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Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Advertising leaflet, G. D. Sutherland P/L, 297 Settlement Road Thomastown, 1993
Auction of 297 Settlement Road Thomastown, 5 acres approx., 17 June 1993.A4 1 p. auction leaflet printed in colour both sidesauction, 297 settlement road thomastown -
Wyndham Art Gallery (Wyndham City Council)
Work on paper, Kathy Vafiadis, Proposed Toxic Dump “Never forget how fifteen thousand people rose up and with one voice said No!”, 2000
This piece was acquired by our human rights lawyer and Mayor at the time of our campaign, Frank Purcell. Frank organised the plaque and for many years, it was hung in Wyndam council chambers. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Oval Carnival Ware Dishes, c. 1940
These two orange-coloured dishes are made of pressed glass to which an iridiscent surface shimmer has been added by the application of metallic salts. They are examples of Carnival Ware and the orange colour is known in the trade world as 'marigold'. Carnival Ware was first produced in 1908 as a relatively cheap version of decorative glassware in U.S.A. and this country was the main producer up to the 1940s, with the 1920s being the decade when it was most popular. Carnival Ware was also produced in other countries including Australia and the United Kingdom and is a collectable item today. These two dishes have no known local provenance and are retained as examples of vintage household items serving both a utilitarian and a decorative purpose..1 An oval shaped shallow glass dish with pressed patterns and handles at either end. The item is orange-coloured. .2 as abovecarnival ware, orange glass dishes, vintage decorative items -
Bass Coast Shire Council - Robert Smith Collection
Work on paper - Untitled Study of Trees, Brely Bennell
Australia 1950s -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Trusler, Peter, Magpie and Pen, Sunday Island, 1975
Purchased, 1976Pencil on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Ballerina Ornament
Small figure of ballerina with pink top, tulle skirt and red shoes. Arms raised.ornaments, ceramics -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - King Edward V11 Pavilion, On the shores of Lake Wendouree, Ballarat
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, king edward, pavilion, lake wendouree -
Federation University Bookplate Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, Ex Libris Tereshchenkov Nikita
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for secondary schools students.Jigsaw of personality images flanked by an angel and a devil with a bearded psychologist seated upper right.6/25 L-1 "Psychology" I Kozub 2020irena kozub, nikita tereshchenkov, australian bookplate design awards 2021 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Work on paper, Joy Stewart, House, Princess Street, c.1978
Sydney Joy (joy) Stewart (1925-2018) was a founding member of the Kew Historical Society, and during the 1970s its secretary. During her residence in Kew, she completed numerous property illustrations on commission. These ranged from preliminary sketches, including architectural details to finished pen & ink and wash illustrations on paper. On moving to Queensland, Joy Stewart donated the remaining property illustrations in her possession to the Kew Historical Society. In 1987-88, she fulfilled a commission by the Society of designs for a series of embroideries completed by residents during the Australian Bicentennial commemorations.Sydney Joy (Joy) Stewart was born in Melbourne 1925. She studied at Swinburne Technical College Art School from 1941-1945, then the National Gallery Art School 1946-1948. Her career included employment positions as a display artist, designer/painter, gallery assistant, and art teacher. Joy relocated to Cairns in 1981. Solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Cairns, including 'Done By Me' at Cairns Regional Gallery in 1999. Group exhibitions at Cairns Regional Gallery, 'The Fish John West Regrets, 1993' and 'Facets of Life' 1994. Joy Stewart died in Cairns in 2018.Preliminary sketch of the two storey house on the corner of Fellows and Princess Street, Kew by the artist Joy Stewart. Inscription: "Cn Princess and Fellow St". Unsigned.joy stewart, princess street (kew), fellows street (kew) -
Federation University Historical Collection
Print - Images, Cornish Miner
A number of images relating to mining in Cornwall dating from around 1927.mining, cornish, cornish mining, underground workings, underground mining, cornish miner, cornwall, child labourers, candles, pick, tools -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Textile - Illustration - Art work, Rodriquiz, 1970
