Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of two men dressed in suits, one light and the other dark. They are standing outside the front door, on the verandah of a timber house with ornate scroll work at the top of the posts supporting the verandah roof. The man on the right is Frank Wright.frank wright, conductor, timber house

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of two men dressed in suits with one wearing a hat and the other carrying one. They are standing in what appears to be a park with a large gum tree behind them a picket fence in the background. The man on the left is Frank Wright.frank wright, gumtree, picket fence, conductor

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a group of people swimming in a canvas pool on board a ship. Behind the pool can be seen part of the ship and water to the right. The ship is the Remo, the place is the Red Sea and the man in the middle of the group is Frank Wright.Written in pencil on the back - Swimming bath on 'Remo' Red Sea, Jan 1940, F.W. in centrefrank wright, ship named remo, red sea, swimming bath, swimming pool, conductor

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man wearing a band uniform standing with his arm around a woman wearing a dark hat and overcoat.The background appears to be a rockery with plants growing between the rocks. The man is Frank Wright and the woman is Mrs Gilmour. The place is Morecombe.Written in pencil on the back - Frank Wright, Mrs Gilmour, Morecombe, July 1934 Printed on the back - 5 - 51frank wright, conductor, band uniform, mrs gilmour, morecombe

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a suit standing, leaning against the stone work of a building surrounding baths. The place is the Great Roman Bath in Bath (England). The man is Frank Wright.Written in pencil on back - Frank Wright (32) at the Great Roman Bath, Bath. 3/7/34frank wright, bath, roman baths

The School of Mines Annual Report, 9 February, 1881, Additional Examination Statute 1880, Balance Sheet, Certificates Granted by Council, Donations and Fees - carriage of, Extracts from Visitors' Book, Fees, Form of Bequest, Honorary Correspondents, Life Governors, Mining and Mineral Contributions Invited - Paper of Particulars, Museum - open to visitors, Office Bearers, Obituary, Report of the Lecturer in Mathematics, Report of the Lecturer in Mining-Land- and Engineering-Surveying, Report of the Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Report of the Lecturer in Telegraphy, Report of the Curator of the Museum (with Plans), Report of the Superintendent of Laboratories, Subjects and Lecturers, Subjects and Examiners, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1880, Subscriptions and Donations from 1 January to 31 December 1880, The Lal-Lal Iron Ore Deposits - (with Section and Plan)Pale green booklet of 70 pages, Annual Report 1880. Image of Guage Test Tower, Image of The School of Mines, Plan of Ground and Buildings - Albert Street, The School of Mines Ballaarat - The Museum - Plan of Groundfloor, Image of the Lal-Lal Iron Ore Deposits, Moorabool Riverthe school of mines, annual report, additional examination statute 1880, balance sheet, certificates granted by council, donations and fees - carriage of, extracts from visitors' book, fees, form of bequest, honorary correspondents, life governors, mining and mineral contributions invited-paper of particulars, museum open to visitors, office bearers, obituary, report of the lecturer in mathematics, report of the lecturer in mining-land and engineering-surveying, report of the lecturer in mechanical engineering, report of the lecturer in telegraphy, report of the curator of the museum (with plans), report of the superintendent of laboratories, subjects and lecturers, subjects and examiners, statement of receipts and expenditure for the year 1880, subscriptions and donations from 1 january to 31 december 1880, the lal-lal iron ore deposits-(with section and plan), obituary - sir redmond barry - arthur leahy - jacob upfold - john day, mr james oddie, dr. r. f. hudson, john victor, chas. wm. thomas, w. h. shaw, walter d. campbell, ferdinand m. krause, joseph flude, geo. perry, w. hy. barnard, examination statute, his excellency sir wm. f. drummond jervois, charles h. pearson, t. brodribb, professor pepper, james mitchell, robert adam, wm. lant carperter, h. b. de la poer wall, w. h. brokenshire, arthur parker, henry parkinson, c. davies, simon richards, c. v. gorton, c. r. blackett, david jones, wilberforce dyke, ferdinand krause, ballarat school of mines museum, ballarat school of mines museum plan, lal lal ore deposits, moorabool river, william land carpenter, william jervois, william henry tbarnard

