This is a conventional watercolour. This fine old farm with its beautiful white barn was a landmark in South Morang until its demolition in the late 1970's. It was one of the first subjects in the area that I painted in the early 1950's. I later learnt from Alan Sumner, friend, painter and onetime head of the National Gallery School, that he constantly painted the same subject, as no doubt did other artists before him. I was quite upset about its demise, with the erection of a service station on the site. The two red gums are still there. In view of the quickening development of the area in which many historic landmarks, buildings and landscapes were disappearing, I painted the picture in my earlier more picturesque style purely to serve as a historical record of another lost legacy of the Plenty Valley. The early afternoon light and shadows through the red gums which frame the barn and outbuildings are all painted with a direct fluency on wet paper, to which the crisper touches were added after the initial stages were dry. The colour scheme evokes a typical summer's day and is uniquely Australian.Part of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrack 86 The Farm, Sth Morangsouth morang

The expression of the spirit of a place which in landscape painting is aesthetically more important than a literal topographical recording, can really only be achieved after a lifetime's experience of an area one has constantly observed, painted and loved for its innate characteristics. I gaze across the red gum plains of the Mernda landscape from my studio and witness them in all seasons and moods. Such a painting as this, free of all inhibitions of literal transcription are done relying purely on memory impressions. These are often inspired by a particular season or day, but the content of the work is a total of past experience and observations that lie in one's mind. The staccato quality of tree forms against vast horizontal spaces, the open colour planes and marks that define forms, the calligraphy and tonal resonance of the work, all find their origins in direct observations of nature that remain with me. Experience has taught me that the more direct and less complicated one can express an idea in watercolour and gouache, the more significant and vital the work will be. Occasionally one succeeds and manages a complete statement without recourse to reworking or additions. This painting typifies the direction in which my major work started to move in the late 1980's. Part of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrackmernda

Like Purple Plain, Mernda and Mernda Heat Haze this painting was a further development from aspects of the Basalt Plains series of the 1990's as seen in Mernda Plains Landscape. This picture has a greater minimalist quality about it, having been painted in the studio during a particularly wet spring when some of the surrounding flats were indented by channels of water. Greens are not a colour harmony I work with often, but here help convey the essence of the seasonal landscape. A much more formal structure has been emphasized in this picture in which atmospheric space has been almost negated in favour of a much shallower field of colour and two dimensional surface rhythm, an actual effect one can sometimes see under certain conditions of nature, particularly in a flat country. I have always had some respect for one or two of the better colour field painters of America in the 1950's and 1960's who actually untilzed expressive broad bands of colour harmonies in their work, but didn't classify them as landscape paintings. My own feelings on the subject are to avoid the clinical precision that such an approach can bring, and thus indicate some actual reference to landscape in a work, a horizon, however subtle, or marks indicating actual forms that give some scale to the work. I suppose the idea first occurred to me when I saw J. M. W. Turner's wonderful painting, Evening Star, in the National Gallery in London many years ago. In this work a few bands of mysterious colour and exquisite harmonies with one or two references to figure, sand, sea and sky, transmogrify everything into a magical unity. It serves as a revelatory example of how all art is dependent on abstract qualities and how great artists like Turner are able to conceal those qualities without lapsing into a forced mannerism.Part of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrack '90mernda

Two copies, both number 10137, kept together, depicting the Mooroopna and District Hospital Queen Competition c1950. Gillian Gaylard Queen, died a year later of cancer.tatura, mooroopna, gillian gaylard, costume, children, female

Newspaper cutting about Gillian Armstrong former Mitcham girl who is a woman film director in an otherwise male field. Nunawading Gazette, 4/5/1997. Photoarmstrong gillian, films

Guides Gillian Ackroyd, Ruth Ellen, Alison Hayman, Sandra McKellar, Kathryn AttrillB/W photograph of guides with lady in hat and glovesguides

Black and white photo of class 3A1 outside the school. All children are in uniform. Two children are identified. Gillian Armstrong is third from the right in the bottom row and Michael Frobisher is second from the right in the back row.vermont high school, schools

Gillian Barclay, Coordinator Living and Learning; Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, gillian barclay

"Tipplers All" was a band started in Chewton/Castlemaine that became known for their folk music. Initial members included, Ian Huxley, Gordon Cowan, Gillian Harris, Roddy Reid, and Helen McGeachin.A business card for Tipplers All Traditional Folk Music with contact details for Ian Huxley from the 1970s. Card is cream card with dark brown text and features an engraved illustration of colonial musical instruments. emu creek bush band, australian colonial dance, ian huxley, tipplers all

Six graduands with their Graduate Certificate in Vision Impairment (Orientation and Mobility). Back row: Peter Merrick, Darius Krzeminski, Paul Hartley. Front row: Gillian True, Katherine Wallace, Stacey Meade.Coloured photograph of six people holding certificates with another personvision australia, orientation and mobility, peter merrick, darius krzeminski, paul hartley, gillian true, katherine wallace, stacey meade

