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AUTUMN
PROGRAM
2019
R E C O N C I L I AT I O N
WEEK FILMS
ANN BLAINEY
NATIO NA L
S I M U LTA N E O U S
STORYTIME
www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au
CONTENTS
SPE CIAL E VE NTS 4
B
Bookings are essential E XHIBITIONS 8
wherever you see
the B symbol.
POL ITICS IN THE L IBR AR Y 8
BOOK ONLINE
www.goldfieldslibraries.com
BOOK IN PERSON
AUTHOR TAL KS 9
Go to your local library
BOOK BY PHONE W E L L BE ING & CR E ATIVITY 12
5449 2700
Libraries: FAMILY & LOCAL HISTOR Y 14
www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au
Agencies:
www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/ DIGITAL L ITE R ACY
libraryagencies & TE CHNOLOGY 16
YOUNG ADULTS 18
For the latest details and
information on library
events visit
FAMIL IE S & CHIL DR E N 19
www.goldfieldslibraries.com
COMMUNITY 23
Library
Explore our comprehensive
range of eLibrary resources
available free to Goldfields DID YOU KNOW?
Libraries members!
Sulphur-crested cockatoos are
perhaps Australia’s best-known
parrot. They are very distinctive
with their yellow crest and very
loud screech. Their diet mainly
consists of berries, seeds,
nuts and roots. Cockatoo’s are
Find us on social media: often kept as pets as they are
www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/social extremely intelligent. They are
very good at learning to talk and
can live for up to 70 years!
SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS
CALL FOR EAGLEHAWK DAHLIA AND ARTS FESTIVAL
FACILITATORS
The Write On The Fringe POSSUM SKIN AROUND THE WORLD
Festival celebrates the written CLOAKS DISPLAY WITH PLAY-DOH
word for and by local people.
Bendigo Library is seeking See the magnificent Create some of the world’s
paid presenters for workshops Possum Skin Cloaks made most interesting natural and
leading into the Festival. by Bendigo’s Aboriginal man-made features in
If you have ideas or skills to community for the knowledge Play-Doh ! All children will
offer we would love to hear and enjoyment of all. receive a free mini Play-Doh
from you. kit to continue creating at
FRI 15-22 MAR home.
To register your interest, email Eaglehawk Library
robinp@ncgrl.vic.gov.au LILLY PILLY GREEN For children aged 3+ years
and their families.
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE The delightful Lilly Pilly
WED 1 MAY Green from Zucchini Clan is a SAT 16 MAR
charmingly cheeky advocate 9.30AM-12.30PM
for sustainability, playing Eaglehawk Library
super fun songs on piano
accordion and mandolin.
Inspired entertainment for
free-range families and kids
aged 4-8 years. ZINDA FESTIVAL
Part of the Macedon
Ranges Sustainable
Living Festival. BIG WORLD LITTLE WORLD
B MOVIE SCREENING STORYTIME SPECIALS
SAT 2 MAR
10.30AM Come along and join us for Our little library world is
Woodend Community Centre some very special short a place for all to belong.
movies from around the During the Zinda Festival,
world. each Storytime will feature
Join us in exploring the world bi-lingual stories, songs and
during the Zinda Festival and Ages 15+ years.
rhymes with the help of our
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY see where you can travel by multicultural Community
MON 18-FRI 22 MAR
story and film. Champions.
4PM
SAT 16-FRI 22 MAR Bendigo Library Ages 2-5 years.
TUE 19-FRI 22 MAR
LITTLE WORLD 10.30-11.15AM
LORENA MOVIE SCREENING Bendigo Library
CARRINGTON: A series of short movies from
THE ART OF FEMALE B around the world. Come for
COLLABORATION FRI 8 MAR one or stay for all!
