Our Council is very proud to have a wealth of talented artisans producing some of the loveliest and finest gem and lapidary works in New South Wales and the ACT.
This page provides a directory for people seeking to make contact with their local gem and lapidary club.
Please click on the club name below for club details:
AFLACA – Australian Federation of Lapidary & Allied Crafts Associations Inc.
Australian Facetors Guild Inc
Bankstown and Districts Lapidary Club Inc – Bankstown
Batemans Bay Lapidary Club – Batemans Bay
Bathurst Lapidary and Collectors Club Inc
Blaxland Gem and Mineral Club – Blaxland
Blue Mountains Lapidary Club – Bullaburra
Byron Gem and Lapidary Club
Campbelltown and Districts Lapidary Club – Macquarie Fields
Canberra Lapidary Club Inc – Lyons
Casino Lapidary Club – Casino
Central Coast Lapidary Club Inc – Ourimbah
Cessnock Gem and Mineral Club – Cessnock
Coffs Harbour Lapidary & Associated Crafts Club – Coffs Harbour
Fairfield And District Gemstone Club Inc – Wakeley
Fossil Club of Australia Inc
Glen Innes Mineral and Gem Club – Glen Innes
Goulburn Gem and Lapidary Club Inc – Goulburn
Grafton Gem Club – Grafton
Hawkesbury Valley Lapidary Club – Richmond
Hunter Valley Gemmology Club Inc – East Maitland
Illawarra Lapidary Club – Wollongong
Inverell and District Lapidary Club – Inverell
Lapidary Club of NSW Inc – Surry Hills
Lismore Gem and Lapidary Club Inc – Lismore
MacLeay Gem and Mineral Club
Manning Valley Rock Hounds Lapidary Club Inc
Mineralogical Society of New South Wales Inc
New England Lapidary and Fossicking Club Inc – Uralla
Newcastle Lapidary Club – Adamstown
Northern Districts Lapidary Club Inc – Beecroft
Orange Lapidary and Mineral Club Inc – Orange
Parramatta Holroyd Lapidary Club – Wentworthville
Port Hacking Lapidary Club – Gymea
Port Macquarie Lapidary Club Inc – Port Macquarie
Rooty Hill and District Lapidary Club – Rooty Hill
Silver Plus Inc
Tamworth Lapidary Club – West Tamworth
Ulladulla District Lapidary Club – Ulladulla
Western Suburbs Lapidary Club – Concord
Wingala Lapidary Arts Crafts Group – Harbord
Club Details
Australian Facetors Guild Inc
Sydney Branch
PO Box 462
Wentworthville 2145
Secretary: Keiran Simpson secretary@facetorsguild.com.au
Bankstown and Districts Lapidary Club Inc
Bankstown Arts Centre
5 Olympic Pde
Bankstown 2200
We are located in the new Bankstown Arts Centre at the corner of Olympic Pde and Dale Ave Bankstown
President: Beverley Hodder
Secretary: Michael Quinliven
Exhibition: First weekend in August annually
Tuition: Our club offers tuition for both juniors and seniors in all aspects of lapidary and allied crafts.
Meetings: Third Wednesday monthly at 12:30pm
Fees: Joining fees are family $10, adult $5, junior (under 16) $2. Annual fees are family $25, adult $15 and junior $5.
Phone : (02) 9796 7475 during opening hours
You can also ring Beverley on 9642 1267
FAX : 02 9796 7475
Email: swhod1948@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.bankstownlapidary.com
Batemans Bay Lapidary Club Inc
Batemans Bay Heritage Museum
No 3 Museum Place, Batemans Bay NSW 2536
Email Address: batemansbaylapidaryclub@gmail.com
Find us on Facebook for information of our activities and meetings.
Bathurst Lapidary & Collectors Club Inc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bathurstlapidarycollectorsclub
Club Location: The old Eglinton Fire Shed beside the tennis courts in the middle of Park Street, Eglinton (Bathurst).
Postal Address: PO Box 9156, West Bathurst NSW 2795
Contact:
Phone: Ernst Holland on 0427 373 661 or Paul Martensz on 0427 896 945
Email: niv.col@outlook.com (Niveska Hogg, secretary) or martensz.paul@gmail.com (Paul Martensz, treasurer)
Fees:
Adult membership: $20
Family membership: $30
Junior membership: $5
Using the lapidary machines is $5 per day and $0.50 per use of the larger saws.
Opening Hours:
Every Wednesday 9am – 12pm
& the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month 9am – 3pm (except December)
Meetings: first Monday of the month (except december and public holidays) at 7:30pm.
