Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

ov . Cour ier I a · 1 'l , 'JTI What's doing • 1n your city A LIST ot amenities and facilities provided in -our cities and towns could Include the following : ART GALJ.lllUES : In Brisbane we have the state-administered Queens– land Art Gallery, as well as many pri– vate gallerte.,. The main emphasis In the Queens– l1md Art Gallery Is on Australlllll nrt, painting. prints, sculpture, cenunlcs and other art forms. Antique fumlhrre, silver. glassware, pott.e1·y 1111d other art museum objects are Included In the col– lectlon. lllJSt;s: City Council bu,s services, '" "'Cil ns helng practical can be used 1u explore the clt-)'. ' In Brlsb1um the CiLy Council opcr- 111.lt "S fi:lfi ·1nu;es a.ncl for the 12 llllllllh~ ended ,June 30, 1976. carried 40 million Plll)SC.llJ;Cl'S O\'CI' JO million ktlomet<rcs. GARIU-:NS, PARKS: Parks and ~n r– dt!llA- tn our ell Jes nnd towns n1·c uMmlly muinlr\lner1 by counoth;: some are ma.lntnined b.Y community nrg1tt1• lsnLlons or prlvnt,c groups. Councils un• ncrtake bcnut.tricn1.lon projects, such as t.1· o 11h111Uug and lnnclscnplng. Brls– llRn~ h s nhont 4840 hectnrc8 of park– lnnd. The lnrgest ·arcn is Mount Coo1 - 11111:~ 1:178 hccl.nres. 'fhe clL)' Bohrnlc c.;., rdcns n 1. I he e nd or Oeorge Street has III.~ llccuu·es of Inwns n ntl slnlll– beric,'i, J.IUIIAIUES : In 111osL centres the,c •.ro run by the councils. Brisbnnc ltu:; ~~l. municipal llbl'urlcs wit.Ji l\ 1.011d hook al.O\:k of 754.000 at June :10. IOiti. Also l11 l:lrlsbnnn Is 1.11c 'tntr. Llbrnr.Y or Q11cc11slirnrl. which provides S 1.a1e-w11lr rl"rorc11c1• ! •1-rln•s. ,\ noLJ ,er tunctJu11 tif the Stnlc l.,ll11·nry •~ tu , uppl, llbrnry books to 1:ouncll, c1w,·1·111ir populaLl1111s f 4000 01· le. ·. T he 1J11lvc1·slLy or Quccn.,land at, SI.. l, ud,i hos nu estet1- •il1e llbrnr.1· ol 111ol'e t ha n 900,000 books. ' \ , I . I I I nd Au fltrP i nn 19 - 20 , 1 Queensland Public Service QUEENSl:ANO IART GALLERY ADMINISTRATION OFFICER BRIS8ANE ,Appl1cot0ns orfl Invited lo, th• µ,caltlon ot Admlnl,arat,on Of~ leer ul 1hn Queunsland A tt Gallery, iUrl,haN', 11111 Gallery 1i. hou,ed tn tempororv premiu1" durlr,g con"trrn:-~ tlon of lho nl'.lw Ouoemlond Art Gallf'try. ,.md tulllhnent of 1hn ':n~ftJil\0; 1 1 1:;n,h:11bi:~~~1:,t 0 ~~u~~~~,l~~ 1 \1;~~:o~;:~~~~r ~!''~m~I~. ~~~:' ~~:~i!~~-n,ltlon of th" aulhny from ttw uin,r>ora,y ro lho QUALIFICATION~: l:c.Jucotlon to mot11cUIQtlon lovol 1"\entiol: 1,,.,1,uune,1 1110v hu g,v,111 tu uuplicont, po:."u,,!na ,iuohl1co1lon" 11, monogumont or art, !<nowlcctge of and 01efx,rl1tnce In arh orJminit.ltCll lo,·1 on odvantOIJ«P, 1ngr.thC1r ..1,11 CWl'>tlllf!UClt In the uttoblli.hmnnt et monogt,menl ,v,h:m,, l)UTIES wlll be undertake,n In a\\odntlori wtrh <mcJ 01. drrecled ~ruJi ~llnry niunagomlfnt and olher profttulonat ilofl anrt In• , Ne1,1ul1atl0n and hamlllng of 1nternotlonal 1;,d 1lhl1lon1, ~-,,eparu• ~;,d 0 ~t P,J;~,~~tt•~:'d~' 0 i'~~l1:n~~:'::~0n fo~f ''fJ•~:~o, dc~111u'~~~ f1~1ft~~c•~~~ ~!P~~~~~I o~~:.,~!~~t ':r,~:h(J\~','!?,\~~tl~,,~ 0 ~n~,:j prizos formulot1011 und control of annual t>udoot managemunt ~~p~~~:~~!'~~~u of h~~ :,1~~~. 'l~~:~1~ 0 '4~,c;~~;,o~r"f~1~~~ tlon~, negotiation and review of mu,roncc,, ,ecurlty and other contracts, establishment and 1upe,vi1ion of 'Qallery i.hop. SAl.