Illustration, wall hanging, printed on an off white cloth with frayed edges, of a scene looking east along Bourke St from about Queen St. Has a number of cable trams in the view. Has two pieces of wood stapled at top and bottom with a hanging cord. Has the words "Bourke St Melbourne 1880" and "hand printed in Australia by Rodriquiz" along the bottom edge. Note the Victoria Parliament house has been drawn with the proposed Dome that has not yet been built.trams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams, illustrations -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Print, Elizabeth Morrison, c.1892
Elizabeth Morrison, was born in 1874 and died in 1963, aged 89 years. She was the schoolteacher at Warrigal until she married the donor's grandfather and moved to Melbourne to take up residence with him. Her husband Edward was a porter on the train from Melbourne to Adelaide. Together they had three children: two boys and a girl. The donor's father was the youngest who was born in 1911. The eldest son, Kenneth Morrison, was a Monsignor in the Catholic Church, and an Air Force Chaplain during the Second World War, while the daughter was a spinster who owned a few haberdashery and children’s clothing stores. The donor's father had a newsagency in Bridge Road, Richmond. He and his wife lived in Carson Street, Kew for about 50 years and had four children, two of whom were to become lawyers, another a surgeon and the final child social worker/family therapist.The donor's father lived until he was 100 years of age.Copy of a photograph of the owner of a 19th Century dress in the collectionPhotocopy of a photograph of Elizabeth Morrison (nee Fitzgerald) in c.1892. australian fashion - victorian era - 1890s, elizabeth morrison -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Fichu, C 1860
Fichu is a term used replacing the kerchief or neckerchief and comes from the French. It was worn over the shoulders to preserve modesty for low necklines or to conceal the bodice hooks or laces used for closing. This hand-made Maltese lace fichu is exquisitely worked in silk. Judging by the photos provided it is quite large and would possible used to cover evening décolletage. It appears to be around 30cm in width and about 70cm in length and being silk would be quite warm for the lady wearing it and indicate social status and wealth. Maltese lace became very popular after being displayed at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. It began as a needle lace but Lady Hamilton Chichester imported lace makers from Genoa in the mid 1800s and converted the needle lace patterns to be worked on bobbins which made it quicker. The lace is worked on long thin lace pillows and usually includes the 8 pointed Maltese Cross in the pattern, it is made in narrow widths which are sewn together to make bigger pieces such as in this fichu. Another feature of Maltese lace is the “wheat ears” or in this case petals made of plaits or tallies. There is so much work in this piece as all of the flowers are worked so close together that they appear to be solid fabricThe Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. This lace collection was owned and contributed to by four generations of Amess womenBobbin silk Maltese silk bobbin lace 6 petal tallies. Lace fichupackaged with note "Fichu Maltese Lace c 1865"janet amess lace collection, lace, churchill island, janet, amess, bobbin, maltese, silk, embroidery -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Kline, Gillian, God of Carnage - Tsunami, 2011
Purchased with the assistance of the Gippsland Art Gallery Society, 2013Colour reduction linocut on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - The Opening of the Zoo in the Gardens, Extracts from the Ballarat Courier, April 4th and 5th, 1917
The opening of a Zoo in the Gardens was seen as important in terms of exhibiting as comprehensive list of fauna as possible at the time and providing further opportunities for leisure time activities for visitors to the Gardens.The Courier articles clearly show the importance of the opening of a Zoo in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens with the Premier of Victoria and other official visitors attending the opening ceremony.one page of transcribed extracts from the Courier, with some words highlighted in bold dated 16/2/2010.None.doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, the opening of the zoo, the zoological gardens, birds and animals, mr ben jahn's bequest, northern gardens reserve, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Print, HOS, Kees. Born 1916, The Hague, Holland, Why (B1), 1963
PrintTitled and edition 'Why 1/50 B1' lower left corner under printed image. Signed 'Kees Hos '63' lower right corner under printed image. -
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Print, Louis KAHAN, The artist and his tools, 1947
Gift of Lily Kahan, 2004 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Fan, c1880