First trust of the QVWC: Janet England (Chair), Christine Haydon, Marion Lau, Gracia Baylor, Judith Walker, Gillian Welshe, Tania Price, Meryl Sexton, Sandra Bell, Esmai Manahan, Lecki Ord, Margaret Smith.One A4 white paper describing the announcement from the Office of the Minister for Women's Affairs of the first twelve women appointed to the QVWC Trust. committees of management, women professionals, historic buildings, building construction

Shire President Cr Alan Baker with Gillian Barclay, Coodinator Living and Learning and Rodney Roscholler CEO Eltham Shire Council at the Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, cr. alan baker, gillian barclay, rodney roscholler

Shire President Cr Alan Baker with Gillian Barclay, Coodinator Living and Learning and Rodney Roscholler CEO Eltham Shire Council at the Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, cr. alan baker, gillian barclay, rodney roscholler

Shire President Cr Alan Baker with Gillian Barclay, Coodinator Living and Learning and Rodney Roscholler CEO Eltham Shire Council at the Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, cr. alan baker, gillian barclay, rodney roscholler

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, August 18, 2003. Winners: the Saint Mary's College Mollie Sander Cup team in 1968. Back row: Joy Garnett, Brenda Southby, Lindy Pinder, Paula Rainbow, Ann Keating, Gillian Ryan. Front row, Mary McNamee, Margaret O'Connor.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Aunt Fanny gave 6 yds of her "Bucks pattern" lace to Gillian Davis for her 21st birthday. This lace is very difficult to make, as there is a thick thread to keep exactly the same tautness as the fine thread. Aunt Fanny was about 77 when she made this.A fine example of womens hand craft from the late 19th and early 20th Century1 bundle of cream bobbin "Bucks pattern" lace which has a thick thread through it at exactly the same tautness as the fine thread. 2nd bundle of cream lace made by another method, possibly crochet.hand craft, lace bobbin

Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing the hole in the back wall. People in the second photo from left to right are Gillian Walker, Alan Kingston, Geoff Austin (Heritage Vic.) and Dorothy King. The top photo was taken in 1988. The bottom photo a side view from Griffiths St taken in 1999.Colour photos of red brick building, once Police Superintendent's Horse stables. First photo shows the building with holes in the roof and a large hole in the back wall. The other photo shows the back wall where bricks were removed in the 1950-60s. This second photo shows four people looking at the hole in the wall. (Also, 3 photos in Album 13 p 64 taken 04.03.2004)Stawell 1988 Geoff Oates P.O. Box 402 Stawell.stawell

Document, Program, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Music Advancement Society,Bendigo. A Musica Viva Presentation. Violins: Robert Ingram; William Hennessy; Nancy Clements; Gillian Catlow; Alice Waten; Merryn Brose; Tereza Singer.Violas: Winifred Durie; Anne-Louise Comerford. Cellos:John Painter;Lois Simpson. Double Bass: John Gray. Soloist; Christopher Kimber. Conductor: Neville Marriner.program, music, sydney opera house, australian chamber orchestra - music advancement society bendigo

Note - Rhonda Clarke was reported as being related to Olympic runner Ron Clarke.Photograph of girls' basketball (netball) team of Ringwood East Primary School Metropolitan Premiers 1967. +Additional Keywords: Deany, John - teacher standing at rear, with back row L-R (standing) and front row L-R (kneeling): / Holmberg, Peta / Sanbrook, Gillian / Benson, Peta / Parker, Lyn / Harmen, Janice / White, Anne / French, Cheryl / Clarke, Rhonda / Cleary, Jenny / Rattray, Peta

6975-31 Social Service Representatives 1972 Back Row, Don McAllister, Jamie Lewis, Middle Row, Maxine Perry, Wendy Slorach, Sue Parry, Janine Turner, Jenny Smith, Lynne Matheson. Front Row, Pamela Guy, Iris Mulvaney, Sally Gunning, Gillian Pert, Jayne Bibby, Freda Ackroyd, Judy O’Halloran, Ann Sudholtz Students and Photo beside high School wingsStawell High School Students in front of High School Building education

"L. L. Smith, medico, writer, publisher, politician, litigant, showman, speculator, collector, vigneron, farmer, breeder and rider of racehorses, guiding hand for thirty year of Melbourne's great exhibition complex." - publisher's website. Instrumental in having Phillip island opened for selection in 1868.2 v. box : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, protraits ; 24cm.Inscribed : To the Phillip Island Historical Society from Gillian and Norman Gengoult Smith, the grandson of Dr L. L. Smith whoe's [sic] 10 year battle in the Victorian Parliament for the cause was instrumental in having Phillip island opened for settlement Signed by the author : John Poynterjohn poynter, dr louis lawrence smith, the audacious adventures of dr louis lawrence smith

