Heritage Festival 2008
The National Trust Heritage Festival runs from 5-20 April 2008. The City of Sydney has organised a range of events exploring this year's theme: Our Place.
All City of Sydney events for heritage festival are free, but bookings are essential. Browse the list of events below or download a brochure. For other events happening around Sydney and across the state visit the National Trust website www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au
Razorhurst – Exhibition and Talk at Kings Cross Library
Image: Brougham Lane, Kings Cross, 1930s. (City of Sydney Archives, SRC3377)
In the 1920s and ‘30s in inner Sydney, some of the most terrifying criminals in Australia’s history waged war with razor and gun. As gang warfare raged, the streets echoed with the sounds of violence and ran with blood.’ (Larry Writer, "Razor: a true story of slashers ,gangsters, prostitutes and sly grog")
The tabloids of the time nicknamed the area ‘Razorhurst’. Kings Cross Library will host an exhibition of photographs, news items and writing from the era featuring the people and locations that made East Sydney infamous. Don't miss this startling exhibition and talk by Larry Writer as he discusses "Razor: a true story of slashers, gangsters, prostitutes and sly grog".
Talk by Larry Writer - Tuesday 8 April & Tuesday 29 April 2008 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Kings Cross Library, 50-52 Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross
Bookings Essential. Kings Cross Library 02 9246 4530
TALKS BOOKED OUT!
Exhibition runs 1 – 30 April during Library hours. All Welcome.
Sydney Town Hall: the building and its collection
Image: Detail of the Lord Mayor's robes and mayoral chain. (Sydney Town Hall Collection)
Curator and author, Margaret Betteridge will give an illustrated talk about her lavish new book, "Sydney Town Hall: The Building and Its Collection". Hear about some of the fascinating and obscure items that are in this magnificent and eclectic collection. Signed copies of the book will be on sale. Morning tea will be served prior to the talk.
Saturday 12 April 2008 11.30am – 1.00pm, doors open 11.00am
Barnet Long Room Level 1, Customs House 31 Alfred St, Circular Quay
Bookings Essential. Edda Boyd 02 9265 9895
Chippendale: Beneath the Factory Wall
Image: Beneath the Factory Wall, 67-61 Balfour Street, Chippendale, 1928. (City of Sydney Archives, CRS51/1419)
City historian Shirley Fitzgerald knows intimately the cramped streets and lanes of Chippendale. Come along on a guided walk. Walking tour meets at 10.30am corner of Lee & Regent Streets, outside the old dispensary. Bookings essential, places on the walk are limited.
WALK BOOKED OUT!
Heritage Festival heralds the launch of a new edition of Shirley Fitzgerald’s "Chippendale: Beneath the Factory Wall". Come and meet the author over a cup of tea and listen as she discusses the history of Chippendale. All welcome.
All welcome for book launch.
Sunday 13 April 2008 12.00pm - 1.00pm
1 Beaumont Street, Chippendale (behind Pine Street Creative Arts Centre)
Bookings and information: Edda Boyd 02 9265 9895
Sydney Stories: Online oral history in the City of Sydney
Image: Pyrmont Bridge, date unknown. (City of Sydney Archives, SRC103).
The City of Sydney will launch its new, and ongoing, web-based oral history program with a presentation by the City’s oral historian Dr Margo Beasley. Hear audio excerpts from themed oral history projects that evoke ‘our place’ in the City of Sydney, linked to images from the City’s extensive photographic collection. Light refreshments will be served.
Wednesday 16 April 2008 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Town Hall Library Link Ground Floor Foyer, Town Hall House, 456 Kent St, Sydney
Bookings Essential. Liz Wilson 02 9265 9102
Surry Hills: The City’s Backyard
Image: Cottage, Smith Street, Surry Hills, c1902. (City of Sydney Archives, CRS 51/164)
A walking tour led by historian Christopher Keating of the former slum areas of Surry Hills. Walking tour meets at 10.30am, Harmony Park, corner Goulburn and Brisbane Streets, Surry Hills. Bookings essential, places on the walk are limited. WALK BOOKED OUT!
Walk finishes at 12 noon at Frog Hollow Reserve, corner Albion & Riley Streets, and will be followed by the launch of a new edition of Christopher Keating’s Surry Hills: The City’s Backyard. Come and meet the author over a cup of tea.
All welcome for book-launch.
Sunday 20 April 2008 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Frog Hollow Reserve, corner Albion & Riley Streets, Surry Hills
Bookings & information: Liz Wilson 02 9265 9102
Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney
Image: City of Sydney – Parishes of St Philip, St James, St Andrew, St Lawrence and Alexandria, lithographed and published by Higinbotham and Robinson, c1885. (City of Sydney Archives)
Discover ‘our place’ as it was in the late nineteenth century in this series of colourful maps, lithographed and published by Higinbotham & Robinson in the 1880s. City of Sydney suburbs in this series include Alexandria, Camperdown, Darlington, Glebe, Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Redfern and Waterloo.
Maps will be on display and copies available to order through the following City of Sydney Libraries during Heritage Festival 2008:
Glebe Library, 186 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe. 9298 3060
Haymarket Library, 744 George St, Haymarket. 02 9265 9977
Newtown Library, 8-10 Brown St, Newtown. 02 8512 4250
Ultimo Library, Level 1, 40 William Henry St, Ultimo. 02 9298 3110
Waterloo Library, 770 Elizabeth St, Waterloo. 02 9288 5688
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