A VOYAGE AROUND AUSTRALIA’S ORIGINS

Corroboree on the Murray River, 1858,
image by Gerard Krefft, image courtesy SLNSW

A VOYAGE AROUND AUSTRALIA’S ORIGINS
This lecture given by acclaimed historian John Gascoigne aims to place the origins of Australia’s human population in the context of world history. Its central theme is how the original divergence and subsequent convergence of Homo sapiens drew Australia into the dynamics of globalization. Following its origins in Africa some 200,000 years earlier, the divergence of humanity eventually led to the arrival of the Aboriginal population around 60-50,000 years ago. The much shorter chapter of human history concerned with the convergence of humanity is largely associated with the efforts of dominant European powers to expand their trade and empires. As their global reach increased, so, too, did their interest in charting the Australian landmass. This lecture concludes with the publication of Matthew Flinders’ 1814 map of Australia, marking the endpoint of increasing European preoccupation with establishing the contours of what was, for them, a new quarter of the globe.

Theo Barker Memorial Lecture on Australian film history

Extract from Bathurst Historical Society Monthly Muster reminder.

Friday 16th August - 6pm - Theo Barker Memorial Lecture to be held on the Bathurst campus of the Charles Sturt University in Building S15 in Lecture Theatre 2.23. This free lecture will be delivered by Andrew Pike, OAM, will be delivering the lecture on Australian film history, with a Bathurst and bushranging flavour.

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Tuesday 30 October

Evening Lecture: Restoring a Historic Mural at Rylstone  

The Bridge View Inn in Rylstone in mid-West NSW contains a rare mural painted in the late 19th Century by an unknown artist, depicting the second Rylstone bridge, elaborately framed by decoration and nudes. The mural is in an extremely unstable condition, and painting conservators Matteo Volonte and Adam Godijn from International Conservation Services recently travelled to Rylstone to commence stabilisation and remove the layers of overpaint that had been discovered to be covering the top third of the image. The journey to Rylstone turned into one of discovery in many different ways.

Adam Godijn graduated in 2000 as a paintings conservator and has led an exciting career in Australia and abroad. Adam is based in Sydney with International Conservation Services as a Senior Paintings Conservator and has worked on many of the most important private and public collections.

Virginia Hollister moved to Rylstone in 2004 after a career working as a lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, then arts administrator for the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts, then freelance arts and museum researcher and writer. In Rylstone she is deeply involved with the Rylstone and District Historical Society, who own and manage the Bridge View Inn.

A joint activity of ASHET and the RAHS

Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney

Time: 5.30 for 6 pm

Cost: $8.00 Includes light refreshments on arrival.

The End of the known world - The features of Finnish technical culture

In Roman times, Finland was considered to be the end of the known world. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, the people of the North were living beyond the limits of human culture and the desire for a better life.
 

Even during the Iron Age, Finnish artifacts were different from those of neighboring people. The tools and bijoux were simple and highly functional in comparison with the more decorative work of the people in the west or east. The idea of difference through straightforward design and economical thinking using available technological systems are still characteristics of Finnish technical culture in art and design.  This lecture will discuss how hundreds of years of tradition have been carried through to the third millennium.

Speaker: Professor Panu Nykänen is a historian working for Aalto University (Helsinki University of Technology). He has worked as an archaeologist for the National Board of Antiquities, and since 1995 as a historian. His main interests have focused on the history of technical research and education. He is the author of several books on the history of industrialization and academic organizations. 

When:  Monday June 20 at 6:00pm 

Where: Macquarie University Art Gallery, E11A

Free event - All welcome

Source:  Museums Australia NSW