Showing 2179 items
matching australian garden
-
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Garden City Football Club, Premiers, 1937 - 1939
... - Australian Rules Football Garden City Football Club Black and white ....01 Cedric HANDS holding football, Kevin HANDS front rightBlack and white photographs .01 - Garden City Football Club Premiers 1937 .02 - Garden City Football Club Premiers 1939cedric george hands snr, cedric george hands jnr, kevin hands, sport - australian rules football, garden city football club -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Award - Trophy, Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association Premiership trophy, 1947
... - Australian Rules Football Garden City Football Club Premiership ...Premiership trophy. Garden City Football Club. Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association 1947sport - australian rules football, garden city football club -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1967
... Colour slide in a mount. Kangaroos, Australian Pavilion... for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside ...Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Kangaroos, Australian Pavilion Garden, Expo 67, Montreal, Canada. Designed by Robin BoydMade in Australia / 18 / MAY 67M6expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Cottage gardens in Australia, 1983
... Traces the heritage of Australia's cottage gardens from... Cottage Gardens Traces the heritage of Australia's cottage gardens ...Traces the heritage of Australia's cottage gardens from early colonial times to the present dayTraces the heritage of Australia's cottage gardens from early colonial times to the present day (two photos of Schwerkolt Cottage)Traces the heritage of Australia's cottage gardens from early colonial times to the present day schwerkolt cottage, gardens -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, D. Walker, Whim Inn Motel 1986, 1986
... and Dhurringile Roads. Nice Australian garden with old wheels and dray... Ferguson and Dhurringile Roads. Nice Australian garden with old ...Photograph of Whim Inn Motel, Tatura, corner Ferguson and Dhurringile Roads. Nice Australian garden with old wheels and dray in foreground. Black and white photograph of Whim Inn Motel, Tatura, exterior. one of two photographs.on back: Whim Inn Motel Tatura 1986whim inn motel tatura -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
... Colour slide in a mount. Garden, possibly Australia... melbourne slide robin boyd Made in Australia / 14 (Handwritten ...Colour slide in a mount. Garden, possibly AustraliaMade in Australia / 14 (Handwritten) / G13 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Camberwell City Libraries, Restoration of old houses and gardens, April 1992
... decoration, furniture and contents, the history of Australian gardens... of Australian gardens, and garden restoration and design. buildings ...A booklist on home restoration held in Camberwell City Libraries, covering the history of Australian houses, house restoration and conservation, the history and details of interior decoration, furniture and contents, the history of Australian gardens, and garden restoration and design.An A5 sized bookletbuildings, structures and establishments, restoration, conservation, garden restoration, garden design, interior decoration -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Booklet - Newsletter, 2018
... Australian Association of Botanic Gardens Newsletter... sandra mcmahon andrew smith burnley gardens Australian ...Article by Sandra McMahon, Friends of Burnley Gardens President, on Andrew Smith, Garden Manager: "Celebrating Andrew Smith's 30 Years."friends of burnley gardens, sandra mcmahon, andrew smith, burnley gardens -
Bendigo Military Museum
Literary work - DOCUMENTS, Naval Historical Society of Australia, "Naval Historical Review", 1971
... of the Naval Historical Society of Australia Garden Island NSW. All...". The minutes of the Naval Historical Society of Australia Garden Island ...Items belonged to Arthur George Holley No 13556 RAN HMAS Hobart. Refer 2134 for service history also 2135.3, 2137, 2147. Proceedings of "Naval Historical Review". The minutes of the Naval Historical Society of Australia Garden Island NSW. All typed in black, several pages each, stapled together. .1) Yellow paper, Vol 1 No 7 April 1971, 6 pages. .2) White paper, Vol 1 No 8 May 1971, 6 pages. .3) Blue paper, Vol 1 No 9 June 1971, 8 pages. .4) Blue paper, Vol 2 No 1 July 1971, 6 pages. .5) Blue paper, Vol 2 No 2 August 1971, 10 pages. documents, naval, history -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Digitised and black and white prints, Joanne Morris, Geoff Olive's Band, 2013
... for G. Olive's band, HotPans, at an Australian Open Garden..., at an Australian Open Garden function at his home on 20 October 2013 ...Donated by Joanne Morris (1973) in June 2014. (1) See Staff/ Geoff Olive.(1) Digitised copy of photograph of Geoff Olive's band, "HotPans." (2) Article: "Triangle Community Steelbands" about a gig for G. Olive's band, HotPans, at an Australian Open Garden function at his home on 20 October 2013. Includes photographs. See B14.0074 and B14.0066.geoff olive, band, hotpans, open garden, joanne morris, staff, students -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Article, Claire Pitts, Burnley Gardens - an Experimental Success, c. 1991