>'.RY R'ANGE: $12,716 to $ l~,S26 per onnLlm, •AP.PL' ICATIONS quoting p01ltlon reference number 1017 V77 ond containing full portlct.tlar, of name, address, telephone m.mber, date of b irth, marital ,totus, qualftlcohons, e.-.rmrience ~~~ ~h:'f!~~:;;P~t';:~' ,~f:,e~~rntl~ ~r~~r~r:~ ~~ni,~: Chiof Adm1nistrollon Officer, Dept of the Public Service Board . . : '.. .. . . . . .. . . . . SPORTS FIELDS: Cai.Cring ror. \'H– riety of sports, the sports fields tn our cities 11,1-e \'Rlued by mnny. In Brisbane some sports fields are run by trusts or sporting groups. The council mnlntutns 133 cricket fields ror summer sport. 102 lootball fields, 43 hockey fields ,ind 112 ,basketball courts. There are also 24a playgrounds for children. SWll\11\IJNG POOl,S: In Brisb1111e !lie City council has 16 pools. •rnEA'l'RES: Theatres pro1l<lc nn n\'enuc of r:~rnc.'i~l,,n for· 1he Slnte's nc– llll's 1u1ct ncl,res.1.,es. plnrwrlghts. cost.ume clesi[11ers. 5et, rlcsignurs nnd other ar f – is1s. ''J'l1r~· pro\'l<ir emcrtuinmcnt !'or mn11~• pt 1 nple. 'J'he t,wo j heat res in l he 11111t'r Brishnnc t·iL." ;1rcn nre the S.G.J.O. Thcnt r,• 1 bm-:c or Lile Quce1u,,. l:111tl 'J'hc:tirc compa11y1, nnd H ei· JvlaJ– rst."'s !11 Queen Slrrel. Tltc Q11e~nsln11!1 'rlwn LrP. Cnmpnny Jll'C'SOIII S abOII L c irih t. plnyti a ~ 1 car. ·rhe Q11cc11sland T h eA,I t•t\ Compun~,. the Q11ccnsln11rl ou llrL nnd 1he Qucerrnlnnd Operu company work :losely with the Queensland Arts Coun– cil lll touring Queensland with shows. Brisbane has other professional and amateur theatre groups. MUSIC: Orchestra& and bands, as well as mnny specialised musical groups, are purt or t.he culture or our cites and towns. The QUl't!llSland Symphony Or– chestra has 64 players. It Is ndmlnls– tcrcd by the Australian lll'OlldCIIStlng Commission. During the yeur the or• uhcstrn µresents 17 adult orchestml sul>scrlpLl011 Ct)llcerts. sis gouth con– certs for rieo,plc u11de1· 2G, three prom concen s and 15free concert§ for schoola i;hllrlre11. '!'he orche!-tLrn n1so prm10.111 s six free ,·011ccr1s i11 1hc orchestrnl shell nt the Bo1anlc tl11rdcns, s11eclnl orchesLrnl tonecr1s nnd ci1ornl concerLs. Tl1e Q11rcrn,l1md Youth OrchcsI,r;L hns threr: nri:J1csh·us ror ncl\·11nced, exper1e11ccc1, a nd bcµl nning students. T he Qucenshtnd 'l'he1 tre O1'Clll'Slt'il 1>rovldcs II resident orchestrn for nil types of thentrical producUons, OhoIra include the Queensh1nd State and Mu– nlch1a1 Choir and the Brisbane Eis– teddfod Choir, Festival Hall, with a seatlntr capacity or 5500, presents ·local and ove~s slngen and entertainers, folk slntrers, Jazz and other music groups. M U 8 E U M8 : Providing accurate records-of the past the State's mu,eums a.re well worth \'lsltlng, tn Brisbane the QueenslKnd museum Is sup1,orted by the Stute Go1•errunent U1rougl1 u,e Educa.tlon Department and Is adminis– tered b.Y a board of trustees. T he museum has extensive collec– tions relallng to zoology, geology, an– thropology. \.l,c pure lllld n11plled scien– ces. teclmoloi,'Y und history. Research. is c11.r11ed out on the collecllons by the ~urators and results are 1mbllshed 111 ti1e muscm1l's own scientific Journnl a nd In handbooks ll'hich are 011 sale " L the museum. An cducntlon section miters for !-ichools n.nd otiher ri~dti11g ~roupb. ----- ......