| Saturday 11 September 2010 |
| Author Talk: Kevin Golsby on Once More to be Free |
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In a career spanning over fifty years, Kevin Golsby has become arguably the most widely recognised voice in Australian commercial radio and television. Join him as he discusses his latest book, Once More to be Free, a true story tracing the lives of five convicts set in the early years of Sydney colonisation.
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Time: 11:00am-12:00pm Sep 11 Cost: Free
Venue: Meeting Room, Manly Library, Market Place, Manly
Bookings: Manly Library www.manly.nsw.gov.au/Library.html (02) 99761747 |  |
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| Cindric: Sydney's Trolley Man |
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Curator Dr Charles Pickett tells the story of one of Sydney's most curious characters: Joso Cindric, known to many in Sydney's central business district as the 'Trolley Man', for 40 years or more he trudged the same lonely path. Plus short film The Inhabitant.
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Time: 11:00am-11:30am Sep 11 Cost: Free with Open Day admission:$25 family/$8 adult/$5 child/conc
Venue: Resource Room, Powerhouse Discovery Centre, 172 Showground Road, Castle Hill
Enquiries: Powerhouse Discovery Centre castlehill.powerhousemuseum.com (02) 9762 1300 | |
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| Art for A Changing World |
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Designer Liane Rossler and TV Presenter Nell Schofield, members of Al Gore's Climate Change Leadership Project, talk about how artists are addressing climate change.
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Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm Sep 11 Cost: Free
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay West, Sydney
Enquiries: Museum of Contemporary Art www.mca.com.au (02) 9245 2462 | |
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| Hong Kong to NSW: Chinese Labourers in Australia in the 19th Century |
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As part of History Week Dr Elizabeth Sinn, University of Hong Kong, tells the story of the thousands of Chinese migrants who came to Australia in the 19th-Century and how many of their needs while away from home were supported by charities in Hong Kong.
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Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm Sep 11 Cost: Free
Venue: Powerhouse Museum , 500 Harris Street, Ultimo
Enquiries: feehan www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/ (02) 92672711 |  |
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| Biodiversity and The Arts |
| What does biodiversity have to do with the Arts? Novelist Alexis Wright; Cosmologist Bryan Gaensler; Cultural Theorist Brett Neilson; Philosopher Nikolas Kompridis; and Biologist George (Buz) Wilson challenge us to rethink what biodiversity means to us. |
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Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm Sep 11 Cost: $35/$25 members
Venue: Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney
Bookings: Australian Museum www.australianmuseum.net.au/members 02 9320 6225 | |
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| The Art of Faith: A Journey to Soul |
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Dr Dawne Domah shares a personal account of a transformative experience through art and uses Shamanism, Depth Psychology and Jungian and Archetypal Studies to demonstrate that the arts can affect and alter imbalances in spiritual and cultural values.
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Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm Sep 11 Cost: $25/$20 conc/$10 members incl refreshments
Venue: Level 2, 484 Kent St, 484 Kent St, Sydney
Enquiries: C G Jung Society of Sydney www.jungdownunder.com (02)92901519 | |
| Sunday 12 September 2010 |
| A Natural Garden: Is There Any Such Thing? |
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UK garden historian Dr Janet Waymark teases out the evolution of the natural, informal with native plants, garden movement and asks is there any such thing, or are gardens just artificial but with natural elements? Her book Modern Garden Design: Innovation since 1900 is a classic.
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Time: 5:00am-7:30pm Sep 12 Cost: $30/$20 AGHS/RAHS members incl refreshments. Booking and prepayment essential
Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Enquiries: Australian Garden History Society www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au (02) 9997 5995 |  |
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| Calculating Women |
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Curator Kerrie Dougherty tells the story of the women who did the tedious mathematical calculations for the missile and rocket projects at the Woomera Rocket Range, before and during the early days of electronic computers.
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Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm Sep 12 Cost: Free with Museum admission $10 adult/$6 conc
Venue: level 2, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
Bookings: Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/talks (02) 9217 0417 | |
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