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Message from the Chair Dear Friends Welcome to the second edition of the Friends Newsletter for 2011. The past three months have been very busy, with a range of Friends activities taking place, as well as some Joan Kennedy of our sub-committees working hard to prepare for these and future events. There have been two very interesting series lectures, one by Janet Jeffs in March and another by Linda Groom in May, as well as the Garden of Ideas special lecture, also in May. But the highlight for me has been our Friends coming-of-age celebration, our 21st Joan Kennedy and Vanessa Fanning birthday party held on Monday 11 April. (first Friends Chairperson, 1991–93) cut the 21st Birthday cake We were fortunate to have with us a number of former Chairs and members of earlier Friends committees, including the first Friends Chair, Vanessa Fanning, and Marion Halligan and Peter Sekuless. As well, the party provided an opportunity for Friends to meet the National Library’s new Director-General, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, who took up her appointment in March this year. The celebration was enhanced by a ‘slideshow’ of photographs of a range of Friends events covering the twenty one years since 1990, as well as by (l-r) Marion Halligan, Peter Sekuless, Joy a wonderful 21st birthday cake. Our new Director-General proposed the Hooton, Vanessa Fanning, Gary Kent, Elizabeth Kennedy, Terry Birtles, Jenny toast, and Vanessa Fanning and I shared the privilege of cutting the cake. Gleeson (seated), John Chapman, Yvonne Cramer and Joan Kennedy at I am very pleased to announce that we have now confirmed our speakers the Friends 21st Birthday for this year’s Kenneth Myer Lecture and for the Friends Celebration. Psychologist, social researcher and writer Hugh Mackay will deliver the Kenneth Myer Lecture on Thursday 4 August. Award-winning writer Alex Miller will be honoured at this year’s Celebration event on Sunday 30 October 2011. The annual Friends Spring Tour, this year to Braidwood, will be held on Saturday 24 September. Details about the tour and a booking form appear later in the newsletter. And the big event we have all been waiting for, the opening of the Library’s Val Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Kennedy, Vic Adams, Shirley Gollings and Lynette new Treasures Gallery, will take place in early October. To mark this special Adams at the Friends 21st Birthday occasion, the Friends Committee is currently planning a members-only viewing evening, to be held before the Gallery opens to the public. This promises to be a very special event indeed, and one that befits our ‘Coming of Age’ year. With best wishes Joan Kennedy

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Information for Friends This will be an occasional column to provide information on issues raised by Friends. The Friends Committee is sometimes asked to consider a special price for lower income members at paid Friends events. Perhaps if I explain how we decide on the price of tickets it will be clear why we are unable to offer a discount. We work to a simple formula, to cover the cost of all items associated with an event plus to make a small profit while aiming to keep the price as low as possible for all Friends. Whether it is the Spring Day Trip, the Celebration or the Christmas Party every attendee should expect to meet the cost of their individual participation for such things as entry fees, bus hire or food and drink. The Library assists in minimising costs, waiving all venue hire charges for Friends activities. During the preliminary organisation we calculate the anticipated attendance, the expected cost of the event, and set the ticket price. Included is an amount, usually five dollars or less, to cover unforeseen circumstances and provide hopefully a small profit. These small profits, added to the revenue from membership fees, allow us to fund such activities as the annual Friends Scholarship, and provide assistance to the National Library for special activities such as the Treasures Gallery. They also enable the Friends to keep the New Members Evening as a free event Lynette Adams, Treasurer

