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Friends of Mandurah Museum
The "Friends of the Museum" are a group of community minded individuals who actively promote and support Mandurah Community Museum. The group meets once a month over morning tea, to discuss and plan activities, in association with the museum, and to compile a bi-monthly newsletter.
Newsletter - April 2013
From Beach to Battlefield ANZAC exhibition...Jan Baker: Ross McLarty...Nicholas Reynolds: Halls Cottage- conservation work... Dalrymple School Room & Local Studies Area- new interpretation... The Canopus...Jan Baker: Chairperson’s report...Vale Marilyn Giles Newsletter - February 2013
Revisiting the bridge-newspaper articles and oral histories...David Austin: Disappearance of Yacht Majestic...Katrina Gauci: Fishing Clinics... Writing your Memoirs with Rosemary Stevens... Nicholas Reynolds: Bridges and Heritage... Jan Baker: History tour around Pinjarra... A search for bridge memories... Vale Vic Beacham...David Hough: Book Report- Boans for Service...Penny Hoffman: Old School Master’s House...
Newsletter - Christmas 2012
December 2012
Jan Baker: Bassett-Scarfe Realty and the Brighton Hotel...Katrina Gauci: Mandurah Heritage Art Competition and Mandurah’s Heritage Hunt winners...Cherry Burton: Outgoing Chairperson’s Report...Nicholas Reynolds: Heritage Day, record numbers, Wetlands exhibition, Museums Australia WA State Conference... Volunteers Awards 2012...Jan Baker: Chairperson’s Report... passing of Vale Joan Gallop
Newsletter - October 2012
David Austin: The Ship Hooghley...Katrina Gauci: Wetlands wine and cheese evening, Sanny’s Origami...Nicholas Reynolds: Scoop Traveller Magazine, Museums Australia National Conference, The West Australian Indigenous Storybook... Phyl Hardy: Preserving fruit & vegetables...Michael McGhie: News from the Boatshed...Jan Baker: Built environments of Mandurah...Cherry Burton: AGM, Friends Subscriptions, Heritage Day, 2013 Calendar Newsletter - August 2012
David Austin: The Brig Gilmore...Katrina Gauci: Wetlands Exhibition, Sanny’s Origami...New Volunteers...Farewell to Nancy Taylor...Nicholas Reynolds: Sutton Graveyard, Significance Assessment, Three interpretive signs at Stingray Point...Fact sheets...Jan Baker: Book Report- Leaping into Life, KePeg...Derise Caddy: Turners Guest House...Eleanore Kay: Memories from Gary O?Loughlin...Cherry Burton: Chairperson?s Report Newsletter - June 2012
Athol Thomas: The Old Coast Road...Katrina Gauci: Conservation of Paper Workshop Summary, Fishing Clinics Report, Badge Making in July Holidays...Nicholas Reynolds: Visitor Figures, Disaster Preparedness Workshop, Conservation works on Hall’s Cottage...Jan Baker: Smokey Joe, Volunteer Thank You Lunch, Volunteer Away Day...Chairperson’s Report: Wine and Cheese Evening
Newsletter - April 2012
Jan Baker: Mandurah’s Roll of Honour- World War One & World War Two, West Australian newspaper article November 1918, ANZAC Poems, Photographs from Dalrymple School launch...Nicholas Reynolds: Record number of visitors, work required at Sutton’s Graveyard and the Migrant Barracks, Smart family home demolished, long term loan of one of Mandurah’s most significant historical objects... Katrina Gauci: Fishing Clinics, ANZAC Display, Paper Conservation Workshop...
