Australian Heritage Week http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Community Wed, 01 May 2013 06:21:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The strange case of Matron Shawcross: sex, politics and madness in Western Australia,1938 http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/the-strange-case-of-matron-shawcross-sex-politics-and-madness-in-western-australia1938/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/the-strange-case-of-matron-shawcross-sex-politics-and-madness-in-western-australia1938/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:20:25 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2229 When WA’s mental health director James Bentley was sacked in 1938 for incompetence, he in turn accused Heathcote’s matron Mildred Shawcross of insubordination, sub-acute mania, drug addiction, and of interfering in the running of the Mental Hospitals Department through an inappropriately close relationship with the (married) Chief Secretary, William Kitson.

Were these accusations merely the demonisation of an outspoken woman – or were they based on fact? The investigation of Mildred Shawcross reveals a number of broader fault-lines in the history of nursing: the dynamic and often hazardous relationship between medical and nursing authority, the use of experimental treatments, and the difficulties in bringing about change in existing structures and patterns of mental health care.

]]> http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/the-strange-case-of-matron-shawcross-sex-politics-and-madness-in-western-australia1938/feed/ 0 Umina your own Business http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/umina-your-own-business/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/umina-your-own-business/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:41:39 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2226 Help the people of Umina preserve their cultural and spiritual heritage. So many isolated people have come out of the woodwork to love and work in this building. To Identify and celebrate cultural/spiritual history. To raise awareness and funds to buy this building

]]> http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/umina-your-own-business/feed/ 0 Heritage Trail – A Self Guided Tour http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/heritage-trail-a-self-guided-tour/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/heritage-trail-a-self-guided-tour/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:56:11 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2214 In its 130 years, Queen Victoria Market has had a colourful and sometimes controversial history.

During that time, the site has been a cemetery, a livestock market and a wholesale fruit and vegetable market. Each of these operations has its own history and an element of controversy.

Take yourself on our Self Guided Market History Tour.

You can download the brochure from the website http://www.qvm.com.au/market_tours.aspx?article_id=118.

 

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]]> http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/heritage-carpenter-at-work/feed/ 0 STUART TOWN GAOL http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/stuart-town-gaol/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/stuart-town-gaol/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:36:52 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2210 It is a simple design made of local stone and houses memorabilia and stories relating to police history and life in Central Australia.

]]> http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/stuart-town-gaol/feed/ 0 Hartley Street School Museum http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/hartley-street-school-museum/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/hartley-street-school-museum/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:28:41 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2208 Alice Springs’ first official school building with the oldest part of the structure dating from 1930.

]]> http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/hartley-street-school-museum/feed/ 0 Afternoon Tea on the Lawns of Burnett House http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/afternoon-tea-on-the-lawns-of-burnett-house/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/afternoon-tea-on-the-lawns-of-burnett-house/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:23:01 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2206 Afternoon Tea on the Lawns of Burnett House.

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]]> http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/tour-of-open-houses-on-myilly-point-precinct/feed/ 0 Movie and BBQ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/movie-and-bbq/ http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/event/movie-and-bbq/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:19:09 +0000 govspace Support http://heritage-week.govspace.gov.au/?post_type=event&p=2202 Movie and BBQ and Music on the lawns of Burnett House. Music by Burnett House Revellers.

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