Tuesday Curatorial - Term Three, 2015

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

McKail's Padock with horses and donkeys, Albany around 1910.
McKail’s Paddock, York Street, Albany c. 1910.
©WA Museum – Albany

All talks begin at 10.30 am.

21 July
Grey, Gordon and Short?: Street names of Albany's CBD
Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

28 July
Desert Stories: Living and working in a remote Aboriginal art centre
Presented by Louise Allerton, Artist and Co-Curator, Spinifex Arts Project, Tjuntjuntjara Community
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

4 August
A Sound Defence: Albany's fortifications and threats
Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

11 August
All Creatures Great and Small: Albany animal stories past and present
Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK - 15-23 AUGUST

18 August
Something Old, Something New: Seadragons in southern Australia
Presented by Dr Nerida Wilson, Research Scientist, Aquatic Biology/Molecular Systematics Unit, WA Museum
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

25 August
Doctors and Nurses: Medical services in Albany over the years
Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

1 September
District Snapshot: Wellstead and surrounds
Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

8 September
Movable art for the digital age: Illuminart's role in Albany
Presented by Tash Rolfe, Producer and Creative Artist
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

  15 September
  Film:  Bloody hippies! : waves of change in Denmark WA.
  Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
  WA Museum Albany Co-op Building

WORLD MARITIME DAY - 24 SEPTEMBER

22 September
Maritime Albany Remembered: Stories of a seaport
Presented by Malcolm Traill, Public Programs Officer, WA Museum – Albany
WA Museum Albany Co-op Building