What the Dickens? The umbrella of the Friends shelters several interesting and active groups which enjoy specialised activities. One such is the Dickens Reading Group, ACT. This group meets regularly to enjoy discussions on the life and work of 19th Century novelist Charles Dickens. The membership convenor, Malcolm Thurston, told me the group, which was formed in 2008, has a membership of about 20 with an attendance at each meeting averaging about 14. The group has links with the Dickens Fellowship which was founded in the UK in 1902 and has 53 branches around the world. Although not yet formally affiliated with the Dickens Fellowship, the ACT G.W.W., Portrait of Charles Dickens group keeps informed of its activities by regular contact with their officials. [transparency] [187-?], Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2439328 The Dickens Fellowship has branches in Adelaide, and Sydney, and ACT members are encouraged to visit these interstate meetings if the opportunity presents itself. The Fellowship holds an International Conference each year. This year it will be held in Christchurch and three members of the ACT group will be attending. Meetings of the Dickens Reading group are held on the first Wednesday of each month (except January) in the Friends Lounge, commencing at 7pm and concluding around 8.30pm. The novels nominated for discussion for 2011, in order, are The Pickwick Papers and David Copperfield. Members are encouraged to contribute to the discussions and to read passages from the novels, but this is not essential.

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The group also participates in a film evening in conjunction with the Real McCoy cinema group. So far films such as Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities have been presented. In 2011 two guest speakers who are both extremely knowledgeable in Victorian Literature will address the Library’s Dickens Reading Group. Social interaction also plays a part in the group’s program, including a Christmas party and a Christmas in July function. New members are Dickens Reading Group members and welcome and there are no requirements for membership except to be partners enjoying the ‘Mr Pickwick’s a Friend of the Library. For instance it is not necessary to have read all of Plentiful Portions’ luncheon in July 2010 Dickens’ works—interest and enthusiasm is all that is asked. To join or ask for more information just email Malcolm at [email protected] and he will provide details. Sylvia Marchant

Review of Friends Rules At the Friends Annual General Meeting on 6 December 2010, the then Chairperson of the Friends, Elizabeth Kennedy, announced that the Friends Committee proposed to conduct a review of the Friends Rules to ensure they remained appropriate to the current needs of the organisation. The Review was also announced in the Friends December 2010 Newsletter, in which a formal call was made for submissions from Members in relation to the Review. A number of helpful submissions were received from Members by the closing date of 26 February 2011. After comprehensively reviewing the current Rules, the Committee has decided to recommend to the Friends that they should be amended in a number of key respects to provide for the efficient running of the Friends and ensure they remain compliant with the relevant associations incorporation legislation. To this end the Committee has decided to convene a Special General Meeting of the Friends for July 2011 to enable a revised version of the Rules to be considered for possible adoption. Further details of this meeting and a copy of the new Rules proposed by the Committee are contained as a separate inclusion within this newsletter package.

RECENT EVENTS Canberra Series Lecture: People Have Such Fear of Food “People have such fear of food” said Julia Child, and this was the starting point of Janet Jeffs’ entertaining and informative Canberra Series lecture on 24 March. Janet, chef and owner of Ginger Catering and of the Ginger Room, and now a farmer too, has a wealth of more than 30 years experience in the business of food.

Janet Jeffs at the Ginger Room Her talk looked at food fears today and why we need Furies in the kitchen if we are serious about a better deal for women in the business of food— and better food on our plates. Janet focused on future food concerns, and the unintended consequences of the role of nitrogen in food production. Nitrogen, the key ingredient of military explosives in World War II, became the main ingredient in

