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 2025 Annual Gathering will be held on Saturday 5th April 2025 at the Eastleigh (Southampton North) Holiday Inn.
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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
