Venues & dates
A special touring version of the In Living Memory exhibition is travelling to 17 venues throughout New South Wales until the end of 2010. The tour was officially launched in Nowra in May 2008, and continues to Moree, Walgett, Brewarrina, Quirindi, Armidale, Ballina, Kempsey, Penrith, Hurstville, Newcastle, Moruya, Bega, Wagga Wagga, Cootamundra, Dubbo and Broken Hill.
Some venue and date information may change slightly, so make sure to check www.records.nsw.gov.au regularly for updates. Please contact Susan Charlton on (02) 8247 8660 if you have any enquiries.
Current bookings for In Living Memory NSW tour
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
12 Berry Street, Nowra
Dhiiyaan Indigenous Centre
Moree Community Library
cnr Balo & Albert streets, Moree
Dharriwaa Elders Group Centre
47 Fox Street, Walgett
new Brewarrina venue confirmed:
Brewarrina Aboriginal and Cultural Museum
cnr of Bathurst & Darling streets, Brewarrina
Open 9 am - 3 pm, Mon - Fri; 9 am - 1 pm, Saturday
Ring Brewarrina Business Centre on 02 6839 1800 to make group bookings to see the exhibition
Social & Emotional Wellbeing Centre
142 George Street, Quirindi
Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place
128 Kentucky Street, Armidale
Northern Rivers Community Gallery
44 Cherry Street, Ballina
Kempsey Shire Library
Elbow Street, West Kempsey
Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest
86 River Road, Emu Plains
St George Regional Museum
14 MacMahon Street, Hurstville
University Gallery
University of Newcastle, Newcastle
Mechanics Institute
9 Page Street, Moruya
Bega Valley Regional Gallery
Zingel Place, Bega
Museum of the Riverina,
cnr Baylis & Morrow Street, Wagga Wagga
Cootamundra Library
Wallendoon Street, Cootamundra
Western Plains Cultural Centre
76 Wingewarra Street, Dubbo
venue in Broken Hill to be confirmed
Touring Exhibition Format
The touring version of In Living Memory includes the same combination of Aborigines Welfare Board photographs and contemporary photos of Indigenous communities by Mervyn Bishop that are still on display at State Records Gallery in The Rocks.
However the photographs have been reproduced in a more portable, durable and adaptable format for display in a wide range of regional museums, galleries and cultural centres. The major themes and content of the exhibition are outlined in the catalogue version of Vital Signs magazine.
The exhibition team are taking an active role in the life of the touring exhibition, consulting with local Elders, families and communities and involving them in the presentation of the exhibition. And Mervyn Bishop is continuing his project of documenting NSW communities connected to the photographs of the Aborigines Welfare Board.
Touring Exhibition Highlights
- A selection of Aborigines Welfare Board photographs from Moree, Angledool-Brewarrina-Walgett, Pilliga and Wreck Bay with contemporary photos of these communities by Indigenous photographer Mervyn Bishop
- AWB photographs of Bomaderry, Cootamundra & Kinchela children's homes
- AWB photos published in Dawn magazine and their accompanying stories
- Digital copies of all 1000 photographs from the AWB records accessible via a computer database, searchable by name, place, date and subject with the facility to add family and community information
- 20 albums with prints of all 1000 AWB photographs for visitors to look through and help identify people and places
- Free copies of a 16-page full-colour exhibition catalogue
- Resource information for Aboriginal people researching their records at the State archives
» Views of the In Living Memory exhibition at State Records Gallery