Box dreams – Kiddyville Realised!

Ever wanted to build your dream house?

Last Friday a very creative group of kids got to live out their dreams at Kiddyville, a school holiday program run in conjunction with the museum’s Daceyville exhibition.

The kids were let loose with hundreds of cardboard boxes and other recycled materials. The results were some very impressive homes as you can in these photographs.

Though our participants loved building their homes, some enjoyed demolishing them even more!

Women in Government

Can you recall when Botany Council elected its first female alderman?

The answer is 1952 and the Alderman was Mrs Cora Byrne. She served for 2 years, until 1954.

Since her historic appointment, a number of other women have followed in her path including Alderman Fyffe and Alderman Kelly.

If you want to know more about these women, short biographies of the later two appear in “The History of Botany 1788-1970”.