[MCASIlaris] FW: National Archives WA FREE talk - Wednesday 1 April, 11am to 12pm [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Gaby Haddow]

Hello WA students

This is a free event and sounds like fun. You need to book a spot - see below.

Best wishes
Gaby

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Subject: [WAIN] National Archives WA FREE talk - Wednesday 1 April, 11am to 12pm [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

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Dear colleagues,

Join us for a FREE talk at the National Archives of Australia's WA Office,
Black swans, bile beans and x-ray spectacles: Perth's innovative history

Discover Perth's inventive past through colourful trademarks and creative patents from the early 20th century.

Step into a kaleidoscope of colour, creatures, icons and ideas from the trademarks and patents preserved in the national archival collection.

Discover why Western Australians once turned to Pink Pills, Bile Beans and Sproull's Neurine - and what these remedies reveal about Perth's past.

>From household names like Coca-Cola and Uncle Tobys to curious inventions such as X-ray spectacles and self-supporting trousers, these records capture the imaginations and concerns of Australians at the turn of the century.

This free event connects to our touring exhibition Disrupt, persist, invent: Australians in an ever-changing world<https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/events-and-exhibitions/disrupt-persist-invent>, now on show at our Western Australia Office and open to explore after the event.

This event is part of the Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival.

Wednesday 1 April 2026, 11am to 12 pm
National Archives of Australia, WA Office
45 Francis Street, Northbridge WA 6003.

Reserve a spot by phone (08) 9470 7500 or at: Black swans, bile beans and x-ray spectacles: Perth's innovative history Tickets, Wednesday, Apr 1 from 11 am to 12 pm | Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/black-swans-bile-beans-and-x-ray-spectacles-perths-innovative-history-tickets-1983417201241?aff=oddtdtcreator>

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Images: NAA: A13136, 840; NAA: A11802, 568 - 569; NAA: A11802, 2938; NAA: A11802, 110; NAA: A11802, 962; NAA: A11802, 3177; NAA: A13136, 2209.

Please share this invitation with your networks and we hope to see you there.

Kind regards,
WA Office

West Australian Office
[NAA National Archives of Australia logo]
t +61 8 9470 7500
45 Francis Street, Northbridge WA 6003
PO Box 239, Northbridge WA 6865 | naa.gov.au

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the traditional custodians of this land and celebrate their
ongoing culture and contribution to society.

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