Events on 23rd May 2024
Events for 23rd May 2024
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Beyond the Scones – Celebrating the Centenary of the Country Women’s Association (CWA)
- Date: 13th May 2024 - 25th May 2024
- Every day
- Location: Wanneroo Regional Museum, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
- Time: 10:00 - 16:00
- Cost: FREE - drop-in
Discover the key role the CWA has played in building and strengthening local communities for 100 years in this remarkable display at the Wanneroo Regional Museum.
Dates and times
- Monday // 10am to 4pm
- Tuesday // 10am to 4pm
- Wednesday // 10am to 4pm
- Thursday // 10am to 4pm
- Friday // 10am to 4pm
- Saturday // 12pm to 4pm
- Sunday - CLOSED
Explore fascinating photographs, memorabilia and artefacts including wool boots and vests sent overseas for the war effort, and you can view old membership lists to see if your mother, aunty, or grandmother’s name is included. City libraries will also be displaying cookbooks and photographs during this time to celebrate the occasion.
Known for top notch scones, the CWA also has a long history of building and strengthening communities through advocacy, education, service and belonging – from starting the Land Girls to keep providing food to the war effort to advocating for the importance of seatbelts in cars.
The late Margaret Cockman, Freeman of the City, helped form the Wanneroo CWA branch in the 1960s, and won the title of CWA Cash Queen for raising the most money in the state to build the CWA building in Perth.
Changemakers: Travelling exhibition, Museum of Australian Democracy
- Date: 10th April 2024 - 25th May 2024
- Every day
- Location: Great Court, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, 3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo
- Time: 10:00 - 16:00
- Cost: FREE - drop-in
This small but powerful exhibition draws on the history of textile banners as artefacts used for activism.
Dates and times
- Monday - CLOSED
- Tuesday - CLOSED
- Wednesday // 10am to 4pm
- Thursday // 10am to 4pm
- Friday // 10am to 4pm
- Saturday // 10am to 4pm
- Sunday - CLOSED
This exhibition shows how ‘crafting’ – traditionally considered women’s work – can be used for political expression and social change.
Changemakers consists of eight textile banners that represent a range of historical and contemporary activist movements including the women’s suffrage campaign, as well as banners displayed in town halls and churches.
Many of the social issues raised by early activists remain vitally relevant today, including equal pay, sexual harassment, family violence, and female representation in Parliament and business.
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