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    • We are thrilled to announce Milestone at this year's Sydney Festival!

    Celebrating his 80th birthday, William Yang, one of Australia’s most revered visual and performance artists and one of CAAP's founders, reflects on his remarkable life in Milestone.

    Drawing on his vast collection of documentary photographs and poignant personal reminiscences, Yang weaves together themes of family, cultural and sexual identity with his signature blend of warmth, disarming humour and total candour.

    Set against Elena Kats-Chernin’s haunting score, performed live by a chamber ensemble, Milestone is the life of a Chinese-Australian artist chronicling queer stories in Australia, from the early days of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 90s.

    Above all, from his viewpoint as the last of his generation, Milestone is Yang contemplating the importance of family and the ties binding relations all around the world!

    Co-commissioned by Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Festival; and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance

    Roslyn Packer

    Australian philanthropist

    Roslyn Redman PackerAC (born née Weedon, in c. 1938) is an Australian philanthropist and widow of media mogul Kerry Packer.

    Early life

    Packer was born Roslyn Redman Weedon in Wagga Wagga, the daughter of Doctor Stephen Hertford Weedon and socialite Phyllis Bragg. Packer’s parents were married on Saturday September 1, 1934 at Christ Church of England Cootamundra. The reception was held in the Wagga Wagga Town Hall. The honeymoon included a trip to Canberra followed by a cruise in Cairns. Packer’s mother was a native of Cootamundra, a town within the Riverina region of New South Wales. She was an organiser for the Country Women’s Association and followed various sports including hockey, golf and tennis. Packer’s father, Stephen Weedon, was born on 15 February 1887 and served in World War I as a medical officer holding the rank of major. Stephen Weedon departed Sydney on the HMAT Borda A3 on 17 October 1916. From 1923, Stephen Weedon, alongside Doctor Walter Wallace Martin, operated Welwyn Private Hospital on Simmons Street, Wagga Wagga. The hospital accommodated approximately 10 patients daily, the hospital was closed in March 1946 and was later sold to the Department of Main Roads on 26 July 1946. Stephen Weedon died 27 April 1965 in Double Bay.

    Family

    Marriage to Kerry Packer

    Packer married Kerry Packer at St Mark’s Church, Darling Point on 30 August 1963. The couple were married until Kerry Packer died of kidney failure on December 26, 2005. Speaking to the Australian Women's Weekly, Packer said: "I don't hear his voice so much anymore, but it was a good 18 months before the reality sank in that he isn't going to walk through the front door again ... that when the phone rings, it won't be him to say he'll be home soon."[

    Packer family

    NameBirth nameYears livingBusiness interestsSpouse R. C. PackerRobert Clyde Packer24 July 1879 – 12 April 1934Ethel Maude Hewson (16 January 1878 − 1 April 1947) Sir Frank PackerKBE, OStJDouglas Frank Hewson Packer3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974
    1. Gretel Joyce Bullmore (5 May 1907 − 16 August 1960)
    2. Florence Mathilde Adeline Violet (Vincent), née Porges (June 1915 − 22 December 2012)
    Clyde PackerRobert Clyde Packer22 July 1935 – 8 April 2001
    1. Angela Money (m. 1961–1972)
    2. Kate Clifford (m. 1977–2001)
    Kerry PackerACKerry Francis Bullmore Packer17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005Roslyn Weedon (m. 1963–2005) Ros PackerACRoslyn Redman Weedon Kerry Packer James PackerJames Douglas Packer8 September 1967 –
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