Posts Categorized: Events
Stephens Shire
This Saturday Annerley-Stephens History Group is organising the conference on the history of Stephens Shire. I thought I would write few words about the locality. Below is also a short note from the organisers explaining what to expect on a day. Annerley-Stephens History Group Inc in conjunction with The Royal Historical Society of Queensland - STORIES... Read more »
Brisbane Open House 2015 – Day 2
Today I will share with you my second day at Brisbane Open House 2015. I wrote about the event in my previous post here. On Saturday I was volunteering at the Museum of Brisbane and didn’t have much time to explore heritage treasures, so my Sunday list was quite busy. Did you know that the Commissariat Store... Read more »
Brisbane Open House 2015 – Day 1
At the beginning of October there was a feast for heritage and architecture lovers. The Brisbane Open House weekend was held for the 6th time this year and it gets bigger every year with over 90 buildings participating this time. The concept of opening buildings to public started in London in 1992 “as a small, not-for-profit organisation to... Read more »
“Distant Lines” – exhibition at State Library of Queensland
On 11th April I went to a “community day of reflection packed with free music events, workshops and activities, talks, curator’s tours, and exclusive performances by Queensland Symphony Orchestra” in conjunction with exhibition “Distant Lines – Queensland Voices of First World War”. It is a free exhibition and runs from 4th April till 15th November so you still… Read more »
“The View From Here” – Exhibition at Museum of Brisbane
Two weeks ago I was at the Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network‘s members’ seminar at the City Hall and participated in Curatorial Tour of Museum of Brisbane. We were split into groups and my group went for a tour with Phil Manning – curator of “The View from Here” exhibition. I have visited this exhibition before but… Read more »
Cooinda – the happy place and NAIDOC Week
When I came to Australia 8 years ago my first home was at Cooinda Street. I didn’t know what “cooinda” means and as there was a lot of new things around I must admit I didn’t check it back then. Recently when I started thinking about this blog I have checked it and found out… Read more »