... 5 pages of an article from "The Australian Garden Journal... "The Australian Garden Journal" written by Claire Pitts, Vol 10 No 2 Dec ...5 pages of an article from "The Australian Garden Journal" written by Claire Pitts, Vol 10 No 2 Dec 1990 / Jan 1991. The summary at the introduction to the article states "Claire Pitts focuses on some of the very diverse areas within the gardens that are the horticultural centre of Victoria, and describes how they have been modified over time." Illustrations included Claire Pitts graduated 1986, Burnley Horticultural College, Associate Diploma Horticulture (Perhaps she has done the degree since then?)5-page article by Claire Pitts from Garden Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, Dec, 1990-Jan. 1991claire pitts, garden journal, diverse gardens victoria, associate diploma of horticulture, burnley gardens, change in victorian gardens -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, Caroline Le Souef, Plan of the Gardens of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Royal Park, melbourne, 1877
... see B17.0076. From ' Little Worlds: Australian Zoological...: Australian Zoological Gardens Part III UWA. Also see B18.0029 Similar ...Appears to be based on the design by Alfred Lynch in 1861 see B17.0076. From ' Little Worlds: Australian Zoological Gardens Part III UWA. Also see B18.0029 Similar plan.Copy of plan from the 'Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Vol 4, 1877. Drawn by Caroline Le Souef and reproduced in the early Melbourne Zoo guides.caroline le souef, alfred lynch, zoological and acclimatisation society of victoria, royal park, g. purchas -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, Alexandra Gardens, Kew (Vic), 1958
... Gardens in Cotham Road (Kew) including: collected notes including..., originally published in 2015 in Australian Garden History ...Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationKHS OrderReference file containing information about the Alexandra Gardens in Cotham Road (Kew) including: collected notes including brief histories by Gwen McWilliam, John Patrick, Dorothy Benyei, and Mavis Rolley. There is also an article on the Garden’s designers, the Pockett Brothers, originally published in 2015 in Australian Garden History. The archive file also includes Council publications, posters (relating to the Mimovich sculptures), correspondence (including photocopies of a letter relating to historic plantings from Jack Higgins) and newspaper articles/clippings. In addition to general historical notes, the file includes specific notes on the Rotunda and on historic trees in the Gardens. The original by-laws of the Gardens, printed on cotton are held separately in the textiles collection.alexandra gardens - kew (vic.), parks and gardens - city of boroondara, madford, pockettalexandra gardens - kew (vic.), parks and gardens - city of boroondara, madford, pockett -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Camp HQ, 1989 copy
... buildings (camp HQ) with well established gardens and Australian... gardens and Australian flag flying in foreground. Large tree ...Copy of original black and white photograph Camp HQCopy of black and white photograph. Administration buildings (camp HQ) with well established gardens and Australian flag flying in foreground. Large tree in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp gardens, internment camp buildings -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newsletter - Journal Extract, Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand, The Botanic Garden, March 2008
... Copy of newsletter for the Botanic Gardens of Australia... of newsletter for the Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand Issue ...burnley gardens, botanic garden -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Victoria Fine China, Botanical Gardens Ballarat Souvenir Cup
... climate gardens in Australia. ... cool climate gardens in Australia. Ballarat Botanical Gardens ...The Ballarat Botanical Gardens were established in 1858 and cover 40 hectares and are one of the most celebrated cool climate gardens in Australia. Colour photograph of a souvenir cup depicting Ballarat Botanical Gardens..ballarat botanical gardens, souvenir ware -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, 30 year history of the Whitehorse Community Gardens, 2007
... The story of the first community gardens in Australia... community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told ...The story of the first community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder, Margaret Rackham.The story of the first community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder, Margaret Rackham. Talk given to Whitehorse Historical Society 10 Feb 2007. Tape at NP 3362.The story of the first community gardens in Australia in Jolimont Road, Vermont, told by an original plot holder, Margaret Rackham. whitehorse community gardens, oakley, gavan, brandenburg, john p, heinze, kevin -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: DOGS
... ,' 'Woman,' 'The New Idea,' 'The Australian Journal,' 'Wife and Home...,' 'The New Idea,' 'The Australian Journal,' 'Wife and Home,' 'Shell ...A covered folder containing short stories relating to dogs. Sources are 'Woman's Journal,' 'Woman's Realm,' Woman's Pictorial,' 'Woman,' 'The New Idea,' 'The Australian Journal,' 'Wife and Home,' 'Shell House Journal,' 'The Sun Weekend Magazine,' 'Australian House and Garden' and 'New Zealand Home Journal.' 1928-1959.lydia chancellor, collection, ephemera, animals, dogs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - Magazines and brochures
