Capital history in the news

Alfred Deakin creating a nation | An exhibition celebrating the life and achievements of one of Australia's most significant prime ministers, Alfred Deakin, is now showing at Parliament House until 2 February 2020. 

Vogue opens its archives for new Canberra exhibition | The National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition commemorating Vogue’s 60th year in Australia has opened. Most of the magazine’s archive was lost about 30 years ago in a fire, but for the exhibition, generations of covers and pages have been painstakingly digitised. Women in Vogue Celebrating Sixty Years in Australia runs until 24th November 2019.

 Mervs still waiting for Manuka Pool to reopen | 97-year-old Merv Knowles is annoyed that the delay in refurbishing the historic Manuka Pool has led to the late opening of the pool’s Summer swim season. Article explains Merv’s long association with Canberra’s most historic pool. 

Hackett the story of a north Canberra suburb | Chris Mobbs, Chair of the Hackett Community Association has helped put together Hackett 50 years plus – Story of a North Canberra suburb, which is on sale at the local IGA.

Acknowledgement: The image above is of Alfred Deakin (1905) who is the subject of a new exhibition at Parliament House. It comes from the State Library of Victoria. Note this image is not in copyright. See acknowledgement page for full details.

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