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Newsletter October 2013

Queanbeyan & District Historical Museum Society Inc.

President / Weekend Roster Co-ordinator Treasurer / Membership Secretary / Works Co-ordinator: Secretary / Newsletter Editor: Newsletter Editor: Management Committee: Management Committee: Management Committee: Management Committee / Conservator: Management Committee: Curator / Quinbean Editor: Historian / Researcher QCC Cataloguer / Museum Assistant

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Mr John McGlynn Mr Fred Monk Ms Kerrie Ruth Ms Nancy Monk Ms Lee Davy Mr David Flanagan Ms Margaret Keys Ms Ellie McFadyen Ms Frances Flanagan Ms Gillian Kelly Ms Marilyn Folger Ms Ximena Briceno

From the editors Queanbeyanhascelebratedawonderful175thBirthdayandwehavedevotedafairbitofspacetorecordingthesewonderfulevents.PhotocreditstoMarilynFolger,AnthonyMcGlynn,KerrieRuthandNancyMonk

Editors: Kerrie Ruth and Nancy Monk.

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newsletter might be to sell your product or service, the key to a successful newsletter is making it useful to your readers.

A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and write your own articles, or include a calendar of upcoming events or a special offer that promotes a new product.

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In this Issue Pageone–FromthePresidentPageone–AGMNoticePageone–DatesforyourDiaryPagetwo–ConservationUpdatePagetwo–OralHistoryUpdatePagetwo–ThankyoutoourgenerousdonorsPagetwo–IsabellaStPrimaryis150Pagetwo–Hospitalcelebratesour175thPagetwo–WelcomeXimenaPagethree–RegionalMuseumsPagethree–DisasterPlanningPagethree–RiversidePlazaCelebratesQ175Pagefour–SocietyPhotoGallery

Important Dates for Your Diary!

NOTICE

QDHMS Inc. AGM

Monday November 18 @Museum @6.30 pm

President’s Report Treasurer’s Report

Election of Office Bearers and Committee

Contact the Secretary for nomination forms

Nominations to the Secretary by COB 11 Nov 2013

To contact us: send us an e-mail to qbnmuseum@yahoo.com.au to the attention of who you want to contact and your message will be passed on to the appropriate person. President 02 62972730

Onceagainwehavealottocelebrate.WehavecontributedtogettingthewonderfulHenryHalloranExhibitionACapitalIdeatotraveltoTheQ,withagreatopening.WehadaverysuccessfulOralHistorystoryboardslaunch,whichconnectedverymuchwiththecommunityandstartedaprocesswhichcanbecontinued.Wehadasuccessfulstallatthe175thbirthdaycelebrationbytheRiverwherethe175thBirthdayQuinbeanswereverypopular.WealsocontributedtotheHospitalFete.Wenowneedtoplanforthenextyear/stokeepthemomentumgoing.WeneedyourideasandparticipationsocomealongtotheMuseumPlanningDayonSaturday16thNovember. JohnMcGlynn

Museum Planning Day – Saturday 16 November 9 for 9.30pm @Museum. All members welcome, bring lunch to share from 12.30

QDHMS Inc. AGM – Monday 18 November 6.30pm @Museum Oral History Workshop – Saturday 23 November – 1.30 – 3.30pm @Museum

Working Bee & End of Year Celebration – Sat 7 December Working Bee 9.30 -12.00. All members welcome, bring lunch to share from 12 noon

Can you guess what our featured collection item is?

To save on postage costs we have split Society membership renewals into two groupings.

