Mar2011 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

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.
July 13. Subject: The Science of the Siphon.  The rediscovery of the siphon principle, from ancient Egyptians to the mistaken modern scientists.
Speaker:  Dr Stephen Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Queensland University of Technology.
Aug 10. Subject: Shades of Grey.  Journalism and Fiction Writing.
Speaker:  Bernie Downling, Journalist.