National Archives of Australia - Annual reports

or participated in a related workshop. The fourexhibitions are Summers Past: golden days in thesun 1950–1970, Max Dupain on Assignment, Strikea Pose ... with Lee Lin Chin and Shell-shocked:Australia after Armistice. These exhibitions travelledto 19 venues across Australia. Each exhibitionwas assisted by funding from the AustralianGovernment’s Visions of Australia grant program.The Archives hosts exhibitions from otherorganisations as an avenue to attract newvisitors to its galleries and to raise awarenessof its services. During 2010–11, 29,527 peopleattended the National Office to view six visitingexhibitions: Femme Fatale: the female criminal(Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales),The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2010(South Australian Museum), Capital Arts PatronsOrganisation 2010, Quest for the South MagneticPole (South Australian Maritime Museum),Frank Hurley: journeys into Papua (AustralianMuseum) and Built for the Bush: the greenarchitecture of rural Australia (Historic HousesTrust of New South Wales).Public eventsThe Archives conducts public events to highlightits records, and to create an understanding andawareness of them. Open days, public lectures,school holiday programs and exhibition tours wereheld throughout 2010–11.Shake Your Family Tree DayOn 25 February 2011, the Archives held its fourthnationwide event for genealogists (family historyresearchers) – Shake Your Family Tree Day.Genealogists are the biggest users of the Archives.Archives state and territory offices hosted a seriesof seminars and tours to provide information formembers of the public interested in researchingtheir family history. A total of 3231 people attendedevents on the day. In Canberra, Shake Your FamilyTree Day was officially opened by the Minister, theHon Brendan O’Connor MP, followed by the keyevent – a panel discussion with special guestsgardener Peter Cundall, journalist James Massolaand author Jackie French.Constitution DayThe Archives held three major events overthe period 1–9 July 2010 to commemorateConstitution Day. The Australian Constitution ondisplay at the Archives is one of Australia’s mostvalued archival records. On 1 July, ProfessorGreg Craven, Professor Carmen Lawrence, theHon Michael Kirby AC, CMG and ProfessorLarissa Behrendt engaged in a thought-provokingdiscussion on the Constitution at ParliamentHouse in Canberra. A Constitution for AllAustralians Speakers Forum was moderated byDamien Carrick, host of ABC Radio National’sThe Law Report, and broadcast on ABC’s Big Ideas.A total of 290 people attended.On 8 July, Chief Justice of the High Court, theHon Robert French AC, presented the ConstitutionFounders Lecture on John Forrest, Premier ofWestern Australia in the 1890s and WesternAustralia’s representative at the constitutionalconventions. Professor Helen Irving, constitutionallawyer and member of the National Archives ofAustralia Advisory Council, also spoke at this eventwhere culinary legend Maggie Beer unveiled herspecially created Constitution Cake. A total of190 people attended.Queen, Cake and Constitution at the Archives, anall-day event for families held on 9 July, includedstorytelling by an actor portraying Queen Victoria,calligraphy workshops, tours of the FederationGallery and the launch of the History Mysterychildren’s activity book. More than 370 parentsand children attended.The Archives also participated in citizenshipceremonies in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne,Perth and Adelaide on 9 July.Sharing Histories: kiap tribute eventTo recognise the role Australian patrol officers(kiaps) played in Papua New Guinea and therecords held by the Archives, a tribute day washeld at the National Office in November 2010.More than 250 ex-kiaps, their families and peoplewith an interest in Papua New Guinea attended theevent to share their memories and experiences.Senator the Hon Kate Lundy presented a formaladdress acknowledging the history of the kiaps,Report on performance 31