16/04/2021

Justin Gare, Senior Objects Conservator will be presenting The Red Gum Bookcase: South Australia's Earliest Piece of Furniture talk at Clare Library 13 May 2021.

Justin Gare conservator pictured at Artlab AustraliaJustin Gare pictured at his exhibition - Kingston's 1842 Monument to Colonel Light held at Artlab Australia during SA History Festival 2019.

In September 2017, a colossal red gum bookcase over 180 years old inspired a classic ‘whodunnit’ investigation. Justin Gare will unravel the mystery, the twists and turns leading to the identification of South Australia’s oldest and most significant surviving piece of furniture.

Presented by Clare & Gilbert Valleys Library Service.

The Red Gum Bookcase: South Australia's Earliest Piece of Furniture - South Australia's History Festival

Justin will also be a panel member of Rethinking the Adelaide Plan, presented by the Migration Museum at the Hetzel Lecture Theatre, State Library of South Australia on 24 May.

Bookings for both events, please visit South Australia’s History Festival 2021 website. (Please note Artlab Australia is not taking bookings).

Rethinking the Adelaide Plan - South Australia's History Festival