Newsletter - February 2012
Jan Baker: Fishpot Competition, Volunteers needed on weekends...Nicholas Reynolds: School Room Digital Production, Barragup Yarns, History of CBD Development, Disaster Plan, Preservation of Sutton’s Graveyard...Katrina Gauci: Fishing Clinics, ANZAC Display, Paper Conservation...Gary Henchie: Ice Chest...Cherry Burton: Meetings every second month Newsletter - Christmas 2011
Jan Baker: Kanyana Carnival, Heritage Weekend...MDO: Record number of visitors, Grant received for conservation of boat...Education Officer: Sparkles & Hey Presto during January...Gary Henchie: Victorian Toys...Cherry Burton: Christmas memories
Newsletter - October 2011
Jan Baker: Bonnie Doon, Theodore Wearne... Nicholas Reynolds: Seattle Museum of Flight, Mandurah Heritage Weekend, Mandurah Municipal Heritage Inventory, Significance assessment...Gary Henchie: Magneto telephones...Katrina Pritchard: Kite Making, Dalrymple School Filming, Education Kits... Cherry Burton: Friends Renewal
Newsletter - August 2011
Jan Baker: Carinya (Wearne) House, What’s in a name? Dudley Park area, website Trove...MDO Report: Lake Clifton-Thrombolites, Dalrymple School repairs... Gary Henchie: Irons... Education Matters: Kite Making...Chairperson’s Report: Patron Announced
Newsletter - June 2011
Nicholas Reynolds: Captain Fawcett...Education Matters: children’s comments...Coming Event: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre... Our Collection: Vulcanizer...MDO Report: James Service...MALA...Peel chapter of Museum Australia...Chairpersons Report: Volunteer Week Luncheon...Photographic Workshop
Newsletter - April 2011
Jan Baker: Returned Servicemen in Mandurah...Early Anzac Day memories & photographs...Australian War Memorial...MDO Report: maintenance... interpretation plan...Education Matters: Education Kits... Chairpersons Report: Photographic Workshop... Oral Histories Presentation
Newsletter - February 2011
Jan Baker: What’s in a Name?... Jan Baker: Bolton’s Mill... Nick Reynolds: Museums of North East America...Coming Event: Buzz Dance Theatre...MDO Report...Friends Chairpersons Report
Newsletter - Christmas 2010
2010 Highlights...Vale-Owen Tuckey...Exhibition: From Bunyip to Beautiful...Senior’s Expo...Volunteer Xmas Lunch...Mandurah Spanning the Ages...Peel Resource Volunteering Awards Newsletter - October 2010
Michael McGhie: History of the Fishing Industry...MDO Report: Assessment of Migrant Barracks & Sutton Family Graveyard...Education Officer: Record Numbers...Our Collections: The Blickensderfer 7 Typewriter...Coming Events: Biodiversity Exhibition...Chairpersons Report:2011 Calendar
Newsletter - August 2010
Jan Baker: Dalrymple School reaches 110 years...Michael McGhie: History of the Fishing Industry...MDO Report: Eacott’s cottage...Scoop magazine...Travelling displays...Coming Events: Scitech...Mandurah-Spanning The Ages Project...Our Collections: Blacksmith’s Bellows...Chairpersons Report for AGM...New committee members
Newsletter - June 2010
A Load of Hot Air... Memories and Photos of the Smart Street Mall... Special Morning Tea... Phyl Hardy: Deloraine Museum... Pat Mc Donald: Smart Street Mall Poem... Nancy Turns 86... Vale Stan Dawe RIP... MDO Report... Education Matters... Chairpersons Report
Newsletter - April 2010
Smart’s Cannery... Oral History and Artists Combine... NLA Historic Newspapers Site... Mandurah Meat Supply...Wellstead Museum...Egg Scale...MDO Report... Education Matters... Chairpersons Report Newsletter - February 2010
School milk in Western Australia... Pinjarra Massacre Website... Book Report-"The Sinkings"... Spot Light on volunteers... "The Mandurah Murray Story" $7.50... MDO Report: Interpretation Plan... Roads Board Display a Success...Chairpersons Report Newsletter - Christmas 2009
1953 Bridge... Comparing Narrows to Mandurah Bridge...MDO Report: Exhibitions & Displays, Volunteer Outing...Eleanor Kay: Hackett St School 70 year Anniversary Celebration October 09... Chairpersons Report-Jan Baker: Oral history Projects, volunteers nominated for awards... Education Matters: Education Kits, Fire & Emergency Services Education & Heritage Centre... Christmas Memories
Newsletter - October 2009
Long Serving teachers- Mrs Tonkin & Mr Kirkpatrick... Hackett Street School Reunion... Bouquets to Eleanor Kay... Other Museums-Wagin & Musee de Orsay... MDO Report: Welcoming John Hughes & Interpretation Plan update... 2010 Calendar Newsletter - August 2009
Road Board Anniversary- 60 years... Wilfred Goode: Headmaster of Hackett Street School in 1939...Mandurah Progress Association... Chairpersons report for AGM- Jan Baker... MDO Report: Historical Display at CWA Conference & Indigenous Oral History Project Newsletter - June 2009
Hal Sutton, Freeman of the City of Mandurah remembered... Early Educators...Neil Morfitt’s 75th Birthday... Volunteer Luncheon... Eddy Bryant remembered... Pioneer Day...music for the Museum... From the MDO: Mature Learner’s Group lectures & Stretch Festival Newsletter - April 2009
