HAND TOOL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

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Are you interested in:
- History & Heritage
- Tools & Trades
- Preservation of the Past
- Antiques & Artefacts
- Ancient Manual Arts

The Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia, an incorporated not-for-profit organisation, has something to offer you by encouraging these interests and perhaps reviving earlier memories. As a heritage group we provide a forum for discussing traditional tools and the way in which artisans of the past worked with these tools, recognising the skill and ingenuity of their efforts.

The HTPAA meet at Box Hill Community Arts Centre (BHAC) on the third Tuesday of alternate months, starting from January. Meetings usually have a speaker on a topic of interest to members, and guests are always welcome to attend, (there is no charge).

The HTPAA thanks the Whitehorse City Council for their continued support in providing a meeting venue at a subsidised rate.

The HTPAA would like to inform interested parties that we are about to form an association with the Box Hill Institute of TAFE (BHIT), whereby the HTPAA extensive library of Tools and Trade related books and literature will be indexed in the BHIT library catalogue. This specialised collection of books is unparalleled in Australia, and members will be able to order books online, BHIT community and public will have access to the collection as a reference library.

Tool Community Announcements:

The Next HTPAA Tool Sale will be held on 22 July 2012

The HTPAA will have a stand at the Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association (AAADA) Melbourne Show at the Royal Exhibition Building 3-6 May 2012 Display pic here, here & here

The HTPAA will man a stall of user and collectable tools at the Murrumbeena Community Market on October 6, 2012

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