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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Mihaj Dobescu aus Campolung
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Melbourne Legacy
Sculpture, Ceramic Innovations Pty Ltd, Digger
A sculpture of an Australian Digger that was produced as a commemorative piece by a Melbourne firm called Ceramic Innovations. It is filled with Tawny Port and is part of a wider set of bar pieces. The three pieces held at Melbourne Legacy are tributes to the three armed forces and are called 'Digger', 'RAAFIE' and 'Jack Tar'. They were once in the comradeship room and now stored in the archive. An advertising flyer found shows the RRP was $110 with $5 of each 'Digger' being donated to Legacy Australia.A record that the items were souvenirs as tributes to the three armed forces.Ceramic sculpture of a digger with a separate hat that is made as a bottle and contains Tawny PortGold inscription under the hat says 'Bullocks Tawny Port. Bar Piece No 4. Produced by Ceramic Innovations Pty Ltd.'souvenir, bottle, sculpture, legacy australia -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Cutwork lace, 1580-1620
Use: Domestic: Household trimmingNeedle lace edging -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Untitled, Undated
Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Ink on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Study of Woman, c.1929-33
Donated from the estate of the artist, 1987Oil pastel on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Painting, Struss, Elsie, Woman with Coat and Hat, c.1929-33
Donated from the estate of the artist, 1987Oil on canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - FLOUR BAG COLLECTION: O-SO-LITE CALICO FLOUR BAG, 1900-1950
Textiles. Calico flour bag with the following printing in red and blue with blue chequer board pattern ( 18.5 cm X 11 cm). ''O-SO-LITE. Super fine plain flour, saifted through silk, 10 lbs net when packed. O-So-Lite Products Pty. Ltd. Lennon Street, South Kensington, Victoria,3302, 61.textiles, domestic, o-so-lite flour bag -
Federation University Historical Collection
Sculpture - Plaster Replica (from original by Pheidias, 438 BCE-432 BCE), The river god Ilissos (possibly), c 1920 (from original 438 BCE-432 BCE)
This ‘heroic size’ reclining figure is a copy made from one of The Parthenon Sculptures currently housed at The British Museum, and thought to represent the river-god Ilissos. This piece was part of the Ballarat Technical Art School's collection of reference for art studies, and became affectionately known as 'Hercules' by subsequent student cohorts. The cast was likely made by Brucciani and Co. London, and part of a consignment delivered to the School during the 1920s. This cast replicates one of a number of relics acquired by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin and ambassador to Turkey, (Lord Elgin) in Athens in the early 19th century. (Hence, these works were sometimes collectively referred to as the Elgin Marbles). Ownership of the artefacts, once part of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple, is disputed by Greece. It maintains that Elgin removed them illegally while the country was under Turkish occupation as part of the Ottoman Empire. The items were sold to the British Museum in 1816 and have remained there ever since. The original "Ilissos" was located on the west pediment of the Parthenon in Greece, and was created in c435 BC. It is unknown if the statue was in position or had already fallen when removed from the Parthenon by Elgin. The Royal Academy London also holds a copy of this plaster cast. The Ballarat Technical Art School boasted a well-stocked Antique Room replete with plaster copies of classical, Renaissance and Gothic sculptural examples, which were used as drawing props by students. The school inherited some casts from its predecessor institutions, and further consignments were purchased during the 1920s, including full length, bust and relief figures, as well as dozens of ornamental and architectural casts. Unfortunately, much of the collection was lost or destroyed in the late 1950s.Quality examples of heroic sized plaster replicas are now rare, as many plaster collections were destroyed or lost when the copy of antique examples fell out of favour with art schools.Plaster cast used during Drawing classes at the Ballarat Technical Arts School. It is likely a headless depiction of the river god Ilissos.hercules, ballarat technical art school, elgin marbles, plaster, plaster cast, figure of a river god, parthenon marbles, ilissos, copy, drawing the human figure from cast, drawing from the antique, visual arts -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - watercolour, Hugh Guthrie, On the edge of tomorrow, 1989
Hugh Guthrie, On the edge of tomorrow 1989, watercolour, 53 x 78.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Purchased 1989watercolourhugh guthrie, farm, weatherboard, rural, watercolour -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Untitled, Undated
Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Marker on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Federation University Historical Collection
Work on paper - Calligraphy, University of Ballarat Inauguration, 1993
The University of Ballarat was inaugurated on 01 January 1994. The inaugural Chancellor was Geoffrey Blainey.Framed Calligrarphic presesntation on Ballarat School of Mines letterhead.The School of Mines and Industries Ballaraty extends congratulations and best wished to teh University of Ballara i the occasion of its inauguration on 1 january 1994 [signed] Bill Gribble W.J. Gribble President of Council [signed Brian McLennan] B.C. McLennan Acting Directorballarat school of mines, university of ballarat, university establishment, inauhuration, bill gribble, brian mclennan, calligraphy, letterhead -
Castlemaine Art Museum
Painting, Tom Roberts, Alexander Anderson Snr, 1889
Purchased with the assistance of the Caltex-Victorian Government Art Fund and Public Appeal, 1979 -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Machine made lace : Torchon, Early 20th Century
Machine made lace imitating Torchon bobbin lace. Insertion - costume trimming -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Mixed media - Folder, Rosella, 1995
History of Rosella from early newspaper articles of Richmond and Tatura factories. Photographs of employees. 100th Anniversary celebrations 1895-1995. Includes photographs of Rosella factory up to 1982. Information on opening of new factory 25 January 1995. Some copies already held.Black folder, metal clips. Title on spine. Contains plastic sleeves with Rosella history, photographs and newspaper articles collected.rosella factory, unilever, ciavarella bros, hooper l, tatura, rosella -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour, Thomas George Wells, 'The Lagoon Lady' by Thomas G. Wells, 1968, 1968
Thomas George WELLS (1934- ) Born Ballarat 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.Framed watercolour. This work was acquired by the Ballarat Teachers' College in 1968.art, artwork, thomas wells, landscape, ballarat teachers' college collection, watercolour, watercolor, available -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (Item), Plants and their environment
Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley and McMillan Campuses - Course notes compiled by Ivo Deanhorticulture, agriculture, burnley, mcmillan campus, ivo dean, plant nutrition, climate -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Machine made lace, Late 19th or early 20th Century
Machine made "Chemical" lace motif. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away. -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Printmaking, 'Bonfire' by Geoffrey Ricardo, 1992
GEOFFREY RICARDO (1964- ) Born Melbourne, Australia 1984-86 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Printmaking, Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne 1987-89 Printing Assistant at Bill Young Studios, Editioning intaglio prints, King Valley, VIC 1988 Full-time Studio Technician at Printmaking Department, Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne 1989-90 Graduate Diploma (Fine Art), Printmaking, Monash University, Melbourne 1991 Traveled to England, France, Spain and USA (Winsor & Newton International Travelling Bursary, National Students Art Prize) Worked in private studios in Gaucin, Spain and New York, USA 1994-95 Master of Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne 1995 Guest Lecturer, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Traveled to Europe and America 1996 Guest Lecturer, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne 1990-98 Sessional Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne 1998 Traveled to America and Mexico 2001-05 Sessional Lecturer, The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne 2003-10 Printmaking Workshops, Warrnambool TAFE, Warrnambool, VIC 2004 Traveled to Europe, Mexico and Cuba 2005 Lecturer, National Art School (Summer School), Sydney Sessional Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne Lecturer, Institution of Koorie Education, Deakin University, Geelong, VICFramed etching with aquatint depicting a silhouette of man in front of a bonfire. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Programme by Katherine Littlewood.LowerLHS 'State AP' Lower RHS 'Ricardo'geoffrey ricardo, bonfire, printmaking, available -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper, [Footware] by Joyce Nowrungal, 2008
Etching of a high healed shoejoyce nowrungal, gippsland art collection -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on canvas, John Ford Paterson, Ti-tree, Brighton Beach, 1895
