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Science takeover in The Corner, Children's Discovery Museum, 2024
Science take-over

Every day · 10am–2:30pm

Recommended all ages. Calling all budding scientists and innovators! Join us in The Corner for a science take-over these school holidays! Explore your senses, play with light and colour and experiment with physics. Drop in anytime or join us at 10 am daily for Science storytime. Uncover tabletop science experiments that will transform the way you look at ordinary items, plus lots of fun objects to observe, listen to, and learn from. Investigate balance and motion to create your own balancing bird or whirly gig and continue experimenting at home. Subscribe to be the first to know about our future events. Receive 10% off all in-store purchases at the Library Shop during the Holiday fun period (30 March – 14 April). Simply mention ‘holiday fun’ at the checkout. No booking required for this free activity. Please note: all children must be accompanied by an adult during these activities. Privacy information We respect your privacy. Personal information we collect is used only for our internal activities and functions (Libraries Act 1988 (Qld)) and will not be disclosed unless required by law. For more information, please read State Library's privacy statement.
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Five nurses and a soldier wearing winter coats, Lemnos
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Serving our nation: women and World War I

Sun 24 Mar · 10:30–11:30am

Join us at Anzac Square Memorial Galleries for a free talk celebrating the unique contributions of Australian women during World War I. The role of Australian women during times of war has always been varied and complex. They have contributed to every major conflict since 1899, whether through the defence force, nursing, charity organisations, auxiliary forces or on the home front. Today, women work in over 200 roles in the ADF, and receive the same training, salaries and opportunities as men. But this has not always been the case, especially for those serving in World War I. This talk will explore the amazing personal stories of several Australian women who were involved in World War I, including: Vida Lahey, a well-known Brisbane artist who followed her brothers and cousins to Europe to set up a home base. Madeline and Ethel Logan, sisters who joined the Women’ Auxiliary Army in Britain and were assigned to the remount units. Olive Kelso King, a volunteer who took her own ambulance, nicknamed ‘Ella’, to Belgium, France and Serbia, before eventually joining the Serbian army. Pearl Constance Paten, a Brisbane local, who was one of 29 women who served as masseuses with the Australian Army Nursing Service. Queensland's Dr. Lilian Cooper, who joined the Scottish Women’s Hospital, working at clearing stations and on medical ships. Annie Wheeler, from Rockhampton, became known as the ‘Mother of Queenslanders’ for her tireless work in connecting soldiers with their families in Central Queensland. These personal stories shine a light, not only on the resilience and bravery of Australian women, but on how many forged their own pathway into the war, refusing to let their gender stop them from serving our nation in one of its darkest moments. The talk will draw on stories, diaries, letters, and photographs from State Library's vast military collection. After the talk, visitors can stay to explore the Memorial Galleries and embark on an interactive journey from World War I to today, before taking time to reflect on the remarkable stories of bravery and sacrifice in the tranquil parklands. Anzac Square Memorial Galleries is located at 285 Ann Street, Brisbane. Entry is through the double brass doors located beneath the Shrine of Remembrance.
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Dr Fred Fialho Teixeira at Purpose built
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Digital twins and the future of the built environment

Thu 4 Apr · 6–7pm

Rapid progress in digitalisation and artificial intelligence is providing numerous opportunities for human-interaction research. One example of this is the connection of the real world to the digital world using digital twins, and the new insights this offers on the built environment and the patterns of human usage and interaction with it. In this seminar, Dr Fred Fialho Teixeira will discuss the potential of digital twins for the future, and the findings of his most recent research creating a digital twin of the UQ St Lucia campus. As a pilot study for broader scale application of spatially enabled digital twins at the urban scale, this project demonstrates what the future of built environment management can look like. Speaker: Dr Fred Fialho Teixeira has been working in the field of digital architecture for the last 15 years. His research focuses on spatial design through an intersection of new media and computational design strategies with a focus on biological paradigms. Presently he integrates the use of virtual reality and algorithmic design to enable a next-generation of sustainable architecture in terms of advanced manufacturing and cultural sustainability. Fred co-established and developed an international research program on the studies of Perception of Space in Architecture and Culture, focusing on the use of augmented reality and its cognitive spatial affects. He has been awarded Fellow at the Media Arts and Technology department, based in the California Nano Systems Institute, and his architectural practice includes being part of world leading practices such as Zaha Hadid Architects.
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