RGSQ Meetings

Mapping the Great South Land

What

Guided tour of exhibition, plus optional lunch

When

11.30 am Tuesday 17 February

Where

Treasures Wall, Level 4, State Library of Queensland, Southbank

Book

with the office, essential as numbers are limited

Ruth Gardiner, the State Library's Map Collection Coordinator, will give a special presentation to Society members on the exhibition, Mapping the Great South Land: From Terra Incognita to New Holland and Australia.

This display of 30 rare maps, globes and books, features charts by Tasman, Cook and Flinders and publications that made Australia an essential destination for scientists, and inspired works such as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

A rare map from 1593 that depicts a possible Australian land mass, more than a decade before the Dutch 'discovered' Australia, is just one of the historic gems on display.

Ruth will also bring out a volume of the 1654 Blaeu Atlas for us to look at. This is owned by the Society but on permant loan to the State Library

Following the tour of the exhibition, join us for lunch in the Tognini's Café within the State Library.

For those with extra time you might like to also visit the exhibition Panoramic Queensland. The Library's collection of panoramic photographs provides a timely view of how the landscape has changed during the past 150 years. See Brisbane as it was in 1862. Note the romance and engineering of the first permanent Victoria Bridge, built in 1974. Chart the cultural development of Brisbane River's south bank through a series of panoramas. The exhibition also includes panoramic photographs from Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Ayr, Caloundra and Coolangatta, and some panoramic cameras will be displayed. (In Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery, also on level 4.)

Last updated 23 January 2009. For more information email admin@rgsq.org.au
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Mapping the Great South Land
What	Guided tour of exhibition, plus optional lunch
When	11.30 am Tuesday 17 February
Where	Treasures Wall, Level 4, State Library of Queensland, Southbank
Book	with the office, essential as numbers are limited
Ruth Gardiner, the State Library's Map Collection Coordinator, will give a special presentation to Society members on the exhibition, Mapping the Great South Land: From Terra Incognita to New Holland and Australia. This display of 30 rare maps, globes and books, features charts by Tasman, Cook and Flinders and publications that made Australia an essential destination for scientists, and inspired works such as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. A rare map from 1593 that depicts a possible Australian land mass, more than a decade before the Dutch 'discovered' Australia, is just one of the historic gems on display. Ruth will also bring out a volume of the 1654 Blaeu Atlas for us to look at. This is owned by the Society but on permant loan to the State Library Following the tour of the exhibition, join us for lunch in the Tognini's Café within the State Library. For those with extra time you might like to also visit the exhibition Panoramic Queensland. The Library's collection of panoramic photographs provides a timely view of how the landscape has changed during the past 150 years. See Brisbane as it was in 1862. Note the romance and engineering of the first permanent Victoria Bridge, built in 1974. Chart the cultural development of Brisbane River's south bank through a series of panoramas. The exhibition also includes panoramic photographs from Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Ayr, Caloundra and Coolangatta, and some panoramic cameras will be displayed. (In Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery, also on level 4.)
Last updated 23 January 2009. For more information email admin@rgsq.org.au Return to home