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SUMMARY:Material Histories: Objects at Sea
DESCRIPTION:The next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University\, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers\, all united by their passion for objects! \n\n\n\nObjects at Sea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuke Keogh: The Wardian Case: Lost at Sea or a Case for Stories?\nIn 1829\, the surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathanial Bagshaw Ward accidentally discovered that plants enclosed in airtight glass cases could survive for long periods without watering. The Wardian case\, as it became known\, revolutionised the movement of plants around the globe. In the cases plants had greater chance of survival when in transit. After the first successful experiment on a journey from London to Sydney and back\, the cases were used for over a century and had a major impact on the distribution of plants around the globe. As a museum object\, the Wardian case is almost lost in collections worldwide\, with only thirteen of these boxes remaining. In this presentation Luke Keogh travels across the oceans with live plants in Wardian cases and delves into the ways to approach the histories of lost museum objects.\nLuke Keogh is a curator and historian. His book The Wardian Case (Chicago\, 2020) won the NSW Premiers General History Prize and was Garden Media Guild’s Book of the Year. He lectures into the museums and history programs at Deakin University. \nDr Peter Hobbins: Pickled and preserved: a brandy bottle\, a drunken sailor and a shipwreck\nWhy would a ship’s captain steer his vessel toward shore on a night that was literally dark and stormy? Did it have anything to do with the 3000 cases of brandy\, spirits and ale in the hold? Indeed\, was Captain Samuel Bache drunk when the barque Queen of Nations grounded just north of Wollongong on 31 May 1881? This presentation focuses on a fragile survivor of that shipwreck – a brandy bottle. What might this vessel and its tempting amber fluid tell us about materiality\, mobility\, consumption\, labour\, economics\, environment\, safety and psychology at a moment of technological transformation in sea travel?\nDr Peter Hobbins leads the curatorial\, library and publications teams at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney. As a curator and historian of science\, technology and medicine\, he focuses on what we can learn about the past when things go wrong\, including snakebite\, pandemics\, aircraft crashes and shipwrecks. \nMaterial Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with Deakin University and Australian Catholic University.
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SUMMARY:Old Treasury Building: Public Tour (June 2024)
DESCRIPTION:The Old Treasury building is one of very few gold rush buildings still in use in the city. \nThis monthly tour will showcase the exhibitions\, including the beautiful building. See areas of the building inaccessible to the general public\, including the Executive Council Chamber. This historic room is where the Governor of Victoria has met for over 160 years to sign legislation into law. Find out more about Melbourne’s fascinating gold rush past!
URL:https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/event/old-treasury-building-public-tour-june-2024/
LOCATION:Old Treasury Building\, 20 Spring Street\, East Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
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