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Newsletter October 2014

NEWS from Farrer Place

Queanbeyan & District Historical Museum Society Inc.

From the Editors IthasbeenanexcitingfewmonthswithlotsofenjoyableandsuccessfuleventsattheMuseumtoreporton.Eds:KerrieRuth&NancyMonk.

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Queanbeyan and District Historical Museum

Society Inc.

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Affiliated with the Royal Australian Historical Society

In this Issue Pageone–FromthePresidentPageone–DatesforyourDiaryPageone–AGMNoticePagetwo–OralHistoryUpdatePagetwo–SocietyExcursionPagetwo–ThankyoutodonorsPagetwo–AcquisitionsPagethree–BookCataloguingPagethree–Cataloguer’sUpdatePagethree–QbnHospital’sOwlPagethree–IsabellaStSchool‐150Pagefour–PictureGallery

Important Dates for Your Diary! Tocontactus:sendane‐mailto

qbnmuseum@yahoo.com.autotheattentionofwhoyouwanttocontactandyourmessagewillbepassedontotheappropriateperson.President0262972730

Museum River Festival Stall – Drop in and say hello - Sat 11th October by The Queanbeyan River 12 - 4

Tour of Glenburn / Burbong Historic site - Hosted by Friends of Glenburn Sunday 12 October 9.30 - 3.30 Meet @Museum @9.30 for car share FREE New Museum Exhibition - The Sesquicentenary of Public Education in Queanbeyan from 25th October @Museum

QDHMS Inc. AGM Monday December 8 2014 at 6.30 pm

@Queanbeyan Museum to receive President, Treasurer, Membership Secretary

Reports and Election of Office Bearers Office Bearer and Committee Nominations to the Secretary

QDHMS Inc. PO Box 480 Queanbeyan 2620 by December 1st 2014

e-mail The Secretary qbnmuseum@yahoo.com.au for nomination forms

QDHMS Memberships fall due in April and October each year

OnceagainweareapproachingtheendofanotherhighlysuccessfulyearfortheMuseumandtheSociety.Don’tmissoutonvisitingtheMuseumtoseeGillian’slatesttriumph,theRedCrossExhibition.Itwasgoodtohavetheco‐operationoftheRedCrossandtheQueanbeyanQuilters.OurSocietyaimstoreachouttothecommunity.Cometotheexcursionadvertisedelsewhereinthisnewsletter.CometotheAGMon8DecemberandnominatetojointheCommittee.Jointhevolunteersontheweekends,WednesdayorThursdayattheMuseumtocontributetoandenjoythemanytaskstobeperformed.Wearebusyresearching,showinggroupsthroughfromschoolsandcommunitygroups,describingandcataloguingthecollection,helpingwithexhibitions,providingon‐lineresourcesabouttheMuseumandhistory,contributingtoQuinbeanetcetc.Congratulationstoallinvolvedandawarmwelcometothenewbatchofvolunteersbutwecanalwaysdowithmore! JohnMcGlynn