Field Trips: Undertaken throughout the year – searching for materials such as fossils, crystals, sapphires, gold, opals, gemstones, petrified wood etc
Blaxland Gem and Mineral Club inc
15 The Valley Rd, Valley Heights
PO Box 98
Blaxland NSW 2774
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bgamc/
Secretary: bgamcnsw@gmail.com
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9am – 12Noon;
Saturday (commencing Jan 2018) 9am – 12Noon.
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month starting at 9.30am
Activities: Cutting and polishing stones (cabochons), faceting, jewellery making, silverwork, field trips
Blue Mountains Lapidary Club
Progress Hall, corner Great Western Hwy and Noble St
Bullaburra NSW 2784
Postal: c/- 85 Railway Pde
Bullaburra NSW 2784
Club Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 5-7pm
Contact: Mick 0402 496 712
Byron Gem and Lapidary Club
Staceys Way, TYAGARAH. NSW. 2481
Campbelltown and Districts Lapidary Club Inc
Lot 1 Bensley Road
Macquarie Fields
PO Box 477
Ingleburn NSW 1890
Club Hours: Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 9 am to 1 pm, Fridays 5 pm to 9 pm
Fees: Joining fee $10 – paid once only. Annual membership fees: Single $20, Family $25, Pensioner $15. Annual insurance $10 per person. Juniors must be 12 years or older, and accompanied by an adult. Daily Workshop attendance fees are $5 per session.
Tuition: We teach cabochon cutting, faceting, beadwork.
General: Other activities include Annual Gem Show and Exhibition, Open days, Christmas party, field trips when organised.
For further information:
Phone: 02 9618 3206
Website: our website is currently being updated, please refer to:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Campbelltownlapidary
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/729556943815034/campbelltown-districts-lapidary-club/
Email: ctownlapidaryclub.secretary@gmail.com
Canberra Lapidary Club Inc
Tooms Place, Lyons ACT 2606
PO Box 577 Curtin ACT 2605
Contact: canberralapidary@gmail.com
Website: www.canberralapidary.org.au/
Casino Lapidary Club Inc
20 New Ballina Rd Lismore Hts NSW 2480
President: Lindsay Armstrong
Vice president: Ray Hamilton
Secretary: Val Armstrong 0428221061
Email: armstronglindsay42@gmail.com
Central Coast Lapidary Club Inc
10 Ourimbah Creek Road
PO Box 60
Ourimbah NSW 2258
Ph.: 02 4362 2246
Email: secretary@cclcinc.org
Activities: Faceting, cabbing, silverwork, enamelling, beading plus special workshops for casting, bone & gem carving and wire wrapping.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CentralCoastLapidaryClub/
Cessnock Gem & Mineral Club Inc
Hall Park – Stephen St
PO Box 467
Cessnock NSW 2325
Email: cessnockgemclub@gmail.com
Club Hours: Members meet in the club rooms each Saturday from 10am until around 4pm, and each Thursday from 12pm until around 5pm.
Field Trips: Undertaken throughout the year – searching for materials such as fossils, crystals, sapphires, gold, opals, gemstones, petrified wood etc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cessnock-Gem-and-Mineral-Club/583525408325316
Website: http://lapidaryworld.com/cessnock_gem_club
Coffs Harbour Lapidary & Associated Crafts Club Inc
Wedds Road Boambee
PO Box 98
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
President: John Eggleston
Fairfield And Districts Gemstone Club Inc
41 Canberra St,
St Johns Park 2176
Postal Address: PO Box 3A Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
Email fairfieldlapidary@gmail.com
Fossil Club of Australia Inc
Club Meets at Rooms of Parramatta-Holroyd Lapidary Club
73 Fullagar Road
Wentworthville NSW 2176
President: Laurie Brown 0418 247 980
Secretary: Albert Sequiera
Postal Address: 2 Hugh Place, Kings Langley NSW 2147
Ph 0402 879 266
Email: secretary@fossilclubaus.org.au
Website: http://www.fossilclubaus.org.au/
Glen Innes Mineral and Gem Club Inc – Glen Innes
The Secretary
Glen Innes Mineral & Gem Club Inc
33 East Avenue (PO Box 112)
Glen Innes NSW 2370
Please follow us on Facebook: Glen Innes Mineral & Gem Club Inc.
Club meetings from 9am on the first Saturday of each month
Monthly fossicking field trips
Weekly lapidary workshop sessions
Goulburn Gem and Lapidary Club Inc
Rear of McDermott Community Centre
163 Auburn Street
Goulburn NSW 2580
Postal Address: The Secretary
Goulburn Gem & Lapidary Club Inc.