1.30-2.30PM
Local photographic artist Bendigo Library Suitable for children aged
Lorena Carrington talks about 5-12 years.
illustration, books and the FRI 8 MAR
magic of women working 4.30-5.30PM SAT 16 MAR
together. Castlemaine Library 1-2.30PM
Bendigo Library
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SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS
SILENT READING MINI STEAM FAIR GOLDFIELDS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK
PARTY AT THE GAOL LIBRARIES STAY
Come build a catapult, try
your hand at designing
AND PLAY
Silence is so rare these days,
it’s almost radical! Experience a parachute, or let your Bendigo Library joins the
our Silent Reading Party – engineering imagination run Bendigo Easter Festival with
featuring an adult Storytime, wild with plank-building. fabulous storytellers and
a random reading party game story-based activities for
Part of the Gisborne Arts
and luxuriant silent reading young families.
and Family Fun Fest.
time. To finish, an open-mic
read-out-loud session. BYO Part of the Bendigo TAFE
SAT 30 MAR
book or borrow one there and Bendigo Easter Festival.
9.30AM-12.30PM
party like only extroverted Gisborne Library FRI 19-SUN 21 APR
introverts can! 10AM-5PM
Part of the Castlemaine Maple Gardens,
State Festival. Rosalind Park, Bendigo
THU 28 MAR
2-3.45PM
Hosted by Castlemaine
Library at Old Castlemaine
Gaol, 34-36 Bowden Street
NATIONAL
SIMULTANEOUS
STORYTIME
Join us for a simultaneous
reading of Matt Cosgrove’s
Alpacas with Maracas right
WOMIN-DJI-KA SHORT FILM
across Australia, and New & ‘MURUNDAK: SCREENING: SEEING
Zealand too! SONGS OF FREEDOM’ THE LAND FROM AN
FILM SCREENING ABORIGINAL CANOE
See page 19 for details.
To mark National To mark National
WED 22 MAY, 11AM Reconciliation Week, Reconciliation Week,
Bendigo Library is honoured Castlemaine Library is
to be welcomed back to honoured to have permission
LAW WEEK Country by Elders of the to show Seeing the Land from
Dja Dja Wurrung people. This an Aboriginal Canoe.
ceremony will breathe life into
People of the First Nations
COMMUNITY LEGAL TENANCY RIGHTS our commitment to a better
and members of the wider
EDUCATION Bendigo, as we work with
Presented by Housing Justice. community are invited to
those of all cultural traditions
ARC Justice is partnering attend.
to build a city based on our
with Goldfields Libraries to MON 13 MAY, 4.30-5.30PM B
shared values of respect and THU 30 MAY
present community legal Bendigo Library dignity. 5.30PM
education talks at our libraries Castlemaine Library
during Law Week. Elders will welcome us to People of the First Nations
ELDER’S RIGHTS WILLS Country and undertake a and members of the wider
smoking ceremony followed community are invited to
MON 13-FRI 17 MAY Presented by Loddon Presented by Loddon
by a screening of Murundak: participate.
Campaspe Community Campaspe Community
Legal Centre. Legal Centre. Songs of Freedom, our
MON 27 MAY
contribution to the Central
4PM
THU 16 MAY, 5.30-6.30PM FRI 17 MAY, 4-5PM Victorian Indigenous Film
Bendigo Library
Castlemaine Library Kyneton Library Festival.
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EXHIBITIONS AUTHOR TALKS
THESE ARE A FEW EX LIBRIS DETRITUS:
OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS THAT FALL DR SALLY BERRIDGE:
THINGS OUT OF BOOKS THE EPIC VOYAGES OF
MAUD BERRIDGE
Bendigo Historical Society An exhibition of accumulated
has an amazing array of objects that fall out of books Dr Berridge will discuss her
objects and documents returned to the library. Be research and writing process
collected over many years. amazed by this glimpse into as she tracked down the
While some pieces come with the secret life of the library! diaries and adventures of her
a complete story, most don’t, sea-going Victorian ancestor
and it is the task of volunteers FRI 22 MAR-SAT 30 MAR
Maud Berridge – intrepid
to look for background Castlemaine Library
world traveller. In celebration
information. This exhibition of International Women’s Day,
showcases more than 40 8 March.
objects and the fascinating
stories connected to them. Book sales and signings.
