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Two people standing on the banks of the Owens River, with leafless trees on the opposite bank behind them.
6 – 31 Aug

Wild Country: The Ovens River

  • Free
  • Art

It is believed that the water flowing through the Ovens River is the same water that has always been on Earth, arriving four and a half billion years ago as the solar system formed. Therefore, the water of the Ovens has moved through the capillaries of plants, nurtured new life in wombs, leisurely advanced through underground aquifers and lapped against tall ships, canoes and bulk carriers. Water records in its molecular architecture the pasts we may not be able to see or that have been actively erased. Therefore, to think with water – to think with the Ovens River – is to remember.

This project from Clare McCracken and Heather Hesterman explores the environmental history and future challenges of the Ovens River and its watershed through archival images from the State Library, narrative non-fiction writing, participatory arts practice and documentation of performative fieldwork.

Launch: Thursday 7 August, 5.30pm to 7pm

Hours

Date Times
Wed 6 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Thu 7 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Fri 8 Aug
  • 1pm - 7pm 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Sat 9 Aug
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 10 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Mon 11 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Tue 12 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Wed 13 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Thu 14 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Fri 15 Aug
  • 1pm - 7pm 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Sat 16 Aug
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 17 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Mon 18 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Tue 19 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Wed 20 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Thu 21 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Fri 22 Aug
  • 1pm - 7pm 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Sat 23 Aug
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 24 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Mon 25 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Tue 26 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Wed 27 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Thu 28 Aug
  • 10am - 7pm 10:00am - 7:00pm
Fri 29 Aug
  • 1pm - 7pm 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Sat 30 Aug
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 31 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

Library at The Dock
107 Victoria Harbour Promenade
Docklands 3008

Open in maps location for Library at The Dock

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 1800 695 427
  • email address: libraryevents@melbourne.vic.gov.au
  • Visit website for Wild Country: The Ovens River

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