Seniors are invited to come along and enjoy great company and an old world experience from yesteryear.
Includes morning tea and lunch.
Funded by the NSW Seniors Festival Grants Program / The Department of Communities and Justice
We have a range of activities planned including
- Card Making
- Apple Grading & Peeling in our Machinery Shed
- Butter Making & Bean Slicing in the Burragorang Cottage
Everyone welcome
Bookings Essential before 11 April 2021
Contact Wollondilly Heritage Centre 0432 689 034 or trish.hill17@bigpond.com
Saturday 17 April 10:00am – 12:00noon – Exhibition Opening
with Guest Speaker Gary Baker featuring the life and art of local artist Alan Baker (1914-1987)
Morning Tea will be served.
Four artists will have their work on display.
The Exhibition will be open until 3:00pm.
Saturday 17 April to 16 May – Our Heritage – Our Future
passport to historic art and images in the museum collection
Display of works from local students – A Moment in History
Sunday 16 May – Student Awards
followed by activities using museum objects
Bring the family to visit the Heritage Centre at 11:00am Sunday 16 May 2021 to try life like it was in the olden days.
This will be the conclusion of our Heritage Festival event.
You can church butter, wash with a mangle, grade apples, clean eggs (not real ones), pump water, use slate boards and paint a boomerang – to name a few activities available on the day.
There will be a short presentation at 11:00am for our children’s art competition winners, followed by the activities until 1:00pm.
Please RSVP to Bev on 0409 913 679 to help us with the organisation.
History Week 2021: From the Ground Up
The Valley of Dispossession – The Journey of the land known as the Burragorang Valley
Use PAUSE if required on any slide.
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this clip contains images of deceased persons.
Free entry for Seniors to the Wollondilly Heritage Centre & Museum at The Oaks. Bookings are Essential
Book Here or Contact Community Projects Team 02 4677 9550 to register your attendance or use the QR code.
See displays of Burragorang before the flooding when it was a community with farms, post offices, schools and guest houses. Get together with friends and view the photgraphic displays, archival material, B&W film footage, machinery and utensils that were part of daily life in Burragorang.
Tea and Coffee available
