What’s On

Join members of the Australian Irish community as they celebrate women’s contribution to the arts with readings, music performances and poetry.

When Britain made chattel slavery illegal in 1833, vast sums were paid to slave owners in recompense. Australians see themselves as standing apart from the sordid history of international slavery, but a portion of that money was used to found Australia’s sugar industry that infamously imported Pacific Islanders as labour.

Today’s technologies allow people to use geospatial information in a variety of ways. This talk will explore ways data trapped in paper maps are being transformed into actionable information, how satellite imagery is being used to affect health outcomes, and how historical maps interact with imagery to compare the past with the future.

A warm and witty comedy set in the 20s chronicling the adventures of Maurice Pym, a flamboyant New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s 1969 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin.

Curator Elise Edmonds will focus on some of the collection items which inspired the exhibition, Dead Central.

The Martha Plan invites further reflection on intimate histories of post-war (and later) migrations. Dr Natalia Ortiz leads the morning session, which is based on her ground-breaking research into the Martha Plan. The afternoon will feature a panel discussion entitled ‘Brides and Bachelors’ which showcases the research of scholars who have explored migration to Australia as an intimate phenomenon.