.
	February 2009 - President’s Message; Captain’s Message; Museum Report; Historian’s Group Report; Clyde Pearce,  Golf Champion.
	October 2008 - President’s Message; Captain’s Message; Museum Report; Historian’s Group Report; Coming Events; News of Members; Editor’s Note; Caddies of Dubbo, Unite!
	June 2008 - President’s Message; Captain’s Message; Museum Report; Historian’s Group Report; Coming Events; News of Members; A Short History of Golf Shoe Spikes.
	March 2008 - President’s Report; Captain’s Report; Museum Report; The Golf Historians Group; New Members, Volunteers; Sick List; Feature Article – The Ball Testing Machine.
	October 2007 - ‘To the Fore’ Captain’s Report; Golf Club Historians Program; Museum News; Society News; New Members; Buy/Sell/Swap; Member’s News; Feature Article – Mini Golf.
	August 2007 - ‘To the Fore’ Captain’s Report; Museum Report; Hickory Days; Our New Name; People; Events; Buy/Swap/Sell/Donate; New Members; Feature Article – Rust Removal From Iron Golf Club Heads.
	May 2007 - ‘To the Fore’ Captain’s Corner; Coming Events; Newcomers; Newsy Bits; Freebies; Feature Article – The Club Baseplate.
	January 2007 - Championship Summary; Al Howard Trophy; Dan Cullen Trophy; Annual General Meeting; New Items at the Museum; New Members; Volunteers Needed; Think Tank.
	September 2006 - Living History Dinner with Edwina Kennedy; Oatlands Hickory Classic; Significance Workshop; Dan Cullen Returns to Cottesloe; Bob Letters – Master Clubmaker; Sandy Faichney Tribute; Historians Group Activities.
	July 2006 - Captain’s Corner; A Hickory Adventure in England and Scotland; Development of the Wooden Golf Club; DavidStrath (1849-1879) – Champion Golfer; Writing a Golf Club History.
	June 2006 - The original full version of the July 2006 version (which was despatched with membership renewals.) Captain’s Corner; A Hickory Adventure in England and Scotland; Development of the Wooden Golf Club; David Strath (1849-1879) – Champion Golfer; Writing a Golf Club History.
	December 2005 - The Australian Hickory Championship 2005; AGM & Financial Report; Golf Collectors at the big tournaments; Golf Club Historians seminar; Writing Manly Golf Club’s story; Banjo Paterson The Golfer.
	October 2005 - The Al Howard Trophy; 14th Australian Hickory Club Championship; Writing a Golf Club History Seminar; Notice of 2005 Annual General Meeting
	September 2005 - Captain’s Corner; Peter Corsar Anderson – a Developer of Golf in Australia; The Societies Challenge; 2005 Australian Hickory Club Championship; News from The Museum; GCSA at the PGA Trade Show and Centenary Open; A Discussion Paper: The Heritage of Golf.
	June 2005 - An Introduction to Hickory; GCH Archiving Seminar; Archiving for Golf Club Historians; Womens Golf NSW – A Major Donor to the Museum; Two Types of Golf Club: Two Types of Historian; Museum News; Gold Association Treasures Now at the Museum; Tony Rafty, GCSA’s Quiet Cartoonist; From The Book Shelf.
	March 2005 - Captain’s Corner; Dan Cullen Trophy; Memories of Elanora Golf Club; Alan ‘Stumpy’ Waterson; Around the Traps; Hickory at the Centenary PGA Championship?; Archiving Practices for Golf Club Historians; Developing the Museum; 2005 Activity Plan for Golf Club Historians Special Interest Group.
	November 2004 - Captain’s Corner; 14th Australian Hickory Shafted Championship; The Bobby Locke Story: Part 2; Join This Club? You Wish!; Edward Elgar (1857-1934) – A Composed Golfer; Golf Historian’s Seminar on Oral History; Museum Development Plan; Legends of the Turf.
	August 2004 - The Golf Club Historians’ Seminar; Captain’s Corner; The Golf Club Historian’s Special Interest Group; Museum Development Program; To the Linksland – A Golfing Odyssey; People, Events and Milestones; J. H. Taylor – a Tribute from Bernard Darwin.
	May 2004 - Captain’s Corner; Hickory at Royal Avalon; Bobby Locke – Australian Open Champion 1955; Golf Club Historian’s Seminar; Vale Alastair Cooke/Bob Jones; The Museum; GCSA Treasurer; PGA Developments; Classified Adverts
	January 2004 - Captain’s Corner; The Dan Cullen Trophy; Thought on Playing With Hickory Clubs, with Dan Cullen Jnr,; Harry’s Collection of Cups Comes Home; Protect Your Valuable Investment; Good Buying at the Museum Shop; Clubs, Balls and Driving Distances
	October 2003 - Captain’s Corner; From the Keeper of the Green and Sand; Woolooware Nine ‘n Dine; Book Review -The Greatest Game Ever Played; Replica Clubs – Dilemma or Delight?; Australian Historic Golf Trust and Museum; Golf Collecting and Collectibles
	July 2003 - Captain’s Corner; Australian Historic Golf Trust and Museum; Famous Unknown Golfers Who Played With Hickories; Club Restoration and Collection; Feed Popplewell, a Golfing Trailblazer; The PGA Gold and Trade Show; I Met a Professional One Day
	May 2003 - The Dan Cullen Trophy; Hickory Events – 2003 Program; Australian Historic Golf Trust and Museum; Famous Unknown Golfers Who Played With Hickories; Club Restoration and Collection; Harry Vardon said . . . . . ; The History of Your Golf Club; I Met a Professional One Day
	February 2003 - Hickory Events – 2003 Program; Meet The GCSA Development Team; Historic Golf Trust and Museum; Harry Vardon said . . . . .
	December 2002 - Hickory Championships, Cyprus Lakes – 10 years young, The Melbourne Excursion, The Peninsula Extension, Developing The Museum, Developing the GCSA, Dan Cullen Trophy, Replica Golf Clubs, New Year Resolutions.
	September 2001 - Patron Honoured; PGA Golf Show; Dan Cullen Trophy; Living History Dinner; Golf Society Visit.
	July 2001 - Hickory Day at Maitland; Museum Volunteers Needed; Living History Dinner; Farewell Terry White; Display at the Golf Show; Visit from the Golfers Society; Golf Collectors Society Annual General Meeting.
	July 2000 - Hickory Day at Woolooware; Stop Press – Museum Opening.