Renewal reminders will be sent with the April and October editions of Quinbean. A second reminder will be sent with the next Quinbean closest to these months. Fred Monk

Whydoesacoatinghavetobereversible?Thisisaquestionthatafellowvolunteeraskedmewhenwewerediscussingtheconservationtreatmentofawoodensaw.Itisagoodquestion.Tome,asaconservator,allobjectsinamuseum'scollectionchangestatuswhentheyareacceptedintoamuseum'scollection.Theobjectisnolongerthesawthatmygrandfatherusedtouse,itisamuseumobject.Asamuseumobject,itistreateddifferently.Themainaimistokeeptheobjectinastableconditionforaslongaspossible.Thiscaninvolvelotsofdifferentstrategies.Thebasicprinciplesthatguideaconservator'streatmentsarethatanytreatmentshouldbeminimal(withtheaimofretainingasmuchoftheoriginalobjectaspossible),anymaterialsshouldbereversible(thisavoidsfutureproblemswithmaterialsdegradinganddamagingobjectsorinterferingwithanyfuturetreatments.SolubleNylonisagoodexample.Itisacoatingthatwasusedextensivelyinthe1960'sandthenwasdiscovered,20yearslater,tohavebecomebrittle,yellow,distortedandimpossibletoremove.Aconservator'snightmare!!!)Thethirdbasicguidelineisthatalltreatmentscarriedoutonobjectsshouldbefullydocumented.Ofcoursetheseguidelinesarenoteasytofollowandleadtoendlessdiscussionsanddilemmasabouthowanobjectshouldbetreated.EllieMcFadyen

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Oral History Project Continues

RCurry DHummerEBurton DMadewJLacheta JCopeMMurray RBlundenJBurfoot SWilliamsMRobertsonD&MStantonH&PJeffreyF&MMallon

A Glimpse Into Conservation

TheRBSmithCentreisabusyplacethefirstSaturdayinthemonthfortheQueanbeyanCharityBookFair.UsuallyacoupleormorebookshavebeensetasidebyvolunteersortersforconsiderationforinclusionintheHistoricalMuseumLibrary.Anywith“Queanbeyan”intheindexorwithaDistrictconnectionincludingCaptain’sFlat,thePortofNelligen,Yass,Goulburn,Bywong,andCanberra.ThesearecollectedandleftforKarenMoore,ourbookcataloguerforchecking,thenacceptingorreturn.Quiteavarietyhascomein,soagainmanythanks.

AfterthefantasticlaunchoftheseriesofninestoryboardsandthepresentationoftranscriptsandCDstotheintervieweesonSeptemberthe7thforHistoryWeek,youmightthinkitwasallover!Butno,wehavemorefiveinterviewsplannedandanotherworkshopwithMaryHutchisonorganisedforSaturday23rdNovember1.30‐3.30.Thisisachanceforthosewhohaveparticipatedandwanttosharetheirexperiencesandalsoforpeoplewhohaven’tparticipatedsofarandwanttouseoralhistoryfortheirowngrouporfamilyhistories.AllinterestedSocietymemberswelcome,letmeknowifyou’dliketoattend. JohnMcGlynn

Thisyear’sfete,heldonthe21stSeptember2013waslistedasaQbn175theventandwasrevisingwhatwasanannualeventuntil1993.StaffandAuxiliarymembersselectedequipmentfromtheHistoricalMuseumforthedisplay.ThankyoutotheQDHMSCommitteeforpermission,facilitatingpaperworkandpreparationreadyforhelperstotransportandset‐up:wheelchair,portableanaestheticmachine,Doctorsbag,babyscales,framedphotosandtheSingersewingmachine.TheSingerwithitshospitalstoryandhospitalphotographsreallyinterestedvisitors.Theexhibitionwasheldintheupstairsconferenceroom.Thespaceandsecuritywasgoodbutunfortunatelywasoutofthewayfromthemainactivityofthemarketstallsandmusicalentertainmentinthecarpark.VisitorsacceptedhandoutsforbothMuseumsandpurchased‘QDH1933’postcards.ThankyouDoreen,DeniseandMariawhohelpedbybeingwithourtreasuresduringtheday.

NancyMonk

Queanbeyan Museum is supported by

Queanbeyan City Council

Queanbeyan Hospital Fete & Open Day

Thank you Peter Bray & Team

QDHMS Memberships due April & Oct

Didyouormemberofyourfamilyattend?