Photoonright:MrsValerieSmithandNormaRoachcuttingour45thBirthdayCake

ABriefOverviewofitsHistory:ItwasaveryearlyEuropeansettlement–1831.itbecameathrivingsmallruralcommunitywithmanyfamilies,mostworkingforabsenteelandlordsoronsmall(40acre)holdings;theyworkedhardandplayedhardforexampleabachelors’ballwasheldin1895,dancesandafarewellfunctionin1906;ithaditsownpublicschoolfrom1882to1906;byearly1900sitwas‘finished’–poorfarmingland,rabbits/haresandgeneraleconomicconditions;wearefortunatethatsomuchremains(muchoftheareaisnotsuitableforpines);andweneedtoprotectandconservewhatremains.TherehasbeenverysignificantworkbyACTParksandConservationServiceandTheFriendsofGlenburn.Butmuchmoreneedstobedone.WhatwewillseeTheGlenburnshearingshedcomplex.Originsin1860.UntilrecentlywastheoldestoperatingshedintheACT.Badcondition.Noprotectionorconservationworkhasbeendone.TheColverwellgravescommemoratethedrowningoftwolittleColverwellgirlsin1837.TheoldestmarkedgravesintheACTwererestoredin2005.CoppinsHomesteadRuins(1891)andOrchard(formorningtea).Protectionandconservationworktoliberatechimneyandseparatefireplacefromblackberries.OsageOrangetree.KowenPublicSchoolsite(1882to1906).Closeyoureyesandimaginetheconditionsthechildrenexperienced.CharcoalKilnssite(WW2).GlenburnHomestead(1897and1900)(forlunch).Onamuchlargerpropertythantheothers.FamilymovedtoGlencoe(northernNSW)because,notwithstandingsome2000acres,couldnotmakeagoofit.Theharedriveof1895.Theirfarewellpartywasheldin1906.ColliersHomesteadRuins(1880)andOrchard).AudacityoftheCampbellsofDuntroon(buildingasubstantialstonehomeonlandtheydidnotown).TheBachelorsBallin1895.SiteofCurleysHomesteadandOrchard.Jumbleofrocksonlyrecentlyuncoveredafterliberatingthemfromblackberries.Thehomesteadwasasubstantialhome.FurtherInformation–seeNationalParksAssociationoftheACTwebsitewww.npaact.org.auandclickonFriendsofGlenburn,andGlenburnandBurbong.ColMcCalisterTourLeader,FriendsofGlenburn

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Queanbeyan’s Living History Oral History Project Continues

Society Excursion - A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY

NO MORE – THE GLENBURN/BURBONG HISTORIC

PRECINCT IN THE KOWEN FOREST, ACT

Theoralhistoryprojectiscontinuing.MarilynhasbeeninterviewingBillGreyandJimWoods.IhavecompletedmyinterviewwithAboriginalelder,EthelBaxterandinterviewedBishopPatPower.Weareaddingtoourlistofpeopletointerviewandsomeofthenewvolunteersareinterestedinparticipating.Weheldameetingon4thDecemberattheMuseum.EveryoneiswelcometojointheOralHistorygroup,juste‐mailusattheMuseum. JohnMcGlynn

NealGowenwhosefatherwasapastPresidentoftheSocietymadecontactwithusatour45thBirthdayparty.NealhasverykindlydonateddigitalcopiesofhisFather’sphotoalbumtotheMuseumcollection.ThedonationwasverytimelyastwoofthephotographsofNeal’sAuntNoelineScarlett(neeDuncan)intheJuniorRedCross,havebeenusedinournewestExhibition‐100yearsofQueanbeyanRedCross. KerrieRuth

Queanbeyan Museum is Supported by

Queanbeyan City Council

Acquisitions

Thank you to our generous donors:

M Budakoski N Donoghoe J & R Hill H Quince K Willis E Rawlings M Clements P Dennis D Quane O Warren R Curry

Red Cross photos from Neal Gowen’s collection. Right: Junior Red Cross, marching in 8 Hour Day parade Qbn, 1941. Below: Noeline Scarlett (nee Duncan) in her Junior Red Cross uniform, 1941.

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OurnewestExhibitioncelebratingIsabellaStreet’s150years,

iscurrentlybeingputtogetherbyourindefatigableCurator

GillianKelly.Gillianreportsthattheexhibitionwillopenat

theMuseumtocoincidewiththeSchools’s150th

anniversaryof28thOctober.QPSisamongsttheoldestpublic

schoolsinruralNSW.Theexhibitionisnotacomprehensive

historybutwillfeaturealargecollectionofphotographs,and

objectsfromthecollection:gownandtrencher,schoolport,

boy'sleathershoulderbag,girl’sschooluniformandother

QPSrelatedobjectssuchasaLeavingCerificate,copiesof

reportcards,exercisebooks,aQueanbeyanIntermediate

HighSchoolBadge,andotherbadges.Dropintothe

Museumfromthe25thOctoberandcheckitout!

