Cancelled

City in Masks

Sat 7 May 2022

Matthew Wengert

Alexandria Park

Brisbane as a Storied City

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Two years into Covid life, it's still referred to as the first pandemic of its kind for a century. So, how did Brisbane deal with the influenza pandemic a century ago? Join Matthew Wengert near the site of the hub of Brisbane's influenza response, the Isolation Hospital at the Exhibition Grounds, to revisit the first time we were a City in Masks.

About the location

Alexandria Park is connected to the King St precinct within the Brisbane Showgrounds. A visit to King St has something for everyone – from casual to fine dining, coffee to cocktails and even a spot of shopping. You’ll find art everywhere you turn that celebrates the rich 147-year history of the Showgrounds as well as welcoming new modern stories, creating a real and authentic experience for everyone who visits.

#Artist

Matthew Wengert

Matthew Wengert is a researcher and writer of historical stories, with a particular interest in the violent history of Queensland's colonial frontier, and stories of epidemics. Matthew has a long working connection with the Ration Shed Museum in Cherbourg, and has been awarded with a Griffith Review Queensland Writing Fellowship (2017), BCC Lord Mayor's History Research Award (2018), and the John Oxley Fellowship at the State Library of Queensland (2019-20), and operates a small publishing business called AndAlso Books.