The house ruins of Governor Phillip, the first governor-general of Australia is where the Museum of Sydney is built on. The original house, built in 1788 was the first Government House of Australia and was finally exposed in the 1980s by some archaeologists.
Pictures, objects and new techniques in the digital media have made exploring the contemporary and colonial Sydney possible through the... Read moreThe house ruins of Governor Phillip, the first governor-general of Australia is where the Museum of Sydney is built on. The original house, built in 1788 was the first Government House of Australia and was finally exposed in the 1980s by some archaeologists.
Pictures, objects and new techniques in the digital media have made exploring the contemporary and colonial Sydney possible through the Museum of Sydney. Sydney’s panoramic views of present day and those from are being stretched across video screens and walls. A huge showcase of Convict Sydney is available and on display as more than 25 archaeology digs have recovered many chattels and goods.
A showcase of the Gadigal, the first people in Australia’s land, and the ways of how they sustained life, before they were in contact with other settlers, some 40,000 years ago, can be seen in the museum. The Gadigal’s ancestors have lived in and all over Sydney Cove, Warrane some thousand years even before the First Fleet arrived in Port Jackson.
Also present in the museum is the Edge of the Trees, an award-winning sculpture which interprets the site where the Aborigines and the people from the First fleet first made contact. Paintings, artifacts, soundscapes and film evoking present-day Aboriginal point of view on the past is also on display as one goes through the museum.
The AGL theatre of the Museum of Sydney has just upgraded with new furnishings, seating and AV facilities. The museum is also equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, making it an environment of style and innovation. Collapse
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Museum of Sydney
On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that... Read moreOn 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that Australia was at war with Germany. Although the battlefields were thousands of miles away, the war also significantly affected those at home, who were urged to support the war effort. For most Australians, life during World War II was a strange combination of loneliness, excitement, opportunity, austerity, love and grief.
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939–45 explores the experiences of Sydneysiders living on the home front during World War II. Through a fascinating array of paintings, photographs, film, costume, objects and personal memorabilia, this exhibition follows the wartime events that shaped, challenged and changed the lives of generations of Australians. Collapse
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contemporary art, social, creative
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Contemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and... Read moreContemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and sometimes engaging in risky activities. Culture jamming is a form of activism that involves subversively altering media or advertising messages to cast a critical spotlight on the activities of governments, corporations or individuals. It can take place in physical spaces or virtual realms: some activists amend billboards, others hijack websites.
Photographer Dean Sewell captured the activities of a small group of culture jammers in Sydney between 2003 and 2007. The group of three to six members, calling themselves ‘The Lonely Station’ after a line from a Midnight Oil song, were perhaps the city's most audacious culture jammers. They scaled silos, highway billboards and buildings to rework images and draw public attention to social-justice and environmental issues, from the Iraq war to woodchipping and the plight of refugees. Collapse
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Contemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and... Read moreContemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and sometimes engaging in risky activities. Culture jamming is a form of activism that involves subversively altering media or advertising messages to cast a critical spotlight on the activities of governments, corporations or individuals. It can take place in physical spaces or virtual realms: some activists amend billboards, others hijack websites.
Photographer Dean Sewell captured the activities of a small group of culture jammers in Sydney between 2003 and 2007. The group of three to six members, calling themselves ‘The Lonely Station’ after a line from a Midnight Oil song, were perhaps the city's most audacious culture jammers. They scaled silos, highway billboards and buildings to rework images and draw public attention to social-justice and environmental issues, from the Iraq war to woodchipping and the plight of refugees. Collapse
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On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that... Read moreOn 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that Australia was at war with Germany. Although the battlefields were thousands of miles away, the war also significantly affected those at home, who were urged to support the war effort. For most Australians, life during World War II was a strange combination of loneliness, excitement, opportunity, austerity, love and grief.
