BROOKFIELD DISTRICT MUSEUM

PLACEMENT PROJECT 2013

The Brookfield District Museum exists to collect, preserve and display the history of Brookfield. The museum is

located in the Brookfield Showgrounds in a building which was originally a farm house in Pullenvale. The old

farmhouse had a room dedicated for use as a post office. Displays in the museum reflect the occupations of

Brookfield families in the past.

BROOKFIELD MUSEUM

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Every year a Brookfield Show Day is held in May and the Brookfield Museum is very much involved in preparing

displays for public visits over 3 consecutive days.

It has been a tradition of the museum to have a family display for people to enjoy. Museum curator, Joy Stacey

expressed that it would be a great opportunity to showcase my abilities by placing the family project as an assignment

for me.

So my research began…

ANNUAL BROOKFIELD SHOW

FAMILY DISPLAY

The CONGRAM Family

Local Significa

nce

History

Life Stories

Build Famil

y Tree

Mueseum Significa

nce

Research

Methods of Research:

Electrol Rolls Internets- Find my Family, Ancestry Local Morning Teas Interview family members Toowong Cemetry: determine date of births

and deaths

RESEARCH

THE CONGRAM FAMILY TREE

Finding interesting ways to write history:

Death at a Funeral

CONGRAM STORIES

FIVE BROTHERS IN ARMS

FARMER BUTCHER FARMER

The struggles of the Project

WEAKNESSES

Variety of research methods

STRENGTHS

In conclusion over the thirteen weeks spent at Brookfield Museum, I have learnt so much about the Museum industry,

the real life workforce, as well as identifying issues and finding solutions to problems. The Museum is slowly

parting from its tradition and embracing modern aspects, which I found to be the main issue the organisation

struggled with.

WORK PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

The Congram display turned out great and received a lot

of praise from the local community members.

BROOKFIELD SHOW DAY!