John Ford Paterson, Ti-tree, Brighton Beach 1895, oil on canvas, 25.5 x 40.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Purchased 2022.brighton, beach, ti-tree, john ford paterson, bayside, coast -
Darebin Art Collection
Painting - John Warren, John Warren, Before Playstation, 2008
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Textile - Costume and Accessories, c1900
Open Combinations, Lace Edged. Cotton Material. Torchon Lace Trim Round neck. Armholes. White material. Frill gathered threaded with tape. Lace trim for legs.stawell clothing material -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Work on paper - Realia, Scrapbook - Back to School, 1994
Created for Back to Reunion (previous Cat No. 147.5 in Photographs)Ruby (nee Willy) Back to School scrapbook. Photocopied newspaper items of Stawell and District School Page 21education, school reunion -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Torrington, Christie, Terrestial Fragment VI (Future Sphere), 2016
Purchased, 2016Ink, watercolour and collage on arches papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on board, Helen Bassett, The Valley landscape, c.1970
helen bassett, painting, landscape, hills, valley, trees, clouds, sky -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Painting
Walter EBATARINJAwalter ebatarinja, aboriginal, hermansburg -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Mixed media - Vinyl record, 1954 circa
Rare recording containing music and fraternal messages between affiliated regiments in British and Australian Armies.Black vinyl long- playing microgroove disc with affiliation messages and musicOn both Sides 1 and 2 : "Affiliation messages by the Commanding Officer of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars and the 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles. Marches by the Regimental Bands".8/13 victorian mounted rifles, 8th king's royal irish hussars -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Trim, Section
This sample of lace trim is Torchon lace in the Cluny style with the geometric pattern and the classic wheat ears/leaves appearing between the filled ‘v’ shapes. At 5cm in width it would be a beautiful trim or insert piece on bed linen and undergarments. It would certainly have been made on a Barmen machine. The Barmen lace machine was developed in Germany on the 1890s. Its bobbins imitated the movement of the bobbins of a handmade lace maker and it made perfect copies of Torchon and other similar bobbin laces. This style of bobbin lace was the simplest to make and therefore the cheapest lace to buy. In the Elizabethan era the wearing of lace was reserved for the nobility and anyone of lesser standing than a knight who dared to wear lace would be publicly whipped. As the years passed the restrictions lessened gradually and in the late Georgian and Victorian eras ladies of the nobility sought to perform good deeds by teaching women and girls of the poorer classes to make lace and thus it became known as beggars lace. Bobbins were expensive and use was made of animal bones and even fish bones to perform as bobbins therefore another common name was bone lace. Many noble women entered a religious order and these nuns would also teach to skill to willing participants as well as making lace for clerical garments. Although the monarchy restricted the wearing of lace for some time, many royal figures in history did a great deal to popularize it. Two noteworthy examples were Queen Adelaide (1792-1849) and Queen Victoria.(1819-1901).The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. This lace collection was added to and refined over the course of three successive generations of women.Machine made Torchon lace in Cluny style, with geometric patterns and wheat design, probably on a Barman (Swiss) machine. janet amess lace collection, churchill island, lace, trim, amess, barman, machine -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - A Steamer on the Lake, A Steamboat on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, lake wendouree, steamboat -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Mixed media - Placard, Anti-amalgamation protests, 1993
Made by the City of Port Melbourne for the demonstrations before and after the forced amalgamation by the Jeff Kennett State Government of the City of Port Melbourne with the Cities of South Melbourne and St Kilda to form the City of Port Phillip. First demonstation was against the City of Melbourne Act which excised 42% of Port Melbourne's rate base (Fishermens Bend) and so laid the groundwork for amalgamation afterwards because Port Melbourne could not survive on the remaining rates. Refer to Pat Grainger, Liana and David ThompsonWhite cardboard attached to a wooden stick with hand lettered anti-amalgamation slogan in black. "Think Before You Act! Kennett"public action campaigns, amalgamation, local government - city of port melbourne