ARAREEVENTTheSesquicentenaryofPublicEducationinQueanbeyan

Forthelastfewweeks,Ihavebeenassistingwithcataloguingobjectsfromthecollection,andassistingintheproductionoftwoexhibitions,100YearRedCrossCallingandtheforth‐coming150YearspfQueanbeyanPublicSchool.Inaddition,Ihavebeenworkingonpackagingandphotographingacollectioncomprising3578‐rpmshellacdiscs,whichwillbefeaturedonthe45PiecesofQueanbeyanonlineexhibitionalongwithaportablegramophone.ThecollectionwasdonatedbyMurielHaslerandplayedbyalocalfamilywhoweredescendentsofBlewittsofLobbHole.Photographingthisrecordcollectionmademereflectontheprogressofsoundtechnology.AstodaywetendtostoremusicinthecloudpurchasedvirtuallyfromItunes,asingletrackorawholeset,andlistentoitinasmallportabledevice,acomputer,tabletorphone.Thisparticular78‐rpmcollectionprovidesusaglimpseofmusicplayedanddancedtoinQueanbeyanduringthe1920s.TrackssuchasAThousandMilesfromHere,1924playedbyCarlFenton’sOrchestraorHi,HotheMerrio,1926byIrvingAaronson,describesthemusicalzeitgeistofthe1920s,thefirstonewithdarklyricsyetinabrighttune,andthesecondonedescribingamanbeinghappyandinlove.WhetherthismusicwaslimitedtoprivatehouseholdsItendtothinkthefoxtrotwasthehip‐hopofitsgeneration,loud,edgyandfashionableforward,afterallitbecamepopularandfashionableacrosstheworldafterthefirstGreatWar.Mostofthe78sinthiscollectionwereproducedbyRegal,Brunswick,Parlophone,ZonophoneandColumbiarecords.Theyare10inchesor25cmsindiameteranddoublesidedcontainingonlytwotracks.Eachtracklastsapproximately3minutes45seconds.Advertisingslogansas‘Surfacesmoothasglass’or‘HisMastersVoice’or‘TwoGoodSelectionsonEveryBrunswickRecord’werecatchyphrasescompaniesusedtoadvertisethese.Asanoteofinterest,allthese78shaveaminiatureroyaltystampgluedontotherecord’slabel.Thisstampreflectstheroyaltiespaidtotheartistsbytherecordcompanies.XimenaBricenoXimenaBriceno

From the Registrar, Cataloguer, Museum Assistant

Book Cataloguing Project

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TheOwlwasoriginallyinstalledabovetheair‐conditioningunits"tokeepthepigeonsaway".FakeowlsonbuildingsareapartofEuropeanfolklore.TheOwlhadbeentheroofsince1974whentheextensionwasopenedbySirRodenCutler,whowasinQueanbeyantoalsounveilaplaquedeclaringQueanbeyanacity.ListedintheQDHHeritageReportin2006theowlthenresidedintheMaintenanceStaffOffice.FollowingbuildingthenewHospitaltheowlwasinstalledonabuildinginthecourtyardhousingthe'ReflectionRoom'.Thisfeaturewallisofredbrickfrom1933hospitalfrontage. NancyMonk

Queanbeyan Hospital’s Owl

Theprojectisprogressingwell.Thefollowingmuchreferredtobookshavenowbeenrebound‐QueanbeyanPioneerCemeteries,3VolumesandtheIndexandRexCross’sBygoneQueanbeyan. KarenMoore

Our 45th Birthday Party

It’s all happening at the Queanbeyan Museum! - Photo Gallery

Queanbeyan History Week 2014

Launch of Red Cross Queanbeyan 100 Years - Exhibition

45 Pieces of Queanbeyan

Right:Fourobjectsfromour45PiecesofQueanbeyanOnLineExhibition:MonkFiddleVictoriaHotelMantelDogsWrightsStoreJournalWilcox&GibbsSewingMachinePhotographsbyXimenaBriceno

45th Birthday

Party

Farewell Peter!

WehadaveryenjoyabledinnertofarewellPeterConlon.PicshowsPeterunwrappinghisfarewellpresent–½dozenbottlesofvinotoenjoyinhisretirement!

AboveBeautifulquiltpiece"StarofWonder"bySandraStill

Right:DorothyHolgate(neeGray)daughterofSergeantW.Gray,wholivedintheMuseumbuilding,withourBirthdayCake.Belowleft:CrTrudyWoodsspokeatourBirthdaypartyBelowright:RachelWrightfromThreeSidesMarketinglaunched45PiecesofQueanbeyan

AboveBillHopkinswithhis1929ModelTLeft