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Up-coming heritage-related events, conferences, workshops and seminars around the State.
Plain and Fancy: Quilts from the National Quilt Register
Developed to celebrate the launch of the National Quilt Register, the exhibition includes quilts and needlework from Australia's pioneering women as well as computer terminals to access the Register. Compiled by the Pioneer Women's Hut in Tumbarumba, the Register documents over 1,000 quilts made by Australian women between 1850 and 1965. Visit the exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum or view the National Quilt Register at www.amol.org.au/nqr.
Venue:
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Date:
Until 2002
Enquiries:
(02) 9217 0111
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Sydney's 19th Century Italian Artists and Artisans seminar
The Historic Houses Trust, together with Co.As.It Heritage, presents this special forum exploring the legacy of Sydney's 19th century Italian circle. A panel of speakers will look at the work of the painters, sculptors, musicians, carvers and gilders, picture-frame makers and modellers who made their own distinctive contributions to the cultural life of 19th century Sydney. $15. Bookings essential.
Venue:
Casa d'Italia, 67 Norton Street, Leichhardt
Date:
6 October 2pm - 6pm
Enquiries:
Historic Houses Trust (02) 9518 6866
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Federation: Engineering a Nation 2001
11th National Conference on Engineering Heritage
The conference program has been planned to trace the influences on engineering in the colonies leading in the 19th century. It will look at the engineering achievements that were made possible by Federation.
Venue:
Old Parliament House, Canberra
Date:
8-10 October 2001
Enquiries:
(02) 6273 1314, email: blowe@ieaust.org.au
Website:
www.ieaust.org.au/canberra
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Fifties Houses: Plus or Minus
This display reviews the survival stories of a selection of fifties houses featured in a 1961 architectural exhibition, Fifteen Sydney Houses - a small cross section of influential domestic architecture by emerging Sydney School modernists.
Venue:
Rose Seidler House, 71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga
Date:
From 28 October, Sundays 10am - 5pm
Enquiries:
(02) 9989 8020
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Meet the Architects
A series of talks by leading 20th century architects at Rose Seidler House.
Bruce Robertson 28th October, 6pm - 8pm
Bruce Robertson and business partner, Tom Hindmarsh, established a building company in the late 1950s to develop, design and build complexes of apartments and town houses. $25. Bookings essential.
Scott Robertson and Sheridan Burke 18 November, 6pm - 8pm
Architects associated with the exhibition Fifties Houses: Plus or Minus will be joined by some of the speakers from Meet the Architects series for a discussion about the heritage conservation issues facing mid-century heritage places. $25. Bookings essential.
Venue:
Rose Seidler House, 71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga
Enquiries:
Historic Houses Trust (02) 9518 6866
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Set in Stone
Discover the stories behind some of North Sydney's significant and unusual monuments and memorials. This exhibition will explore what is remembered and how events, people and places are commemorated.
Venue:
Don Bank Museum, 6 Napier Street, North Sydney
Date:
Until 12 December, Wednesdays & Sundays
Enquiries:
Leonie Masson, (02) 9936 8400
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Woodford Academy, and other Private Venture Schools in the Blue Mountains
National Trust Centenary of Federation Lecture Series. This lecture will focus on the stories of Blue Mountains schools: Woodford Academy School, Osborne Ladies' College, Springwood Ladies College, Stratford School for Girls and the Blue Mountains Grammar School. Conducted by three local historians, it will include a tour of the Woodford Academy. $15 Bookings essential.
Venue:
Woodford Academy, Woodford
Date:
3 November, 11am - 1pm
Enquiries:
WEA Sydney, (02) 9264 2781
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Recovering the Landscape of Experiment Farm Cottage
National Trust Centenary of Federation Lecture Series. The site of Australia's first land grant, made by convict farmer James Ruse in 1789, retained its setting until the 1920s when it was subdivided for a suburban road. The National Trust has been able to reconstruct the 19th century garden setting by removing the imposed 20th century suburban layer. The lecture will cover the process of reconstruction including analysis of the site, and documentary and photographic evidence.
Venue:
Experiment Farm Cottage, Parramatta
Date:
10 November, 11am - 1pm
Enquiries:
WEA Sydney, (02) 9264 2781
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Dealing with the Past in the Future
For detailed program of the Royal Australian Historical Society conference in Sydney, consult the RAHS webpage at www.rahs.org.au
Venue:
Faculty of Nursing
University of Sydney, Camperdown
Date:
3-4 November 2001
Enquiries:
(02) 247 8001
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The Pleasure Grounds and Gardens of Old Government House
National Trust Centenary of Federation Lecture Series. Using pictorial, documentary and archaeological evidence, Michael Lehany will show how in 1804 Anna Josepha King, wife of Governor Philip Gidley King, planted a pleasure garden here and how from 1812 Elizabeth Macquarie created the picturesque landscape which still characterises Parramatta Park to this day.
Venue:
Old Government House, Parramatta
Date:
10 November, 2pm - 4pm
Enquiries:
WEA Sydney, (02) 9264 2781
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Heavy Horse and Heritage Weekend
Clydesdales, Shires, Percherons and Draught Horses performing in competitions and demonstrations at Belgenny Farm.
Venue:
Belgenny Farm, Camden
Date:
10-11 Novemer, 10am - 4pm
Enquiries:
(02) 4655 9651
Website:
www.belgennyfarm.com.au
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20th Century Heritage: Our Recent Cultural Legacy
A 2001 Australia ICOMOS National Conference
This conference looks at the heritage of the last 100 years. Are there different issues involved in the protection of our recent heritage? How do we identify heritage and how do we save it? What are the things we want to keep?
From architecture to roads, gardens, art installations and archaeological sites, this conference opens up debate on preserving and identifying our recent cultural legacy.
Venue:
Adelaide, South Australia
Date:
28 November - 1 December 2001
Enquiries:
All Occasions Management (08) 8354 2285
Email:
ICOMOC@all-occasions.com.au
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Ports and Port Cities
Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA)
This year the annual conference will focus on the archaeology, preservation, interpretation and research into historic port structures, port related terrestrial sites, and submerged maritime/ riverine sites such as shipwrecks, lighthouses and jetties.
Venue:
Deakin University Woolstores Campus Foreshore, Geelong
Date:
2 - 6 December
Enquiries:
Ross Anderson (02) 9655 9721
Website:
aima.iinet.net.au
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Maritime History Beyond 2000: Visions of Sea And Shore
International Conference on Maritime History and Heritage presented by the Australian Association for Maritime History.
Venue:
West Australian Maritime Museum
Date:
11-14 December 2001
Enquiries:
mh2001@murdoch.edu.au
Website:
mh2001.murdoch.edu.au
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