Black silk, satin in gauze fan with flowers hand painted on silk, with ebony sticks and guards, all held together with a metal ring.|Could be bought in black or white, plain ready for painting at home.costume accessories, female -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Travel Rug, Onkaparinga Woollen Mill Company
Collector says: "I can still recall one of my earliest childhood memories, of my nana's bright aqua shoes against the checks of our family travel rug on summer picnics. Maybe that's when this collection planted its seed in me - 40 years later I start my first blanket collection after stumbling across old Onkaparinga travel rugs. I would go to a vintage market in Collingwood every month and almost always found a good one, amassing enough for the entire household. Everyone had their favourite, even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one just for him."Collector's note- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from. "Fringed travel rug, red, blue, green and blackOnkaparinga/washing instructions/use A.W.C. approved wool detergent/warm machine wash on short gentle cycle/or warm hand wash/DO NOT BLEACH/warm rinse well on gentle cycle/normal spin/DO NOT TUMBLE DRY/dry in shade - gently pull to shape/dry cleanable (A) - in emblems: The Woolmark pure new wool, Woven in Australia, F 472wool, blanket, blanket fever, travel rug, onkaparinga -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, King, Martin, Unusual Places to Die, 2014
Donated by the artist through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2019Watercolour and pigment on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - PICTURE FRAME (WITH STAND)
Ivory-coloured celluloid picture frame (with stand) with oval opening for picture. Glass insert. Marked with old (catalog?) number - U2 670. 4690.ornaments, plastic, picture frame -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Fuseli, Henry (after), The Witches in 'Macbeth', c.1857-60
Donated from the estate of Dora Greenwall, 1975Steel engraving on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Decorative object - Framed, Samuel Thomas Gill, "Ballarat Post Office & Township from Government Enclosure", 1857
Ballarat's first post office was located in Ballarat East. The print is by S. t. Gill and depicts a busy street scene.Framed drawing - wooden frame with card backing and framing clips and foldout stand.ballarat, post office, gold fields, ballarat east -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Print - Portrait, John Monash
Print of John MonashMade in 1919 -
Federation University Bookplate Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, Centenary of Lithuania
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for International bookplate designers and graphic artists. as well as Australian secondary school students. Art movements Artist’s statement Subjects Bookplate, Australian Bookplate Design awards, Kieth Wingrove Trust Entered in the International Bookplate Design section of the the Australian Bookplate Society's 'Australian Bookplate Design competition for 2020. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, J. Macfarlane et al, Meeting of Major Mitchell and Edward Henty, Portland Bay, 1836, n.d
Displayed at History House.Lithograph, engraving of men on horses standing outside a wooden cottage and pole fence. Trees in background. On far left man is standing observing another standing man shaking hands with a central mounted figure. Framed under glass in wooden carved frame with inner gold-coloured frame.Front: Meeting of Major Mitchell and Edward Henty, Portland Bay, 1836 (engraved, lower centre -
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Print, ROBINSON, John, The Track to Take, 1988
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Wall hanging
Domestic object demonstrating Australian State Floral symbolsA cross stitched wall hanging on a brass hanger. The white cotton background has the Australian native flower emblems in a line down the centre. Firstly the Australian emblem - golden Wattle, then New South Wales - Waratah, Victoria - Common Heath, Northern Territory -Sturt's Desert Rose, West Australia - Kangaroo paw, Queensland - Cooktown Orchid, Tasmania - Blue Gum, West Australia - Sturt Desert pea.embroidery, australian floral emblems -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - F. G. JONES COLLECTION: PAIR GLOVES MASONIC, 1940's
Object. Pair of white cotton men's gloves used in Freemasons ceremonies with press stud clasps.societies, freemasons, regalia, f. g. jones collection, pair gloves masonic -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Work on paper - Annual Reports - Port of Portland Victoria, n.d
Foolscap size glossy cardboard folder, blue, photo of Port of Portland on front cover, 'Port of Portland Victoria' in white print on front cover. Inside 34th 1984-18, 35th 1986, annual reports of PoPA, plus bi-fold information brochure re PoPA.