Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland | History Museum

Waltzing Matilda Centre

Locality: Winton, Queensland

Phone: 1300 MATILDA

Address: 50 Elderslie Street 4735 Winton, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.matildacentre.com.au

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25.01.2022 A video highlight of Winton's Waltzing Matilda Centre.

25.01.2022 Shop locally, spend $50 or more at the Matilda Centre to enter the draw - 1st prize: New monopoly board game 2nd prize: Monopoly jigsaw puzzle

25.01.2022 CALLING ALL EMERGING ARTISTS! Did you know the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize is calling for entries from emerging artists aged between 15 - 26 years? http://www.matildacentre.com.au/... Don't miss an opportunity to join visiting artist Katie Whyte for a FREE two day program to get the insider tips on entering the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize as well as creating a work of art to a theme with a short explanation. SAVE THE DATE - SATURDAY 26TH & SUNDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER More details to follow or for all enquiries contact: [email protected] This workshop is generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust and facilitated by the Flying Arts Alliance. (Ages 12 years to 26 years)

24.01.2022 Locally made throw cushions would make a great Christmas present, on sale at Matilda Centre

24.01.2022 On display now at The Outback Regional Gallery Captured: Portraits of Crime illuminates events and contexts that led ordinary people to commit crimes between 1870 and 1930. As the ordinary unfolds so too does the extraordinary. Don't miss the exhibition's Curators talking about the unique case studies via nine short films. ... Captured: Portraits of Crime is a travelling exhibition on loan from the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales.

24.01.2022 WHAT'S YOUR OUTBACK SENSE OF PLACE! There's now only 3 months left to have your entry ready and submitted for the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize! Call for entries close on Friday 8th January 2021. To enter visit: http://www.matildacentre.com.au/... $10,000 will be awarded to the Major Prize Winner and there's $16,000 in total in prize money up for grabs! A brand new category for emerging youth is also open this year for ages 16 - 25 years. The 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize is generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust.

20.01.2022 Join the Feel Good Family when they visit The Waltzing Matilda Centre.https://www.facebook.com/thefeelgoodfamily/videos/534060107467479

20.01.2022 The QantasLink crew came into the museum today and we showed them the Avro replica.

19.01.2022 THE ENTRIES ARE ROLLING IN FOR THIS YEARS PRIZE! ARE YOU OUR NEXT MAJOR PRIZE WINNER? The 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize is open to Adults and also Emerging Youth aged 15-26 years.... $16,000 in cash and prizes to be won!! Call for entries close Friday 8th January 2021 To check out our T&C's and enter visit our prize portal at the link below: https://matildacentre.interactivink.com.au/ The John Villiers Outback Art Prize is sponsored by The John Villiers Trust.

18.01.2022 Architecture and History in Winton.

18.01.2022 The Waltzing Matilda Centre is celebrating NAIDOC week and acknowledging the incredible career of the late Australian Aboriginal singer and Yorta Yorta man, James Oswald Little AO better known as 'Jimmy Little' or 'Uncle Jimmy' (1937-2012). Jimmy Little recorded the song 'Waltzing Matilda' on several albums in his six decade career and the LP pictured below was released in 1972 and can be seen in our Main Museum.

17.01.2022 On display until late August at The Outback Regional Gallery. A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with Australian Geographic. Photograph by Colin Beard.

17.01.2022 Gregory North's new book is available in the shop at the Waltzing Matilda Centre.

13.01.2022 HAVE YOU GOT YOUR ENTRY READY? Entries are rolling in for the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize! Our major prize winner will receive $10,000 and there is $16,000 in total of cash prizes to be won.... Emerging youth aged 15-26 years are eligible to enter with $3000 in cash prizes to be won for this section! What's your Outback: A Sense of Place? For all T&C's and to enter the prize visit: https://matildacentre.interactivink.com.au/ The 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize is generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust Call for entries closes Friday 8th January 2021.

