Museum talk | Exhibition opening | WIldflower tour

2007 Events & Activities

Centenary of the opening of the Lazaret 1907—2007

2 May—History in Motion: 100 Years of the Peel Island Lazaret

A very successful and interesting talk given at the Queensland Museum by Dr Jon Prangnell (Archaeological Services Unit, University of Queensland), Mrs Doris Gabriel (pictured below) & Ruth Gabriel (wife and daughter of the medical superintendent on Peel Island during the 1950s). This is part of the Qld connections - people, places and collections series.

Picture of Mrs Doris Gabriel talking at the Queensland Museum, 2 May 2007

Mrs Doris Gabriel talking at the Queensland Museum

31 May— "going to the gums..." Exhibition opening

This exhibition told the story of the lazaret on Peel Island—the patients, the families they left behind and the conditions they endured during the Lazaret's 52 year history.

Picture of the exhibition at the Redland Museum, showing some of the exhibits

9 September—Wildflower Tour on Stradbroke Island

A very successful Wildflower tour on Stradbroke Island held 9 September 2007. Our thanks to CRL for their support and for Harry and Karilyn Beiers, and Rhonda Bryce for organising the trip. The Wildflowers were out in force down at Lake Ibis.

We were also privileged to be hosted by Uncle Pat and Aunty Margaret Iselin on a visit Terra Bulla Leumeah, a new bushcare site located at the old Myora Mission. Our thanks to Aunty Margaret for her informative talk about the history of the indigenouse community on the island, and the history of the site we visited.

Ibis Lagoon, Stradbroke Island. Paul Smith, Environment Manager at CRL giving wilflower talk to Friends of Peel Island visitors, October 2007 Wilflower visit at Ibis Lagoon, Stradbroke Island by Friends of Peel Island visitors, October 2007
Amongst the boronias and other wilflower at Ibis Lagoon, Stradbroke Island, Friends of Peel Island visitor, October 2007 Amongst the boronias and other wilflower at Ibis Lagoon, Stradbroke Island, Friends of Peel Island visitor, October 2007 Terra Bulla Leumeah bush regeneration site: Aunty Margaret Iselin giving Friends of Peel Island group a talk on the history of the site.

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Generous grant for carvings

On 6 September 2007 Consolidated Rutile Limited (CRL) CEO Chris Cobb handed FoPI a cheque for $11,900. This money was gratefully received, and will be used by local artist Troy Robbins to create replicas of the remaining wooden carvings from the Lazaret.

Once completed, these replicas will be placed at the Lazaret. More information on carving project is available in the November edition of the FoPI Flyer.

 

Chris Robb (CEO of CRL at left) and Paul Smith (CRL Environmental Manager) handing cheque to Harry Beiers (FL), Redland Shire Councillor Debra Henry (C) and Karilyn Beiers (FR),

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Last updated May 7, 2007