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President's Report 2014-15
The Museum held a very successful AGM on Saturday September 19, 2015. The President's Report can be read here.
A highlight of the morning was the granting of Life Membership to Mike and Judy Hines, who have raised many thousands of dollars for the Museum through coordinating the marmalade-making enterprise and their careful stewardship of the Museum's cumquat orchard.
The guest speakers - Stephanie Lindquist and Dr Robert Riddell - spoke about curating the Straddie Style exhibition at the Redland Art Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the beach-style architecture at Point Lookout. Their talk was a fascinating insight into the changing face of beach shacks.
The Straddie Island Singers entertained the crowd with a great set of new songs.
Jamboree
A dozen volunteers turned up to our community jam-making day...in a couple of hours we made 67 jars of cumquat marmalade, learnt some new skills and had a lot of fun!
Marmalade-making is one of our most important fundraising enterprises.
Stradbroke 100
The Museum has produced a beautiful booklet to accompany the'Stradbroke 100 - North Stradbroke Island's First World War Soldiers and the Homefront' exhibition.
It contains all the information and photographs from the exhibition, plus more.
It costs $15 from the Museum, or we can post it to you for a bit extra. Contact us if you'd like a copy.
The exhibition heads to Cleveland soon, so you can pop into the Redlands Museum to see it if you've missed out.
Remembrance Day
To commemorate Remembrance Day, we have a small exhibition of items from the personal collection of Dunwich resident Bill Giles.
Bill's father enlisted in the Australian Light Horse in 1917, and kept photographs, handbooks and artefacts from his war service in the Western Front.
The display is here for a couple of weeks....
Small Museums Conference comes to the Redlands!
It is exciting to announce that the NSIHM is co-hosting this years Small Museums Conference, along with the Redlands Museum. The conference will be held over two days from August 23-24, in Cleveland and North Stradbroke Island. The conference theme is “Pathways - Connecting Museums and Communities”.
Every year, the South East Queensland Small Museums Conference offers training, professional development and networking opportunities to staff and volunteers who work in small museums.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Amareswar Galla, Executive Director of the International Institute of the Inclusive Museum. The National President of Museums Australia—Frank Howarth, will also deliver a paper.
The Moreton Bay Research Station will host the “Stradbroke Day” of the conference, and presenters will include Evelyn Parkin and Cameron Costello from QYAC, and Jo Besley from the University of Qld.
More information, including the draft program and registration details, is available here, or call us at the Museum on 3409 9699.
Celebrating 100 Years of the Dunwich Hall
The Dunwich Hall turned 100 years old in October 2013, and the Museum coordinated a community celebration of this significant milestone. It was a great morning of sharing stories and looking at old photos of the role the Hall has played in Island life. Howard Guille gave an informative powerpoint presentation, which can be downloaded here.
If you have other stories of the Hall you would like to share with the Museum, we'd love to hear from you.
President's Report 2012-13
The Museum AGM was held in September. To commemorate the centenary of the Dunwich Public Hall, Howard Guille gave a very interesting and informative presentation about the history of the Hall and its role in the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum (pictured). The Straddie Island Singers again entertained the gathering, and a delicious morning tea was shared. President Geoff Moore's report to the AGM can be downloaded here, and is an excellent summary of the Museum's work over the past year.
Dunwich State School Walkathon
In late October, the Dunwich State School is having a Walkathon on the Point Lookout beaches, and asked the Museum to provide some historical information about the area to help create a learning experience for the children.
You can download the Walkathon Worksheet here, and also the answers (just don't tell the kids!)
2011-2012 President's Report
The 2011-2012 Annual General Meeting was held on September 29, at the Museum. You can download the President's full report to the AGM here. The guest speakers were Aunty Sandra Morgan and Robyn Hofmeyr from the Cherbourg Ration Shed museum (pictured).
Searching for the Centaur
The NSI Historical Museum assisted shipwreck hunter David Mearns in his search for the hospital ship Centaur. You can read his expedition diary here.
Right: Museum President Geoff Moore shows David Mearns a stretcher, believed to be from the hospital ship Centaur, before the expedition in December 2009.
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