Nov |
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| Tue 24 Nov |
Tea and Music: Beautiful, Beautiful Queensland |
| Sat 28 Nov |
At Our Table: Queensland Unearthed |
Dec |
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| Wed 9 Dec | QUT Darwin Lecture |
| Thu 10 Dec |
Meriba Gidhal Curators' Tour |
| Jan |
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| Sun 17 Jan |
Uncovered: Rustic recipes of historical Queensland |
| Sat 30 Jan |
OPEN SOURCE: Air for the birds |
| Feb |
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| Thu 4 Feb |
The Modern Interior: a Euro - American Paradigm |
| Fri 12 Feb |
Black Opium Symposium |
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Tea and Music: Beautiful, Beautiful Queensland
Join us to celebrate Queensland through song. In this lively show, three accomplished soloists will entertain you with songs dating from Australian Federation to Queensland's 100th anniversary in 1959. Many of these historical songs are held in the State Library's diverse Music Collection and offer rare and amusing musical anecdotes of Queensland's past.
When Tue 24 Nov, 10.30am - 12noon
Where Queensland Terrace, level 2
Tickets $11.50 (including booking fee)
Bookings qtix [new window] or 136 246
At Our Table - Queensland Unearthed
Join chef Alastair McLeod as he creates a tasting menu that is quintessentially Queensland - inspired by the At Our Table journey.
From table tops to fireplaces, cuisine to camp oven cooking; At Our Table presented by Q150 and the State Library of Queensland travelled to nine unique locations across the state in 2009 to unearth Queensland’s diverse food history.
Sample some of the menu items served at the events and meet the chefs involved. Visiting your table will be Alastair and some of Queensland’s best known chefs- Dominique Rizzo, Matt Golinski, Tom Mosby, Frank Correnti, Dale Chapman and winemaker Mike Hayes who will share their At Our Table experiences, recipes and stories.
Enjoy the digital stories, meet the people, hear the songs and celebrate Queensland’s culinary and cultural diversity unearthed through At Our Table.
When Sat 28 Nov 6pm-10pm
Where Queensland Terrace, level 2
Cost $63 (including booking fees)
Bookings qtix [new window] or 136 246
Deepen the Conversation
QUT Darwin Lecture
2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of the Species.
This ground-breaking work on biological evolution was very quickly appropriated and applied to the service of Empire and utilised as a justification for the invasion and dispossession of non-white, non-European peoples. Social Darwinism held that it was a fact of evolution that some races were more fit than others, and that some races would simply die off or disappear in the face of such inherent superiority. This ideological rationalisation of horrific inhumanity, suffering and violence is not to be found in Darwin’s work.
It is apt, then, at this anniversary to engage in a counter-reading; one that finds its analogue in the wealth of genetic and biological diversity, and, instead, celebrates the myriad ways of human knowing; how cultural difference and the contribution of specific ontological traditions expands and enhances the possibilities of being human and the worlds in which we live.
Here we acknowledge the genius of Indigenous knowledges, and show how, through the exploration of dialogues of mutual respect and recognition, all our lives are enriched.
The guest speaker is Henrietta Marrie. A Gimuy Walabura Yidinji woman and direct descendant of Ye-i-nie, King of Cairns, Henrietta has over 30 publications to her credit on issues relating to the protection of Indigenous cultural heritage, intellectual property, the bush-food industry, and access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing. She was the first Indigenous person in Australia to have been appointed to a full time professional position with a UN agency, working with the United Nations Environment Program’s Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity for six years. Henrietta worked as the Project Manager for Northern Australia and Melanesia with The Christensen Fund, a private philanthropic body based in Palo Alto, California, which has contributed to the support of numerous Indigenous cultural projects and has lobbied the federal government for the establishment of an Institute of Traditional Knowledge in northern Australia. Henrietta is based in Cairns and continues to keep a close connection with her traditional Gimuy-Walabura clan country, the area south of the Barron River on which the City of Cairns now stands, and with her extended family in Yarrabah.
