The Molonglo Mystery

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Mika Benesh, Stephanie Kam, Anja Loughhead

curated by Patrick Larmour

In 1918 in the early days of Canberra the first part of the new capital built in Molonglo, later renamed Fyshwick, was the Molonglo Interment Camp called by the locals of Queanbeyan The Molonglo Mystery. This was a camp built for German and Austrian civilian prisoners of war and received detainees resettled from other camps in NSW. The original guards quarters and command buildings were located on the ground where Tributary Projects now sits. This show utilises this locative connection with the camp as an opportunity to respond in a personal way to the fact of internment and immigration as an integral part of the story of European settlement in Australia no matter the location within the nation.

Opening 6pm, 31 October

31 October - 11 November 2018


 
 
 

Tributary Projects is supported by Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centres.

Tributary Projects acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and waters in which we operate, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, as well as the Ngarigu people and others who traded on, traveled through, and connected with this country, and continue to do so. We pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders and acknowledge that sovereignty of these lands was never ceded.