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plant fertilizers. The resulting increase in food production saved millions from starvation but the unintended consequences were the use of agricultural herbicides, increased salinity, bad drainage and the start of the pesticide treadmill. She identified two central food problems facing the world today: the global food shortage, and the havoc caused by the ‘Western diet’ in the more affluent parts of the world. Heavy in processed food, meat, lots of fat, sugar, refined grains and few vegetables, this ‘Western diet’ is the often the cause of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in affluent countries like the USA and Australia. Biotechnology will be absolutely key to addressing the global food shortage at a time when population is steadily rising and in parts of the world, increasingly hungry. The gap between the excesses of the western diet and famine at the other end is growing, not reducing, despite the promise science offers. This is because patents lie at the heart of the biotechnology companies’ profits. Biotechnology companies have played a vital role in genetic modification (GM) of plants, developing staple crops like corn, potatoes and soy beans that are hardy and insect resistant. Seeds of new crops are patented and sold to farmers. Janet’s concern, however, is that the focus on patents—which are at the heart of the biotechnology companies’ profits—is skewing research towards seeds and away from other areas like soil, water and biodiversity. As well, the costs and the profit motive may well prevent poor farmers from gaining access to healthy cultivars. A lively and extended question time followed Janet’s talk, with a focus on what people can do as individuals to address some of these problems. Janet’s advice is ‘to take small bites at the big problem’ and to be aware of consumer sovereignty. She reminds us this can have a big effect just at the level of the local supermarket. We can choose to eat free range eggs, and say ‘no’ to plastic bags. Margaret Pender

The Garden of Ideas On 12 May Friends and gardeners enjoyed a joint presentation by the Friends of the National Library of Australia and the Australian Garden History Society, which promotes knowledge of historic gardens and research into their history. Richard Aitken shared his love and extensive knowledge of Australian garden style, in a lecture based on his new book The Garden of Ideas. His research is closely linked to the cultural history of Australia since 1788. He drew on paintings, drawings, prints, plans and photographs. From an 1838 plan for the new Botanic Garden at Sydney Cove to 21st century public garden designs, Aitken showed us aspects of four centuries of Australian gardens. The earliest botanical illustrations emphasise the

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exotic nature of our flora. In early paintings we see the influence of English gardens. Artists portrayed the Australian bush as serene, almost ornamented by aboriginal hunters and kangaroos. He drew attention to pastoral lands owned by the Archers in Tasmania and the tidy garden of Highfield, planted with northern hemisphere species that contrasted with the wild Tasmanian bushland and no doubt helped to allay homesickness for the settlers. Aitken’s lecture also focussed on the influence of modernism in Australian garden design. Eucalypts were valued for their surreal shapes. The dappled shade of these trees was both cooling and aesthetic. By the 1960s Australian domestic and garden design was leaning more to the American style and now, in the 21st century, after years of drought our gardens are designed with careful attention to the natural environment and water conservation. Aitken paused to consider the futuristic design of the Perth Public Works Department in 1966 and the hard edge landscaping at the South British Insurance Building. Both designs were influenced by international styles of their time. Richard Aitken is currently co-editor of Australian Garden History (quarterly journal of the Australian Garden History Society). His previous book was Botanical Riches (2006). The Garden of Ideas is published by The Miegunyah Press (2010). Both are available in the NLA Bookshop. Robyn Oates

Building Works at the National Library Construction continues to progress well in the Treasures Gallery and Exhibition Gallery as well as the new-look Main Reading Room, and construction is still on track for completion in June 2011. In July carpeting of the Main Reading Room will be finalised and work will start on fitting out the two new exhibition galleries. Parquetry flooring has been laid in both galleries, walls and ceilings are complete and marble flooring has been laid in the new central foyer. Some of the larger joinery items began arriving in mid-May, and the hoarding around the entry to the Main Reading Room was altered to allow the builders to install the sound chairs and foyer display wall. With approximately three weeks of construction remaining, the number of workers on site will increase in the coming weeks. A substantial amount of work will occur at night in order to minimise any disruption to staff and Library users. The Library appreciates the ongoing patience of Library users during the building works period. Further details of the construction, including images of the designs, are available on the Library’s website at http://www.nla.gov.au/building-works/.

Construction of the new Treasures Gallery Bookshop Refurbishment The National Library Bookshop will be undergoing refurbishment early in the new financial year, and during this period will temporarily relocate to the Ferguson Room on Level 1 (immediately above the bookshop). Further details on the refurbishment will be emailed to Friends when dates are confirmed.