... Eight magazines and brochures. Titles are: Australian... magazines and brochures. Titles are: Australian House and Garden ...BHS Collection.Eight magazines and brochures. Titles are: Australian House and Garden book of Small Home plans, Best Homes, New horizons in houses, 19 Architect designed contemporary homes, 22 specially selected home plans, Plans for 26 small holiday homes, The Australian Women's weekly's home planning service 28 home plans and an advertising brochure for Daniel Robertson.Phillip Ellison name on several books, and the stamp of the State School No. 1008 Axedale on four others.homes, building -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Gordon Ford's Garden, 'Fulling', Pitt Street, Eltham, 10 November 2006
... . The garden encapsulates the major trends of Australian garden design.... The garden encapsulates the major trends of Australian garden design ...'Fulling', the half-hectare property at Pitt Street, Eltham was the home of landscape designer Gordon Ford and his wife Gwen. Ford bought the property in 1948, originally part of an orchard. The garden encapsulates the major trends of Australian garden design in the second half of the 20th century. The garden design is based on mass (plants) and void (paths and pools), textures and forms. It epitomises the Eltham style because of its relaxed informality and attraction to native wildlife. The mud brick house and designed and built by Ford commenced in 1948. Several extensions were added up to 1970 and were built by Graham Rose (Source: information panel for exhibition, n.d.) Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p147 A narrow timber gate opens onto a garden that has had a huge impact on natural garden development in Australia since the 1950s.1 Fulling, the half-hectare property at Pitt St, Eltham, was the home of the landscape designer, Gordon Ford, who died in 1999. The garden ‘encapsulates the major trends of Australian garden design in the second half of the 20th century...and epitomises the Eltham style of garden’.2 It in turn, was influenced by several Victorian major landscape designers of the mid 20th century – Ellis Stones, Peter Glass and Edna Walling. The gate opens onto a sandy gravel path, one of several, which wind around dramatic pools and what appear to be natural bush, but on close inspection are carefully integrated native, indigenous and exotic plantings. Retaining walls and steps of rock through the garden link different terrace levels. Lichen-covered boulders serve as steps across a pool, leading to the triple level mud-brick house. Ford bought the property, which was originally part of an orchard, in 1948. As the son of a Presbyterian minister, Ford received a good education, which included learning Latin. This was advantageous when he worked in plant sales for the Forestry Commission, before the Second World War. In the late 1940s, however, Ford turned to building and landscape gardening. He worked on the Busst house, an early mud-brick building designed by Alistair Knox and at the same time, Ford was employed by Ellis Stones. Knox described Ford as, ‘one of the funniest men of the district. ...Rocky’s (Ellis Stones) Depression stories and Gordon’s memory and quick tongue made the jobs the most enjoyable of all those hysterical times that made Eltham the centre of the eternal laugh, between the years of 1945 and 1950’.3 Ford’s house, like so many after the war, was built progressively, as more space was needed and formerly scarce materials became available. It began with an army-shed of timber-lined walls, now used as the kitchen. Ford then built what is now the lounge room, and the house grew ‘like topsy and on a shoestring,’ says his widow Gwen. A lot of second-hand materials such as window frames were used, a style made famous particularly with their extensive use at Montsalvat, the Eltham Artists’ Colony. The house was constructed as a joint venture with friends, including artist Clifton Pugh, who built Ford’s bedroom for £10. The polished floorboards and solomite (compressed straw) ceilings, interspersed with heavy beams, exude warmth. The result is a home of snug spaces, with soft light and garden vistas. Several other mud-brick buildings were constructed as needed, including a studio and units for bed-and-breakfast clients. The garden, which has been part of the Open Garden Scheme since the mid 1980s, is based on a balance of mass (plants) and void (paths and pools), textures and forms. It epitomises the Eltham style because of its relaxed informal ethos and attracts native animals. Wattlebirds, scrub wrens, pardalotes, currawongs, owls and even kangaroos, have been seen at Fulling. Gwen, a former English teacher who has worked on the garden since around 1970, urged and helped Ford write his book, The Natural Australian Garden.4 Several of Ford’s favourite trees are in the garden, including the native Casuarina or She-Oak. In spring, the garden is dusted with the purple Orthrosanthus multiflorus or blue native irises and rings with the calls of birds attracted to plants like the callistemons, correas and grevilleas.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, eltham, fulling, gordon ford garden, pitt street, eltham mud brick buildings, mud brick house -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: MOON HISTORY 1853 - 1979, 1979