Orareyouaformerstaffmember?

Shareyourmemoriesand

experiences Contributetoadisplayofitemsof

schoolhistory Participateinaninformal

interviewbyoneoftheschool’s

currentstudents

Toregisteryourinterestandreceiveupdates:queanbeyan‐p.school@det.nsw.edu.auorQueanbeyanPublicSchool,IsabellaStreet

Isabella St Public School -2014 150th Anniversary Celebrations

WeareverypleasedtowelcometotheMuseumthenewQueanbeyanCityCouncilMuseumAssistantandCataloguer,MsXimenaBricano.Ximenaisanhistorian,hasMuseumStudiesQualifications,researchskillsandalsohasexperienceinmountingexhibitions.Sheisalsoawell‐respectedpractisingartist.WelookforwardtoworkingwithXimenaonMuseumprojects.

Thank you to our generous donors: Welcome Ximena

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Regional Museums

ThisyeartwoofourCommittee:EllieMcFadyenandKerrieRuthhaveagaintakenpartintheMuseumGalleriesNSWStandardsprogram,thisyearcontinuingintheSouthernRiverina.With16MuseumstovisiteachpairofreviewershasvisitedthreeMuseumseach,allasvolunteers!EllielookingatGundagai,HolbrookSubmarineandAlburywithLouiseDouglasandKerrievisitingBerrigan,WoolpackInnHolbrookandCorowaFederationMuseumwithMyfThompsonfromtheOldCourthouse Museum,Bateman’sBay. IthasbeenanabsolutedelighttovisittheseMuseumsandmeetthefantastic,hospitableanddowntoearthvolunteers,allwithwonderfulcollections,andfacingsimilarissuestous.MyfandIspentalotoftimelaughing.KerrieRuth

Whenwetakeontheresponsibilityforlookingafteracommunitycollectionsuchasours,itmeansweundertaketosafeguarditindefinitelyintothefuture.Wehavetoactivelyplanforwhatwemightdoif,forexample,afloodorastormstrikeswhichmightaffectthecollection.Tomakeaplan,weneedtolookatwhatthatentails.WeareprivilegedtohaveKaySoderlandasourMuseumAdvisor,whoisaguruofdisasterplanning.KayflewdownfromSydneytomeetwithustostartthisprocess.WestartedbylookingatriskstoourcollectionandKayhasprovidedinformationandtipsonresources.Furtherworkneedstobedonetobringaplantofruition.AbigthankyoutothosememberswhotookthetimetomeetwithKay.JohnMcGlynn

Disaster Planning

Above:DisplayattheCorowaFederationMuseumshowcasingdairying.Aboveright:MyfwithoneoftheWoolpackInntreasures.Right:oneoftheWoolpackInnLivingTreasuresBelow:KerrieandMyfwithBerriganVolunteers.

Welldone,HeidiattheRiversidePlaza!TheSchoolholidayprogramfocusedonQ175thandencouragedchildren,usingtheirartistictalents,tointerpretQueanbeyanplaces.TheyhadfunandtheresultsareondisplayintheRiversidePlazafoodcourt.NancyMonk

Riverside Plaza Celebrates Q 175!

Left photo: collages based on the Showground gates and the Council Chambers Right photo: collage based on the suspension bridge

Queanbeyan’s Sundial Gift to Canberra for their 100th

SomeofuswereprivilegedtoattendtheunveilingofourgifttoCanberraonabeautifulspringdayattheCanberraArboretumbytheMayorandtheACTChiefMinister

Society President John McGlynn outside our new Collection Management Room, which will be launched on Sat 28th April as part of the Queanbeyan Heritage Festival

Launch of A Capital Idea at The Q

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

Queanbeyan’s 175th Party

History Week

Photographs from History Week 2013

Queanbeyan’s Living History Oral History Exhibition launch