City of Warrnambool crews at the Dimboola Regatta: 2011. Top: Brendan Finnigan. Middle: Maryanne Purcell, Angela Griffin, Debbie Fitzgibbon, Jasmine Sloane, Susan Finnigan, Carla Sudholz, Clive Wooster, Aeofia Dalton, Gillian Norris. Front: Kate Jolley, Jo Bone, Joanna Welsh. city of warrnambool crews at the dimboola regatta: 2011. top: brendan finnigan. middle: maryanne purcell, angela griffin, debbie fitzgibbon, jasmine sloane, susan finnigan, carla sudholz, clive wooster, aeofia dalton, gillian norris. front: kate jolley, jo bone, joanna welsh., city of warrnambool rowing club, city of warrnambool rowing club, warrnambool rowing club, rowing, dimboola, regatta

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Hockey one: Bendigo's representative hockey team which played at the Bateman Avenue grounds on the Queen's Birthday long-weekend in 1957. From left the team is: Gwen Symons, Beverly Young, Gwen Grose, Sidney Martin, Maureen Gibson, Verna Jones, Terry Crapper, Dot Cunnington, Dawn Ellis, Beryl Pollock, Gillian Phillips, Rosemary Edwards and Maureen Rowe. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Waranga News 30th Anniversary Edition Voluntary Community Newspaper. Published fortnightly since 1978 in Colbinabbin, Murchison, Rushworth, Stanhope and Toolleen. Office Staff of 2008: Owen Doyle, Len Schoenborn, Colleen Wright, Brian Wright, Rosemary Hawking, Neil Short, Gillian Schoenborn, Graeme Harwood, Bob Holschier, Glen Avard, Denise Corbin, Peter Burgess, Jeanette Paterson, Mary Jo Fortuna, Doris Barlow, Floss Holschier. Behind the camera Cass Alexander.Waranga Newsvictoria, history, community newspaper waranga basin

STAWELL PS 1955 Grade 5 CLASS 1 Back Row: Garry Gardiner, Garry Blackman, Roy Howard, Ron Barker, Max Fry 2nd Row: Allan Logan, Ian Rickard, Leon Wheelan, Harold Woolley, Ray Mathews, Richard Lea, Neville Ross, Wayne Whitehead, Ron Peart, Arthur Wallace, Max Shefield, Barrie Graham 3rd Row: Syvlia Williams, Betty Davis, Lorrain Crouch, Mavis Smith, Lorraine Hughes, Paulene Blake, Judy Walsh, Sonia Earl, Lorraine Stokes, Jullie Coward, Margret Randall Front Row: Gillian Clark, Pam Devlien, Janet Martin, Patty Holmes, Christine Rule, Hilda Currie, Edna Collins. Students Lined up in front of School Building Stawell Grade V 1955education

Names on back 6975-17 Stawell State School 502 Grade 6B 1968 Teacher Mrs Pearce Top Row. Ronald Cameron, Morris Seamons. Kenny Killeen, David O’Donald, Greg Dryburgh, Mark Lewis, Allan Hall, Steven Cameron, Terry Rickard, Mrs Pearce Second Row. Mark Lever, Peter Tangey, Stephen Stewart, Kerryn Bibby, Susan McKenzie, Susan Walker, Marita Kriewaldt. Judy Kennedy, Julie Devlin, Ian Cameron, Trevor Waterfield, Gilbert Whealan, Third Row. Ruth Ellett. Katy Collins, Helen Marshall, Barbara Wilson, Betty Mitchell, Leanne Rickard, Debbie Oliver, Lynn Roder, Jeni Guy. Janine, Ralph, Gillian Beecroft, Susan Sinclair. Students Standing and sitting in front of building with windows open in backgroundStawell State school SS 502 Grade 6b1968education

Background to the two openings of the "Goat Shed": Following a need to clean up some of the old L&L Centre buildings, in 1989 Council decided to enclose the remaining goat shed in a steel truss frame for use as a store room. Claire Fitzpatrick, who had run animal husbandry and goat classes on the site from the 1975 opening of the L&L Centre, was invited by the Committee to officiate at the naming of the new building on 3/12/1989. Following a fire of the stables/workshops on 8/5/1990 (which had to be cleared off the site) Council/Committee decided to use the $15000 insurance money to upgrade/refurbish the 1989 building to replace classrooms lost in the "stables fire". This refurbished Goat Shed was officially opened on 30/5/1991 by Cr. Peter Graham, Shire President. (Gleaned from Committee file, 1987-1992.) Photos show Claire Fitzpatrick (red jacket) and Gillian Barclay (white jacket). Colour photographeltham living and learning centre, 1989, claire fitzpatrick, goat shed, gillian barclay