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SUMMARY:Well Built: Simmie & Co Master Builders 1924 – 1978
DESCRIPTION:Simmie & Co was a prominent building company in Melbourne (1924-1978) and in Canberra (1926-1969).  In Melbourne the company was highly successful and built many iconic buildings\, churches\, monasteries\, schools\, housing\, factories\, defence works\, the Shrine forecourt (1939-45)\, offices and theatres including some heritage-listed constructions (one designed by Robin Boyd). \nIn Canberra\, Simmie & Co was responsible for building a wide range of iconic constructions\, including the first Northbourne Avenue shops on London Circuit\, Albert Hall\, the Australian War Memorial\, St Andrews Cathedral\, Institute of Anatomy (now the Film and Sound Archives)\, US Embassy\, several other embassies\, R G Menzies Library\, a range of housing from heritage listed homes in Forrest to worker’s cottages in Narrabundah\, schools\, halls\, theatres and commercial sites. \nThe founders were three Victorian brothers\, all born in the last decade of the nineteenth century and all worked at the Sunshine Harvester factory before World War One – William\, Jock & George. All were World War One veterans (two were Gallipoli veterans). All were wounded and survived. Two were closely involved with the Master Builders Association in Melbourne. \nDiscover their story of a pioneering building company of the early to mid-twentieth century\, of World War One veterans\, of courage and a willingness to take a risk\, of the beginning of the capital city of Australia and the workers\, the unsung heroes\, who made it all happen. \nABOUT THE R J SIMMIE COLLECTION \nThe R J Simmie Collection has been put together over many years by Dr Richard Simmie\, a grandson of Jock Simmie\, one of the principals of Simmie & Co.  The Collection contains records of the Simmie family connected to Simmie & Co and also historic farm Harpsdale. These comprise an extensive collection of photographs\, construction and farm business records\, artefacts and ephemera\, even historic farm machinery.  The R J Simmie Collection is the major sponsor for this exhibition\, both in Melbourne and Canberra. \nABOUT THE CURATOR AND AUTHOR \nDr Andrew Kilsby\, is an independent historian (www.connect-history.com)\, and published author. He holds a PhD in history from UNSW. Dr Kilsby has a background in military and diplomatic service\, public relations and corporate communications both in Australia and in Asia-Pacific.  Recent publications include The Big Garage: 65 Years of Motoring History;  The Case of Eichengruen-Edwards and Continental Tyres (Commendation Community History Awards 2019); The Forgotten Cruiser: HMAS Melbourne I\, 1913-1928; The Riflemen: A History of the NRAA 1888-1988 and as co-author\, A Reputable Set of Men: The Sandringham Club 1913-2013 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals 1912-2012. His new publication Family Business: The Simmies of Simmie & Co and Harpsdale\, will be launched at the exhibition opening.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/well-built-simmie-co-master-builders-1924-1978/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:‘Love of a crowd\, a band\, and “a gardens’’’: Music\, Recreation\, and Gardens at Nineteenth-Century International Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:Australian Garden History Society presents \n‘Love of a crowd\, a band\, and “a gardens’’’: Music\, Recreation\, and Gardens at Nineteenth-Century International Exhibitions \nWinter online lecture by Sarah Kirby \nInternational exhibitions were some of the most significant cultural events of the nineteenth century\, drawing together displays from across the world that (supposedly) demonstrated the breadth of human achievement. These vast events\, held in enormous buildings and filled with objects to dazzle the spectator had\, from their inception\, been designed to combine education\, entertainment\, and spectacle. While their educational aspects generally remained confined to the inside of the buildings\, by the 1880s the gardens that surrounded them had become hives of entertainment. These outdoor spaces inherited the traditions of earlier European ‘pleasure gardens’\, combining fountains\, walkways\, grottos\, and spectacular lighting effects with a wide variety of refreshments and carnival amusements\, including music. These gardens became\, for many\, the main drawcard of the exhibitions; as George Bernard Shaw declared in 1885\, the success of International Exhibitions overall lay in the public’s ‘love of a crowd\, a band\, and “a gardens”’. \nThis talk explores the role of music and gardens in the experience of nineteenth-century international exhibitions\, considering questions of passive and active experience\, ‘rational recreation’ and ideas of public health and wellbeing\, and popular vs. ‘high art’ music and entertainment. While it explores many exhibitions and their gardens across the British Empire\, its particular focus is on the exhibitions held in Melbourne in 1880 and 1888\, and the music heard in the Carlton Gardens that surround the Royal Exhibition Building. \nSarah Kirby is a musicologist and cultural historian\, specialising in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Australian and British music history. She is a recent doctoral graduate of the University of Melbourne\, where her thesis explored music at international exhibitions in the British Empire. She is currently working as the Grainger Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Grainger Museum. Sarah has published widely on music in Britain and Australia\, colonialism\, women in music\, and music in museums\, and her first monograph\, ‘Exhibitions\, Music and the British Empire’\, is out now with Boydell & Brewer. She lectures in undergraduate music history at the Melbourne Conservatorium and at the University of New England\, is associated editor of the journal ‘Musicology Australia’\, and was the 2022 Nancy Keesing Fellow at the State Library of NSW. \n  \nDATE:              Tuesday 6 June 2023\nTIME:               6.00 start – log in from 5.45\nLOCATION      A Zoom link will be provided with reminder email before the session.\nCOST:              $10 members AGHS\, $10 Friends RBG\, $15 non-members \nBOOKINGS:     https://www.trybooking.com/CHCCX\nENQUIRIES:     LYNDA ENTWISLE – Mobile: 0466 925 370
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/love-of-a-crowd-a-band-and-a-gardens-music-recreation-and-gardens-at-nineteenth-century-international-exhibitions/
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