Feb2011 THE HERITAGE TALKS 2011

Held on the second Wednesday of each month – 10am – at Pine Rivers Heritage Museum, Old Petrie Town, Dayboro Road, Whiteside.
Morning tea is supplied and bookings are essential for catering purposes. 
Phone 3285 7213   or Email: museum.pinerivers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au

 

March 9.  Subject:  A7V Mephisto.  The Last German First World War Tank, captured by the Aussies, how housed at Queensland Museum.
Speakers: Jeff Hopkins-Wiese, Research Fellow, Queensland Museum and Greg Czechura, Curator, Queensland Museum.
April 13.  Subject:  The History of Bribie Island.  From World War II defence forts to the present.
Speaker:  Barry Clark, President, Bribie Island Historical Group.
May 11.  Subject:  Japanese wartime skeletal remains in Australian museum collections.
Speakers:  Jeff Hopkins-Wiese, Research Fellow, Queensland Museum and Michael Westaway, Head of Cultures and Histories Programme, Queensland Museum.
June 8.  Subject:  Digging up Paradise.  The salvage excavation of the Burnett River township of Paradise.
Speaker:  Dr Jon Prangnell, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Queensland.
MUSEUM HOURS: 
Wed to Fri 10am to 3pm        Sat & Sun 10am to 2pm
FREE ADMISSION