12.01.2022 Magic happens at the Waltzing Matilda Centre. We were thrilled when a Brisbane visitor asked if she could play the piano. This is the result.

11.01.2022 The Sugar City Singers paid a visit to the Waltzing Matilda Centre.

10.01.2022 CALLING ALL EMERGING ARTISTS AGED 12 & 26 YEARS! Don't miss an opportunity to join visiting artist Katie Whyte for all the insider tips on entering art prizes and a FREE art skill and development workshop in Winton. To register contact: [email protected] ... Generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust and facilitated by the Flying Arts Alliance.

10.01.2022 Museum collection highlight and celebrating the talents of First Nations people this NAIDOC week. 'Wadjimbat Matilda' 1996, Ally and June Mills, 2.20 mins from 'Culture: Music from Black Australia, Triple J, 2000, Australian Broadcasting Commission. On display now. Full version of the song can be heard by visiting 'Waltzing Matilda: A Song for Everyone' exhibition.

09.01.2022 The Outback Regional Gallery is incredibly grateful for the donation of 10 limited edition etchings from Elisabeth Cummings (b.1934) one of Australia's most respected living artists whose work depicts outback landscapes and the Australian bush. The artworks will be on display in 2021. Here is a sneak peak of one work 'My Dog at Home in the Bush', Elisabeth Cummings, 2014 (1/25), donated through The Australian Government's Cultural Gift Program.

08.01.2022 Highlights of Winton's Waltzing Matilda Centre, Open 9 to 5, seven days a week.

08.01.2022 A very nice 'thank you' from a recent visitor to the Waltzing Matilda Centre. Much appreciated.

07.01.2022 Monopoly Man visit the Waltzing Matilda Centre

06.01.2022 Are you looking to enter the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize? ART PRIZES are offering one lucky artist a chance to win a free entry into the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ArtPrizes and Instagram @artprizes ... The giveaway will close on Sunday 15th November The John Villiers Outback Art Prize is generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust.

05.01.2022 CALLING ALL ARTISTS The Outback Regional Gallery is now calling for entries for the 2021 John Villiers Outback Art Prize generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust. $16,000 in prize money to be won.... New Emerging Youth Category for ages 15- 26 years. For all T&C's and to enter visit: http://www.matildacentre.com.au/

04.01.2022 Meet collector PETER BURGESS and learn about his amazing collection of Waltzing Matilda recordings now housed at the Waltzing Matilda Centre.

02.01.2022 OPENING NEXT MONTH AT THE OUTBACK REGIONAL GALLERY Captured: Portraits of Crime is an exhibition produced by NSW State Archives that explores the stories of men, women and children incarcerated in NSW gaols from 1870 to 1930. Captured: Portraits of Crime engages with photographic portraits and descriptions of prisoners sourced from the State Archives Collection of Gaol Photographic Description Books. These historic records have been digitised, and interpreted through researc...h within and beyond the archives to illuminate events and contexts that led ordinary people to commit crimes. But as the ordinary unfolds, so, too, does the extraordinary. Captured: Portraits of Crime is a travelling exhibition from State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales.

02.01.2022 CALLING ALL EMERGING ARTISTS!! THIS WEEKEND we have an amazing opportunity for you to get all the insider tips on entering art prizes and participate in a FREE Art workshop with visiting artist Katie Whyte. COVID safe rules apply and participant numbers are limited. To register for this workshop contact: [email protected] by close of business this Thursday 24th September. ... This workshop is generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust and facilitated by Flying Arts Alliance.

01.01.2022 Remember to vote for your favourite photograph when you visit A Portrait of Australia exhibition currently on display at the Outback Regional Gallery and you could win yourself a 10 Night Kimberley Coastal Adventure valued at $20,580!! (entries close 4th October 2020) This prize is generously sponsored by Coral Expeditions, Australia's Pioneering Cruiseline. A Portrait of Australia is a travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with Australian Geographic. Photograph by Colin Beard.