‘A Sea of Beige’
Colour in the Australian Home, with Michael Lech
How do we perceive our homes of 19th and early 20th centuries: were they dark, gloomy places, overstuffed with furnishings in a series of muddy colours?
Nothing could be further from the truth! Resources from the Caroline Simpson Library will uncover a ‘riot’ of colour used in Australian homes of the past.
Talks & webinars
Murphy Wallpaper Collection
The recent donation to the Caroline Simpson Library of thousands of wallpapers in the John and Phyllis Murphy Collection means that Museums of History NSW now has the largest holding of historical wallpapers in Australia
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Phyllis Shillito and her colour curriculum 1945–1979
This event focused on the colour curriculum of pioneering Sydney-based colour designer and educator Phyllis Shillito (1895–1980) of the 1940s to the 1970s
The Extraordinary Story of Rose de Freycinet
Hear the story of Rose de Freycinet, the first woman to write an account of a global circumnavigation, with Suzanne Falkiner
Historic colour in the home
The many sources in the Caroline Simpson Library that can bring colour to the homes of past, with Matthew Stephens