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History Week
Off the Beaten Track, the History
Council’s Inaugural Travelling Lecture
Series stopped at Kempsey Library
on Monday morning the 19th of
September. Professor Richard
Waterhouse, a specialist in Australian
rural history gave a fascinating lecture
on the use and misuse of land in
rural Australia, titled Agrarian Ideals,
Pastoral Realities. The History Council
sponsored the professor and his
expenses and also contributed to the
library’s costs in providing chairs and
refreshments.
Members of the Macleay River
Historical Society were thrilled when
we contacted them regarding the
lecture and they networked with all of
their friends and relations so the library
hosted an unprecedented 70 people on
Monday morning. The success of the
lecture was clearly indicated by the fact
that numerous questions were asked,
and that afterwards the professor was
swamped by people eager to continue
the conversation with him.
Although Kempsey is not remote,
it is off the beaten track as far as
educational or cultural events are
concerned, so people have to travel
sometimes quite considerable distances
for events of the mind. The audience
were most appreciative and we hope
to provide more events like this in the
future.
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Plenty to crow about!
Wagga Wagga City Library (WWCL)
has developed an exciting new avenue
for library promotion. Their online
e-newsletter Crow About currently has
in excess of 180 subscribers and is still
growing.
Crow About’s value to WWCL as an
effective communication tool with
library clientele has been measured
by the volume and varied submissions
of the volunteer subscribers to the
service. Membership is anonymous but
we can ascertain from the addresses
that we have Crow About members from
Wagga Wagga businesses, regional
community organisations, Australian
and overseas residents, primary and
secondary schools, universities and
TAFE.
Complementary to WWCL’s
traditional marketing activities, Crow
About took up its proud position on
WWCL’s webpage in November 2004.
It has been instrumental in effectively
informing members of over 40 events,
services and WWCL achievements.
The WWCL Crow About project
was assisted by Adam Bell, Wagga
Wagga City Council’s Web Developer.
We thank him for his assistance
and his enthusiasm. Adam’s advice
and suggestions continue to be
an invaluable component in the
collaboration between Council and
Library. My favourite response from
Adam is keep the ideas coming.
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