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Society’s historic book win FLINDERS District Historical Society has won the 2023 Small History Publication Award for its book, Flinders Cargo Shed: heritage and environs. The Victorian Community History Awards are made by the Public Record Office Victoria and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. “Beginning with the 2022 Flinders pier precinct heritage listing with the Heritage Council of Victoria, this small volume reveals the importance of this space’s natural history, the early Bunurong-colonist relationships in this area of Bunurong country, and the role of the site in industry and defence,” the award citation stated. “This is a considered and informative history with an engaging narrative drawing on an interpretative display housed in the Flinders Cargo Shed. “The history is beautifully illustrated and situates the history of the Cargo Shed and pier within broader moments of Victoria’s history and demonstrates the significance of the cargo shed’s built structure to the state.” Copies of the book can be bought by emailing flindersdhs@gmail.com with your name and address or from the RHSV Bookshop: historyvictoria.org.au
Fire protection THE CFA has published advice for tourism businesses to prepare themselves ahead of fire seasons with a free online module, Bushfire Planning for Tourism Businesses. The 30-minute interactive tool was created to help businesses better understand their respective bushfire risk and guide them through producing their own bushfire survival plan. Businesses can learn how to best communicate the information to their visitors and are encouraged to download marketing materials for display and distribution. “If you run a tourism business that relies on customers during summer, you should have a
Moon rises on arts collective JO Monie, vice president of Flinders District Historical Society, with Emeritus Professor Richard Broome, president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Picture: Supplied bushfire plan,” CFA deputy chief officer Alen Slijepcevic said. “While some tourists are aware of the fire risk in the area they visit, others are not, and they will look to you for information. It is important they are alert, but not alarmed.” Download the free Bushfire Planning for Tourism Businesses module and Tourism Business Bushfire Plan template at cfa.vic.gov.au/tourism)
THE former site of the Blue Moon hardware store in Red Hill is now a centre to exhibit works by emerging and established artists Mornington Peninsula artists. The temporary space opened last month and will feature a diverse range of works, including paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, pottery, furniture, jewellery and illustrations. Featured artists include painters Margaret Amond, Mary Schepisi, Charlie and Gee (Gerald) Ryan, Joshua Searle and Michael Leeworthy; photographers Elizabeth Clancy, Oliver Altermatt and Philip Robertson; and sculptors; Jean Sheridan, Amy Leeworthy, Amber Skehan, Emma Cleine, Natalia Milosz-Piekarska and Mark Richardson. The space is managed by volunteers and has no formal gallery commission. However, most of the artists have chosen to give 20 per cent from the sale of their works to their own chosen community group or not-for-profit, including the Red Hill CFA, Red Hill Consolidated Primary School and Save Westernport.
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NEXT month’s Flinders Art Show has been cancelled because of delays in completing the new Flinders Civic Hall. The art show committee said it was “bitterly disappointed” at having to cancel the 8 - 10 March event. The committee said it was now negotiating with the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council team to hold the art show on the Melbourne Cup Day weekend in November. The committee said on Monday that it had been told the hall would not be completed in time due to “project completion delays”. Ticket holders, artists and donors would be given refunds and notified of the new exhibitions date.
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The Blue Moon Artist Collective opens 10am to 4pm daily at 169 Shoreham Road, Red Hill South. Details: bluemooncollective.au or Instagram: @bluemoonartistcollective
14 February 2024
Phone: 5977 8912