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Friends Payments at the National Library Bookshop We would like to remind members that although payments for Friends events and membership may be dropped off at the National Library Bookshop for collection by Friends staff, these payments are not actually made through the Bookshop’s registers. As an incorporated organisation, the Friends are a separate financial and legal entity to the National Library. All payments left at the bookshop should be delivered in an unsealed envelope (for security reasons), with details of your name, the payment amount and what the payment is for written on the front. Cash payments must be made with exact change. Payments left at the bookshop are collected on a regular basis and processed as soon as possible by Friends staff. Any queries regarding memberships or event bookings should be directed to the Friends office on 6262 1698 or 6262 1551, not Bookshop staff who do not have access to this information.

Behaviour in the Friends Lounge Following several recent complaints, we would like to remind members that the primary function of the Friends Lounge is to provide a space where members may meet other Friends and talk freely. Members wishing to study in a quiet space should do so in one of the Library’s reading rooms. This however does not preclude the use of the Lounge by those wishing to use their laptops and or read in a more relaxed environment, but it does mean that a quiet working environment is not something that they should expect. Respect and courtesy should be accorded to fellow Friends members, and unsociable behaviour, including harassing other members, is not acceptable. Members should recognise that not everyone using the Lounge wishes to become involved in conversation and that their right to not converse with others must be respected. If conflict arises in the Lounge, or if problems occur with the facilities, please refer the matter directly to the Friends Executive Officer, Sharyn O’Brien, on 6262 1551, or in her absence to the Events and Education Manager, Kathryn Favelle (6262 1168) or the cloak room guard (6262 1433).

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UPCOMING EVENTS Bookings for all Friends events may be made through the Friends Office on 02 6262 1698 or by emailing [email protected]. Credit card payments may be made over the phone at the same number. Cheque payments, made payable to ‘The Friends of the National Library of Australia’, should be posted to Friends of the National Library, National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600. Cash payments may be made at the National Library bookshop during opening hours, and must be delivered in an unsealed envelope, with details of your name, the event and the dollar amount written on the envelope.

ASIAN TREASURES: GEMS OF THE WRITTEN WORD To mark the release of the National Library publication Asian Treasures, the Friends will host a ‘white gloves’ evening featuring rare, beautiful and historically significant items from the Library’s Asian Collection. Amongst the many items on display will be: • the oldest printed book in the National Library, Da Ban Ruo Bo Luo Mi Duo Jing (Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom), which dates from 1162 during China’s Song dynasty. • an illuminated Persian manuscript containing Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an • the Tesukiwashi Taikan (Great Collection of Handmade Japanese Paper)—a monumental work, it is possibly the most comprehensive collection of handmade paper ever created. • the Batak Bark Books, created by the Batak people of Sumatra in Indonesia and written on flattened bark from the alim tree with ink made of resin soot and tree sap. • a replica of the Diamond Sutra in Chinese from 868, the oldest dated printed book to survive anywhere in the world • Kobunsha’s Japanese Fairy Tale Series, 1885–1887, featuring colourful woodblock illustrations Tuesday 12 July, 5.30 pm Conference and Brindabella Rooms Cost: $20 Friends/$30 non-members (light refreshments provided) Bookings required: 02 6262 1698 or [email protected] FRIENDS BOOK CLUB A monthly literary discussion, run by Friends members. 28 June—Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (please note change of book to what was previously advertised) 26 July—The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 30 August—Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver 7pm, Friends Lounge Free for members Bookings required: 02 6262 1698 or [email protected]