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939–45 explores the experiences of Sydneysiders living on the home front during World War II. Through a fascinating array of paintings, photographs, film, costume, objects and personal memorabilia, this exhibition follows the wartime events that shaped, challenged and changed the lives of generations of Australians. Collapse
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On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that... Read moreOn 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that Australia was at war with Germany. Although the battlefields were thousands of miles away, the war also significantly affected those at home, who were urged to support the war effort. For most Australians, life during World War II was a strange combination of loneliness, excitement, opportunity, austerity, love and grief.
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939–45 explores the experiences of Sydneysiders living on the home front during World War II. Through a fascinating array of paintings, photographs, film, costume, objects and personal memorabilia, this exhibition follows the wartime events that shaped, challenged and changed the lives of generations of Australians. Collapse
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social, creative, contemporary art
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Contemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and... Read moreContemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and sometimes engaging in risky activities. Culture jamming is a form of activism that involves subversively altering media or advertising messages to cast a critical spotlight on the activities of governments, corporations or individuals. It can take place in physical spaces or virtual realms: some activists amend billboards, others hijack websites.
Photographer Dean Sewell captured the activities of a small group of culture jammers in Sydney between 2003 and 2007. The group of three to six members, calling themselves ‘The Lonely Station’ after a line from a Midnight Oil song, were perhaps the city's most audacious culture jammers. They scaled silos, highway billboards and buildings to rework images and draw public attention to social-justice and environmental issues, from the Iraq war to woodchipping and the plight of refugees. Collapse
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Contemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and... Read moreContemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and sometimes engaging in risky activities. Culture jamming is a form of activism that involves subversively altering media or advertising messages to cast a critical spotlight on the activities of governments, corporations or individuals. It can take place in physical spaces or virtual realms: some activists amend billboards, others hijack websites.
Photographer Dean Sewell captured the activities of a small group of culture jammers in Sydney between 2003 and 2007. The group of three to six members, calling themselves ‘The Lonely Station’ after a line from a Midnight Oil song, were perhaps the city's most audacious culture jammers. They scaled silos, highway billboards and buildings to rework images and draw public attention to social-justice and environmental issues, from the Iraq war to woodchipping and the plight of refugees. Collapse
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On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that... Read moreOn 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that Australia was at war with Germany. Although the battlefields were thousands of miles away, the war also significantly affected those at home, who were urged to support the war effort. For most Australians, life during World War II was a strange combination of loneliness, excitement, opportunity, austerity, love and grief.
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939–45 explores the experiences of Sydneysiders living on the home front during World War II. Through a fascinating array of paintings, photographs, film, costume, objects and personal memorabilia, this exhibition follows the wartime events that shaped, challenged and changed the lives of generations of Australians. Collapse
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On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that... Read moreOn 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that Australia was at war with Germany. Although the battlefields were thousands of miles away, the war also significantly affected those at home, who were urged to support the war effort. For most Australians, life during World War II was a strange combination of loneliness, excitement, opportunity, austerity, love and grief.
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939–45 explores the experiences of Sydneysiders living on the home front during World War II. Through a fascinating array of paintings, photographs, film, costume, objects and personal memorabilia, this exhibition follows the wartime events that shaped, challenged and changed the lives of generations of Australians. Collapse
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Contemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and... Read moreContemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and sometimes engaging in risky activities. Culture jamming is a form of activism that involves subversively altering media or advertising messages to cast a critical spotlight on the activities of governments, corporations or individuals. It can take place in physical spaces or virtual realms: some activists amend billboards, others hijack websites.
Photographer Dean Sewell captured the activities of a small group of culture jammers in Sydney between 2003 and 2007. The group of three to six members, calling themselves ‘The Lonely Station’ after a line from a Midnight Oil song, were perhaps the city's most audacious culture jammers. They scaled silos, highway billboards and buildings to rework images and draw public attention to social-justice and environmental issues, from the Iraq war to woodchipping and the plight of refugees. Collapse
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