The School of Mines Ballaarat. Annual Report 1883. Statement of Receipts and expenditure, general balance sheet, and list of subscriptions donations 1882. Sketch of School of Mines. Sketch Section from Lal Lal to the Moorabool (looking north) Geological map of Lal Lal. In the County of Grant. Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Certificates granted by the Council, Examination Papers - Elementary Science Classes (Appendix), Extracts from Visitors' Book, Fees, Form of Bequest, Honorary Correspondents. Life Governors, Museum - open to visitors, Notes on the Geology of Lal Lal (with Geological Plan & Sections), Obituary, Office Bearers, Paper of Particulars, Rules of the Ballaarat Field Club and Science Society (Appendix), Report of the Curator of the Museum and Library, Report of the Superintendent of Laboratories, Report of the Lecturer in Mathematics, Report of the Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Report of the Lecturer in Telegraphy, Report of the Lecturer in Materia Medica, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1882, Subjects and Lectures, Subjects and Examiners, Subscriptions and Donations, from 1st January to 31st December 1882.Ballaarat School of Mines annual Report. Hard cover red book of 101 pages. Includes plans on Lal Lal and surrounds. ballarat school of mines, annual report, balance sheet, certificates granted by the council, examination papers, extracts from the visitors' book, fees, form of bequest, honorary correspondents, life governors, museum, notes on the geology of lal lal, obituary: charles william thomas. one of the examiners in mining and surveying, office bearers, paper of particulars, rules of the ballaarat field club and science society, report of the curator of the museum and library, report of the superintendent of laboratories, report of the lecturer in mathematics, report of the lecturer in mechanical engineering, report of the lecturer in telegraphy, report of the lecturer in materia medica, statement of receipts and expenditure for the year 1882, subjects and lectures, subjects and examiners, subcriptions and donations, from 1st january to 31st december 1882, alf. mica smith, professor of chemistry, alf. mica smith, metallurgy, f. m. krause - professor of geology, mineralogy, scientific mining, t. h. thompson, practical mining, w. h. shaw mechanical engineering, h. reid, mechanical enginnering, phoenix foundry company (limited), a. a. buley, mathematics, f. m. krause, land, mining and engineering surveying, w. d. campbell, telegraphy, james oddie, vice-president, alf. mica smith, natural philosophy (elementary mechanics and hydrostatics, magnetism and electricty, sound, light and heat), j. f. usher, materia medica, pharmacy and physiology, examiner, professor h. m. andrew, m. a., examiner, h. d. de la poer wall, m. a, c. e., examiner, thomas mann, b. a., examiner, p. c. fitzpatrick, c. s., examiner, h. rosale, j.p., f.g.s, m.e. and m, examiner, john lewis, examiner, w. c. kernot, m.a., c.e., examiner, professor mccoy, examiner, j. cosmo newbery, c.m.g., b. sc., examiner, baron von mueller, k.c.m.g., m. et ph. d., f. r.s., examiner, sam. w. macgowan, examiner, w. p. bechervaise, examiner, r. l. j. ellery, f.r.s. govt. astronomer, examiner, f. m. krause, c.e., examiner, j. m. bickett, examiner, n. kent, examiner, a. martin, examiner, r. s. mitchell, examiner, w. h. keast, examiner, p. matthews, examiner, d. milliken, examiner, j. t. richards, examiner, jonathan robinson, examiner, t. h. thompson, examiner, h. brookes allen, m.d., examiner, joseph bosisto, examiner, c. r. blackett, m.l.a., examiner, wm. johnson, analyst to the government of victoria, ferdinand krause, ballarat field naturalists club, ferdinand von mueller, thomas mann, a.a. buley, ferrdinand krause, alfred mica smith, james oddie, william johnson, jonathan robinson, james bickett, r.l.j. ellery, cosmo newbery, ballarat field naturalists

The Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report 1891. Annual Report, Crown Grant, Affiliation Statute, Constitution, Examination Statutes, Associateship of The School, Certificates Granted by the Council, Clunes Branch Report, Departmental Expenditure, Fees, Form of Bequest, Gauge-Testing Apparatus, General Balance Sheet and Liabilities and Assets, Honorary Correspondents, Life Governors, Meteorological Observations, Number of Students attended The School of Mines, Office Bearers, Practical Treatment of Ores, Report of the Professor of Mineralogy and Geology and Curator of the Museum, Report of the Superintendent of Laboratories, Report of the Lecturer on Engineering and Surveying, Report of the Lecturer on Mathematics, Report of the Lecturer on Electrical Engineering and Telegraphy, Report of the Lecturer on Botany, Report of the Lecturer on Geometrical and Freehand Drawing, Report of the Lecturer on Materia Medica and Physiology, Report of University Classes, Report on Mining Laboratory, Examinations Held, Scale of Charges for Assays and Analyses, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1891 and Special Trust Funds, Statistics - Students attending Lectures, Subjects and Lecturers, Subjects and Examiners, Subscriptions and Donations from 1st January to 31st December 1891, Syllabus of Lecture CoursesThe Ballarat School of Mines Industries and Science Annual Report, 1891. Cover is browning around the edges, front cover has small tear on bottom of cover, 132 pages. ballarat school of mines, annual report, andrew anderson j.p. - president, f. j. martell - vice president, r. denham pinnock - vice president, rivett henry bland - trustee, the hon. sir w. j. clarke - trustee, the hon. john warrington rogers - trustee, james oddie - trustee, the hon. henry cuthbert - honorary solicitor, c. eyres - honorary treasurer, charles kent - auditor, andrew berry - registrar, f. m. krause - professor of mineralogy and geology, and curator of the museum, alf. mica. smith - chemistry, metallurgy, natural philosophy, f. m. krause - geology, mineralogy, geological surveying, j. h. horwood - lecturer on engineering and surveying, h. j. hall - lecturer free-hand and model drawing, george day - botany, j. f. usher - materia medica and physiology, c. w. wilson - university classes, isaac jaques jones j.p., mr e. wattis - manager, mining laboratory, j. a. dawson - electrical engineering and telegraphy, elder gray, harry e. sando, charles matthews - auditor, j. h. daley - auditor, henry crone - assistant registrar of titles, henry b. loch, isaac jacques jones, charles eyres, j.a, j.a. dawson, statistics, university classes, bella guerin, c.w. wilson, clunes branch of the ballarat school of mines, w.e. burbridge, h.j. hall, museum, state school students, daniel walker, a.j. higgins, state school science classes

The Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report 1893. Annual Report, Examination Papers, Associateship of The School of Mines, Syllabus for Technical Schools, Crown Grant, Affiliation Statute, Certificates Granted by the Council, Clunes Branch Report, Departmental Expenditure, Fees, Form of Bequest, General Balance Sheet and Liabilities and Assets, Honorary Correspondents, Life Governors, Meteorological Observations, Number of Students attended The School of Mines, Office Bearers, Practical Treatment of Ores, Report of the Professor of Mineralogy and Geology and Curator of the Museum, Report of the Superintendent of Laboratories, Report of the Lecturer on Engineering and Surveying, Report of the Lecturer on Mathematics, Report of the Lecturer in Mechanical Drawing, Machine Construction and Design, Report of the Lecturer on Electrical Engineering and Telegraphy, Report of the Lecturer on Botany, Report of the Lecturer on Biology, Pharmacy, Materia Medica, Report on Mining Laboratory, Examinations Held, Scale of Charges for Assays and Analyses, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1892 and Special Trust Funds, Statistics - Students attending Lectures, Subjects and Lecturers, Subjects and Examiners, Subscriptions and Donations from 1st January to 31st December 1892, Syllabus of Lecture Courses6188: The Ballarat School of Mines Industries and Science Calendar and Annual Report, 1893. Red soft cover is browning around the edges, spine is tattered, 156 pages. 6188.2: Red soft covered booklet of 26 pages, Office Copyballarat school of mines, annual report, andrew anderson j.p. - president, f. j. martell - vice president, r. denham pinnock - vice president, rivett henry bland - trustee, the hon. sir w. j. clarke - trustee, the hon. john warrington rogers - trustee, james oddie - trustee, the hon. henry cuthbert - honorary solicitor, r. g. middleton - honorary treasurer, charles kent - auditor, andrew berry - registrar, alf. mica. smith - chemistry, metallurgy, f. m. krause - geology, mineralogy, mining, j. h. horwood - mechanical engineering, machine drawing and design, theoretica and applied mechanics, mathematics, henry j. hall - freehand and model drawing, j. a. dawson - electricity and magnetism, george day - botany, e. gutheil - biology, materia medica, pharmacy, a. e. c. kerr - mechanical drawing, machine construction and design, e. gutheil - biology, pharmacy, materia medica, henry crone - assistant registrar of titles, henry b. loch, elder gray - president, clunes branch, harry e. sando - registrar, clunes branch, w. y. witherden - hon. treasurer, clunes branch

