The Makings of a City History Conference, 8 March 2008 : A social snapshot, at Penrith City Council Civic Centre, Nepean Room, Penrith
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7th Annual Makings of a City History Conference.
Main title:
The Makings of a City History Conference, 8 March 2008 : A social snapshot, at Penrith City Council Civic Centre, Nepean Room, Penrith / hosted by Penrith City Council and Library
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Type of file:
mp3 audio files, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, PDF documents
Imprint:
Penrith NSW : Penrith City Council, 2008
Collation:
4 compact discs + CDROM
Notes:
8 March 2008 Nepean Room, Penrith City Council Civic Centre (Penrith, NSW)
Contents:
The 2008 Makings of a City History Conference - A Social snapshot - Official Welcome by His Worship the Mayor Cr. Greg Davies - Introduction by Lorraine Stacker - Keynote Speaker Dr Carol Liston, spoke about the unique development of the town of Penrith. The majority of the town was leased by the Woodriff family. Surrounding large land grants, under lease also influenced the development of the region - Paul Brunton, the Senior Curator at the Mitchell Library, provided a wonderful insight into the major players involved with the Rum Rebellion in 1808, 200 years ago. Paul also presented delegates with a wonderful display of early paintings of Sydney as well as portraits of those involved in the rebellion. These images are held in the Mitchell Library - Keith Johnson discussed the value of the remaining householders returns from the 1828 Census. This year we commemorate the 180th Anniversary of the taking of Australia's first Census. Keith reminded us that researchers on our City are fortunate to have access to householders returns for the Evan, Castlereagh, Mulgoa and Melville districts - Alison Spencer, curator of the Photographic Collection at Penrith City Library, delighted everyone with a history of postcards and their value in our collection. Her talk was demonstrated by a display from our Joyce Cole postcard collection - The History of Penrith Project was launched by Councillor Pat Sheehy AM. Councillor Sheehy announced Penrith City Library?s Information Librarian, Lorraine Stacker, would be the author of Volume 2 of the History of Penrith. Lorraine then presented the delegates with an outline of the book in chapters - Updates on who's doing what on the local area
Dewey class:
994.41
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
121058
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Local AV | 994.41 MAK | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |