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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Mixed media - J P Larkin information, J P Larkin photo, clippings, story, c1936 - 1939
marine surveyorcoastal waters managementMarine Surveyor J P Larkin information including studio photo, biography, and two news articlesReverse " NIL ".historical references -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Table Cloth
From the estate of the late Jean Ord, mother of the donor.White cotton square table cloth with inserts of hand worked Teneriffe Lace.manchester, table linen, handcrafts, lacemaking -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Greek Rug Carpet Sample, National Wool Museum, 1990s
This rug sample was woven at the National Wool Museum on the 1910 gripper type Axminster Jacquard carpet loom. The rug is made from 80% wool and 20% nylon, the internationally preferred blend for high quality, long lasting carpets.Orange, cream, green, red and black patterned carpet with jute backing.back: [handwritten] 2/57axminster loom, carpet, sample, rug, wool, national wool museum, brinton's -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on canvas on board, John Irvine, Mrs G.W. Cole, c. 1858
John Irvine, Mrs G.W. Cole c. 1858, oil on canvas on board, 110 x 90 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection.oil on canvas on boardmrs g. w. cole, george ward cole, st ninian's, portrait, female, john irvine, thomasina anne mccrae, thomasina cole, brighton -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Decorative object - Silver initial brooch from the Sarah Coventry Collection, c. 1970s - 1980s
Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. was a North American jewellery company that was established in 1949 by the Stuart family as part of Emmons Jewelry, Inc. It began operations in England and Australia in 1968, and in Australia it moved from Carlton in Melbourne to Wodonga in 1969. The premises were originally on High St. in Wodonga, but a new warehouse was built in Melbourne Rd. later in 1969. It was a direct selling jewellery business using a party-plan model similar to Tupperware and Avon. The sales reps or 'Hostesses' were provided with jewellery samples in demonstration kits, which they displayed at jewellery parties in their homes. The designs for jewellery such as brooches, necklaces, earrings, chokers and bracelets were purchased from freelance designers and jewellery manufacturers rather than in-house designers. In 1979 Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. in Wodonga was bought by three Australian businessmen, including Wodonga local Jim Sawyer, and continued to sell jewellery under the name "Sargem Pty. Ltd”, for several more years in the 1980s.As part of the Sarah Coventry collection, the brooch has local significance with the decentralised commercial development of regional centres such as Wodonga in NE Victoria, as well as national and international significance from the perspective of social and economic developments for women after World War II. The direct selling party-plan business model Sarah Coventry was based on is also considered the first of its kind for jewellery.Silver plate Sarah Coventry brooch shaped as a letter Dsarah coventry, jewellery, wodonga, costume jewellery, vintage fashion jewellery, brooch, brooches, sawyer -
Clunes Museum
Painting, MRS. HOLLY BARKELL
Painted by Mrs. Holly Barkell and presented to Mr & Mrs Eberhardt on the occasion of their marriage.Oil painting on wood, depicting two female figures at water edge, male figure in boat on water, painting surround done in black paint. Painted by Holly Barkell.Nilbarkell, mrs. holly, oil painting, landscape, eberhardt -
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Painting, CAMERON, Donald Gray, Harold Blair, unknown
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Mixed media - Oral History Interview - Borthwick's, Ian Cook Interview - Borthwick's, c. 2014
DVD - unedited. Interview with Ian Cook. unedited interviews with former Borthwicks workers. These interviews appear in the DVD on Borthwicks, launched 5 DEC 2014. Interviews conducted by Gary Kerr and filmed by Noel Waugh.oral history, borthwicks employees, industry -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Painting, Struss, Elsie, Head Study - Young Man, c.1929-33
Donated from the estate of the artist, 1987Oil on canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Unknown, 2 pieces, 1939-1950
Frances Burke: Designer of Modern Textiles Australia’s most influential and celebrated textile designer of the mid-20th century, Frances Burke (1904-1994), employed Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous culture and increasingly, abstract motifs in her stunning modern fabrics. A confident, determined designer and businesswoman; Burke made the shift from fine art to design in 1937. While she began by designing dress fabrics for Melbourne’s fashionable Georges Department store, printing them on linen using lino blocks, she was an early adopter of the screen-printing process and during the war years began printing on cotton. Burke’s furnishing fabrics took their place in influential modern buildings Australia-wide through collaborations with leading architects and interior designers. They included Robin Boyd’s 1949 House of Tomorrow, Roy Grounds’ Quamby flats, Guilford Bell’s Royal Hayman Island Resort for Ansett Airlines, and Yuncken, Freeman Brothers, Griffiths and Simpson’s Canberra Civic Centre Theatre. In the post-war period, Burke made regular trips to the United States and Europe, on her return advising homeowners and manufacturers on the latest trends in products, colours and home design in lectures and interviews. At New Design her fabric showroom and interior design consultancy Burke introduced furniture by emerging designers Clement Meadmore and Grant Featherston in the early 1950s and presented local and imported homewares, mostly from the United States. She was enthusiastic about the convenient and comfortable lifestyle experienced by ordinary American women. Her fabrics and advice were regularly featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden and the newspapers of the day. Some of Burke’s designs had remarkable longevity. Tiger Stripe (1938) for example, continued to be produced in a wide range of colours until 1970 and Crete (1946) remained a popular choice for interiors into the 1960s. Drawing from a rich variety of sources including Indigenous culture in Goanna (c.1954) and Pacific Island tapa cloth designs in Bird and Tree (1940), Burke also looked to Japan in designs such as Plum Blossom (1948) and Zen (1965). She loved exploring the potential of native flora, seen in designs including Waratah (1955) and Flannel Flower (1955), while garden flowers were the source for many other designs including Belladonna (1940), Periwinkle (n.d.) and Rose (1947). Burke’s clever interplay of a single striking printed colour with lively gestural lines revealing the white base fabric, gave her designs a vibrancy that characterised the optimistic post-war era. This can be seen in Burke’s fabrics for Hayman Island including Angel Fish and Seapiece (both 1949) which expressed the freshness and excitement of the luxurious new tropical resort and led to further commissions. Burke’s three decades in business (1937-1970) were an unparalleled success in the story of Australian design. Her fabrics have been collected by the NGA, the Powerhouse Museum, NGV, RMIT Design Archives and Sydney Living Museums in addition to Ararat Gallery TAMA. Written by Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. -
