Queenscliff & Point Lonsdale - History Course:
2017 Theme: Build your own History of our Community
Thursday 2 to 4pm, at the Queenscliffe Historical Museum, Hesse Street , 27th April --> |
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The course seeks to give you a background framework of the development of the Borough on which you can build your own personal history of our community.
The course uses the resources of the Museum, including documents, photographs and articles. Most sessions will be held at Museum, and when possible and appropriate the sessions will include walks within the town and a visit to the Maritime Museum.
The course uses the resources of the Museum, including documents, photographs and articles. Most sessions will be held at Museum, and when possible and appropriate the sessions will include walks within the town and a visit to the Maritime Museum.
The fee for the course is $50. There is also a fee for entry to the Maritime Museum ($5, members of the Maritime Museum free) payable at that Museum on the day of the visit.
This course outline is subject to change to match the availability of speakers, to adjust for weather conditions, to follow participant’s interests and at the whim of the coordinator, Bill Brown 5258 3735.
This course outline is subject to change to match the availability of speakers, to adjust for weather conditions, to follow participant’s interests and at the whim of the coordinator, Bill Brown 5258 3735.
In Summary
Where: Queenscliffe Historical Museum, 49 Hesse Street, Queenscliff, Vic 3225.
When: Starting 27th April 2017, Thursday afternoons from 2 pm to 4 pm
Cost: $50 for 9 sessions
Bookings: Bookings through the Museum on (03) 5258 2511, payments at the museum, please ensure staff
provide you with a receipt. Course co-ordinator Bill Brown 5258 3735.
Course Outline:
Session 1
April 27 Introduction Course outline, scope, limitations. Sources of Borough history. Aborigines. First arrivals. Session 2 May 4 Streets and Buildings Buildings in the Borough provide insight into social development and life style from about 1838. The session will examine early maps. This session will include a guided visit to the Historical Museum to explore the resources available. Session 3 May 11 Our Maritime History This session will be held at the Maritime Museum, and will look at the maritime connections of the Borough: the pilots, lighthouses and fisher folk. Session 4 May 18 Grand Hotels Leihy, Casey, McPherson, Adamson, Admans, Watmough, Sheehan, Scorer, Baillieu, Nugent & Gosling, Klug and others built and operated the Hotels of Queenscliff. The session deals with the evolution of hotel keeping and the associated buildings. Session 5 May 25 The Guesthouses At its height the Borough boasted 49 ‘guesthouses,’ in all there were many more than one hundred. The organisation and culture of the guesthouses will be considered. Session 6 June 1 Education and Welfare History of Queenscliffe schools, the Cottage by the Sea, Ballarat Orphanage and Santa Casa will be described. Session 7 June 8 Entertainment Movies show both how the Borough lived and entertained itself on special occasions and how the place looked. In this session it is hoped preserved films will be shown. Specific topics will be discussed notably the Scooter Races and the search for Benito’s Treasure. Session 8 June 15 Point Lonsdale The lighthouse and holidays were key elements in the development of Point Lonsdale, after its initial farming focus. Session 9 June 22 History Preserved The researching, writing and publishing local history will be discussed. Keeping the records, (memory, memoranda and memorabilia) and sorting facts from good stories. The final session will also allow participants to discuss other subjects that may not have come up during the course. Bill Brown March 2017 5258 3735 |
