Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Box dreams – Kiddyville Realised!  

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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!

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Women in Government

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

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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”.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Daceyville Public School Visit

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Recently Daceyville Public came to see Audaciousville and what a morning it was! Besides being fascinated by the pictures and objects on display, they also enjoyed a very interesting and amusing talk by Councillor Slattery, a long time resident of the suburb.

If you have not seen the exhibition yet, it’s a must see.
Just read these persuasive responses from the students who came.

Parents must take their children to the ‘Audaciousville’ exhibition because kids think that history is cool, kids want to learn new things and, best of all, it‘s absolutely free. My favourite object was a beer bottle from under Hayden McCullough’s house because after all those years there wasn’t even a crack in it.

Anson Year 3

Would you like to come to the ’Audaciouville’ exhibition? Then go and see it at Mascot Library. You better be quick because it ends in April. Look out for an old Milo tin, glass bottles, bottle caps and broken pieces from under Hayden McCullough’s house. It was an amazing day.

Julia Year 3

You should come to the ‘Audaciousville’ exhibition at Mascot Library to see and hear about Daceyville because it has lots of cool things, especially hearing funny stories from Councillor Anne Slattery. Firstly she lived in Daceyville in a house with two bedrooms and twelve people living in it. One room was for the piano and the other one was for someone else which was funny because the piano had a room by its self. Secondly we saw a tin can that look so old from under Hayden’s bedroom.  It was very old. Thirdly we got to see some old photos about Daceyville to understand why it’s here. By the way it’s free.

Christabel Year 4

Parents: You should go to the ‘Audaciousville’ exhibition because it is a good education for your children. They can have a chance to see black and white photographs of people who lived in Daceyville. You should visit there because you can learn about some people from the war. You can discover as much as you want, read as much as you want about Daceyville and you can stay as long as you want! Your children can see great things about the suburb Daceyville and who made it.

Kaelynne Year 4

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Mornings @ The Museum - Sharing Stories

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To celebrate this year’s National Trust Heritage Festival, Botany Bay Library and Museum is running a very special Mornings at the Museum event.

The theme of the 2011 Heritage Festival is Amazing Stories and as every moment is an amazing story we are inviting residents and those interested in the history of the area to come in and share a story, a photograph or an object at this morning event. Even the smallest story is often surprising to someone else.

People love stories and would love to hear yours so please come along. Some little known objects and stories from the Museum and Local History Collection will also be presented.

When: 10am Wednesday April 13th 2011

Where: George Hanna Memorial Museum, Mascot Library

Bookings Essential. Call 9366 3888 to book

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

School Holiday Activities Program - Term 1 2011

Cartoon Dave
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Cartoon Dave will visit Botany Bay Library on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011.  His cartoon workshop will be held in the library at Eastgardens. Workshop Theme is “Making Up Manga” Aged from 6 and over.

Booking is essential as places are limited. Entry fee: $5.00 per child  + 1 parent (free) per family (Entry fee is non-refundable)

Bookings need to be made in person to Candy on 9366 3888.

Venue: Central Library Eastgardens
Date: Tuesday, 19/04/2011
Time: 11:30 am –12:30 pm

The Magic Jester
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Magician, Shayne Richards, will come and visit our Mascot Library on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011.

Two workshops will be held on the same day.

Magic Show
Mascot Library
2 Hatfield St., Mascot
Wednesday, 20/04/2011 10:30 am – 11:15 am

Balloon Workshop
Mascot Library
2 Hatfield St., Mascot
Wednesday, 20/04/2011 11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Aged from 2 and over.

Booking is essential as places are limited. Entry fee: $5.00 per child per session + 1 parent (free) per family (Entry fee is non-refundable)

Bookings need to be made in person to Candy on 9366 3888.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Kiddyville


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To coincide with the Daceyville exhibition, 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.

Come join us for this unique event

Friday April 15th 2011 - 10am –11.30am @ George Hanna Memorial Museum, Mascot Library

Cost : $5 per child. Payment must be made in person at the Central Library. (Entry fee is non-refundable)

Bookings essential as places are limited.  For more information, please call Sam on 9366 3888

Kavanagh’s Pharmacy

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Can you make out the bottles of Old Spice aftershave? Do you recognize any other products? Last month we had some lovely photos of Kavanagh’s Pharmacy on display at the Central Library. Since 1945, three generations of the Kavanagh family have run their Banksmeadow pharmacy.

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These photos were taken in the early 1960’s when they moved to 1649 Botany Road, where they still operate today. As you can see many of the pharmacy’s products have changed, however if you visit now you will still see a number of wonderful old medicine bottles on some of the pharmacy’s shelves.

Photographs courtesy of Dorothy Kavanagh