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000000000000000000000 Combined Probus Club higher probability of fine weather in of Belrose Inc. the Northern Hemisphere for outdoor ceremonies. In some cases, it is an June 2021 Newsletter official public holiday, sometimes aligning with the celebration of other Magazine Section events. Most Commonwealth countries release a Queen's Birthday Honours list at this time. ________________________________________________ In the UK the Trooping the Colour Friendship, Fellowship and parade marks the Queen’s official Fun birthday and usually takes place in _______________________________ June but it has been cancelled this year following the death of Prince Philip. Queen’s Birthday Monday 14th June 2021 It is only the third time in the Queen’s reign that the parade has not gone ahead. The Queen's Official Birthday, or the King's Official Birthday, is the selected day in some Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated. It does not necessarily correspond to the date of the monarch's actual birth. The Sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1748, for King George Australian states and territories (with II. Since then, the date of the king or the exception of Western Australia and queen's birthday has been determined Queensland) observe the Queen's throughout the British Empire, and later Birthday on the second Monday in the Commonwealth of Nations, either June, by Royal Proclamations issued by the sovereign or viceroy, or by statute laws passed by the local parliament. Western Australia celebrates Western Australia Day (formerly known as Foundation Day) on the first Monday in The date of the celebration today June. The Governor of Western varies as adopted by each country and Australia each year proclaims the day is generally set around the end of May on which the state will observe the or start of June, to coincide with a Queen's Birthday, based on school Combined Probus Club of Belrose Newsletter Page 1 terms and the Perth Royal Show (The date is usually the last Monday of Sydney University’s September or the first Monday of October). new Chau Chak Norfolk Island celebrates Bounty Day on 8 June, so the Queen's Birthday is Wing Museum held on the Monday after the second Saturday in June. Christmas Island has other holidays Find the unexpected: art, and does not hold a Queen's Birthday holiday at all. science, history and ancient cultures The day has been celebrated in Australia since 1788 when Governor Arthur Phillip declared Sydney’s newest museum a holiday to mark the birthday of the King of Great Britain. brings three powerful collections to a stunning, Until 1936, it was held on the actual birthday of the monarch, but, after King purpose-built space at the George V died, it was decided to keep the date on the second Monday in University of Sydney. June. This has more evenly spaced out public holidays throughout the year. Located in the heart of the University of Sydney, the Chau Chak Wing Museum The Queen's Birthday weekend was designed to share the University and Empire Day were the traditional of Sydney’s vast collections with the times for public fireworks displays in broader community. Australia. The sale of fireworks to the public was banned in most states The collections began with the through the 1980s and by Nicholson Collection of antiquities in the Australian Capital Territory on 24 1860 and continued to grow to include August 2009. Tasmania is the only the Macleay Collections of natural state and the Northern Territory the history, ethnography, science and only territory to allow the sale of historic photography, and the fireworks to the public University Art Collection. The Chau Chak Wing Museum was designed by Johnson Pilton Walker to unite these Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21st diverse collections in one April 1926. multidisciplinary institution. Combined Probus Club of Belrose Newsletter Page 2 Museum shop and While the collections themselves aren’t new, being able to see them is. The café Chau Chak Wing Museum triples the exhibition space previously available. The Museum shop features Chau 70 per cent of the items on display Chak Wing Museum merchandise, plus have not been seen publicly for over books, toys and more inspired by our 20 years. collections. From ancient Rome, Greece and Our café, Sounds Sydney, is a new Egypt, to the art of First Nations casual eatery by The Little Marionette, people, and the works of leading one of Australia's leading coffee contemporary artists, the Chau Chak roasters. Their offering includes Wing Museum is open to all as a brunch, lunch and a broad selection of centre of cultural and artistic coffee as well as a carefully curated excellence. A museum with more than wine list. meets the eye Transformative Three collections research united The long-held dream of bringing the Many of the Museum’s objects pose University’s three major collections intriguing questions. To find answers, together, pieced together