12 Hawthorne Street
Goulburn 2580 NSW.
President: Joe O’Neil
Vice President: Eileen Smilie
Secretary: Sue O’Neil ph (H) 02 4822 4294 or (M) 0417 224 294
Meeting and Membership Details: The Club House is open Monday and Friday from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. Closed on public holidays. Beginners’ Class is on Wednesdays 4 pm to 6 pm.
Daily Fees are $5 per day per person.
We have juniors from 12 years.
Membership Fees including insurance are as follows.
Singles $25.00, Couples $35.00, Family $35.00, Junior $5.00. Beginners’ Class 5 week block to be paid in advance $15.00 plus membership for juniors and seniors.
All new and old members welcome!
Grafton Gem Club Inc
PO Box 68 Grafton NSW 2460
Email: graftongemclub@hotmail.com
Club phone: 0435583021 while sessions are in progress
Visits: Come and see us when we are open.
Grafton Gem Club meets at our clubrooms in the Grafton Showgrounds.
Sessions are held on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9am to 3pm and also on Thursday evenings from 4pm to 8pm.
Anyone is welcome to join however junior members must be over 12 years old and must be accompanied by an adult.
Hawkesbury Valley Lapidary Club Inc
Richmond School of Arts Annex
(entrance off March Street, near the Richmond Park end)
P.O. Box 179 Richmond NSW 2753
Club Activities: Wire Wrapping Classes, Silver Rings And Findings Classes, Gem Tree And Jewellery Class, Grinding, Shaping And Polishing Gemstones , Faceting Classes (Wednesday Night), Collecting Mineral And Fossils, Fossicking Trips.
Officers: President Garry Eather,
Secretary Rhonda Jones
Workshop Open:
Tuesday 12:30 to 3pm
Wednesday 6:30pm to 9pm
Saturday 9am to 2pm
2nd Saturday of every month is an Open Day.
Workshop Contacts· Garry Eather 0402 943 110
Hunter Valley Gemmology Club Inc
1 Maize Street, East Maitland NSW 2323 (In Plantation Reserve)
PO Box 166, East Maitland NSW 2323
Contact: 02 4934-7858 (please leave a msg if unattended)
President : Ian Fleming
Secretary : Lyn Walsh
Treasurer : Paul Livingston
Fees – Joining : $10:00 – Single and Family, $5:00 – Junior, Sub-Junior, Concession and Concession Family
Fees – Annual Membership : $20 – Single (over 18yrs), $48 – Family (2 Adults & 2 Children under 18yrs), $15 – Junior (16-18yrs), $10 – Sub-Junior (9-16yrs), $15 – Concession, $30 – Concession Family. Any new member pays the Annual Fee as per the quarter of the year in which they join plus the Joining Fee. If joining in February the Annual Fee will be pro rata 6 months plus the Joining Fee.
Open Day, always in the second half of the year.
Email: hvgcinc@iprimus.com.au
Website: www.hvgc.asn.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hunter-Valley-Gemmology-Club/406887089421578
Illawarra Lapidary Club Inc
Tarrawanna Community Hall
51 Meadow Street,
Tarrawanna NSW 2518
Postal Address
PO Box 117 Corrimal, NSW 2518
Secretary: Ellen Hogarth
Mineral meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month 6.30pm at club rooms ( except December )
Email secretary@illawarralapidaryclub.com.au
Website http://www.illawarralapidaryclub.com.au/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IllawarraLC/
Inverell and District Lapidary Club Inc
McIlveen Street, Inverell
(access via Medora Street off the Tingha Road)
PO Box 600
Inverell NSW 2360
Secretary: Ross Provis ph 6721 4563
Lapidary Club of NSW Inc
136 Reservoir Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
President: Martin Stiksel president@lcnsw.org
Secretary: Susan Fraser secretary@lcnsw.org
Annual Fees: Adults $60, Pensioners & concession card holders $30. Joining fee $10.
Club Hours:
Thursday: 12.00pm to 8.30pm
Saturday (recommended for new members): 10.00am to 4.00pm
Sunday: 12.00pm to 4pm
Workroom fee $7 per session
Club Activities: Cutting and polishing stones, jewellery making, silver work
Email info@lcnsw.org
Website https://www.lcnsw.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lapidary-Club-Of-NSW-564098913974589/
Established in 1953 LCNSW is the oldest lapidary club in Australia. Located in the centre of Sydney, we aim to share the knowledge and joy of working with precious stones and metal across the generations.
