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Darebin Art Collection
Painting - Michael Camilleri, Michael Camilleri, Monk in Landscape - Merri Creek, 2010
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Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour, 'Mount Dandenong' by Dr Sydney Pern
Sydney PERN (c1876-23 October 1967 ) Born Battley, England Dr Sydney Pern began practicing medicine in the Victorian town of Yarram before setting up practice in Ballarat. He was a competent artist, and as an amateur anthropologist collected Aboriginal artefacts during travels in Central and Northern Australia. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Watercolour landscape glued onto card depicting a view towards Mount Dandenong.art, artwork, sydney pern, landscape, mount dandenong -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Acrylic on paper, [The Net], by Wes Walters, 1958
Wes WALTERS (06 August 1928 - 19 August 2014) Born Mildura, Victoria From 1940 t0 1945 Wes Walters attended the Ballarat High School. He then studied architecture at the Gordon Institute in Geelong, followed by art at the Ballarat School of Mines (a division of the Ballarat School of Mines). During his time at the Ballarat Technical Art School (later Federation University Australia) Walters studied under Neville Bunning and Taylor Kelloch, and was awarded the Ballarat Ladies Art Association Scholarship in 1948. He next moved to Melbourne to work as a commercial artist with the George Patterson advertising agency. Each evening Walters studied life drawing at the Victoria Artists’ Society and taught himself anatomy. Wes Walters excelled in both abstract and realist art. He won the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Minnie Crouch Prize for watercolour art in 1953 and 1956. He won the prestigious Archibald Prize in 1879 for his portrait of Phillip Adams. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.This artwork was painted by Wes Walters in 1958. Gift of Dr David Alexander, 2014art, artwork, walters, wes walters, fishing, available, sport -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Untitled, After 1956
Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016ink and chalk on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - John Young McDonald - Obituaries in the Ballarat Courier and Ballarat Star, 1917, Reporting the Death of a Public Benefactor, John Young McDonald
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, john young mcdonald, mcdonald, benefactor, obituary, ballarat courier, courier, ballarat star -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Stephen Spurrier, Landscape Near Condah, 1966
Winner of Portland Art Society Art Prize for the category of watercolours.An abstract depiction of a landscape. The work is predominantly completed in shades of blue, purple and green using a watercolour technique. Further detail has been added to the work using black ink ink and white paint. The work has a painted wooden frame with with white mount and glass.Front: Stephen Spurrier (black ink, lower left) 1966 Back: Stephen Spurrier "Landscape Near Condah" (1967) typed label Watercolourscema, portland artists society -
Melbourne Legacy
Work on paper, 70 Legacy : Seventy Years of Constant Caring, 1993
This is an example of a draft of a logo from Melbourne Legacy promotional material in 1993, which was the 70th anniversary of Legacy. The logo said "Seventy years of constant caring 1923-1993". The logo was presented on a board in a format used by graphic design companies in the 1990s. The main time of year for fundraising is September when Legacy holds 'Badge Week'. Often there is a celebrity who gives his or her time as 'Personality of the Year'. Examples are Sir Weary Dunlop (1992), Clive James (1993), the Scott family (1994), The Emmanuel brothers (1995), Daryl Somers (1996 and 1997), and Patsy Adam Smith (1994?). Was in a folder with marketing material from the 1990s to 2009, see items 01240 to 01258. The collection shows the types of marketing materials that were produced and the celebrities that were helping Legacy.An example of promotional material from the 1990s. Marketing material was produced by graphic designers at a time when design software was a niche program that few people had access to.Monotone logo from the 70th anniversary in navy blue and white.legacy promotion, badge appeal, legacy week, 70th anniversary, logos -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, HMAS Vampire
Painting Depicting HMAS Vampire.(Gunship) Destroyer in Gold /Bone inset timber frame (Acrylic on board )Vampire did escort duties in Vietnam.HMAS Vampire has a sister ship Vandetta daring class destroyers.hmas vampire. -
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Print, HOS, Kees. Born 1916, The Hague, Holland, Aeonisation II B, 1966
PrintTitle and edition 1/25 under lower left corner of printed image. Signed 'Kees Hos '66' in lower right corner. -
Bass Coast Shire Council - Robert Smith Collection
Work on paper - Man with Wheelbarrow, Allan Baker, 1950s
Australia 1922-2004Ink on paper -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Painting, Watson, Douglas, Radiant Landscape, c.1958-59
Donated by Alexander Thurston Watson through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 1979Oil, metal and timber on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Vision Australia
Work on paper - Image, 1978 Opening of Mirridong Day Craft, Recreation and Activities Centre, September 30, 1978
