Community
The special exhibition which honours Southlanders who fought and died in World War I will reopen for two days this week due to demand.
The exhibition, which was open at 63 Esk Street between November 1 and November 10, has proven to be so popular that volunteers have agreed to open it again on Friday and Saturday this week (November 16 and 17) between 10am and 4pm at the former ASB Bank building.
Invercargill City Council Archives Assistant Wendy McArthur said about 70 people had been to visit the exhibition each day it was open, and feedback had been 100 per cent positive.
There had also been several school and community groups which had visited the exhibition by appointment, outside the exhibition’s hours of 10am – 4pm.
The Invercargill City Council, together with the Southland Museum and Art Gal¬lery, Awarua Communications Museum, Invercargill City Libraries and Archives and volunteers collaborated to create the multi-faceted exhibition.
Representing the Council’s contribution to the exhibition are the stories of South¬land men killed in the liberation of Les Quesnoy, on November 4, 1918, as well as the Invercargill Borough Council employees killed during WWI.
Meanwhile, Invercargill RSA and Awarua Communications Museum have also set up displays as part of the exhibition, and the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives team’s Since Writing you Last project also features.