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2017 & REGION COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIARY Every effort is made to supply accurate information, but no responsibility is accepted by the compiler for errors. Compiled by Mike Friganiotis. Send event/course inclusion information to [email protected] - likewise if interested in joining, or wishing to unsubscribe from, the mailing list .

THIS DIARY IS ALSO POSTED AND UPDATED ON THE FAMILY LAW PATHWAYS WEBSITE, FNQ SECTION – http://www.qldfamilylawnet.org.au/networks/far-north-queensland/activities ______TEXT COLOUR CODE: RA FNQ SOCIAL/ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITY EDUCATIONAL/CULTURAL HOLIDAYS/SPECIAL On Now Till 14 Jun Come join Play-Connect-Grow:- We offer a supported playgroup where children can play and learn together and parents can join in or meet other parents. Everyone is welcome. In the garden at 98 Birch St, Manunda, (opposite Raintrees), Wednesdays 9:30am to 11:30am, for children between 0-5 years with their parents or guardian. A variety of fun filled activities are planned each week. Small morning tea is provided for the children, with tea and coffee available for the adults. No cost involved (gold coin donation appreciated). Reserve a place by phoning 4032 6800

Till 17 Jun Shoot from the Hip exhibition – examines the proliferation of Hipster culture and its subsequent impact on contemporary Australian Art. Gallery One, KickArts, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns

Till 18 Jun FRANCESCA ROSA: MEMORIA - Francesca Rosa is a photo-media artist based in Etty Bay, Far North . Rosa’s most recent exhibition, Memoria at the Cairns Regional Gallery, is a deeply personal exploration of the life of her father, an Italian immigrant who came to Far North Queensland under the Italian-Australian Migration Agreement of 1951. However, the exhibition with its powerful images, photographs and collection of the artist’s father’s gathered and precious objects, tools and possessions will resonate with many audiences who have shared experiences of relocating to another country and creating a new life and home for their families. The installation titled Private Collection is an accumulation of objects belonging to the artist’s father, Mario Rosa (1931-2000) who travelled from Italy to Cairns in 1956 on the Aurelia ship, and settled in Innisfail to cut cane and ultimately work in the sugar industry until retirement. “Growing up in a family of nine throughout the war influenced my father’s frugality, and the process of holding onto and reusing was a way of saving for the future. However, the objects now function as time capsules, filled with the emotional weight of the past and serve as physical traces for his identity” says Ms. Rosa. Memoria is a collection of works in various media, including large-scale photographic projections that investigate the regional history of Italian migration, with particular focus on the first post-war Italians who arrived at Cairns Port for work in the Far North Queensland sugarcane industry. Under the Italian-Australian Migration Agreement of 1951, Italian immigrants were offered government assisted passage to Australia and the men were employed to cut cane for two years as a condition of this assistance. Included in the exhibition is a fascinating collection of original postcards of the ships that were used to bring migrants to Australia in the late 1940s and 1950s. A further element of the exhibition explores Australia’s response to the sudden influx of Italian migrant labour. Labelled ‘white aliens’, ‘swarthy invaders’ and ‘olive peril’, many Italian cane cutters eventually became landowners, replacing Australian and British farmers. Their success led to a fear of foreign dominance of the industry that escalated into a nationwide prejudice against Italian post-war migrants. In the exhibition, typologies and collections symbolise journeys and a passage of time. Memoria captures vernacular images of an historic time in far north Que