Macquarie Regional Library Dubbo is celebrating all things Home Grown, with events and information sessions dedicated to our community, local talent and history.
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Dundullimal Homestead's convict heritage - National Trust (NSW)
The library is offering a second session of the Dundullimal Homestead talks due to popular demand. Many of the people who worked at Dundullimal Homestead in the 1800s were convicts or former convicts. Discover and learn some of their fortunate and unfortunate stories. Talk by Karlyn Robinson. The event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival (April 18 to May 19). Dubbo Library, Monday, May 17, noon to 1pm. Free. Limited seats, bookings required. To book, go to www.mrl.nsw.gov.au or contact us on 02 6801 4510.
Consumer Rip-Offs
This informative talk takes you through some of the most common and current rip-offs, where you can go for help if it happens to you, and what steps you can take to become scam-safe.
Led by solicitor D'arcy Pierce, this is a free community legal education talk by Western NSW Community Legal Centre. Dubbo Library. Friday, May 21, 10.30-11.30am. FREE. Limited seats, bookings required. To book go to www.mrl.nsw.gov.au or contact us on 02 6801 4510.
National Simultaneous Storytime at Wellington and Dubbo.
Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. NSS is a fun special event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy. This year we are reading Give Me Some Space by Philip Bunting.
Join us on Wednesday, May 19, at 11am for an adventure in space and discover the joy of reading together. Bookings required.
Dubbo Library hours: 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; 10am to 3pm, Saturdays; 11am to 3pm, Sundays. Corner of Talbragar and Macquarie Streets, Dubbo, 6801 4510.
Wellington Library hours: 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday; 9.30am to noon on Saturdays. Corner of Percy & Maughan Streets, Wellington. Phone 6840 1780. Website: www.mrl.nsw.gov.au.
