Heritage Festival
To celebrate the 2023 Australian Heritage Festival there are a number of events throughout our region. The theme for 2023 Festival is 'Shared Stories’ this invites us to reveal Australia’s layered history by sharing stories of our natural, cultural, built and Indigenous heritage, and encourages the community to build deeper connections by sharing their own rich and diverse stories along the way.
In celebrating the wealth of heritage, social, art and culture in our own Queanbeyan-Palerang region there will be calendar of events held throughout April and May 2023
Download our full calendar of events here(PDF, 1MB).
Heritage Festival Events
Historic Painting and Community Photos from the Council Collection
NOW - until May 2023
Monday to Friday 10:00am - 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 4:30pm, Saturday 9:00am - 12:30pm
Braidwood Library- Park Lane, Braidwood
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Exhibition:Feminist at my Table – Claire Young
NOW - until 27 March 2023
Wednesday to Saturday, 10am - 4pm
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Feminist Posters
NOW - until 29 April 2023
Wednesday to Saturday, 10am - 4pm
This exhibition forms part of the QPRC Women’s Festival, funded in part by the Reconnecting Regional NSW Government Grant Program.
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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HERStory - Women of Queanbeyan Palerang
NOW - until May 2023
Digital Gallery Artist Talk
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Exhibition Launch: Heather Groves, Prints
1 April 2023
10am - 11pm
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Sharing Stories - People and places of Garryowen (Queanbeyan)
2 April 2023
10am-11am
The walking tour of the historic area will cover about two kilometres and take about 90 minutes.
Bookings essential - Contact - Phill Hawke phawke49@bigpond.net.au or call 0467 985 770
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Workshop: Feminist Discussion Circle
8 April 2023
From 2pm
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Explore Historic Queanbeyan
12 April 2023
9.30am - 11.30am
Join guides John McGlynn and Kerrie Ruth from Queanbeyan Museum on a walk around Queanbeyan’s historic places. Contact John McGlynn 02 6297 2730
Meet in front of the Council Chambers in Crawford Street Queanbeyan.
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Queanbeyan Palerang Heritage Festival launch David Hanzl
15 April 2023
11am-12.30pm
There is a mystery in the Carwoola & Hoskinstown area. Unexpectedly rediscovered during the writing of the history of the Carwoola Rural Fire Brigade, this short local history can now tell the forgotten story behind the strangely high number of crashes and honour the memory of the ten RAAF aircrew who lost their lives here. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/524147849327
Queanbeyan Library, 6 Rutledge Street Queanbeyan
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Children’s Scavenger Hunt in Riverside Cemetery
15 April 2023
10am-2pm
Bring your children and join Family History ACT members in a scavenger hunt in Riverside Cemetery. Each child will be given a sheet, a card to stamp, and a map with graves to find using the Canberra Tracks signs.
40 Erin St, Queanbeyan
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World Art Day Activation in Captains Flat
15 April 2023
11am-3pm
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Workshop – Basic Printmaking Demonstration & Techniques
15 April 2023 1:30pm-3:30pm
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Curators Talk Feminist Posters Exhibition – True Grit Artist’s Book
15 April 2023
1:30pm-2pm
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Queanbeyan Museum Open Day
16 April 2023
12-4pm
Come and see the energised exhibitions in the 1876 former police sergeants’ residence in Queanbeyan. To book call Fred Monk 02 6299 4817
Queanbeyan Museum, 10 Farrer Pl Queanbeyan
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No Name Lane – Outdoor Exhibition Launch ‘The Outsider’ by Frank Lindner
20 April 2023
5pm - 7pm
No Name Lane, Queanbeyan - entrance 63 Monaro St, Queanbeyan
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Workshop: Feminist Discussion Circle
22 April 2023
2pm - 3pm
Rusten House Art Centre 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Guided Tour of Historic St Gregory’s Catholic Church, 1850
22 April 2023
2pm - 4pm
Guided tour of St Gregory’s Church Molonglo Street Queanbeyan NSW by historian Dr Margaret Carmody. Gold coin donation.
Molonglo St, Queanbeyan East
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Artist Talk: Heather Groves Nurturing Nature – HERStory
29 April 2023
2pm - 3pm
Rusten House Art Centre - 87 Collett St, Queanbeyan
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Possum skin blanket-cloak stories: darning & yarning with Aunty Matilda House
29 April 2023
9.:30am - 4:30pm
The Queanbeyan Hive - 274 Crawford St, Queanbeyan
You must book to attend this event - https://events.humanitix.com/heritagefestival_2023
When
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Monday, 10 April 2023 | 12:00 AM
- Sunday, 30 April 2023 | 11:59 PM
Location
Various locations across the LGA