Cooper’s Mill... Martin Reynard a character of Mandurah... To Be Heirs Forever by Mary Durack...Robert Mewburn...Aboriginal Mia Mia... MALA lectures... Christ?s Church Archaeology Newsletter - February 2009
Mary King award... Cooper’s Mill... First Educator: Eliza Tuckey... Harry Jackson...Hackett Street School memories Newsletter - Christmas 2008
Coopers Mill...Transcribing...Coloured Star Club...MDO Report...Broome Museum...Volunteer Awards...Friends Oral History Function...Winjan...Recollections of a Christmas Tree Newsletter - August 2008
Dudley Tuckey 1921-2008...Index of Fact Sheets 2005-2008...Mandurah Iceworks...Book Review: The last Explorer by Simon Nasht...Magneto telephones...From the MDO: Significant Tree Register, Adam Family of Ravensthorpe, Stingray Point, Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Museum Advisory Committee Newsletter - July 2008
Electrical Power in Mandurah...Archaeological Dig for Police Barracks...Pat Harrison (1914-2007)...Tales of Times Past From the MDO: Migrant Barrack Wall, Stingray Point, Visitor Centre Display Newsletter - April 2008
Pinjarra Mounted Police...Home schooling...Anzac Day From the MDO: local studies collection, Tuckeys Bungalow Newsletter - February 2008
Guns of Garden Island...Southern Suburbs Railway...Schoolroom Ghosts: oral history excerpts...Volunteering in Nepal...From the MDO: Indigenous Oral History Newsletter - Christmas 2007
Catalpa...Scout visit...Christmas in Mandurah: oral history excerpts...Christmas outing...Book Report...From the MDO: Island Point History Day Newsletter - October 2007
Commercial fishing in Mandurah - The Early Years...Wattle and Daub...School Programs...Auction...Volunteers...Holiday Homes Exhibition...From the MDO: Island Point, Muddy Creek, Shire of Augusta-Margaret River visit Newsletter - April 2007
Violet Sutton’s Corner Store...Violet Sutton’s Home...Education Questions (not answers...Malliag Museum and Highland Heritage Museum, Scotland...Manjar Gallery Installation Education Discovery Boxes...School Holidays...Fisherfolk of the Peel: Oral History tapes and transcripts...Bennet Brook Railway...Volunteer Projects and Activities...From the MDO: Museum Precinct and Conservation Plan, talks, Southern Estuary Progress Association Hall Newsletter - February 2007
Holiday Program: Mostly Marine...Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak...Borehole Rescue...Stingray Point and Peninsula Hotel...Chairmans Report...From the MDO: Borehole Rescue Exhibition, Museum advisory Board, Joe Walley RIP Newsletter - November 2006
Leah Fouracre...2006 Volunteers Christmas...Outing: Creery Wetlands, Morphitt’s Cave, Winjan’s Camp, Sutton Graveyard, Eacott’s Cottage, Eacotts Well, Blythewood Volunteering...From the MDO: Estuary mural, Museum Precinct Conservation Plan, Agricultural Hall, Essex Six ute Newsletter - August 2006
Old Mandurah Footbridge...NAIDOC Week...Borehole Rescue Project...Education Officer...Volunteer Dinner...Chairman’s Report...From the MDO: mural, Joe Walley creation story, Holiday Home photography workshops Newsletter - June 2006
Bush Heritage...Oral History course...Vale: Beryl Slade...Book Report: Everymans Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany...Ferry Service 1843-1878...Stretch Arts Festival...Holiday Home Photographic Collection...Volunteering at Perth Zoo...From the MDO: Cultural Heritage Grant, mural Newsletter - April 2006
Old Bridge...Matthew Price Pioneer and Bridge Builder...Bush Heritage Holiday Program...Eureka Vacuum...Volunteer achievements...From the MDO: Storage shelves, darkroom, John Scott Newsletter - February 2006
Website launch...Magical History Tour...Yarloop Workshops...Scitech visit...Spotlight on volunteers...From the MDO: darkroom Newsletter - January 2006
175th Anniversary of the Settlement of Mandurah...Coopers Mill...News form the Friends...Roy Whitehead Photographic Collection...Scitech...Book Report: Burkes Soldier by Alan Attwood...Maps...Spotlight on Volunteers...Hal Sutton and Owen Tuckey oral history recordings...Legends of the Peel...From the MDO: Street sign, Lotterywest Interpretation Grant, Indigenous Artefacts
Friends Project
The oral history team are busy collecting stories about the Agricultural Hall for its 110th anniversary in 2009. Incidentally, if you are interested in learning about interviewing and oral histories then talk to Jan Baker or Phylis Hardy on Wednesdays (or leave a message for them anytime) and they’ll put you down for the next training course. Training courses are held by demand, register your interest by phoning 9550 3683.
Join Friends of the Museum
Contact the Mandurah Community Museum and we can tell you more about the group. Alternatively, fill out the membership form and pop it in the post and we’ll send you the latest copy of the newsletter
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