Projects and Exhibitions - Tweed River Regional Museum
There are many projects undertaken and exhibitions held at the Tweed River Regional Museum Head Office and branches throughout the Tweed Shire area.
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Sweet Harvests
Date: 19 November 2011
Stories of Indian and South Sea Islander workers in the sugar cane and banana industries of Tweed Valley.
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Caravans and Communes
Date: 18th June 2011
The latest migration project from Tweed River Regional Museum celebrates the contemporary history of the region by researching community members who moved to the Shire in the 1970s and 1980s, their experiences in settling here, and objects that relate to this period in our history.
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Families of Fortune
Date: 30th May – 5th June 2009
Families of Fortune: Chinese people in the Tweed by Joanna Boileau
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The Other Side of the World
Date: 23rd June 2007
By Johanna Kijas and Volunteers of Tweed River Regional Museum
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Floods Exhibition
Date: During River Festival 2006
Floods have always been a part of life in the Tweed. For many they are sharp childhood memories, repeated again and again over a lifetime, each with their own uniqueness and sameness - an unpredictable rhythm of the life for the people of the Tweed.
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Bananas Exhibition
Date: 19th August - 29th August 2006
As part of the Banana Festival, 2006, Tweed River Regional Museum at Murwillumbah hosted a small exhibition relating to the banana growing industry in the Tweed.
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Our Valley - Our People
Date: 12th March - 22nd April 2006
In the early years of the 20th century Australia was busy reorganising itself in the wake of Federation. Shire boundaries were drawn, elections held and Councils inaugurated throughout the state. The creation of Tweed Shire Council was part of this reorganisation.
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Milkshakes, Sundaes and Cafe Culture
Date: 26th August - 14th October 2005
For generations, cafes and milk bars have been the hub of our rural communities and suburbs. These were more than places for eating and drinking. Here, communities caught up with news from each other, the town and the world or paused to watch the passing parade.
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