Event
John Birchmeier in-conversation with Les Dion
When
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 1:00pm
Location
Wollongong Art Gallery
46 Burelli St, Wollongong NSW 2500
WOLLONGONG. WED 4 DECEMBER, 11.00 AM – 12.00 PM
Representing the third generation of the Dion family, Les Dion together with family historian John Birchmeier will present an overview of the family background; the arrival of the first generation in Wollongong in 1907 to take up market gardening and development from 1923 of new business interests including bus services under the second generation.
Free, all welcome.
This program is part of the exhibition On The Move: The Dion Family.
Produced and presented by Wollongong Art Gallery in partnership with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art with support from The Dion Family.
Associated Exhibition
Top image: The Dion family c 1918. Courtesy of the Dion family archive.