... . W. Moon 6 Lee St. Clarence Gardens South Australia 5039... Lee St. Clarence Gardens South Australia 5039 Book HARRY BIGGS ...Book. Harry Biggs Collection. Proof of the book on the History of the Moon Family 1853 - 1979. This black & white booklet has 55 pages stapled together. Compiled in 1979 by Lynette Cumming. Includes black & white photos of the family. F. W. Moon 6 Lee St. Clarence Gardens South Australia 5039Thomas Page & Sons, Alexandra Vicbook, harry biggs collection, moon family -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Photograph - landscape design plan, Planting Plan for 8 Cardigan St Ballarat, 1985
... and photographs. Restoration of the garden was aided by an Australian... exhibition garden in Australia with surviving layout and original ...Michael Looker of the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne drew up the planting plans for restoring Ballarat's historic gardens at Hymettus in 1985 for Heritage Victoria. This was done as it was the only known intact Victorian era working-mans exhibition garden in Australia with surviving layout and original documentation and photographs. Restoration of the garden was aided by an Australian Bicentenary grant.historic gardens, ballarat, hymettus, royal botanical gardens, melbourne, lumley, looker, heritage victoria, exhibition garden. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Ballarat Botanical Gardens Victoria Australia"
... Gardens Victoria Australia". Features photos of BTM No. 26, Lake... Botanical Gardens Victoria Australia". Features photos of BTM No. 26 ...Printed full colour postcard titled "Ballarat Botanical Gardens Victoria Australia". Features photos of BTM No. 26, Lake Wendouree, Statuary, Flight from Pompeii and the Robert Clark Centre. On rear is places for correspondence, stamp, barcode, address and rose image. Has the name of the publisher "Rose Stereograph Co. Glen Waverley Victoria" and name of photographer, Stephen Cutts". Rose Series No. 4070. trams, tramways, btm, wendouree parade, gardens -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Souvenir of The Camp, Australian Y.M.C.A. Series, circ 1900's
... Command. 10. Garden - Australia map and title. 11. The Smithy.... 9. The camp, 9 Command. 10. Garden - Australia map and title ...Historical photos of camp areaWW1, Camp set-outBooklet, cardboard cover, pages containing Photographs of the camp etc. Booklet containing Photographs of the camp etc. Details are 1. Y.M.C.A. The Camp. 2. The Cross & village Barford. 3. Stonehenge. 4.Main Road, through camp. 5. Main road to Camp. 6. The Camp Headquarters 4 Command. 7. Head Quarters The Camp. 8. H.Q.-Pay office. 8. H.Q, Gardening, The camp. 9. The camp, 9 Command. 10. Garden - Australia map and title. 11. The Smithy Figheldean. "The spreading chestnut tree" -
Vision Australia
Book - Object, Better Homes and Gardens Feburary 1974, Part III, 1974
... States for readers in Australia. Better Homes and Gardens... for readers in Australia. Better Homes and Gardens was produced ...Example of a Braille magazine imported from the United States for readers in Australia. Better Homes and Gardens was produced by the National Library Service in Braille and exported to Braille libraries around the world. Magazines were costly to produce in-house, as they often held timely information that were not as relevant to the reader by the time that the transcription and embossing process was finished, and each issues required the process to be restarted each time a print issue was created. Working from the magazine itself, rather than an electronic file, and with no automated process yet developed, this issue in 1974 would have been scribed by hand and manually checked before being sent to the large embossing and binding machines for distribution. 1 Braille volume of Better Homes and Gardens magazineBetter Homes and Gardens February 1974 Part IIIbraille library of victoria, braille books -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Goanna, c. early 1950s
... Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous... Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous ...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. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Mosaic, c. 1962
... Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous... Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous ...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. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Tiger Stripe, c. 1939
... featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden... featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden ...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. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Crete, 1948
... featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden... featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden ...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. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Plum Blossom, 1948
... featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden... featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden ...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.