Heritage Festival

Next date: Monday, 10 April 2023 | 12:00 AM to Sunday, 30 April 2023 | 11:59 PM

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

When

Location

Various locations across the LGA