B
FRI 1 MAR-SAT 29 JUN THU 7 MAR
Bendigo Library 5.30-6.30PM DENISE JEPSON AND
Castlemaine Library BARBARA MAUND:
THE PLEASURES
OF DRY CLIMATE
GARDENING
This beautiful book details the
development of a remarkable
garden created by one
ANNE CONNOR: woman on a low income.
TWO GENERATIONS Suited to its dry climate, the
central Victorian garden is an
Debut author Anne Connor example and encouragement
delves into her family history to anyone wanting to create
in Two Generations, finding a garden of their own
POLITICS IN THE LIBRARY secret tragedy. A tale of with restricted rainfall and
romance, hardship and extreme temperature. Join
resilience, Two Generations the garden’s creator and the
is an intimate and imaginative author for some very special
re-telling of the lasting insights.
effect of secrets, and the
REBECCA HUNTLEY: greater impact of her father’s Book sales and signings.
ON PROGRESS AND soldiering experience in the B
POLITICS Second World War. WED 20 MAR
2-3PM
Rebecca Huntley, writer, social Book sales and signings. Wedderburn Library Agency
researcher and author of
B
March 2019’s Quarterly Essay WED 17 APR TUE 26 MAR
On Progress and Politics talks 6.30-7.30PM 10.30-11.30AM
about what on earth is going Woodend Library Dingee Library Agency
on in politics right now, the
dismal state of our political B TUE 23 APR
discourse – and why you THU 28 MAR
5.30-6.30PM
should feel optimistic anyway. 5.30-6.30PM
Bendigo Library
Castlemaine Library
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AUTHOR TALKS AUTHOR TALKS
JENNIFER LEHMANN
AND LORENA
JUSTIN D’ATH: CARRINGTON:
47 DEGREES SIGHTINGS
DR LUCAS JORDAN:
Former Bendigo resident, Join local author Jennifer
Lehmann and talented digital
STEALTH RAIDERS
author Justin D’Ath, lost his
Flowerdale home in the Black artist Lorena Carrington for An original work on Australian
Saturday bushfires in 2009. the launch of their new book soldiers in the First World
Join Justin as he talks about Sightings, lyrical Australian War, Stealth Raiders tracks
that experience 10 years on, stories, beautifully illustrated. the evolution of stealth raids,
and discusses how he used attacks on German posts
those events to write his Book sales and signings. without orders, instigated
latest novel for children, B by a few daring Australian
47 Degrees. THU 18 APR infantrymen. Based on
5.30-6.30PM the diaries and letters of
Book sales and signings. Castlemaine Library frontline soldiers revealing a
B remarkable yet untold story
TUE 26 MAR of the Diggers at the peak of
6-7PM their powers, feared by the
Bendigo Library enemy and revered by their
mates.
Book sales and signings.
B B
FIONA LOWE: WED 1 MAY THU 23 MAY, 2-3PM
HOME FIRES 1.30-2.30PM Wedderburn Library Agency
Bestselling author Fiona Gisborne Library
THU 23 MAY, 5.30-6.30PM
Lowe has written a story of WED 1 MAY, 6-7PM Castlemaine Library
everyday people fighting for Kangaroo Flat Library
themselves, their families
and their town. Fiona has
been a midwife, a sexual
health counsellor and a family
support worker – an ideal
career path for an author who
writes novels about family
and relationships. A recipient
of the prestigious USA RITA
award and the Australian ANN BLAINEY:
Ruby award, Fiona’s books KING OF THE AIR
are set in small country
towns, feature real people Charles Kingsford Smith was author of award-winning
facing difficult choices, and the most commanding flyer I am Melba, discusses her
explore how family ties and of the golden age of aviation, latest biography.
relationships impact our and the world fell in love with
decisions. this charming Australian. Only Book sales and signings.
