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Exhibition | Off The Shelf | 2 November 2019 – 22 March 2020
We are happy to announce that The State Library of New South Wales has an new exhibition called “Off the Shelf” which will run from November 2nd 2019 until the 22nd March 2020!
Quick-Fire Session | Living with the Hume Dam | 28 November 2019
Join river system and dam managers, environmentalists, historians, photographers and musicians as they share stories and reflect on the centenary of Hume Dam.
Launch | “Fifty Blue Mountains Openings ~ Tracks, Lookouts, Monuments … and a few surprises” | 9 November 2019
Join the Blue Mountains Historical Society and Mountain’s historian, John Low, on Saturday 9 November as they launch Keith Painter’s latest book | ‘Fifty Blue Mountains Openings: Tracks, Look Outs, Monuments… and a few surprises’.
Annual Event | 2019 Sydney Harbour Jacaranda Cruise | 10 November 2019
Tantalise your senses & set sail with the Australian Garden History Society for a scenic cruise of Sydney Harbour!
Forum | Arab, Australian, Other: Writer’s Forum | 2 November 2019
Life as an Arab-Australian has its own unique challenges. Join FCMG featured artist, Amani Haydar with her co-contributors, Rawah Arja, Sara Saleh, Sarah Ayoub and Zainab Kadhim, of the new publication, Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity.
Talk | Pine Gap: The Inside Story of the NSA in Australia | 2 November 2019
The City of Canada Bay Heritage Society invites you to join us to hear a talk by David Rosenberg on Pine Gap at the City of Canada Bay Museum 1 Bent Street, Concord on Saturday, 2nd November, 2019 at 1:30 for 2:00 pm sharp.
Activity | Painting Workshop with Amani Haydar | 9 November 2019
Join FCMG featured artist and Archibald Prize Finalist Amani Haydar, for this fun and informal painting class for all ages and abilities.
In conversation | “The Shelf Life of Zora Cross” by Cathy Perkins | 7 & 18 November 2019
Cathy’s book, The Shelf Life of Zora Cross, will be published on 1 November by Monash University Publishing.
Talk | ‘Jane and D’Arcy-Folly is not always Folly’ | 9 November 2019
When | Saturday, 9 November 2019 | 2:00pm til 3:30pm Where | Sydney Mechanic School of Arts, Mitchell Theatre, Level 1, SMSA Building, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney. No bookings required. Image Credit | Portrait from "The Novels of Jane Austen."...
Talk | ‘Murder, manslaughter, suicide, mishap’ | 12 October 2019
Please join our member organisation, City of Sydney Historical Association & Dr Catie Gilchrist, Honorary Associate Dept of History Sydney University in a discuss about her new book: ‘Murder, manslaughter, suicide, mishap’ – the very public business of determining death in colonial Sydney.
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