Katharine Rose and John Wilson look on as John Wicking officially opens the day centre at Mirridong.1 B/W photograph and 1 clipping of Annual Report of the same image6131 Mrs Kitty Rose & watch on as Mr M.J. Wicking officialy open day centre 30.9.78association for the blind, john wilson, john wicking, katharine (kitty) rose -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Textile - Doily, c. 1910
This doily is typical of items of household linen in popular use in the 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries. It was a tradition for brides to have a 'glory box' containing linen and embroidered and crocheted articles to take to their new home. In the Words of donor, Betty Stone, … “These crocheted and embroidered articles cover a period of three generations- ie. Sarah (nee Chamberlain) Lees, Ann (nee Lees) Dale, and Daisy Elvena (nee Dale) Welsh. All three were accomplished needlewomen; also, both Sarah Lees (born 1844) and her daughter, Ann (b 1865) crocheted a wide variety of articles for use in their homes. A few examples of these items have survived the years.” (NOTE: For additional information please refer to my book Pioneer and Places- A History of Three Warrnambool Pioneering Families ie. Chamberlain, Dale and Lees families)This item is associated with the Warrnambool pioneer families of Chamberlain, Dale and Lees. These families are listed in the Pioneers' Register for Warrnambool Township and Shire, 1835-1900, published by A.I.G.S. Warrnambool Branch. The item is a fine example of early 20th-century needlework.Doily; white rectangular shape, pointed on short sides. Embroidered with pink flowers and green stems, and embellished with a lace frill. Part of the Chamberlain Dale Lees Collection.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, chamberlain family, dale family, lees family, betty stone, warrnambool pioneer, warrnambool genealogy, wangoom, chamberlain dale lees collection, glory box, doily, embroidery, needlework, crochet, handmade, craft, manchester -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Russian lace, Early 20th century
Probably made for the tourist tradeBobbin lace. Triangular piece -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (item) - Student Work, Sandra Brizga, Andembach - Riverside Garden Planting Plan, 8 November 2018
Made as an assignment for HORT90035, a subject at Burnley Horticultural College coordinated by Andrew Laidlaw. assignment, burnley horticultural college, hort90035 -
Phillip Island Conservation Society Inc.
Work on paper - Photocopy of newspaper cutting, (part obscured) "at Phillip Island/Nightly Miracle/from the sea", November 20, 1957
The general public was fascinated by the nightly 'Penguin Parade' on Phillip Island. Many articles have been written about the birds and the Penguin Parade attraction since the 1930s. So many people spent their summer holidays on Phillip Island in one of the many guest houses, then caravan parks and holiday homes and a visit to the Penguin Parade by them and their visitors was very common during their holidays. Articles tended to be a mix of basic penguin behavior information and anthropomorphic descriptions. Accompanying photographs were almost invariably taken by flashlight (now illegal), or of penguins taken from their burrows during daylight hours for photo opportunities. This article, written in the 1950s, describes the management of the Penguin Parade at that time as being run by the Penguin Preservation Committee. This was before the Phillip Island Council took over running the Penguin Parade. The article provides evidence of the level of knowledge about Phillip Island's Little/Fairy Penguins at this time. (1957)single full-page magazine article, black ink on white paper. Photocopied from original, so photos appear as black and white.little penguins, fairy penguins, eudyptula minor, phillip island penguin parade, dorothy vernon, penguin rookery, penguin behaviour, phillip island tourist attractions -
City of Greater Geelong
Painting - Tempera, Robert Ingpen, Geelong Character Mural, c.1960
Robert Ingpen, illustrator, designer, writer and consultant, was born in Geelong in 1936. He was educated in Geelong before studying art and illustration under Harold Freedman at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1955-58. Early in his career he specialised in relating design to scientific research, and this included work as a graphic design artist for the CSIRO, 1958-67, commissions for designing pamphlets on fisheries for the United Nations in Mexico and Peru, and involvement in a number of Australian conservation and environmental projects. He launched into freelance work in 1968. Ingpen's work has focused on environmental and heritage issues and his exploration of fantasy and imagination. He is best known as an illustrator, and as an author of children's books, and historical books and pamphlets for adults. He has painted murals on public buildings, designed the flag and coat of arms for the Northern Territory, and designed postage stamps, including stamps for the Captain Cook Bicentenary and the 50th anniversary of CSIRO. He has been involved in a number of conservation and environmental projects, including the establishment of the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement as consultant/designer. He was one of the founders of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Ingpen rose to prominence with his illustrations for Colin Thiele's classic children's story Storm Boy, winning for him the first Visual Arts Board award for children's book illustration. He won the international Hans Christian Anderson Medal for children's literature in 1986, and the Dromkeen Medal in 1989.Robert Ingpen, celebrated Geelong artist, was commissioned to paint a mural to be located above the entrance of the new west wing. The mural was designed to represent the objects and systems that characterise Geelong and its district and that played a major role in the city’s growth and development. The three systems comprise: the natural (producing) system; the man-made or technological system, and the natural (trading) system.ingpen, mural, city hall geelong, james harrison -