those close to him knew the B
Book sales and signings. THU 16 MAY
anxious, troubled individual
who pushed himself to the 1.30-2.30PM
edge of sanity. Ann Blainey, Bendigo Library
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WELLBEING & CREATIVITY WELLBEING & CREATIVITY
FOSTER CARE THE NOVELLA BOOK ROMSEY RESTORE: MACRAME WALL
INFORMATION CLUB FOR BUSY REMINISCENCES: 20 SELF-HELP HANGING WITH
SESSION PEOPLE OLD SCHOOL DAYS RITUALS TO RECLAIM KRISTY KUM TOO
An information session on Too busy to read? Did you say Remember the days of the YOUR ENERGY
Learn how to create a
foster caring where you ‘I’ll pass’ to The Luminaries old school yard? Marbles, Do you feel exhausted by simple boho macrame wall
will have the opportunity and War and Peace? Is your skipping ropes, hopscotch daily life? Join authors hanging with recycled cotton
to talk with a local carer brain crying out for literary and the strap conjure Shannah Kennedy and Lyndall macrame rope.
recruitment worker. Learn sustenance? In this library up times past both good Mitchell as they explain how
more about training and facilitated book club for busy and bad. Join us for a fun This workshop is aimed at
to replenish your natural
support including the trauma- people, we will read stirring afternoon sharing our adult beginners.
energy and nourish and
informed Sanctuary Model. novellas, scintillating essays, experiences and recollections nurture yourself from the
The application process will striking short stories, and of the good old days with $20 materials cost.
inside out. B
be outlined and you can nothing over 150 pages – objects to see and handle.
we promise! Book sales and signing. SAT 27 APR
complete an expression of
interest. Afternoon tea provided. B 10AM-12PM
B Eaglehawk Library
MON 25 MAR, 29 APR B THU 11 APR, 6-7M
Bookings: Nellie Biggs & 27 MAY THU 11 APR Gisborne Library
SAT 11 MAY
0418 978 316 B 5-6PM 2-3.30PM
10AM-12PM
Castlemaine Library Romsey Library
Kangaroo Flat Library
THU 21 MAR Bookings: phone 5472 1458
5.30-6.30PM
Castlemaine Library
NOEL BRAUN:
I GUESS I’LL JUST
KEEP ON WALKING
In his late 70’s and early
80’s Noel Braun embarked
EXPLORING MACEDON RANGES on a spiritual quest of self-
discovery after the suicide of
his wife Maris, walking two
THE ELUSIVE of the more popular routes of
the Camino de Santiago Trail
MAMMALS OF THE
FINANCIAL LITERACY in Spain. Two more Camino
MACEDON RANGES
FOR EVERYONE journeys of different routes
You probably know that the followed and another fifth
Carol Gledhill, coordinator journey at the ripe old age of
Macedon Ranges is home
of the Saver Plus program 84! Join Noel as he shares
to kangaroos, koalas and
in Bendigo, will provide
wombats. But did you know HOPEFUL RECYCLER fascinating insights into
hints, tips and information
that there are many other TO WASTE WISE on building financial literacy
his spiritual and emotional
secretive mammals that call WARRIOR journey, the physical
FUNGI OF MOUNT skills. For anyone who wants
the Ranges home? William challenge and the people he
MACEDON This hands-on, entertaining to do a bit better at handling
Terry from Macedon Ranges met along the way.
and informative session will their finances, whether you’re
Greg Boldiston presents a slide environment team introduces
show you how to cut out a complete money-novice or Book sales and signings.
show on the fungi of Mount these unseen mammals and
plastics, minimise household someone just wanting to pick
Macedon and its place in the advises on their protection. B
waste and recycle like up clever new money tips. THU 9 MAY, 2-3PM
ecosystem of the cool climate
rainforest. WED 1 MAY B a boss! B Romsey Library
6.30-7.30PM FRI 17 MAY
B B THU 9 MAY, 6-7PM
WED 20 MAR Woodend Library SAT 4 MAY 2-3PM
5-6PM 10.30-11.30AM Castlemaine Library Bendigo Library
Kyneton Library Woodend Library
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FA M I LY & LO CA L H I S TO R Y FA M I LY & LO CA L H I S TO R Y
FAMILY HISTORY DISCOVERING AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL
RESEARCH HELP HISTORY: A SERIES
OF SEMINARS
BENDIGO FAMILY LIVING IN BENDIGO LOOKING FOR MY LOOKING FOR A
HISTORY GROUP PAST AND PRESENT HOUSE PART 1 FOOTPRINT USING
WED 10AM-4PM I DO TRUST THE Join Bendigo Library, along
TROVE
What are the significant
& SAT 10AM-3PM LITTLE MONEY YOU with valued partners, as we features that can help date Local information available
Bendigo Library HAD IS SAFE explore the experience of a house? using the National Trove
living in Bendigo. B database.
