Posted some photographs from the launch of National Archeological Week at the Queanbeyan Museum on May 18. Interesting to see what was found at the early settlers’ cottages at Googong and Crinigans and to talk to the Archaeologists about their tools of the trade. Notice the number of clay pipe stems found, it seems pipe smoking was popular with both women and men. You may recall seeing historical photographs of the ladies with their pipes.
Queanbeyan Museum, 10 Farrer Place, Queanbeyan
Official Launch of National Archaeology Week, ‘Friends of Archaeology’
by Councillor Peter Bray, Deputy Mayor of Queanbeyan
Free
Followed by:
Local artefacts can help to tell stories of local sites and the families that lived in this region in the early days of settlement.
with Helen Cooke, President, Canberra Archaeological Society (CAS), Marilyn Folger, descendant of early settlers and Queanbeyan District Historical Museum Society, and others.
The Museum will be closed over Easter 18-21 April, however we have two great events for you shortly after:
Come along and taste Karen’s home cooked ANZAC biscuits.
Queanbeyan Museum Honorary Curator Gillian Kelly, will give a Floor Talk about the newest Queanbeyan Museum Exhibition Post Haste
Come along and hear the fascinating story of Ernie Beaver’s Morse Coder amongst other gems. The Exhibition celebrates the themes of:
How postal services arrived
The post offices….where they were and the services they offered
The post man arrives
The telegraph
The telephone
Exhibition Curator Gillian Kelly says “It is amazing how early the postal service began in Queanbeyan. 1836 was two years before the town’s proclamation in 1838.”
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