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.
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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We had a very busy year last year with Queanbeyan’s 175th Birthday Celebrations. The celebrations started with a bang with an historical film screening:
Queanbeyan’s Moving Memories
We began the year with our involvement with Queanbeyan City Council’s film screening : Queanbeyan’s Moving Memories. Members assisted with the original concept and choice of historic film clips and the Feature Film Around The Boree Log (Australia 1925) from the NFSA collection. This silent film was adapted from the poems of John O’Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan) and tells of a priest’s life around the southern highlands in the 1870s. Council assisted by hanging the Museum’s 1920s Cinema Curtain in the Foyer of The Q Theatre. We also provided a slide show of historic photographs which screened before the screening and at interval, and a display about the history of cinema going in Queanbeyan. There were two sold out shows, showing that locals are keenly interested in their town’s history. The clips of billy cart races, robbing bees at Burra and the Raiders win in 1989 were popular. Check out part of the Raiders clip on the NFSA website: http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2013/09/09/canberra-raiders-1989-grand-final-heroes/
There were many requests for a DVD of the chosen historical clips. This may be a project the Museum could undertake in the future.
Almost 90 years old!
For more information on the history of cinema in Queanbeyan go to our media page
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