Women, faith and financial TUE 30 APRIL
risk on the Bendigo goldfields. B
BENDIGO REGIONAL 5.30-6.45PM SAT 4 MAY
Presented by Dr Jennifer All events at Bendigo Library
GENEALOGY SOCIETY REBECCA HUNTLEY 10.30-11.30AM
Jones.
B
- WRITING YOUR
MON 11AM-3PM THU 7 MAR FAMILY HISTORY A HELPING HAND IN
Bendigo Library LOOKING FOR TROUBLED TIMES
5.30-6.30PM Interested in writing your family A BENDIGO
La Trobe Art Institute history but don’t know where CONNECTION Indexing patient records from
121 View Street, Bendigo to start? Rebecca Huntley The Bendigo Benevolent
GISBORNE Introduction to family
researched and wrote a history Asylum.
GENEALOGY GROUP history research. B
of her Italian grandmother WED 1 MAY
THU 2-5PM B
and her experiences during MON 29 APRIL 10.30-11.30AM
Gisborne Library CLARA GEROE’S World War II for her book 10-11AM
ARCHIVE The Italian Girl. In this
Psychoanalysis in Australia workshop, Rebecca will take LOOKING FOR MY
1900-1960. Presented by you through the process she HOUSE PART 2
used to write her memoir, then THEY MUST
Dr Christine Brett Vickers. HAVE SWUM!
B work through some writing Identifying sites using titles
FAMILY HISTORY THU 4 APR exercises. Please bring a Using shipping records and and Parish Plans. BENDIGO HISTORICAL
DETECTIVE 5.30-6.30PM B
photo, letter or item of other sources to find your SOCIETY: THESE
Do you need some advice on Bendigo Library clothing related to your THU 2 MAY
ancestor’s arrival. 2-3.30PM ARE A FEW OF MY
tracking down your family family history. B
MON 29 APRIL
FAVOURITE THINGS
tree? Sign up for some one- B
on-one tips on how to use FRI 29 MAR 2-3PM Bendigo Historical Society
2-3PM LOOKING FOR MY
the many fantastic tools and CONSTRUCTION AND volunteers have researched
Castlemaine Library HOUSE PART 3:
resources freely available NEAR-DESTRUCTION favourite pieces from the
through Goldfields Libraries. Following the people who collection. Hear stories
The story of the Beehive unearthed through the
3 x 45 minute time-slots lived in your house.
Chimney and its Bendigo- B cataloguing and preservation
available on each date. Maldon connections CASTLEMAINE THU 9 MAY of donated treasures.
B 1861-1951. Presented by GEOLOGY WALK WITH 2.30-4PM
WED 20 MAR, 24 APR DR JULIAN HOLLIS Exhibition details page 8.
Dr Brian Rhule.
& 29 MAY, 1-4PM B
B Take a walk through
Castlemaine Library THU 2 MAY TUE 7 MAY
Bookings: phone 5472 1458 5.30-6.30PM Castlemaine with geologist 10.30-11.30AM
Bendigo Library Dr Julian Hollis as he points Bendigo Library
out the history and features
of our local geological
make-up.
Meet at Castlemaine Library For more information, pick
Bendigo Library, BRAC at 9.45am. up a flyer from the Bendigo
and La Trobe University B Library or visit
partnership. SAT 11 MAY www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au
10-11.15AM
Castlemaine Library
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DIGITAL LITERACY & TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL LITERACY & TECHNOLOGY
TECH SAVVY SENIORS ONLINE LEARNING WORKSHOPS
TECH SAVVY SENIORS INTRODUCTION DIGITALLY RESTORE
DROP-IN GROUP TO EMAIL OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
Gain advice from and Create a free Gmail account, Learn a few basic steps to
troubleshoot with your peers and learn how to read, bring old photos back to life.
at this weekly drop-in session compose and reply to Old family snaps, historical
for senior digital device users. an email. photos and documents can
B be made brighter, sharper
FRIDAYS ANYTIME TUE 2 APR and more legible. Lessons
BETWEEN 10-11.30AM 11.30AM-12.30PM are based on a free software
Kyneton Library Gisborne Library program.
