PRESIDENT’S REPORT Our monthly activities are escalating. Apart from the “normal visitors” described as individuals, families, school groups and seniors groups, last month we had functions and dealings with Rotary Wellington Point, Rotary Cleveland, Probus Cleveland, U3A, students studying our museum practices and delegates from other museums. We have also commenced joint activities with the Men’s Sheds at Alexandra Hills and Cleveland. We are truly a community museum. The Family Fun Day was well organised and well attended by our volunteers and the public. It was a great opportunity to encourage visitors who have rarely if ever visited the museum. The museum has also acknowledged our marvelous volunteers by helping organise an enjoyable bus trip to the Abbey Museum and a well-attended and much appreciated Volunteer Lunch. Training for volunteer Customer Service has been initiated and there will now be monthly volunteer training lessons in different aspects of the museum. The Customer Service weekend duty roster seems to be working and has volunteers scheduled two months ahead. This helps everybody involved determine their own activities and still help the museum. Nothing is possible without our dedicated volunteers who maintain a deep pride in the museum. Thank you all! On the topic of dedicated volunteers our Collection Manager has announced he is stepping down because of his health. Life member Mr Peter Robertson, has done a great job for many years in a very important part of the museum. All is not lost however because we have found him a new, less strenuous job. The Management Committee will discuss who will replace Peter at their next Management meeting.

The high standard required collecting, preserving, protecting and displaying our artefacts is vital for the trust our members, donors and stakeholders place in us. We are the custodians for future generations.

Doug Alexander

Membership News The next General Meeting is on

Tuesday 2 June at 8.30am Volunteer Hours for April

Redland Museum: 1,925 hours

Visitors to Redland Museum = 1,445

Website Activity: Visitors April = 1,786

Total Page Hits for April = 9,592

Welcome to New Members Memberships received from Matt and Jenny

Stevenson, Kate and Jonathan Northall,

Diana Cregan-Reid and Brendan Reid,

Terence and Glynis Hendricks.

Photo taken of some of our willing volunteers who

came to the inaugural training session last month.

Part of the training included learning the finer

points of weekend reception duty. Of course,

everyone passed!

REDLAND MUSEUM

RECOLLECTIONS MAY 2015

CURRENT EXHIBITION

LEST WE FORGET

This is Redland Museum’s exhibition to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign and the Great War. It includes photographs and memorabilia on loan from the Redlands community, the Museum’s permanent collection and video footage. These include bronze death plaques, diaries, emu feathers, letters, medals and postcards.

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS Special Seniors Remembered

A Photographic Tribute This special exhibition in the Dunn Wing

celebrates Seniors’ Week 15th -23rd August.

Revisit the photos taken of 221 Seniors who

have made a great contribution to the

community. A “Who’s Who” of the Redlands.

WINGS OVER THE

REDLANDS

This exhibition is the concept of aviation

enthusiast and new Museum Member, Terence

Hendricks, and has as its core the Flying Boat

services operating out of Redland Bay. Also

included is the 1942 mid-air collision of two

Wirraways over Cleveland, the loss of the

Hudson Bomber at Jumpinpin, crop dusting at

Cleveland and more...

This exhibition is a collaborative effort including

volunteers from the Redland Museum, Men’s

Sheds from Alexandra Hills and Cleveland. It

will be launched in the Dunn Wing on 25th

October and will be on display until the end of

the year.

Rick Thomason

Volunteer’s Week

Helping to put together the food for the

Volunteer’s ‘Thank You’ lunch last Monday is

Annabelle who made the salads and Hein

Olivier who BBQ’d the sausages. Thanks to

Doug Alexander who was a major help, too.

Museum Shirts

A new order of Museum Shirts will be arriving

shortly with longer sleeves for winter. The

embroidered shirts are subsidized by the

Museum and only cost $25 to volunteers.

Please see me if you would like one.

Jan Banks

Textile News May 2015

We had a great day at our Family Fun Day last

month. Our Textile Group ran a Textile Stall, a

Raffle and a small book stall but even though

our takings were down compared to last year’s

event it was still a successful day. It is always a

pleasure seeing the Museum come alive with

all the families and visitors who loved the

entertainment, demonstrations and food and it

was great seeing them really appreciate our

wonderful unique Museum. Many thanks to

those who contributed items to the stall with a

special thanks to Sue Richards for the beautiful

bundles of fresh rosemary she cut and brought

down from Mt Mee.

In an on-going project we are busy cataloguing

many millinery items donated by a lady who

had been a Milliner for 40 years. These items

will be used in a Millinery display later in the

year.

We are currently working on dismantling our

“Festivals and Shows” display and will be

exhibiting items for a display relating to World

War 1 and other Wars. This is to tie in with

Rick Thomason’s Exhibition for this year’s

Centenary of WWI.

We have also created a display of beautiful

embroidery, crocheting and knitting from some

of the many items donated by Graham

Everson. These items had been made by his

Mother who was self-taught in these skills.

The back of the embroidered table centres and

duchess sets are very neat and beautifully

finished - this is a sign of a skilled embroiderer.

Our thanks go to Graham for this kind donation

to the Museum. Jan Banks

Volunteers Anne Tully, Jan Banks and Agnes

Tardent looking smart and ready for action in

their Museum shirts, on duty at the Textiles

Display, Family Fun Day 2015.

WORLD WAR 1 DIARAMA

This amazing and authentic diorama has been

designed, constructed and is on loan from local

resident Sam Smith, who has been collecting

militaria for the past 40 years. His aim is to

depict the human side of war - what they wore,

what they ate, what they carried in their packs,

personal items they used and letters from

home. Our grateful thanks go to Sam for

allowing us to display this Trench Diorama.

Redlands Model Train Group

The Redlands Model Railway Group displayed their

layout "Barinia" at the 2015 Brisbane Model Train

Show held on the weekend of 9 and 10 May.

Members had a great time talking to the visiting

public and other exhibitors. Many flyers were

given out advertising our coming show in

September.

In addition, Alan Collingwood, Eddie Stavleu, and

John Burt displayed their layouts at the Brisbane

Model Train Show and gave out flyers.

John Burt

R: Bob Gray, Mike Wiggins and Steve Johns putting special

FX lighting into Whepstead Manor, for the Ghosts!

Library Lines May 2015 Thanks to Kath McNeilly the Library now has a new

glass cabinet to display precious items from the

collection. Thanks to Noel for fitting the wheels.

Albums with photos from 1810 to 1920 are on view

there this month.

There are items about the Great War in the glass

cabinet in the main display area. There are many

more copies of the magazines “The Great War…I

Was There” and “World War 1914-1918 A Pictured

History” held in the Library if you would like to

browse through these.

Liz Blumson and Sandy Campbell at the Family Fun Day

Library staff had a fun time at the Family Fun Day

reading stories to the children and raised a

considerable amount selling duplicate items from

the collection - and honey.

Liz Blumson, Honorary Librarian

Snapshots from the Family Fun Day in April, where

the Redland Museum showcased its many

treasures – including our marvelous volunteers,

our greatest assets, who all came out in force to

cheerfully help on the day.

Above: Kim Knijffe, RMI Administration on

Thursdays and Fridays but mum to four daughters,

pictured here with her own mum Alison and

youngest girls Adelaide 5 and Georgina 3.

Above: Liz Blumson and Sandra Davis really got

into the spirit of the Family Fun Day, going the

extra mile in costumes. Liz was the children’s

favourite story teller in the Toy Hall of Fame, and

Sandra was kept busy demonstrating spinning and

ragmatting, and taking photographs.

Photos courtesy Sandra Davis and Norm J Dean