Lismore Gem and Lapidary Club Inc
Lismore Showground
Alexandra Parade
North Lismore NSW 2480
PO Box 743
Lismore NSW 2480
President: Rodney Knight 02 6624 6493
Secretary: Marcus Bebb
secretary@gemclublismore.org.au
Treasurer: Bruce Copper Ph 02 6688 8280
The club is one of the longest established clubs in country NSW, having been going for more than 50 years. A full range of lapidary activities is offered at the club workshops and regular fossicking trips are organised.
Workshop Hours: Tuesday 2pm – 9.30pm Thursday 9am – 12.30pm Saturday 1pm – 4.30pm
Meetings: Normally second Monday of the month at 7.30pm
Membership Fees: $15pa; workshop fee $3 per session
Website: http://www.gemclublismore.org.au
Macleay Gem and Mineral Club Inc – Nambucca-Macleay
Email macleaygemandmineralclub@gmail.com
President: Dallas Kemp
Secretary: Bev Mortensen
Workshop from 9 am Wednesdays and Fridays. Our meetings are 10 am 4th Sunday of the month at Macksville Showgrounds
Manning Valley Rock Hounds and Lapidary Club Inc
Contact Secretary: Jenny Summerville.
Mail address: PO Box 275 Taree NSW 2430
Meets every Saturday 10 am till 4 pm in the Grandstand Pavilion beneath the Grand Stand at Wingham Showground on the Gloucester Road.
Our club was formed in 2009 and has around 50 members. We have a well equipped workshop with everything a lapidary enthusiast could want. We teach faceting and cabbing to beginners, have some great fossicking adventures locally and away, and have an impressive Gem and Mineral Museum open to the general public every Saturday.
Manning Valley Rock Hounds Lapidary Club Gem and Mineral Museum website
http://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/manning-valley-rock-hounds-lapidary-club-gem-and-mineral-museum/
Club Flier Manning Valley Rockhounds Flyer 2016
Mineralogical Society of New South Wales Inc
Postal address: 58 Amazon Road Seven Hills NSW 2147
Website: http://minsocnsw.org.au/
The Society holds monthly lecture and mineral display meetings on the first Fridays of the months February to December unless that Friday is before a long weekend or is itself a public holiday, in which case the meeting is put back until the second Friday. Meetings start at 7.30pm and are held in the clubrooms of the Parramatta and Holroyd Lapidary Club at 73 Fullagar Rd, Wentworthville, Sydney – see map.
Annual membership fees are:
Adult membership, Sydney metropolitan area $30
Country and interstate adult membership $25
Non-adult or student membership $20
For more information, contact
The Secretary George Laking on (02) 9636 7145 Mobile 0468 387 899 email bglaking@tech2u.com.au
Or the President Dieter Mylius on (02) 9477 1060 Mobile 0412 516 193 or email dieterm@internode.on.net
Newcastle Lapidary Club Inc
2 Dora Road
Adamstown, NSW
PO Box 66 Adamstown NSW 2289
Ph:(02) 4952 9611
Email: newlap@gmail.com
Meetings: Tuesday – 9:00am to 2:00pm, Saturday – 10:00am to 4:00pm $ 4 per session
Fees: Single $22.00 (plus $7 joining fee); Couple $34.00 (plus $10 joining fee); Family $39.00 (plus $10 joining fee); Junior(12-16yrs) $12.00 (plus $6 joining fee).
Tuition: We teach silversmithing and casting, cabochon cutting and polishing, faceting, beadwork and jewellery making.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-Lapidary-Club/616736661717997
New England Lapidary and Fossicking Club Inc
PO Box 82
Uralla NSW 2358
President: Mick Tasik
Secretary: Kerry Tasik 0407 308 620
Email: nelfc@hotmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewEnglandGemClub
Meetings: The last Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm club room Uralla Showground
Lapidary Sessions: Usually once a month on 3rd Sunday of the Month (club room Uralla Showground) and are organised at the monthly meeting
Fossicking / Field Trips: Usually once a month on the 2nd Sunday of the Month and are organised at the meeting prior to the trip.