Morning tea included. B
TUE 7 MAY, 2-3PM
FRI 12 APR & 10 MAY Kyneton Library
2.30-3PM
ANCESTRY.COM:
Axedale Library Agency
AN INTRODUCTION
Are you interested in INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION
family history? Learn what’s TO FACEBOOK TO iPADS
ONLINE LEARNING WORKSHOPS available on the ancestry.com
database and how to access Not exactly sure what ‘social Learn all about iPads, how
it for free using your media’ is? Gain a basic they differ from a computer,
library card. understanding by exploring and basics on how to navigate
Develop skills and confidence LIBRARY LOGISTICS MAKING THE MOST
in accessing online B Facebook before you try the web using your device.
OF THE eLIBRARY WED 10 APR, 2-3PM setting up your own Discover how to connect
information and resources Discover useful tips for
getting the most from your
RESOURCES Kangaroo Flat Library account. wirelessly to the internet,
in these introductory
workshops run by your library, including catalogue Learn about the many B and how to use the virtual
THU 2 MAY, 10-11AM WED 8 MAY, 2-3PM
friendly library staff. searching, reserving, fantastic resources available Heathcote Library keyboard. BYO iPad.
suggesting a purchase Kangaroo Flat Library B
in our eLibrary including
BYO device or use one and more. MON 6 MAY, 2-3PM TUE 21 MAY, 1-3PM
books, magazines, music,
supplied by the library. B Woodend Library Eaglehawk Library
movies, family history and
MON 18 MAR INTRODUCTION
children’s virtual stories.
2-3PM TO BORROWBOX
WORD 2016: PART 1 Woodend Library THU 28 MAR, 10-11AM B
Heathcote Library DISCOVER THE Learn how to borrow eBooks
Develop the confidence
ANCESTRY APP and audio on your tablet. IT HELP
and skills to create basic WORD 2016: PART 2 Simple steps for downloading
documents using Microsoft One-on-one assistance is
Work on the skills learned Whether you’re a beginner or and using the library’s
Word such as letters, INTRODUCTION TO available with laptops, tablets
in Word 2016: Part 1 by experienced family historian, fantastic BorrowBox online
resumes and more. ANDROID TABLETS and phones. Learn about
looking at some of the more learn how to build and manage collections. eReaders and how to make
advanced options available in your family tree with the B
Come to part 2 to learn some Learn all about Android WED 15 MAY, 12-1PM the most of the library’s
Microsoft Word. Ancestry app for iPads and
more advanced skills. tablets, how they differ Gisborne Library fantastic range of eResources.
B B tablets. BYO device.
from a computer, and basics
FRI 15 MAR FRI 22 MAR on how to navigate the web B For bookings contact
FRI 26 APR
10-11AM 10-11AM using your device. Discover libraries directly.
Kyneton Library 2-3PM B
Kyneton Library how to connect wirelessly Castlemaine Library BY APPOINTMENT
to the internet, and how to Bendigo, Castlemaine,
use the virtual keyboard. Eaglehawk, Gisborne,
BYO Android tablet. Heathcote, Kangaroo Flat,
B Kyneton, Romsey
TUE 2 APR, 1-3PM & Woodend Libraries
Eaglehawk Library
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Y O U N G A D U LT S FAMILIES & CHILDREN
VICTORIAN YOUTH WEEK 2019
LILLY PILLY GREEN
Meet the charming and
LIBRARY LOCK IN LATCH HOOKING cheeky Lilly Pilly Green from
WORKSHOP WITH the Zucchini Clan appearing
Teens take charge! The KRISTY KUM TOO as part of the Macedon
library is yours for the night
Ranges Sustainable Living
Mwahahahaa! With Nintendo Learn how to make a latch
Festival.
