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Stanley Athenaeum

Locality: Stanley, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5728 6702

Address: Myrtelford Road 3747 Stanley, VIC, Australia

Website: www.victoriacollections.net.au/organisations/stanley-athenaeum

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23.01.2022 Stanley Athenaeum &Public Room Is closed to the public until further notice. For research and other inquiries contact: Chris on: 0458 606 922... or 03 57281540 or for more information about the Stanley Athenaeum www.victoriancollections.net.au.8013/organisations/stanley-athenaeum. http://mivic.org.au/stanley.html

22.01.2022 The Athenaeum has this quite rare copy of Philips Imperial Atlas. It is, as you can see in very poor condition. We are endeavoring to raise funds to have it restored. The next exhibition, featuring this atlas, will be about the men and women who come to Stanley from all corners of the world. We hope with your help we may may be able to achieve the restoration of this historic book.

20.01.2022 [email protected]

19.01.2022 After many months I have a little progress with happenings at the Stanley Athenaeum. Preparing to reopen with corona virus around us. The current exhibition Fire on the Plateau finishes in about 4 weeks. Work continues with the preparations of a book ' Hearts of Minds of Mettle', regarding the women of Stanley from the 19th and early 20th century.

17.01.2022 STANLEY ATHENAEUM & PUBLIC ROOM Reopening this Friday 20th November 2020 10am - 12.30 Fire on the Plateau: A History of Fire and its Management in Stanley is still on display. For those who have missed it, will be available for viewing until the end of December. The Athenaeum's publication, ‘Fire on the Plateau’, by Jacqui Durrant (2019)... - Congratulations Jacqui! 'Fire on the Plateau' was shortlisted and commended in the recent Victorian Community History Awards by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria & Public Records Office of Victoria. 'Stanley Times and Mining Journal' G. Craig (2018) has been reprinted and is also available Copies of both books are available for sale for $30 at the Athenaeum or Stanley Post Office Stanley Athenaeum and Public Room, 2 Mt Stanley Road. Stanley Please let us know you are coming, as numbers are limited Entry subject to COVID 19 safe practices. Research enquiries are welcome Enquiries: 0458 606 922 Coordinator- Chris Dormer Stanley Athenaeum and Public Room 2 Mount Stanley Road Stanley Vic 3747 Phone: 0458 606 922 or 03 5728 1540 http://mivic.org.au/stanley.html http:/www.facebook.com/Stanley-Athernaeum-1192094190800862/

16.01.2022 We 2020 calendars available for $20

15.01.2022 Join Stanley Athenaeum at Beechworth Library for the launch of 'Hearts of Gold' this Saturday at 10.30am! Opening with Cr Diane Shepheard. In Celebration of In...ternational Women’s Day ‘Hearts of Gold & Minds of Mettle, Mary Rawes to Mariette Craig: Stanley Women of the 19th Century’ will be on at Beechworth Library throughout March. Developed by the Friends of the Stanley Athenaeum this Award winning exhibition introduces previously unrecognised elements of settlement history in Stanley. In 2018 the Stanley Athenaeum received The Archival Survival Award for Volunteer-Run Museums for this extensive exhibition. Image of Snow at Stanley Athenaeum and Walker’s Boot Shop, c. 1900, courtesy of Stanley Athenaeum

15.01.2022 Here is a little gem which is part of the book 'Hearts of Gold Minds of Mettle'

10.01.2022 contact us with this email [email protected]

07.01.2022 Also available are copies of 'Fire on the Plateau' the history of Fire Management In Stanley

07.01.2022 The Stanley Athenaeum celebrated International Women's Day at the Beechworth library, with an presentation of a small exhibit from the 'Hearts of Gold and Minds of Mettle' exhibition previously held in Stanley. Opened by Councillor Diane Shepherd Chris Dormer and Ali Rowe also spoke regarding the work involved in creating the exhibition 'Hearts of Gold and Minds of Mettle', and the input the vollunteers made in making it so successful. ( apologies for the images being presented in a video format and cutting off the full image, I am being defied by by technologie, again!)

06.01.2022 CELEBRATING International Women's Day 2020 'Hearts of Gold' OPENING AT BEECHWORTH LIBRARY 7th MARCH 2020 at 10.30am... Opening with Cr Diane Shepheard 'Hearts of Gold & Minds of Mettle, Mary Rawes to Mariette Craig: Stanley Women of the 19th Century ' The little-known stories of Stanley's C19th women who had a wide range of diverse skills and occupations in horticulture, gold mining and retail. These resilient women include a group who signed the 1891 Monster Petition for women's suffrage. Researched and developed by the Friends of the Stanley Athenaeum the accepted story of ‘Founding Fathers’ travelling from the British Isles to areas of unpopulated wilderness, tales of life on the goldfields, and honouring the men who created the small townships has been quietly challenged by these women's stories. Developed by the Friends of the Stanley Athenaeum this Award winning exhibition introduces previously unrecognised elements of settlement history in Stanley, an important goldmining town in north east Victoria. In 2018 the Stanley Athenaeum received The Archival Survival Award for Volunteer-Run Museums for the 'Hearts of Gold Minds of Mettle' exhibition. Selected panels. photographs and objects showing at the Beechworth Library for March. Stanley Athenaeum, 2 Mount Stanley Road. Stanley. Contact - 0458 606 922 or 03 5728 6591 E: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/Stanley-Athenaeum

04.01.2022 Ali Rowe working at the Athenaeum, she is designing the panels for the Atlas Exhibition, as can be seen here in First draft. Also a selection of books expressing the wide interest, in the 19th century, of the readers in Stanley for other cultures in the world