2017 marks the 175th anniversary of the formation of the City of Sydney council – the second oldest council in Australia. To celebrate, the City of Sydney is holding a major exhibition in the Lower Town Hall.
The exhibition explores the themes of Governing, Building, Working and Inspiring and presents civic history, events, people and places of the city from 1842 to 2017. Many of the historic items have never been on display before. You can find out a bit more about the content of the exhibition here:
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/sydneys-history/our-city-175-years-in-175-objects
The curatorial team are calling for volunteers with a love of history to assist. The role of the volunteers is to share their passion for Sydney’s history through greeting visitors, pointing out interesting things in the exhibition, answering questions, and ensuring that the original artefacts are respected by visitors.
A volunteer shift consists of three hours on the exhibition floor and volunteers are required to turn up 15 mins prior to their shift.
There are two shifts a day.
11am – 2pm and
1pm – 4pm
(Thurs evenings 4pm – 7pm).
Sunday Nov 5, we require a full day commitment and we will provide lunch on this day.
Volunteers will be briefed about the exhibition two weeks prior (to be advised) and will receive a copy of the exhibition catalogue on their first shift.
Exhibition Dates: 27 October to 12 November 2012. 11am to 4pm 7 days; late night Thursdays 4-7pm.
Interested?
Please contact Archivist Susan Kennedy, @ skennedy@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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