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2011 KENNETH MYER LECTURE Why Did I Do That? A fresh look at the psychology of human motivation As a social researcher, Hugh Mackay has spent the past 50 years listening to us talk about our dreams, our hopes, our fears, our disappointments and our passions. In this lecture, he identifies ten desires that drive our social behaviour and suggests that it is the dynamic interplay—the contest— between these desires that explains why we are so often puzzled by the apparently irrational things we all do. Hugh Mackay is a psychologist, social researcher and novelist. He is the author of 13 books, including six bestsellers. His latest book, What makes us tick? The ten desires that drive us, was released in 2010. In recognition of Hugh Mackay his pioneering work in social research, Hugh has been awarded honorary doctorates by Charles Sturt, Macquarie, NSW and Western Sydney universities and is an honorary professor of social science at the University of Wollongong. He has been a newspaper columnist for over 25 years, and is a frequent guest on ABC radio. Thursday 4 August, 6 pm Theatre, followed by light refreshments in the foyer Cost: $25 Friends/$35 non-members Bookings required: 02 6262 1698 or [email protected]

FREE FILM SCREENINGS The Friends of the National Library in association with the Reel McCoy Film Society present fortnightly film screenings exclusively for members of both organisations. Membership cards must be shown at the door and membership to either organisation can be arranged on the night. 8 June—Day Shall Dawn (Pakistan 1959)

22 June—The Paper Chase (USA 1973) 6 July—McCabe and Mrs Miller (USA 1971) 20 July—The 400 Blows (France 1959) 3 August—Love Me Tonight (USA 1932) 17 August—Battle of Algiers (Italy 1966) 31 August—David Copperfield (USA 1935) 14 September—Lantana (Australia 2001) Full details of these movies can be viewed online at www.nla.gov.au/ events or call 02 6262 1698 for further information. Theatre, 6 pm, free Bookings not required.

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SPRING DAY TOUR TO BRAIDWOOD Join the Friends for a day tour to Braidwood and surrounding district. The itinerary will include guided tours of Bedervale Historic Homestead and the Braidwood Museum, and a two course lunch at the old Braidwood Pub (built in 1859), now known as the Braidwood Hotel. After free time in the town, afternoon tea will be provided by the CWA and will include a brief talk on the history of the organisation. A detailed itinerary and booking form can be found at the end of this newsletter. All bookings must be made using this form and be accompanied by payment. Saturday 24 September Cost: $90 Friends, $105 non-members Enquiries: (02) 6262 1698 or [email protected]

National Library Bookshop Special Offer Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family by Tim Bonyhady Tim Bonyhady’s great-grandparents were leading patrons of the arts in fin de siecle : Gustav Klimt painted his great-grandmother’s portrait, and the family knew many of Vienna’s leading cultural figures. In Good Living Street he follows the lives of three generations of women in his family in an intimate account of fraught relationships, romance, and business highs and lows. This offer is available only to members of Friends of the National Library of Australia. To order a copy, please phone 1800 800 100 or email nlshop@nla. gov.au , and quote your membership number. Mail orders within Australia incur a $5 postage and handling fee. OFFER ENDS 31 AUGUST 2011. OFFER NOT EXTENDED TO ONLINE ORDERS AND NO FURTHER DISCOUNTS APPLY.

Online Bookshop Offer In conjunction with the bookshop, the Friends are pleased to announce a special offer for members who make a purchase using the online bookshop. For any purchase made by a Friend before the end of August 2011, they will receive a free Thesaurus Card Pack AND World Maps Card Pack. Both packs showcase exquisite images, all which are found in the National Library’s collections. This is an excellent offer for Friends, as the two items retail for a combined total of $44.90. This offer is in addition to the usual Friends’ discount and any other offers advertised on the Library Shop web site.

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New Library Publications Library of Dreams: Treasures from the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia holds many treasures that tell the story of the nation in all its intricacy over the course of the past centuries. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Library of Dreams examines what makes a national treasure and reflects on the importance of libraries as custodians of history, heritage and imagination. This publication interprets and celebrates a rich selection of items from the National Library of Australia’s collections. The items span the first sightings of Australia in the 1600s and the infamous mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, to the growth of the early colonies in the 1800s, the Federation of Australia in 1901 and the landmark Mabo ruling in the early 1990s. ISBN 978-0-642-27702-2 2011, hb, 250 x 220 mm, 132 pp RRP $49.95