Hand written on printed form. Discolourisation.Signed: A P James for Secretary of department [T Brodribb] Education Department Victoria official sealeducation department, gymnastics, examination, a w steane, bendigo school, school no 1976, a p james

Report form on pale green paper with hand written comments. List of subjects of examination and results achieved.Official stamp of the Education Department Victoria. Signature A James representing the Secretary. Purple stamp "Passed" beside subjects examined. Date of examination. Dated of report. Initials on top left corner.albert a w steane, a james, education department of victoria, bendigo, certificate of competency, steane

Report form on pale green paper with hand written comments. List of subjects of examination and results achieved.Official stamp of the Education Department Victoria. Signature A James representing the Secretary. Date of examination. Date of report. Initials on top left corner. albert a w steane, a james, education department of victoria, bendigo, certificate of competency, steane, classification of teachers

Report form on pale green paper with hand written comments. List of subjects of examination and results achieved.Official stamp of the Education Department Victoria. Signature (D W Newbary?) representing the Secretary. Date of examination. Date of report. Initials on top left corner. albert a w steane, education department of victoria, steane, classification of teachers, report of examination, sloyd centre, ballarat east, certificate of competency

Green coloured paper form with handwritten information Official stamp of the Education Department, Victoria Signed by A James, Secretary of the Departmentalbert a steane, sloyd teacher, ballarat east, certificated, a james

Green coloured printed form with hand written commentsOfficial stamp of Education Department, Victoria. Signed A James on behalf of the Secretary. "Pupil Teacher" been crossed out and replaced with "Monitor"albert a w steane, bendigo central, monitor, candidate for 3rd class

Teachers at different levels were required to sit this examintion - "Theory of Teaching". Junior teachers - Pupil and those applying for admission to training - were only required to answer the first five questions. Those sitting for the Certificate of Competency or First Class certificate were required to answer the nine questions.Cream coloured printed formPrinter: Robt.S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourneeducation department, examination, first class of pupil teachers, certificate of competency, first-class certificate, theory of teaching

Carbon copies of a foolscap form with Ballarat School of Mines apprentice name, attendance, examination results and general remarks and Victorian Railway Reports. The originals were signed by the Head of Department and Principal. Some heads of departments signed the copy including. H. Goldsmith. Subjects include Fitting and Turning and Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Mechanics. fitting and turning, mechanical engineering, trades, apprentices, school report, h. goldsmith

Believed to have been acquired from Dr Frank Forster. Eupnine Vernade was a product used in the early 20th century for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, emphysema and bronchiectasis adjuvant in the treatment of sequaelae of influenza. It contained 10% caffeine iodide, and "exerts an intense action on the respiratory tract, stimulating the bronchial secretion and facilitating expectoration. It regulates and strengthens the heart, contracts the blood vessels of the splanchnic area, but dilates those of the heart and lung. It "also exerts a powerful diuretic action, thus diminishing the strain on the heart." This tongue depressor, therefore, also functions as a form of medical advertising.Metal tongue depressor with rounded ends and a slight convex curve. Inscribed "EUPNINE VERNADE"."EUPNINE VERNADE"examination, advertising

Entry Form for Stott's Business College Scholarship Examination for Charles Edward Harrisharris charles edward, stott's business college

Single sheet of off white paper printed by MMTB titled "Electric Tram Driver's Certificate" and certifying that L. Denmead Inspector has passed the Board's Examination for a Tram Driver. Dated 30/7/1946, given No. 2093, signed by Chas H. Elliot as Instructor and S. M. Richardson as Manager. Signed on the left margin by L.J. Denmead Inspector. Form No. 3/232, dated June 1944. Form has two punch holes along top of form and one small hole in top left hand corner.tramways, trams, drivers, certificates, mmtb, forms

