Tristan da Cunha Association Annual Gatherings

About the Annual Gatherings

Whatever your own interest in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, you are sure to find someone at the Annual Gathering who shares it. Association members' interests are many and varied. Some members have worked on the island (e.g. ex-Adminstrators and teachers). Some have undertaken scientific research on the island. Others are hobbyists such as bird watchers or stamp collectors. There are islanders who now live abroad and people who befriended the exiled islanders in England during the volcano years.

The Annual Gathering normally takes place in Southampton, England, usually the weekend after Easter. Apart from socialising, activities include an expert talk on a Tristan-related subject, a Tristan film show, a philatelic exhibition, craft and book stalls, a charity auction in aid of the Educational Trust Fund, and last but not least an evening dinner dance.

Next Annual Gathering

The date and venue for the 2025 Annual Gathering have not yet been set, but an announcement will be made in due course.
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Recent Annual Gathering Talks

• Vet at the End of the Earth
  Joe Hollins
• Mapping Landslide Risks on Tristan da Cunha
  Anna Hicks & Neil Golding
• The Gough Island Restoration Project 2021
  Andrew Callender
• The Volcano Era
  Richard Grundy
• Tristan through a vet's eyes
  Aniket Sardana
• Project Pinnamin
  Antje Steinfurth (RSPB)
• Tristan's scientific monitoring stations
  Marc Escudier, Enviroearth, 2017
• Work at Camogli Hospital on Tristan
  Drs Pam and Iain Levack, NHS Tayside, 2016
• Tristan da Cunha's wildlife - Sir Martin Holdgate, 2015
• Tristan da Cunha's geology and the island's disaster plan
  Dr Anna Hicks, University of East Anglia, 2014
• Experiences as an Education Advisor on Tristan da Cunha
  Jim Kerr, Tristan Educational Adviser, 2013
• RSPB's conservation work following the Oliva shipwreck
  Brad Robson, RSPB, 2012
• The dialect of Tristan da Cunha
  Dr Dani Schreier, University of Zurich, 2011
• Genetic research on asthma among Tristan Islanders
  Dr Noe Zamel, University of Toronto, 2010
• Operation Zest to re-furbish Tristan's Calshot Harbour in 2008
  Capt. Paddy McAlpine, Royal Navy, 2009