over more the Museum is equipped with the latest than 150 years, was realised thanks to facilities allowing researchers to the foresight and generosity of Dr examine, understand and share new Chau Chak Wing, the Chinese- discoveries. Australian businessman and philanthropist, and our other donors: The Ian Potter Foundation, Nelson Multidisciplinary Meers Foundation and Penelope learning Seidler AM. The Museum’s education programs are designed to have an impact that lasts a Find out more about our collections: lifetime. The museum will become a classroom for the University’s own • The Nicholson Collection students, offering object-based learning experiences across all • The Macleay Collections disciplines. Visiting primary and secondary students will have the • The University Art Collection. opportunity to hold ancient treasures in their hands in dedicated learning spaces. Combined Probus Club of Belrose Newsletter Page 3 ____________________________________ The Colour Yellow • Yellow is the colour of traffic lights ____________________________________ and signs indicating caution all over the world. • In Japan, yellow often represents courage. • In China, adult movies are referred to as yellow movies. • In Russia, a colloquial expression Yellow is the most luminous of all the for an insane asylum used to be colours of the spectrum. It’s the colour "yellow house." that captures our attention more than any other colour. • Bright “marigold” yellow may be associated with death in some In the natural world, yellow is the areas of Mexico. colour of sunflowers and daffodils, egg yolks and lemons, canaries and bees. • Those condemned to die during the In our contemporary human-made Inquisition wore yellow as a sign of world, yellow is the colour of Sponge treason. Bob, the Tour de France winner’s jersey, happy faces, post its, and signs • A yellow patch was used to label that alert us to danger or caution. Jews in the Middle Ages. European Jews were forced to wear yellow or It’s the colour of happiness, and yellow “Stars of David” during the optimism, of enlightenment and Nazi era of prosecution. creativity, sunshine and spring. Lurking in the background is the dark Different colours evoke different side of yellow: cowardice, betrayal, emotions. egoism, and madness. Furthermore, yellow is the colour of caution and Think about when you see the big red physical illness (jaundice, malaria, and letters on a “Clearance” sign, How pestilence). Perhaps it’s no about the classic red script of Coca- coincidence that the sources of yellow Cola? Are you beginning to feel thirsty pigments are toxic metals - cadmium, or in need of an excellent deal? If so, lead, and chrome - and urine. you aren’t the only one. Many companies — including Colgate, • Yellow is the colour most often Nintendo, Virgin, and KFC, to name associated with the deity in many but a few — use red to entice religions customers because red has been scientifically proven to create a feeling . of urgency. It’s an emotional colour. Combined Probus Club of Belrose Newsletter Page 4 Similarly, the colour blue evokes A study done by a casino found that feelings of tranquility and trust. That’s when the table tops are red, as why so many financial companies opposed to blue, people are more (Visa, PayPal), technology companies inclined to gamble longer. Meanwhile, (IBM, Facebook, Twitter), car the city of Glasgow in Scotland heard companies (Ford), and healthcare about a study that suggested the companies (Oral-B) use blue in their colour blue evokes trust. When the city logos and advertising. changed all of its street lights to blue lighting in 2000, they found that their Other colours that are often used for crime rate decreased. their ability to evoke certain emotions include green (nature and growth, think You’re more likely to forget something Whole Foods or Animal Planet), when it’s in black and white. orange (confidence and enthusiasm, Psychologists have found a number of think Harley Davidson or Hooters), connections between colour and black (power and elegance as used by memory. As it turns out, people have Jaguar, Chanel, and Mont Blanc), more trouble remembering facts white (perfection, think Apple or Ralph presented in black and white than they Lauren), purple (wealth and royalty, do facts presented in colour. For like Crown Royal or Cadbury), and example, lecture notes written in yellow (intellect and energy, think coloured pen are more helpful than National Geographic or DHL). notes written in black ink, while a scene from a black-and-white film is Colours can even play tricks on your harder to remember than a scene from mind - Though it’s proven pretty a film in colour. difficult to conclude definitively that colour affects a person’s psyche, there The reason for this seems to be that have been plenty of studies — some colour — of which black and white official, some not so official — that technically are not included — has a have come close.

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