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• Free event: Royal Botanic Garden Walk

  • When
    15 Nov 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    The Calyx, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Entry is via Gate A (Morshead Fountain Gate) https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/gate/a-morshead-fountain)

  Royal Botanic Garden Walk

  Free event for AJS Members
  

  Celebrate springtime with a relaxed morning stroll around Australia’s oldest botanic garden and scientific institution, the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, a heritage-listed 30-hectare oasis founded in 1816.

  Our walk will start at The Calyx to visit the current exhibition, Alchemy of a Rainforest, described as “an immersive journey that envelops you in the vibrant, living essence of one of the Earth's most valuable ecosystems”.

  We will then take in some of the Garden’s highlights, including November’s Must See seasonal list of plants looking at their best (monthly list curated by volunteers). Also:
  The Japanese section of the Oriental Garden
  Mrs Macquarie’s Chair for a group shot with views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge as our backdrop

  We’ll finish back at The Calyx, where we can enjoy lunch or coffee together (at your own cost) at the Leaf Dept Cafe.

  We look forward to sharing a delightful morning of conversation, culture, and connection.

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• AJS-NSW AGM 2025 Plus guest speaker and networking

  • When
    01 Dec 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    The Japan Foundation, 4F, Central Park, 28 Broadway, Sydney

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  Annual General Meeting 2025

  NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
  

  The Annual General Meeting of Members of the Australia Japan Society of NSW Incorporated will be held on Monday 1 December 2025 at 6.00pm, at The Japan Foundation, Sydney.
  

  The meeting will be followed by a talk by our guest speaker Ray Nickson, about the forgotten history of the Nippon Baseball Club, and networking over refreshments.

  There is no cost for members to attend the AGM but to assist with catering please register. Non-members who wish to attend the talk and networking may register with a small fee payable and expect to attend from 6:30PM.

  Please note that to attend the AGM and to nominate for a Board position you must be a current financial member of the Society.

  AGM papers and nomination forms are available from the links here:

  • Notice of meeting
  • Agenda
  • Minutes of AGM held 2 December 2024
  • 2024-25 Financial report
  • Attendance/Proxy form
  • Nomination form
  • Combined Notice/Agenda/Forms

  Guest speaker talk:

  Dr. Ray Nickson on the forgotten history of the Nippon Baseball Club

  The Nippon Baseball Club played in the premier Sydney baseball competition during the first decades of the White Australia policy. The Club was widely supported and gave to NSW baseball its most treasured trophy. However its contribution was largely erased during WWII. This talk seeks to redress that forgotten history.

  Dr. Nickson is the Director of the University of Newcastle Justice Clinic, and a Senior Lecturer in criminology. He is speaking to us as a sports historian, a role in which he fuses his love of sports with research as the leading expert on baseball’s history in Australia. A current project examines the role of migrants from Asia in advancing baseball during the early years of the White Australia policy.

  We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

  Anita Byrnes, President

  
  

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