Bendigo Military Museum
Print - PRINT, FRAMED
White information labels - black print ink. At top - HMAS Kanimbla crest with two lions. Printing: "HMS - HMAS/KANIMBLA/ Donated by the Kanimbla Association Inc/ Painted by Bob "Bluey" Paton ex crew member/and Ship's Artist "HMAS Kanimbla"HMAS Kanimbla, original painted by Bob "Bluey" Paton, ex crew member and ship's artist. Painting: colour oil painting of a ship at sea. Foreground - sea, background - sky and clouds, ship in camouflage colours. Signed bottom right corner by artist. Two white information labels - one front, one back. Handwriting on back.Artist signature, white paint "R. "BLUEY" PATON / EX KANIMBLA" Handwritten on back in black felt HP pen 'IAN S DIXON' Two white information labels - see context.framed painting, ships, navy -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Enid Denton, Rain Forest, 1972
UnknownAbstract scene of a rainforest. Foreground depicts a stand of trees. There are several mountains in the background, set against a blue sky with rays of sun falling on a central mountain. Predominant colours for trees are green, yellow, brown and black. Mounted on cream matt in pale green frame, with glass glazing.Front: Enid Denton (lower right) (brown paint) Back: Rain Forest $600.00 Enid Denton, Smith Avenue, Croydon 3136cema, portland artists society -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Painting, Watson, Douglas, The Captive, 1958
Donated by Alexander Thurston Watson through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 1979Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Castlemaine Art Museum
Painting, Elma Roach, Farmhouse near Bright, 1912-1931
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Work on paper (Item) - Ansett Boeing 767 notes, 767 Ron Hard
Ansett -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (collection) - Student note books, Joan Fitzgerald's student notebooks for Certificate of Competency in Horticulture 1953, 1952-53
joan fitzgerald, burnley collegejoan fitzgerald, burnley college -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Skirt, Tina Knitwear, 1980-2000
Part of a selection of garments knitted by ‘Tina Knitwear’. Tina Knitwear was a successful made to order knitwear business in Brighton from the mid-1960s to around 2010, run by Assunta and Franco Liburti. Daughter Melissa Persi writes: Our parents Assunta (Mum) and Franco (Dad) Liburti ran a successful made to order knitwear business in Brighton from the mid-1960s to around 2010. Assunta was affectionately known to her family as Assuntina, therefore the business was named "Tina Knitwear" after her. Assunta and Franco were born in the beautiful seaside town of Terracina in Italy in 1933 and 1930 respectively. As was so common in Italy in the 1950s, Assunta who was in her late teens and early twenties learnt the intricate skills of machine knitting, dressmaking and pattern making. Franco on the other hand, learnt the building trade with his 2 brothers and specialised in bricklaying and tiling. As was so common after the war, Assunta and Franco yearned for a better life so they decided that they would get engaged and then migrate to Australia to be married and raise their family in Australia, a land of much opportunity which they no longer felt their beloved Italy held for them. Assunta migrated to Australia first in 1957 and later Franco joined her in 1958 where they were married. For the first few years, Franco (also known as Frank) worked as bricklayer /tiler on buildings such as the Robert Menzies building at Monash University in Clayton and various buildings in the Melbourne CBD. Assunta on the other hand put her machine knitting skills to use working in factories doing piece machine knitting for various knitwear companies. The hours were long, the conditions were difficult, and travel was onerous without a car. After their 2 older children were born, it was decided that dad would leave the building trade and they would start their own made to order knitwear business. That way they could work from home and raise their family together. Mum taught dad everything he needed to know so he could operate the knitwear machinery. They purchased COPPO knitting machines from Italy and a Linking machine from Germany. Initially they had a knitwear shopfront in Bay Street Brighton where a store assistant would take the orders and client’s measurements and Assunta would then make the garments from a small workshop in their home. Unfortunately, the assistants were not skilled dressmakers and often measurements and orders were incorrectly taken. Assunta being the perfectionist and highly skilled machinist that she was, decided that she needed to oversee the entire process from meeting the client, to taking their order, right thru to the fittings and completion of the garment. It therefore made sense that they should close the shop front and run their business from their own home in Brighton and hence “Tina Knitwear” was born. Together, for more than 40 years they ran their very respected and successful business and were well known in