April lecture: Minnie and Sandy Archer – A love story
Sun, 14 Apr
|Bowen Hills
Join QWHA Archivist Sharyn Merkley as she tells a nineteenth-century love story through traces left in Miegunyah's archives.
Time & Location
14 Apr 2024, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bowen Hills, 35 Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD 4006, Australia
About the event
In 1871, Alexander Archer, banker, and seventh son of the Archer family of Norway and Gracemere in Queensland, set out on a long and perilous voyage halfway around the world to bring his sweetheart Minnie MacKenzie back to Brisbane.
Miegunyah holds poignant memorabilia of the Archer family, some old, some newly discovered. Their deep family connections forged across generations lay scattered through our collection. Photographs, paintings and letters have left glimpses of their lives and tragic deaths in the wreck of the Quetta. Theirs was a story of love and devotion to the very end.
Join Sharyn as she tells their story at Miegunyah.
Date: 14 April 2024
Time: 1.40 pm for 2 pm start
Cost: $10 members and $15 non-members (includes afternoon tea)
Tickets
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$15.00
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