John Alexander Ferguson: Preserving Our Past, Inspiring Our Future by James Ferguson For a period of over 30 years, John Alexander Ferguson transferred a wealth of material from his private collection of Australiana to the National Library of Australia. Following his death in 1969, the Library purchased the remaining materials from Ferguson’s estate, thus creating the Ferguson Collection of some 34 000 items—the largest private collection in the Library’s possession. Throughout his life, Ferguson took pleasure and pride in his adopted homeland. Born in 1881 in New Zealand of Scottish parentage, Ferguson came to Australia as a boy. From his youth, he immersed himself in this country—its people, places, events and, significantly, its historical records. As a true Australian, there was no more natural a thing for him to collect than the documentary material on which his country was built. As he believed, if a people knows nothing of its past, how can it create its future? A leading barrister and an esteemed judge of the New South Wales Industrial Commission for much of his successful career, Ferguson not only collected the records of his country, he contributed to its history. Bound by home and work to his beloved Sydney, Ferguson was driven to act for the public good. Ferguson’s defining contribution to the history of Australia was his magisterial, seven-volume Bibliography of Australia (1941–1969), which describes, with some limited exceptions, every printed document concerning Australia from 1784 to 1901, many of which can be found in the Ferguson Collection. This insightful biography by grandson James Ferguson gives the reader access to Ferguson as a man of faith, integrity and remarkable strength of character and to the singularity of purpose in his personal, professional and collecting life. ISBN 978-0-642-27718-3 2011, pb, 240 x 160 mm, 236 pp RRP $39.95

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July 2011 Release Asian Treasures: Gems of the Written Word by Andrew Gosling Asian Treasures provides a fascinating glimpse into the remarkable items that the National Library of Australia has acquired from the Asian region. Showcasing Asian writing, printing and books of beauty and historical significance, Asian Treasures captures the flavour of Asian print and design. From Persian manuscripts and handmade Japanese papers, to Chinese maps printed on silk and thirteenth-century woodblock prints, this publication explores a multitude of individual, yet connected, writing traditions. How did a twelfth-century Buddhist sutra inspire the fictional Monkey TV series, loved by generations of modern children? Who really invented movable type? What were the origins of the manga Japanese comic book tradition? All these questions and more are answered by this careful selection of beautiful and scholarly treasures from the Library collections. The narrative of this collection of treasures highlights the interrelationship of religion, war and trade with the development and transmission of different scripts and alphabets, technologies, writing forms and geographical knowledge, all accompanied by beautiful colour illustrations. ISBN 978-0-642-27722-0 2011, pb, 250 x 220 mm, 124 pp RRP $34.95

August 2011 Release Wolfgang Sievers by Helen Ennis ‘For Sievers, industry was beautiful, but goodness resided in the worker. Wolfgang Sievers represents an absolutely singular case in the whole history of photography.’ Jorge Calado in Life Line (2000) At the outbreak of the Second World War, Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007) fled Nazi to make a new home in Australia. Through his striking images of the post-war manufacturing boom, he would go on to become one of the country’s eminent photographers. Sievers images celebrate the individuality of the worker and the excitement of the modern machine age. The photographer documented the height of Australian industry, recording places such as textile mills, match factories, oil refineries and treatment plants—many of them long since gone. In these places, Sievers found unexpected beauty and virtue, forming an invaluable record of Australian history, people and culture. The images in this book are from the National Library of Australia’s Wolfgang Sievers Photographic Archive of 65 000 photographs. Helen Ennis is one of Australia’s leading photographic historians and lectures in Art Theory at the Australian National University, Canberra. She is the author of many books, including Frank Hurley’s Antarctica. ISBN 978-0-642-27693-3 2011, pb, 250 x 220 mm, 196 pp RRP $49.95

