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Sunday 24 August 2008

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A Great and Crying Need: a history of Kew Cottages

Kew Cottages was Australia's largest and oldest purpose built institution for people with intellectual disability. Opened in 1887, it housed thousands of people, over more than a century, before its closure in early 2008.

Sunday 17 August 2008

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History, citizenship and national identity

A forum which tackles the complex and related issues of history, citizenship and national identity, organised by the Monash-Menzies Centre in London, and held at Australia House.

The conference features a range of scholars who offer comparitive European and Australian perspectives on the topics of identity, integration and social cohesion, and research and policy initiatives around the teaching of history in a number of countries around the world.

Sunday 10 August 2008

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Spectacle and the City: Sydney's Garden Palace

The only thing more spectacular than Sydney's Garden Palace was the mysterious fire that destroyed it. Set in the Governor's Domain overlooking Farm Cove, the Garden Palace briefly dominated the Sydney skyline with its immense facade and lofty dome. Pulled together in nine months to host Sydney's first big gig as a global city, the Garden Palace lived fast, died young and is now forgotten. But in 1879 the Garden Palace achieved global fame, and put the new metropolis of Sydney on the map, as the gracious host of Australia's first International Exhibition.