Mornings @ The Museum

Come join us for our first Mornings at the Museum. Every second month we will be presenting talks and discussions on the local area’s history.

This February we will be presenting a guided tour of the museum’s current exhibition, Audaciousville: The Story of Dacey Garden Suburb. As Australia’s first public housing scheme, the suburb has a fascinating and unique history. In this talk you’ll learn all about the suburb, including stories that didn’t make it into the exhibition.

When: 10am Thursday February 10th  2011

Where: George Hanna Memorial Museum, Mascot Library

Bookings Essential. Call 9366 3888 to book

Made in Botany

Have you worked in a local factory or know of someone who has?  If so you may be able to help.  The George Hanna Memorial Museum is currently preparing an exhibition on the history of manufacturing in the Botany district.  If you have any photographs, objects or stories related to the production fo goods in the area we would love to hear from you.

For more information please contact the Museum on 9366 3802 or email museum@botanybay.nsw.gov.au

Help build Kiddyville

This January come and unleash your child’s suburban imaginations at George Hanna Memorial Museum. To coincide with the museum’s current exhibition on the history of Daceyville, the museum is giving children from the ages 7-13 the chance to build their dream house out of hundreds of cardboard boxes and craft materials.

Wednesday January 19th 2010 - 10am –12noon @ George Hanna Memorial Museum, Mascot Library

Cost : $5 per child. Bookings and payment must be made in person at Eastgardens Library.

Bookings essential as places are limited.

Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

Library opening hours over the Christmas and New Year holidays will be:

Eastgardens Library

Friday December 24:  9:00 - 12:00

Saturday December 25:  Closed

Sunday December 26:  Closed

Monday December 27:  Closed

Tuesday December 28  Closed

Wednesday December 29:  9:00 - 6:00

Thursday December 30:  9:00 - 6:00

Friday December 31:  9:00 - 2:00

Saturday January 1:  Closed

Sunday January 2: Closed

Monday January 3: Closed

Mascot Library will be closed from December 24 - January 3

Normal hours resume on Tuesday January 4

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
From the staff of the City of Botany Bay Library

Summer Holiday Program 2011

The summer holidays are coming up and Botany Bay Library has some exiciting activities lined up.

Under the Sea is a show which focuses on the incredible animals who call the sea their home. The show includes live sea animals, specimen samples, and a variety of marine artefacts and shells.  We investigate marine habitats, animal adaptations and learn how to reduce our impact on the marine environment.

The show provides a wonderful introduction to the marine world. Children will have the opportunity to hold and touch many different sea animals.

Venue: Mascot Library and George Hanna Memorial Museum

Date: Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Age group: 3 and over

Entry fee: $5.00 per child (non-refundable) with 1 parent or guardian per family (if desired). Booking is essential as places are limited. Bookings need to be made in person to our staff at Eastgardens Library.

Would you like your little fairy or princess have a special day in their memory? Please come along and join our “Magical Fairy Show” at Botany Bay Library at Eastgardens.

Program includes fairy storytime, face painting, magic tricks, balloon shapes, catching, mural, pass the parcel with prizes and games within 1.5 hour.  Don’t miss out. Come along and join with us.

Venue: Eastgardens Central Library

Date: Friday, 21 January 2011

Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (1.5 hour)

Age group: 2 – 12

Entry fee: $5.00 per child (Entry fee is non-refundable). Booking is essential as places are limited.

Costumes: Girls – fairy tales and Boys – pirate, Spiderman, Superman etc.

Bookings need to be made in person to our staff at Eastgardens Library.

Do you want to be a fashion designer? Now you have an opportunity to create your very own T-Shirt. Children will be encouraged to draw a detailed design & then paint the image on the shirt with the fabric paints. The T-Shirt is then ready to wear after a quick iron.

Please bring your own, plain/light colour t-shirts.

Venue: Eastgardens Central Library

Date: Monday, 24 January 2011

Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm (2 hour)

Age group: 6 -13

Entry fee: $5.00 per child (Entry fee is non-refundable). Booking is essential as places are limited.

Bookings need to be made in person to our staff at Eastgardens Library.

Children's Book Week 2010 Reading Competition Winners

Congratulations to our winners of the Children's Book Week 2010 Reading Competition!  Each winner received a $15 book voucher and a certificate for their achievements.  Thank you to all of our participants for their support and for making this year's competition so successful.

Age Group 3 - 7 Winner



Age Group 8-12 Winner

Audaciousville: the story of Dacey Garden Suburb

As you may already know, Daceyville's rich past is the theme of our 2010 History Week celebrations. This month sees the opening of a comprehensive exhibition about the suburb at the George Hanna Memorial Museum.

In the exhibition you will travel to all corners of the suburb's past, from the dust bowl it once was, to its pioneering role in Sydney's use of town planning. You will see the lives of families who have called it home and learned how the suburb was nearly destroyed in the 1970s.

In keeping with History Week's theme "Faces in the Street" you will also learn about the men who the suburb's streets are named after. The story of the Colenso family, of whom Colenso Crescent is called after, is one very local story. To learn more, pop down the George Hanna memorial Museum, 2 Hatfield Street, Mascot. Exhibition runs from 7th September 2010 - 26th February 2011.

Download a copy of the Audaciousville exhibition booklet