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1 Roses from the Heart Free Convict Bonnets Workshops Booking Form Venue: Kingston Butter Factory Community Arts Centre 23 Milky Way KINGSTON QLD 4114 Name: Phone: Mailing Address: Individual or Group: Number? Preferred Date? (One day workshops lasting 5 hours from 10am to 3pm are running from Monday 25 th to Saturday 30 th Oct and Mon 1 st to Fri 5 th Nov) Second preference date? Would you like to attend the Blessing Ceremony at Northshore River Park on Saturday 6 th Nov? Number attending? Would you like to come to the gala launch evening at the Butter Factory on Thursday 4 th from 6 8 pm? Number attending? Roses from the Heart Authorisation form: Name: Contact: Postal address: (if no contact). I authorise any information I send to Christina Henri regarding convict ancestry or my participation in Roses from the Heart to be used in her Exhibition along with the bonnets made as part of the 25,566 bonnet installation. Any photographs I send will also be marked to be used or not used in the Exhibition. If digital images please send accompanying authorisation regarding their use on Christina Henri s website or in the Installation, Roses from the Heart Signed DATE Bookings for the Moreton Bay cruise to St Helena Island on Sun 24 th October must be made through Brisbane s Living Heritage Network using the separate form enclosed. Please indicate if you have made a booking

2 TIMELINE Sun 24 th October, 9.30am 3.30pm: As a special opening event, there is a Moreton Bay cruise to the old prison on St Helena Island. Workshop participants can meet Christina and Jill, and also see something of the shape of early Brisbane. Bookings must be made through Brisbane s Living Heritage Network. Phone A free coach will leave the Butter Factory at 8.30am, returning at 4.45pm. Mon 25 th Sat 30 th Oct, 10am 3pm daily: Bonnet workshops at the Butter Factory with Christina and Jill. Mon 1 st Fri 5 th Nov, 10am 3pm daily: Bonnet workshops continue at the Butter Factory with Christina and Jill. Thu 4 th November, 6 8pm: Gala event at the Butter Factory to launch the Bonnets Installation and celebrate the Museum s 20 th Anniversary. Sat 6 th November, 10.30am: A Blessing ceremony for bonnets made during the workshops will be held at Northshore Riverside Park, 297 Macarthur Avenue, Hamilton, near the site of the Eagle Farm female factory. A free coach will leave the Butter Factory at 9.30am, returning at 1.30pm. Sun 7 th November, 10am 2pm: Convict Heritage Community Day Celebrations in the grounds of the Butter Factory, with colonial music, food, dancing and entertainment. Family-friendly, alcohol-free event. Bonnets Workshop Bookings Logan City Historical Museum at Kingston Butter Factory 23 Milky Way KINGSTON QLD 4114 (07) LCHMS@bigpond.com River Cruise Bookings Brisbane s Living Heritage Network PO Box 3098 SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4001 (07) info@brisbanelivingheritage.org Butter Factory Kiosk Lunch orders should be made prior to lunch-time to avoid delays, particularly if there is a tour-group visiting that day. Special dietary needs can be catered for with prior notice. (07) cjhenri@iinet.net.au This project is in collaboration with Brisbane s Living Heritage Network, and received Community Event Funding assistance from Logan City Council Roses from the Heart Free Convict Bonnets Workshops At Kingston Butter Factory 24th October - 7th November 2010

3 About Roses from the Heart From October 24 th to November 7 th 2010, Kingston Butter Factory Community Arts Centre will host Tasmanian artists Christina Henri and Jill Cartwright for a series of bonnet-making workshops, a blessing ceremony for the bonnets, and a display of bonnets completed to date within the Butter Factory Atrium space until late December There were 25,566 female convicts sent to Australia between 1788 and the end of transportation in In 2002, Christina Henri wept at the thought of those thousands of women and the tough, forgotten lives they lived. She sought a way to recall their names, cherish their stories and neutralise the unjust stigma of criminalisation and moral condemnation visited upon the legion of unfortunates pressed into service as Australia s ancestors. Her vision was to begin bringing about the creation of 25,566 hand-made bonnets, each embroidered with the name of a female convict and the ship on which she was transported. Volunteers make the bonnets. Some come to the project with the name of an ancestor that they wish to honour. Others ask for names from the long lists of unremembered women. It is a project that empowers the descendants of those women to make amends at a national level for a monstrous wrong done in the past. People from around Australia and around the globe have embraced the idea with compassion, warmth and enthusiasm. Already some 19,000 bonnets have been made in workshops such as this one being held at the Butter Factory, in community spaces, in homes and in schools. All have been given towards the culmination of the project, whereby Christina will take the girls back home to England and Ireland. The residency is intended to build awareness of Queensland s convict beginnings, particularly in Logan City, which straddles the river bearing the name of Moreton Bay Settlement s feared convict overseer, Captain Patrick Logan. The project also helps memorably mark the 20 th anniversary of Logan Historical Museum is also the 150 th year of the Post Office in Queensland, with collaborative exhibitions being organized by the Logan Philatelic Society, including production of Logan-themed stamps and first-day covers. On the final day of the residency, a special postal delivery will be made by water and by horseback to bring a parcel of bonnets to the Convict Heritage Community Day being held at the Butter Factory on the 7 th of November from10am to 2pm. What can I do? What else should I know? Anyone who wants to get involved can make as many bonnets as resources and time permit. The bonnets are all made to one pattern, found at the website or phone the Butter Factory on The copy of the pattern with this brochure, along with an authorization form, can be photocopied and shared as necessary. There are clear instructions with the pattern. Bonnets can be hand-sewn or machine stitched. Many of the bonnets have been made by folk working quietly at home. Blank bonnets with the brim left unclosed can be sent to Christina in Hobart to be embroidered later with a name. If you d like to be given a name to put on a bonnet, contact Christina. If you have a name already, she would love to hear about what you have learned about your convict. With Christina s workshops the focus is not so much about being taught to sew a bonnet, as it is about sharing and learning stories about our convict past amid a joyous group of passionate hand-stitching historians, and taking part in the extraordinary whirlpool of gifts and unsought kindness from strangers being woven around Christina s visionary project. Just about any new or recycled white or cream cotton-based cloth is suitable, as long as it is clean. People with their own sources are invited to bring gifts of recycled fabrics to share. Local businesses are generously donating materials for decorating bonnets, such as embroidery threads, ribbons and lace. Pre-cut bonnet kits will be available for a modest cost proceeds will go towards purchasing more materials. Lunches can be pre-ordered from the kiosk on-site, or bring your own. Special dietary needs can be catered for phone Cathy in the kiosk on to arrange.

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