Capital history in the news
Exhibitions to see
Plenty to see at Hall School Museum | The Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre is now open on Sunday afternoon from 12.00-4.00pm and Thursday mornings from 9.00-12.00pm. Visitors can view the main display and two exhibitions A Tale of Two Villages and Fooling around in flannels about cricket on the Limestone Plains.
Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers will soon be on display at the new blockbuster at the National Gallery of Australia | The National Gallery of Australia has taken charge of Vincent Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers in the lead up to the opening of Botticelli to Van Gogh, the Gallery’s next blockbuster opening on 5 March.
Piinpi, a new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia, showcases contemporary fashion design by First Nations artists | Piinpi, a new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia showcases contemporary works by Indigenous fashion designers from across the country It is Australia's first major survey of contemporary Indigenous fashion. Showing until 8 August.
Exhibitions to tell public service's story at Old Parliament House | Assistant minister for the public service Ben Morton announced on Friday the federal government would spend $5 million for the Australian Public Service Commission to design and install a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Other news
The haunting mystery of Juanita Nielsen - and the Canberra connection | Peter Rees, Canberra journalist and author is an authority on the unsolved 1975 disappearance of Juanita Nielsen having written the book Killing Juanita in 2004. A documentary about Juanita is being made and the filmmaker is keen to connect with Canberran school friends of Juanita. If you did know Juanita please think about contacting Peter at peterees@netspeed.com.au.
If only these walls could talk | ArchivesACT Article about researching the history of settlements and houses in the ACT using the Government Property & Tenancy Register which is in the process of being completely digitised. See here for the Register.
Acknowledgement: Love to hear that the Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre has an exhibition about cricket on the Limestone Plains. The image above is of a local ladies cricket team photographed in about 1910 near Weetangera Lane on Peter Shumack’s property Fernhill. It comes from the National Library of Australia. Details are here. Does anyone know the names of the women photographed? Please contact us here if you can. It would be great to have them identified.
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