Membership Fees: Single $30 (Member over 18 yrs of age), Family $35 (2 adults – children under 18),
Northern Districts Lapidary Club Inc 
Beecroft
PO Box 59
Beecroft NSW 2119
Secretary: secretary@ndlapidary.org.au
Ph: 02 9484 0014
Website: https://www.ndlapidary.org.au
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ndlapidary
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northern-Districts-Lapidary-Club/273401459146
Orange Lapidary and Mineral Club Inc
Cultural Centre
Sale Street
Orange NSW 2800
PO Box 1234
Orange NSW 2800
Contact K Selwood 0437917074
Workshops: Wednesdays 9 – 12 noon and 7pm – 9pm
Parramatta Holroyd Lapidary Club Inc
73 Fullagar Road
Wentworthville NSW 2145
PO Box 334
Wentworthville NSW 2145
Website: parraholroydlapidaryclub.weebly.com
Email: phlclubsecretary@gmail.com
Ph: 02 9636 7843
Exhibition Date: please see Events Page
Port Macquarie Lapidary Club Inc
Port Macquarie Art and Craft Centre,
PO Box 177,
Port Macquarie, 2444
Street Address: cnr Gordon Street and Lake Road, Port Macquarie.
The Lapidary Group presently meets on Wednesdays from 9am for Silver Jewellery, and on Thursdays from 9 am for General Lapidary, including Faceting and Cabbing. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
Port Hacking Lapidary Club Inc
Port Hacking Lapidary Club Inc.
Gymea Community Centre,
Rear 39 Gymea Bay Road Gymea
Postal Address: The Secretary
Port Hacking Lapidary Club Inc.
PO Box 109 Gymea NSW 2227
President: Colin Wright coldel1@hotmail.com
Secretary: Cathy Fisher
Treasurer: Bob McLean
Club contact number 0477 098 781
Email: phlc@outlook.com
Rooty Hill and District Lapidary Club
Mail: PO Box 59, Rooty Hill NSW 2766
Clubroom: Rooty Hill School of Arts (rear of building), 32 Rooty Hill Rd (South), Rooty Hill NSW
Workshop hours: Tuesday 9am – 1pm; Thursday 6.30pm – 9pm; and Saturday 9am – 12.30pm.
Website: www.rhadlapidary.org.au
Email: secretary@rhadlapidary.org.au
Silver Plus Inc
Studio address: 4 Tumburra Street, Ingleside NSW 2101
Mailing address: c/- 73 Essilia Street, Collaroy Plateau NSW 2097
President: Susan Peacock
Secretary: Heidi Francis
Treasurer: Hanne Kambro
Public Officer: Jenny Williams
Email: silverplus.studio@gmail.com
Website: silverplusstudio.weebly.com
Tamworth Lapidary Club Inc
Tamworth Region
PO Box 3426W
West Tamworth 2340
109 Peel Street, Tamworth
C/- The Craft Centre, 109 Peel Street Tamworth, NSW 2340
President: Steve Fields
Vice President: Jo Illet
Treasurer: Robert Southwell
Secretary: Skye Jones 0451789136
All correspondence can be emailed to Skyejones1@bigpond.com
Meetings: Tuesday 7.00pm – 9.30pm (silver classes), Saturday 12.30pm – 3.30pm (Cabbing, Polishing and general activities), 3rd Wednesday of the month 7.00pm-9.30pm (General Meeting)
Field trips are irregular and are usually for lapidary material or fossils
Ulladulla District Lapidary Club
Club rooms at Dunn Lewis Centre, 141 St Vincent St, Ulladulla NSW 2539
Usually meet Tuesdays 10am – 2pm
mscurr1@aapt.net.au
Western Suburbs Lapidary Club Inc
Concord
Clubrooms: Concord Community Centre
1a Gipps Street
Concord 2137
President: Ainslie Flynn
Contact: Ainslie Flynn for information about workshop times
Ph: 02 9744 9949
General Meeting: 3rd Saturday in the month at 10am at the Clubrooms
Fees: $23 per year, Concession $15: Joining $20, Family $15: $3 per session (half day) at clubrooms.
Tuition: Cutting and polishing cabochons, faceting, gem trees, dichroic glass, enamelling, casting and silver jewellery.
Email: wslapidary@outlook.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028020776937
Wingala Lapidary Arts & Crafts Groups Inc
at Freshwater on Sydney’s Northern Beaches
Club House at Harbord Park,
Wyadra Avenue, Harbord.
PO Box 111 Harbord 2096
For further details please contact:-
President – Ken Bennett 0408 400 603
Vice Pres – Ron Clancy 0402 274 99
Email: info@wingalalapidary.org
Membership Details:
Annual Membership $70.00 year including insurance.
Joining fee $30
Plus $5 per session, for use of all equipment, tea and coffee.
Workshop Times:
Monday 10.00am General lapidary, silver work, etc
Wednesday 09.30am General lapidary, silver work, etc
Thur Eve 7.00pm General lapidary, carving
We are also open on other days for special events and classes.
Website: https://wingalalapidary.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/430323628024920