{"id":520,"date":"2018-12-21T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T02:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffscoastheritage.wordpress.com\/?p=520"},"modified":"2020-10-13T23:34:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T23:34:23","slug":"2018s-history-highlights-from-the-coffs-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2018\/12\/2018s-history-highlights-from-the-coffs-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"2018&#039;s History Highlights from the Coffs Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-526 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-wreath-1542080923qLU.jpg\" alt=\"christmas-wreath-1542080923qLU\" width=\"615\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-wreath-1542080923qLU.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-wreath-1542080923qLU-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nThroughout 2018, the History Services Unit of the Library, Museum &amp; Gallery Team&#8217;s goal has been to make our local heritage accessible to everyone. Whether it be digitally through this Blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coffsharbourregionalmuseum\/\">Facebook<\/a> and our Museum Newsletter &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au\/Your-Council\/what-we-are-doing\/Pages\/Email%20Subscription.aspx\">subscribe here<\/a> or view back issues through <a href=\"https:\/\/nla.gov.au\/nla.obj-523199788?searchTerm=coffs+museum\">Trove here<\/a>;\u00a0or tangibly through our museum.<br \/>\nCoffs Harbour Regional Museum&#8217;s varied and interesting exhibitions this year have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rime of the Ancient Mariner paintings by Geoff Mould and the associated sea themed open mic session on World Poetry Day.<\/li>\n<li>Created from a Dream: A Gift of Calligraphy, which presented the beautiful handmade book &#8220;The North Coast Regional Botanic Garden &#8211; Created from a Dream&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Submerged: Stories of Australia&#8217;s Shipwrecks which included a very popular after dark event.<\/li>\n<li>The Tasma Theatre: Coffs Harbour&#8217;s Jewel (currently on display)<\/li>\n<li>Bananas to Beautizone: Coffs&#8217; Changing Summers (currently on display)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the last 12 months there has been exciting and significant grants won by two talented members of our team that will ultimately have a great impact on public access to our local historical information, these were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au\/news\/funds-to-digitise-precious-historic-records\/3486899\/\">A grant for $510,000 grant to digitise museum, gallery and library local heritage and arts collections<\/a> won by our digitisation coordinator Debbie Campbell.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au\/2018\/11\/05\/museum-wins-community-heritage-grant\/?fbclid=IwAR3knrJquai-MPRMPJ7Lyq0H4UApuGvGaRW08VESR7xyujzhSON0Avq3jbA\">A grant for $5,500\u00a0to fund a significance assessment of the museum\u2019s collection<\/a>\u00a0won by our curator Jo Besley in addition to an $8,710 grant from Museums &amp; Galleries NSW for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoverwinteringproject.com\/\">Overwintering Project<\/a>\u00a0which will include local artists, schools, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and other community groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would like to acknowledge and thank our museum and library volunteers, as well as the community for all of the considerable assistance they have contributed this year and wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2019.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-519 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mus07-1572.jpg\" alt=\"mus07-1572\" width=\"700\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mus07-1572.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mus07-1572-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nI wonder whether Rene and Flo McCristal preparing\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">Christmas<\/span>\u00a0dinner at the Pier Hotel, Coffs Harbour, 25 December Circa 1910,\u00a0 would have preferred to have put a prawn on the barbie? Picture Coffs Harbour Collection, <span class=\"Style1\">\u00a0<\/span>mus07-1572<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout 2018, the History Services Unit of the Library, Museum &amp; Gallery Team&rsquo;s goal has been to make our local heritage accessible to everyone. Whether it be digitally through this Blog, Facebook and our Museum Newsletter &ndash;&nbsp;subscribe here or view back issues through Trove here;&nbsp;or tangibly through our museum. Coffs Harbour Regional Museum&rsquo;s varied and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2018\/12\/2018s-history-highlights-from-the-coffs-coast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2018&#039;s History Highlights from the Coffs Coast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}