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Image: Jean Carroll OAM / Photo: Martin Roberts
Vale, Jean Carroll
A memorial service will be held at 2.30pm this Sunday, August 4 for noted Sydney milliner Jean Carroll OAM, who passed away last month at the age of 90. The event will be held at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Kensington, where Ms Carroll had taught millinery to theatre and costume design students. In a career spanning 75 years, Ms Carroll worked as a milliner on numerous film, television and stage productions, and was a vocational teacher at TAFE NSW and NIDA. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2006 for Services to Millinery and Teaching. Friend and colleague Bronwyn Shooks said: “Jean Carroll OAM was one of the truly great icons of the millinery world … Jean was renowned for her generosity of spirit, her passion for her craft, her kindness and willingness to share her extensive knowledge.”
City unveils live-work apartments
The City of Sydney Council is offering six affordable new live-work apartments to artists and other creative Sydneysiders. The apartments, which have enough space to live and work in, are part of the City’s new creative hub on William St, Darlinghurst. “If you’re struggling to afford space, you can’t afford to take risks,” said Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore. “We want to give creative Sydneysiders the space to try new things.” The City will open another 14 artist live-work spaces on Oxford St next year.
Thousands of new trees in Sydney Park
Over 4,500 new trees were planted at Sydney Park last weekend as part of Planet Ark’s National Tree Day. The event, held on Sunday, also featured a free barbecue and environmental information sessions. Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said it was part of a strategy to grow Sydney’s urban forest. “Planting more trees helps cool our city, reduce air pollution, make our parks and streets more beautiful, and provide habitat for native birds and other wildlife,” said Ms Moore. More than three million volunteers have planted over 18.6 million trees and shrubs nationwide since National Tree Day commenced in 1996.
