National Archives of Australia - Annual reports

Touring exhibitionsTouring exhibitions provide opportunities for peoplethroughout Australia, particularly in regional areas,to engage with the Archives’ records. Four Archivesexhibitions toured across Australian in 2010–11:• Max Dupain on Assignment featuresstriking images of rural and urban Australia,architecture, industry and culture from the1940s to the 1970s• Shell-shocked: Australia after Armisticeexplores how the nation dealt with thelingering effects of World War I in the20 years following the end of the war• Strike a Pose ... with Lee Lin Chin featuresimages of Australian fashion from the 1960sand 1970s, with commentary by fashionistaLee Lin Chin• Summers Past: golden days in the sun1950–1970, displays images depictingAustralians’ love affair with the sun and seain the 1950s and 1960s.Table 36: Touring exhibitions, 2010–11Exhibition and venueDatesVisitors(number)Summers Past: golden days in the sun 1950–1970Bribie Island Seaside Museum 8 May – 4 July 2010 3 968*Pine Rivers Heritage Museum 12 August – 31 October 2010 3 079Bundaberg Arts Centre 8 December 2010 – 16 January 2011 2 184Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum 27 January – 27 February 2011 1 916Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach 26 March – 7 August 2011 11 799*Max Dupain on AssignmentTamworth Regional Gallery 4 June – 25 July 2010 1 919*Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo 14 August – 19 November 2010 23 322New England Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Armidale 3 December 2010 – 6 February 2011 4 654Grafton Regional Gallery 27 February – 10 April 2011 2 176Albury Library Museum 28 April – 20 June 2011 4 093Strike a Pose ... with Lee Lin ChinGrafton Regional Gallery 9 July – 29 August 2010 5 491Wagga Wagga Art Gallery 8 October – 19 December 2010 3 401Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 8 January – 27 February 2011 2 549Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery 11 March – 24 April 2011 2 205Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum 12 May – 31 July 2011 2 814*Shell-shocked: Australia after ArmisticeWA Museum – Albany 4 June – 8 August 2010 6 997*WA Museum – Geraldton 20 August – 2 November 2010 11 556WA Museum – Kalgoorlie 2 December 2010 – 30 January 2011 13 370WA Museum – Perth 11 February – 20 March 2011 12 122Total 119 615* While the exhibition dates overlap with other financial years, the attendance figures provided are for 2010–11 only.Appendixes 123