Heritage North Association

The last quarterly meeting of the Heritage North group, held at Gordonvale, was a very short affair as we wanted to get straight into the planned workshop.  After the usual matters arising from the previous meeting minutes, mostly concerning the never ending issue of insurance and the Treaurer's financial report were seen to, it was decided that the members reports would go straight to the Bulletin officer in order to save time.  It was also noted that the next meeting, to be held at the Cairns Historical Society in late November, would be the Association's Annual General Meeting.  With the business of the meeting out of the way, more that two dozen historians, representing some nine member groups, begin a workshop which was facilitated by the two northern Museum Development Officers, locally based Dr Jo Wills and Ewen McPhee from Townsville.  The purpose of the workshop was to help members to better display items in their museums and included the preparation and interpretive text for labels.  Jo and Ewen gave examples of simple and low cost methods using ready available materials with the intention of improving the overall presentation of the objects.  The general consensus amongst those in attendance was that the workshop was of some value with most believing they had learnt something of use.  The team at the Mulgrave Shire Historical Society was thanked for hosting the afternoon.