Read to Giselda Bannister as a toddler in 1966-1967. Her favourite story: read, at her request, every night for 6 months, before bed!Example of child's Bible story book used in 1960s.Child's colour picture book of the Bible Story of Noah's Ark with die-cut tabs.2707 ST100bible story book

Three chickens in a farmyard2017, farm, animal, birds, chooks, chickens, farm animals

The Colac, Victoria-based Colanda Centre was one of the last Victorian institutions and offered disability accommodation from 1976, when it was established, until 2019, with its closure.Digitised scan of newspaper clipping about the Colanda Centre, entitled 'Fun for people of all abilities during week of celebration'. colanda, colac, disability services, residential services, disability, digitised photograph

‘Post Preston, After the Bushfires, Our Country, Plants and Animals Need Healing’, is Deanne Gilson’s response to Margaret Preston’s culturally appropriative works. With this painting, Deanne interrogates a complex field of inquiry regarding the objectified colonialist gaze, inappropriate commodification of cultural material and a reclaiming of lost knowledge. This work also speaks to the complicated history of the Bundoora Homestead site and challenges historical truth narratives from the settler perspective and works as an excellent companion to her mother Marlene Gilson’s ‘The Life and Times of Bundoora Homestead’ artwork, commissioned for the Darebin Art Collection in 2018. ‘Post Preston, After the Bushfires, Our Country, Plants and Animals Need Healing’ was a winning work in the 2021 Koorie Art Show. Artist Bio Dr Deanne Gilson is a proud Wadawurrung woman and an award-winning visual artist living and creating from her ancestral home of Ballarat in Victoria. Her multidisciplinary art practice interrogates the colonial disruption of her family and explores ways in which contemporary art can create a platform towards healing, acceptance and reclaiming cultural identity, often drawing upon traditional knowledges of her ancestors. The Victorian bush where Gilson grew up features predominantly in all of her paintings, alongside many Indigenous plants, trees and birds from her Creation Story. Gilson draws upon layers of tangible and intangible knowledge, she talks about the presence of the intangible as spiritual connections to Country and her ancestors, while the tangible knowledge reflects artefacts and other objects of daily Wadawurrung life. Her works portray a rich cultural history that continues to thrive and grow today despite the restrictions placed on her family by settlement. Gilson’s practice defines Aboriginal women’s business past and present through contemporary art. Traditional marks alongside contemporary marks, link her to the practices of Indigenous mark-making, especially that on her body when in ceremony. Stating that “all of my artworks are an extension of my women’s business and draw on ochre sourced from Wadawurrung Dja (Country)”. The white is used in traditional ceremonies, while the charcoal is a direct link to Gilson’s matriarchal line of her mother’s business. Gilson’s mother, Marlene Gilson, also an artist, gathers charcoal from her daily fire, passing this onto her daughter, extending upon the old and the new ways of sharing knowledge and connection to Country.

The wood carving industry started out in Switzerland in the Swiss city of Brienz. After a famine in 1816 the Swiss government encouraged the wood carving industry as a way of creating jobs and boosting the local economy. Black Forest carvings were symbolic of luxury and wealth. Common animals that featured in Black Forest Wood Carvings were Bears, Eagles, Stags, Boars and Dogs.Hand carved antique Black forest French wood carved box with two animals on top, and flowers on the side. black forest carved box, carving, animals, flora

Quarterly magazine Animal Friends the animal lovers magazine Vol one No one December 1983, 12 page magazine of animal stories published by Broomtail publications Eaglehawk.Published by Broomtail Publications printed by D.G.Walker Pty Ltdbooks, magazines, animals

Slate has been used for hundreds of years as a base for writing and many young students began their schooling using one to practise their writing. They had many advantages among them the fact that they were reusable and errors could be erased and corrected. A small duster or cloth was often attached for cleaning. This is an example of a typical school slate and as such has representative and historic value.Many older people would identify it as an object from their own school days.Rectangular black slate, bordered with timber, which is painted green, darker on one side than the other. The lighter side has the alphabet engraved down either side and animals on the top and bottom. The reverse has numbers 1-10 at the top and also animals. engraved. There is a red felt tie at the top , threaded through a hole in the wood.The lighter side has the alphabet engraved down either side and animals on the top and bottom. The reverse has numbers 1-10 at the top and also animals engraved. Made In Portugal trade mark. warrnambool, school slate, slate, writing slate

Unlined booklet of handwritten notes of nature observations of the birds, animals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, crustaceans and insects. Includes an introduction by A. D. Hardy. Also typed notes of the booklet with annotations by the leading scientist from the Phillip Island Nature Park. Dr. Peter Dann.non-fictionNotes on local flora and faunaanderson family, mary potter, animals, birds, flora, fauna

One of a collection of photographs in a scrapbook commenced in 1937.Photograph of animals on Punt at Newhaven.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, phillip island punt, animals, black & white photograph

One of a collection of photographs in a scrapbook commenced in 1937.Photograph of animals on the Punt at Newhaven.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, phillip island punt, animals, black & white photograph

Sixteen page knitting pattern book featuring black and cream printed graphics and text. The colour cover shows three knitted children's jumpers with animal motifs.front: [printed] ANIMAL / Knitwear / 1'. front: [handwritten] Mrs W J Walkerknitting, pattern, fashion, knitwear, children

One of a collection of photographs in a scrapbook commenced in 1937.Photograph of animal in the seawater at Newhaven.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, animals, newhaven, black & white photograph, sea

Alexandria LANGLEY HALL (1954- ) Born England Arrived Australia 1960 Alexandria Langley Hall graduated from University of Ballarat (now Federation University) in 2013 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art).Eight framed works depicting slaughtered animals.alexandria langley hall, animals, slaughter, slaughterhouse, butcher, meat, available

This knitting book was produced by the magazine publishers, 'New Idea' in 1949 and contains knitting patterns for childrens garments with an animal theme.Animal / Knitwear / No 2 / 6d / A 'NEW IDEA' / PRODUCTION.knitting handicrafts - history, the new idea, knitting, handicrafts - history

One of a collection of photographs in a scrapbook commenced in 1937.Photograph of Phillip Island Punt with animals on board.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, phillip island punt, animals, black & white photograph

Born: Vienna, Austria 1812; Arrived Victoria 1852; Died: 1901ColonialBennett Bequest, 1998 Rural landscape with trees, figures, animals, rocks and sky.Recto: Signed and dated "Eugene von Guerard/ Melbourne 1856." in orange paint l.r.c of composition; Not titledlandscape, animals, figures, trees, cattle, mustering cattle, colonial, australian art