Cnr London Circuit and City Square, Canberra City
Open today from 10am to 5pm
Thu 30 April: 1–2pm
Hear first-hand from the original Jennings Germans about their experiences in Canberra during the 1950s and beyond.
Learn of the challenges and opportunities that the city represented, as a hot and dusty foreign place became a home.
In association with the 2020 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival.
Thu 30 April: 1–2pm
Hear about the wonderful journey Senior Curator Sharon Bulkeley took in exploring the social history of one of Canberra's most interesting migrant groups - the Jennings Germans.
Canberra began its life as an imagined city. Throughout its development artists continue to visually reimagine their own interpretations of its future
The women in the Jennings Germans story were integral to the success of their partner’s contribution in a new country
In the early 1950s, a group of 150 young German men left the security of their homeland and the comfort of their families to travel halfway around the world to a small city called Canberra.