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FSpring Dayriend Tour to Braidwood s Saturday 24 September 2011 Tour leaders for the day will be Friends Committee members Margo Geering, Lyn Adams and Robyn Oates. Itinerary

8.00am Bus departs National Library of Australia. 9.00am Light morning tea at Ryrie Park, Braidwood 10.15am Depart Ryrie Park 10.30–12.15am Tour of Bedervale Historic Homestead Built between 1836 and 1840 Bedervale Homestead is regarded as one of the most outstanding examples of Georgian architecture in Australia. For over 130 years the house was inhabited by the Coghill/ Maddrell family and the contents of the house that accumulated during this time are still in situ, reflecting changing tastes and social habits from Victorian through to Edwardian times. 12.30–13.30pm Lunch at the Braidwood Hotel and Kitchen A two course lunch with soft drink is included as part of the tour. Any additional drinks may be purchased at the bar. 13.30–14.30pm Tour of the Braidwood Museum The Braidwood Museum is housed in the first significant hotel in Braidwood, built in the 1840s as the Royal Hotel. The building was purchased by the Historical Society in 1970 to preserve artifacts and photos that tell the story of the people who have lived in the Braidwood district, and of significant events in Braidwood’s history. 14.30–15.00pm Participants free to explore Braidwood on foot (Bus available for those who require it). Participants to meet at the CWA rooms on Wallace Street by 3pm. 15.00pm CWA afternoon tea and talk on the history of the organisation. 16.00pm Depart for Canberra 17.30pm Arrive at the National Library

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Bookings To book your seat, please complete the booking form on page 14 and return it with payment to the Friends office. Bookings will not be accepted without payment and a completed form. As only 55 seats are available on this tour, it is recommended that you book early to avoid disappointment. Bookings open on Monday 13 June and will be processed on a ‘first in’ basis. Bookings received earlier than 13 June will not be registered until those received on 13 June have been processed. This system has been put in place to ensure that no Friends miss out on the opportunity to book a seat simply because their copy of the newsletter arrives later than others due to local mailing arrangements. Completed booking forms and payment can placed in an unsealed envelope and left at the National Library Bookshop (open 7 days a week) for collection by Friends Office staff or posted to: Spring Day Tour Friends of the National Library National Library of Australia Canberra ACT 2600 Those paying by credit card may also scan and email their booking form to [email protected] Refunds less a $20 booking fee will be available for cancellations up until Monday 5 September. No refund will be given for cancellations after this date unless we can fill your seat. For enquiries, contact the Friends Office on (02) 6262 1698 or [email protected]. What to bring • Comfortable walking shoes. • Hats, sunscreen and other sun protection as desired. • An umbrella (depending on the weather forecast) • Funds for extras or souvenirs

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SPRING DAY TOUR TO BRAIDWOOD—SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2011 BOOKING FORM Full name(s): ...... Friends membership number (if applicable...... Address: ...... Postcode: ...... Home telephone: ...... Mobile...... Email...... Dietary requirements (please circle): None Vegetarian Diabetic Other (please specify...... Do you have any special medication or medical conditions that we should know about? (this information will remain confidential)...... Contact person in case of accident or illness: Name: ...... Contact numbers for Saturday 24 September: ......

PAYMENT DETAILS Cost: Members of the Friends of the National Library. . . . . $90 Non-Members:...... $105 I enclose a cash/cheque payment of $......

Cheques should be made payable to ‘Friends of the National Library of Australia’ OR I wish to pay $...... by Visa/ Mastercard Card number: Expiry date: ...... Full name on card: ...... Signature: ...... Bookings open Monday 13 June 2011. Completed booking forms and payment may be placed in an unsealed envelope and left at the National Library Bookshop (open 7 days a week) for collection by Friends Office staff or posted to: Spring Day Tour Friends of the National Library National Library of Australia Canberra ACT 2600

Those paying by credit card may also scan and email their booking form to [email protected] Enquiries: (02) 6262 1698 or [email protected]

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