When Wed 9 Dec, 6pm
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Cost Free, bookings required
Bookings qtix [new window] or 136 246
Exhibition Curators' Tour
Join Nancy Underhill, exhibition co-curator, and Colin Sheehan, former John Oxley Librarian, for a guided tour of Meriba Gidhal: Torres Strait Island Treasures of the Margaret Lawrie Collection. Discover more about the establishment of the State Library’s Margaret Lawrie Collection, her groundbreaking research and the Torres Strait Islander art works on display.
When Thu 10 Dec, 11am
Where Talbot Family Treasures Wall, level 4
Cost Free
Bookings No bookings required
UNCOVERED
Rustic recipes of historic Queensland
At a time and place when cultural pursuits were highly regarded, Phillis S. Clark seized the unique opportunity to record recipes that could be created by harvesting her garden, resulting in the Phillis Clark Recipe Book and Remedy Book. The Clark family lived on the sprawling property East Talgai Station, located in the Alora region. The station’s gardener was also proactive in documenting his passion for gardening and wrote the East Talgai Gardening Book, which carefully and beautifully details the vibrant and resilient plants found in the station’s garden. For a unique opportunity to view and handle these rare, historically valuable books along with other related items, join us in the Fox Family White Gloves Room. Learn about Queensland’s undiscovered cuisine history and read authentic recipes that will inspire you to cook up a feast using ingredients from your own garden.
When Sun 17 Jan, 1.30-3pm
Where Fox Family White Gloves Room, Level 4
Cost Free, bookings required
Bookings qtix [new window] or 136 246 - bookings can be made after 1 December.
OPEN SOURCE: Air for the Birds
The Brotherhood of the Wordless is made up of 14 south-east Queensland writers with autism and other disabilities that preclude speech or the ability to use keyboards or pens. Through facilitated communication, the Brotherhood works with trusted scribes to bring their powerful thoughts and words to life. Working with one of Australia’s premier performance poets, Ghostboy, and their facilitators, the Brotherhood will present performance based texts and poems they have written over the past year, titled Air for the Birds. The performance will be accompanied by ouTsideR musician and poet Suzanne Jones (keyboard) and renowned avant-garde musician Bremen Town Musician (violin), plus performances by award winning slam poets, Pascalle Burton and Tessa Leon.
Please note this performance contains some adult themes and is best suited to people aged 16 and over.
When Sat 30 January, 4pm
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Cost Free
Bookings no bookings required
The Modern Interior: a Euro-American paradigm
How is globalisation affecting the regional development of design identities? Join Professor Penny Parke as she sets the context for the symposium through a restatement of the Euro-American paradigm. This positioning talk will be further explored over the following two days as speakers discuss interior design theory and practice when transposed to ‘distant lands’, how ideas shift from one place to another, and how they take into account differing climates, cultures, and landscapes.
Professor Sparke’s talk will raise questions about how this paradigm could be adapted when design ideas are taken abroad, as well as their return to their place of origin.
Penny is a Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Design History at Kingston University, London. She has published over a dozen books with an emphasis on the relationship between design and gender.
When Thu 4 Feb, 6pm
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Cost Free
Tickets qtix [new window] or 136 246 - bookings can be made after 1 December.
Black Opium Symposium
A ground-breaking book inspired one of Australia’s most distinguished Indigenous artists, Fiona Foley, to create a complex, powerful and immersive public artwork: Black Opium.
After reading Rosalind Kidd’s book The Way We Civilise, which exposes the truths behind the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 (the original document now held at the State Library), Fiona was compelled to create a work that explored the history, personal stories and legacy associated with this controversial policy.
In honour of this important work, the Black Opium Symposium brings together a unique multi- disciplinary line-up of guest speakers who will discuss, unravel and share a time past that still
resonates strongly with the present. Designed to both inspire and challenge, an examination of the historical, political and cultural themes behind the creation of Black Opium will lead into the artist’s
talk about the work itself and the important role it plays in a public space such as the State Library of Queensland.
The evening will conclude with an official launch of the Black Opium space and associated interpretive publication.
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Cost Free
Tickets qtix [new window] or 136 246 - bookings can be made after 1 December.
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Last updated: 19th November 2009
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