Benalla Art Gallery
Painting, E. Phillips FOX, Untitled, Not dated
Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 1865; Lived and worked: France and England 1887-1892, France 1901-1913; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1915ImpressionismGift of anonymous donor, in memory of Mr and Mrs R. R Webster, 1981Seascape with buildings, trees and hills. Stained timber frame.Recto: Signed "E.P.Fox" in black oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled painting, seascape, sea, hills, landscape, buildings, waves -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Mixed media - Original St Martins Anglican Church and Hall, Belgrave South and Belgrave Heights
The Original St Martins Anglican Church and Hall, Belgrave South and Belgrave Heights are two buildings originally part of the Anglican Diocese of Belgrave but now under the care of the Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society and utilised as their premises. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Doyley
Square doyley cut work embroidery - hand embroidery around edge.handcrafts, needlework -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Handkerchief
Blue Georgette handkerchief with flowered bordercostume accessories, female -
Darebin Art Collection
Painting - John Sheehan, John Sheehan, Green and Gold, 2005
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Bendigo Art Gallery
Painting, Mark GALEA, Elucidation, 2005
conceptual art, abstract, red, squares, australian artist -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Textile - Household Textile, Doily, Mid 20th century
It was common for ladies to embroider household textiles in the early 20th century. These could be made from purchased kits or pattern books. They may form part of a trousseau Circular, white cotton doily with applied netted lace and embroidered border. doilys, household textiles -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Crochet sample, not known
not knownSmall cream crochet sample. Woman's head in centre. From the collection of Bette Jones.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Textile - Costume and Accessories, c1930
Embroidered Calico Tray Cloth with Willow Pattern Cup and Sauder. Bound with Blue Binding. Mrs Trickeystawell clothing material -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Mixed media, Ringwood CWA 54th birthday card and craft donations to Maroondah Hospital and others
Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection -
Darebin Art Collection
Painting - Luke Morgan, Luke Morgan, Ants Everywhere, 2006
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Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Decorative object - Large frame of crochet poppies, 5000 Poppy Project, 2015
Large wood and glass frame of crochet poppies to commemorate 100 years since the Gallipoli landingsPresented to RSL by the Charlton community -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - GERTRUDE PERRY COLLECTION: WATERCOLOUR
Small watercolour painting of a bush scene. location unknown, author and date unknown.artwork, water colour, landscape -
Brimbank City Council
Painting - Portrait - Local Community Leader, Professor Maureen Ryan, 2014
Painting, acrylic on canvass.professor maureen ryan, charlotte clemens, 2014 -
Mont De Lancey
Mixed media - Book and Record, Australian Bush Sounds - book, Australian Bush Sounds, 1968
A book and recording of Australian Bush Sounds from the Victorian border to Cape York. It is a follow-up to the previously very successful record of Australian Bird songs by Carl and Lise Weismann in 1957 - 58. All were recorded in their natural surroundings but for the Dingoes which they had to insert the howls of a group in a faunal reserve. The lyrebird was drawn from and excellent sequence by Harold Pollock. The book describes the Sound and Communication in Animals and Insect Sounds.A slim square hardcover book with text by Allen Keast and a record of Australian Bush Sounds. The cover has a photograph of a Black Swan nesting in open wetlands. Inside the left front cover is a pocket with an EP record by Carl and Lise Weismann. The book has explanations of the sounds recorded as well as black and white photographs of the creatures featured. p.20.non-fictionA book and recording of Australian Bush Sounds from the Victorian border to Cape York. It is a follow-up to the previously very successful record of Australian Bird songs by Carl and Lise Weismann in 1957 - 58. All were recorded in their natural surroundings but for the Dingoes which they had to insert the howls of a group in a faunal reserve. The lyrebird was drawn from and excellent sequence by Harold Pollock. The book describes the Sound and Communication in Animals and Insect Sounds.animals, insects, mammals, australian birds, australian animals -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Tray Cloth
Ecru coloured linen tray cloth with cream machined cotton lace edging.manchester, table linen -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Leonhard Adam, Ipse Feci, 1941
Dr Leonhard Adam was a Dunera internee in Camp 2 Tatura.RomanticismWatercolour self portrait by artist Leonhard Adam. He is wearing a pink/light red collared open shirt with a white vest underneath. His hair is black with streaks of grey through it. He has blue eyes and a ruddy complexion.Ipse Feci . Leonhard Adam. Tatura (Victoria) Austr. 18-21 Januar 1941tatura, dunera, internee camps, leonhard adam, ipse fici -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Painting - Painting WWII Pacific battle
A painting depicting "Taking Old Vickers Position, Bodubt Ridge, 28 July 1943" By Ivor Hale CBE. It was present to HQ 3 Div -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Decorative object - Doily, Crotched doily Ringwood c. 1930
Crotched by Catherine Webber (nee Danby)Pale cream coloured crotched doily. Circular with two small extensions. Close work in centre surrounded by shell pattern and scalloped edging. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Doyley
White round doyley made in netted lacehandcrafts, lacemaking, manchester, table linen