In Living Memory NSW tour

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 visits 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 for updates. Please contact Susan Charlton on (02) 8247 8660 if you have any enquiries.

Current bookings for In Living Memory NSW tour

9 — 28 August 2008
Dharriwaa Elders Group office
47 Fox Street, Walgett

4 September — 4 October 2008
Brewarrina Aboriginal & Cultural Museum
cnr Bathurst & Darling streets, Brewarrina

14 October — 14 November 2008
Social & Emotional Wellbeing Centre
142 George Street, Quirindi

22 November 2008 — 30 January 2009
Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place
128 Kentucky Street, Armidale

5 February — 1 March 2009
Northern Rivers Community Gallery
44 Cherry Street, Ballina

12 March — 2 April 2009
Kempsey Shire Library
Civic Centre, Elbow Street, West Kempsey

11 April — 28 June 2009
Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest
86 River Road, Emu Plains

9 July — 24 September 2009
Hurstville City Museum & Gallery
(formerly St George Regional Museum)
14 MacMahon Street, Hurstville

30 September — 7 November 2009
University Gallery, University of Newcastle

OPENING SOON
1 — 16 December 2009
Mechanics Institute
9 Page Street, Moruya
10.00 am - 4.00 pm daily
Enquiries Loretta Parsley ph: (02) 4478 6068; mob: 0410 634 538 or Monika McInerney, Eurobodalla Shire Council ph: (02) 4474 1061

15 January — 13 February 2010
Bega Valley Regional Gallery
Zingel Place, Bega

6 March — 18 April 2010
Museum of the Riverina
cnr Baylis & Morrow Street, Wagga Wagga

22 April — 6 May 2010
Cootamundra Library
Wallendoon Street, Cootamundra

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 'Special Exhibition Issue' 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

• 18 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 about the State archives for Aboriginal people conducting family history research