the Bayside area. They specialised in made to order knitwear for both men and women using mainly pure wool (from Patons, Wangaratta Mills, Japan and Italy) but also lurex and estacel. Over those years, many of their clients became their close friends. It wasn't unusual for clients to come to order garments and then end up in the kitchen chatting over a cup of Italian espresso coffee and homemade biscuits. Some of their clients were especially memorable and became lifelong friends. Mrs Connell was a dear friend of mum’s, each year she would buy tickets for the “Gown of the Year” fashion show. She would insist on taking Assunta and her 2 daughters so that we could see the latest fashions. Then there was their dear friend Ms Griffiths. She had been a Matron nurse at the Queen Victoria Hospital when she met my parents in the 1970s. She returned to live in New Zealand in the 1980s but came back to Melbourne every year to stay for 2 weeks with the sole purpose of visiting my parents (she adored them) and order garments. For those 2 solid weeks, mum and dad would only knit for Ms Griffiths and she would go back to New Zealand with at least 5 or 6 new outfits. I actually think she enjoyed mum’s homemade pasta almost as much as her new clothes! Over the years, my parents learnt to speak English very well given that majority of their clients were not Italian speaking. Their oldest child John born in 1960 learnt to speak English with the help of those clients who were such a big part of our childhood. Mum and dad always went above and beyond to ensure their clients were satisfied. Mum was an absolute perfectionist and it showed in her attention to detail and the quality of their beautiful work. You only need to look at the garments that have stood the test of time or speak to their clients to know that this is true. Their clients would always comment on how well their clothes would last and much of their clients came via word of mouth and recommendations. Occasionally there would be disagreements because mum had found an error in dad's knitting (either a wrong stitch or a sizing mistake mainly) and would ask him to redo a piece, he would argue back saying that it was fine, but we always knew who would win the argument and that the piece would get remade! Similarly, we recall discussions where mum would ask dad to find a particular colour of wool in the garage where the stock was kept. He would try to convince her that they were out of stock of that colour and that the client should choose a different colour. She would insist they had it and then after hours of searching, he would return into the house sheepishly holding the wool! Our childhood is full of beautiful memories of mum and dad always being present, clients coming and going, mum humming her favourite songs as she worked often late into the night and sometimes, we even fell asleep to the hum of the machinery. They put their heart and soul into "Tina Knitwear" and took pride in providing only the best quality garments for their clients. In Italian there is a saying “lei ha le mani d’oro” which literally translated means “she has hands of gold”. Franco enjoyed his work but for Assunta, it was more than just work and there is no better way to describe her skills, passion and dedication to her machine knitting… she truly did have “hands of gold”. We will forever be grateful that our parents’ life journey gave us the opportunity to live in a home filled with creativity, dedication and passion, amazing work ethic and mutual respect, lifelong friendships and a lifetime of love. Teal knitted skirt shaped with darts and with a back vent. Skirt has a silky lining in slightly darker green with an elastic waistband. knitwear, clothing, italy, migrants, brighton, knitting machine, linking machine, garments, business, family, community -
Castlemaine Art Museum
Painting, Tom Roberts, Reconciliation, c. 1887
Gift of the artist, 1930 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Waranga (Victoria, Australia) 25.i.42, Staurmus SW
Dr. Leonhard Adam was a Dunera Internee in Camp 2RomanticismVictoria, Australia 25.I.42 Staurmus SW -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Richard Armstrong Crouch. 1868-1949, War Service Records, 3/1915 - 4/1916
R.A.Crouch is remembered in Ballarat for his Ballarat Fine Art Gallery bequests and initiating the Avenue of Sculptures of Australian Prime Ministers in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.Richard Armstrong Crouch is a significant figure in Ballarat's history having started the Prime Minister's Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens which has become a famous landmark in the city.6 pages of photocopies, grey in colour, with ring folder holes, left hand side of each page.P.5 4 lines of notes in blue biro written by John Garner concerning dates of Crouch's War Records. john garner, doctor, ballarat botanical gardens, prime ministers' avenue, bequests, ballarat fine art gallery, war service, barrister and solicitor, protectionist, labor party, philanthropist, benefactor., politics, central gardens, john garner collection, crouch, gradens, ballarat -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Turner, J.M.W. (after), Folkstone, c.1859-78
Purchased, 2013Engraving on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Painting, Stawell Woollen Mill -- Painting by Mr will Rees
Will Rees Painting of Stawell Woollen Millstawell -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (Item) - Student assessment, Resume and Letter Writing Assessment
vcah, burnley, resume, letter-writing, communications