Library
Exhibitions: 1989
- T.S. Eliot and Byron
- Prize Winning Literature
- James Gleeson
- Bicentenaire de la Revolution Francaise
- 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo
- A Change of Skies: the Literature of Migration
- The People Won’t Forget
- From Omdurman to Khartoum
1 February – 17 February
T.S. Eliot and Byron
Travelling poster exhibitions: T. S. Eliot (12 posters); and Lord Byron (10 posters).
Curated by The British Council.
10-28 April
Prize Winning Literature
Travelling book exhibition of winners of British literary prizes since 1984.
Curated by The British Council.
1-29 May
James Gleeson
Works by James Gleeson held in the University Art Collection.
Curated by Gordon Fleet, Macquarie University Library.
3 July – 4 August
Bicentenaire de la Revolution Francaise
French Revolution Bicentennial display: posters, books and artefacts.
15-17 August
600th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo
Paintings by Milan Todorovic-Rubljov.
Curated by the Serbian Studies Foundation.
18 October – 5 November
A Change of Skies: the Literature of Migration
Book, photographic and poster display.
Curated by Avis McDonald for the Post-Colonial Literatures and Language Research Centre, Macquarie University – to complement the PCLLRC Conference 21-22 October.
14-30 November
The People Won’t Forget
Posters by Hong Kong Artists in reaction to the Tiananmen Square Massacre in June 1989.
1 December – 30 January
From Omdurman to Khartoum
Paintings by Sudanese artist Amahl Gaafar Bruce (20 paintings), supplemented by a book display on Islamic calligraphy.