Hopes and Dreams of the New Federal Capital: The Calthorpes’ House Collection - Anna Wong
Автор: Royal Australian Historical Society
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Hopes and Dreams of the New Federal Capital: The Calthorpes’ House Collection and Mrs Calthorpes’ Shopping Spree
Dr Anna Wong (Director, ACT Historic Places) discusses the family history of Calthorpes’ House and its collection (along with contemporaneous comparisons with our current Covid spurred online shopping). Built in 1927, Mrs Calthorpe furnished her new house through mail-order catalogues and a two-day shopping spree in Sydney at Beard Watson and Co. The architecture and intact domestic collection of this house museum reflects the suburban dream of an ‘exciting new world’ in the newly established Federal Capital.
Dr Anna Wong manages Lanyon Homestead, Mugga Mugga Cottage and Calthorpes’ House – three heritage places that showcase Canberra’s ecological and cultural history. From her multi-faceted career as historian, archaeologist, curator and heritage manager, Anna is passionate about story-telling through objects, people and places – particularly through the history of food, gardening, music and decorative design. She is currently researching how heritage supports community well-being and resilience.
This presentation was a part of the Exciting New World: Australian Life in the 1920s and 1930s seminar, broadcast on 6 November 2021.
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