In the 1950s, artists and designer Ann Gillmore Rees moved with her husband from London to Woorooma West station at Moulamein in the Riverina. Her career as a designer and teacher began in England in the 1920s and concluded in rural Australia in the 1970s. Despite living in the bush from 1939, Rees continued her professional pursuits and contributed to the cultural life of Australia in many ways. A public lecture in Deniliquin by Dr Sue Wood from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU at Wagga Wagga will follow Rees’ life and work, focussing particularly on her life in Australia. It will also explore some of the research strategies used in reconstructing her story and reflect on the importance of local museums and family history groups in preserving Australia’s cultural history. The lecture, ‘London to the Bush - The Life and Work of Ann Gillmore Rees’ will be held on Wednesday 2 September from 6pm in the Deniliquin Council Chambers, Civic Place, Deniliquin. Dr Wood is a practising visual artist who has exhibited in Australia and overseas. Read more here.