Switch gaming, photo booth, hook piece that can be used
t-shirt printing, pizza, games as a wall hanging or later See page 4 for details.
and more! made into a cushion, part of a B
bag or other textile product. SAT 2 MAR, 10.30AM
Ages 13-16 years. This workshop is suitable for Woodend Community Centre
B all abilities, you just need to
FRI 12 APR be able to hold and move the
6.30-9PM hook. Choose from a provided
Castlemaine Library design or design your own. BILINGUAL
Bookings: phone 5472 1458
STORYTIME
Ages 12-18 years.
Come join us for a La hora
$5 materials cost. del cuento (Storytime) event
B at Castlemaine Library,
FRI 12 APR
including songs and rhymes
10AM-12PM
in both English and Spanish
Bendigo Library
from librarian Donna and
her special guest Storytime
presenter, Gina!
Free movie& FRI 8 MAR, 10.30AM NATIONAL
Castlemaine Library
music
SIMULTANEOUS
STORYTIME:
ALPACAS WITH
STREAMING
STORYTIME AT THE MARACAS
OLD CASTLEMAINE
GAOL Macca and pal Al are the best be read across Australia and
Did you know that you can stream movies, of friends so when there is New Zealand simultaneously,
documentaries and music through the Join Castlemaine Library an opportunity to enter a in libraries, schools,
Goldfields Libraries eLibrary? storytelling star Christie talent contest together, they kindergartens, bookstores,
Nieman at the Old Goal for a just can’t resist. Sure to be a homes and more.
Beamafilm and Kanopy give you access to pop-up Storytime special! You performance to remember, in
thousands of the world’s best titles including can even borrow some books the process, they learn a very WED 22 MAY, 11AM
award-winning documentaries, movies and TV to share at home afterwards. valuable lesson! Bendigo, Castlemaine,
shows as well as programs for kids. With new titles Kyneton and Woodend
being added all the time, there’s always something Part of the Castlemaine State Come and join us for National Libraries, Boort, Elmore and
to discover. Festival. Simultaneous Storytime, Inglewood Library Agencies.
Australia’s biggest storytelling
Freegal is a free music streaming service giving you Ages 0-5 years. session! Matt Cosgrove’s
access to more than 15 million songs, and 40,000 Alpacas with Maracas will
music videos. There are heaps of playlists to choose THU 28 MAR
from, or create your own! 10.30-11.30AM
Hosted by Castlemaine
Connect up to the free library wi-fi to save your Library at Old Castlemaine
own data and then just sit back and relax. Gaol, 34-36 Bowden Street
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LIBRARY AGENCY
STORYTIMES
STORYTIME LITTLE WORLD STORYTIMES
BABY RHYME TIME ELMORE
LIBRARY DATE TIME DAY TIME
ROMSEY MON 10.00-10.30am MON 4 MAR 11.30am-12pm
MON 18 MAR 11.30am-12pm Little World Storytimes embrace the languages of our
BENDIGO MON 10.30-11.00am
MON 1 APR 11.30am-12pm multicultural community, making our little library world a
KYNETON TUE 10.30-11.00am place for all to belong.
MON 29 APR 11.30am-12pm
Nurture your child’s WOODEND TUE 11.30am-12pm
MON 13 MAY 11.30am-12pm Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes in both English
listening and learning KANGAROO FLAT TUE 10.30-11.00am
MON 27 MAY 11.30am-12pm and another language with your child.
skills in these fun filled Simple stories, songs and
CASTLEMAINE WED 10.30-11.00am
rhymes for 0-1 years
sessions running during GISBORNE FRI 10.30-11.00am INGLEWOOD
school terms
DAY TIME
TUE 5 MAR 10.30-11.00am
TUE 19 MAR 10.30-11.00am
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KYNETON WED 10.30-11.00am THU 4 APR 10.30-11.00am
Stories, songs and
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KYNETON MON 10.30-11.15am
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Wedderburn College Playgroup
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