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The City of Canada Bay Heritage Society invites you to join us to hear a talk by Dr. Peter Hobbins on
A Curious Establishment: James Bray and His Museum of Curios at the City of Canada Bay Museum
1 Bent Street, Concord on Saturday, 5th November, 2016 at 1:30 for 2:00 pm sharp
The talk will be followed by light refreshments and a chance to chat with the speaker
Admission: FREE
(donations always welcome)
A long-forgotten institution in late-colonial Sydney, James Bray’s Museum of Curios was indeed a curious place.
While its accumulated ‘native’ artefacts, colonial relics and natural history specimens were all for sale,
they also represented the owners endless quest for knowledge and recognition.
Sharing insights into James Bray’s quirky, complex and ultimately tragic life, this talk also returns his museum to its rightful place in Sydney’s rich urban history.
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