Exhibition Opening - Connecting People, Places and the Past.

Elwin Andersen at the opening in from of her father Bill Andersen

An Exhibition Celebrating Australian Heritage Festival 18 April – 19 May 2019 was opened on the 5th of April at Gatakers Artspace.

Letters from the Keene family. Dr Rae Norris has done research on Burrum Miners and this is one of the families.

The generosity of the community has provided a rich collection of reflections and research that the library strives to have available on open access platforms. Four of these stories were selected for this exhibition.
Those featured were:
1. Research about Indentured Chinese of the Wide Bay by Dr Margaret Slocomb
2. Research about Miners of Burrum and Howard District by Dr Rae Norris
3. Recollections of Bill Andersen, the last Horse and Carriage Carrier in Maryborough, by his daughter Elwin
4. Recollections of an Australian Chinese family by Keith and Juanita Shang.

A Red Coat worn by a member of Juanita Shang's family.

Gatakers is open from 10 to 4 weekdays and 10 to 1 on weekends. It is located at 311 Kent Street Maryborough QLD 4650.

Margaret Slocomb with her mother and the Shangs.

If you cannont make it discover these stories and more online at the Fraser Coast Libraries –
catalogue.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/Montage/Gallery.aspx?
Fclibrarieslocalstudies.blogspot.com.au

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