George Rogers was the brother of the donor and the son of Dorothy Rogers.This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Temperance Physiology Examination. An illuminated certificate issued to George H. Rogers in 1941.The certificate issued by the Independent Order of Rechabites certified that he had passed the Victorian State School Temperance Physiology Examination independent order of rechabites, george m rogers, school certificates

Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria Letter enclosing form of application for Associate Member of Society and Congratulations for Success of Recent Final Examination 16th Dec 1937stawell

Yhonnie SCARCE (1973- ) Born Woomera, South Australia Language group: Kokatha, Southern desert region and Nukunu, Spencer region Yhonnie Scarce works predominantly in glass. She majored in glass withing a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) course at the South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, and holds a Master of Fine Arts from Monash University. One of the first contemporary Australian artists to explore the political and aesthetic power of glass, Scarce describes her work as ‘politically motivated and emotionally driven’. Scarce’s work often references the on-going effects of colonisation on Aboriginal people, In particular her research focus has explored the impact of the removal and relocation of Aboriginal people from their homelands and the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families. (https://thisisnofantasy.com/artist/yhonnie-scarce/, accessed 10 September 2018)Artist's Statement 'The More Bones the Better', 2016 Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, SA and belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce embraces a non traditional approach to glass blowing using glass as more than a mere material, acting as a lens and a mirror, Scarce reflects and exposes the tragedies of Australia’s colonisation. She applies the technical rigours of traditional glass blowing techniques in an innovative and unconventional manner. In particular Scarce uses glass to explore the lives and histories of Aboriginal Australians. Hand blown glass is shaped, engraved, painted and smashed to create indigenous fruits and vegetables such as bush bananas, bush plums and long yams symbolic of her peoples culture and traditions. With their elongated, torso-like shapes, they even evoke human bodies. Akin to a gatherer of bush food Scarce creates glass-gatherings of the persecuted. The repetition of brittle ambiguous bodies collected for experimentation and examination conjures the relentless impact of colonisation and the litany of abuses suffered by Aboriginal people. Within her research Scarce encountered a variety of ethnographic studies examining the use of scientific interventions amongst Indigenous cultures. These include Government sanctioned illegal drug testing of children in orphanages and other dubious medical practices amongst indigenous prison inmates. This work metaphorically looks at these situations and poses questions of what might have gone on in such a laboratory. The judge of the 2017 Guirguis New Art Prize (GNAP), Simon Maidment, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria said; “The winning work by Yhonnie Scarce captures the sensitivity to materials she displays throughout her artistic practice. The blown and shattered glass elements are a delicate contrast to the shocking and little discussed histories of Aboriginal exploitation and abuse in the name of science in Australia. Engaging this topic, this work is haunting, in the same way those lived and documented experiences continue to haunt the collective unconscious of this country. Yhonnie Scarce’s work, The More Bones the Better 2016, I believe makes an important contribution to the Collection of Federation University Australia and will engage and move diverse audiences with its technical accomplishment, beauty and message. Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera SA and belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce embraces a non-traditional approach to glass blowing using her medium as more than a mere material. Applying the technical rigours of traditional glass blowing in an innovative and unconventional manner, Scarce’s glass objects act as a lens and a mirror to reflect and expose the tragedies of Australia’s colonisation and, in particular, explore the lives and histories of Aboriginal Australians. Hand-blown glass is shaped, engraved, painted and smashed to represent indigenous fruits and vegetables such as bush bananas, bush plums and long yams, symbolic of Scarce’s people’s culture and traditions. While these elongated shapes on the one hand represent fruit and vegetables, gathered and grouped as in the gathering of bush food, Scarce’s torso-like bodies and forms are glass ‘gatherings’ representative of the gathering of people. Here, the many brittle bodies act as a metaphor for the collection, experimentation and examinations undertaken by government authorities on Aboriginal communities researched by Scarce. Exposing a variety of ethnographic studies, examining the use of scientific interventions on Indigenous cultures, Scarce also revealed Government sanctioned illegal drug testing of children in orphanages and other dubious medical practices undertaken on indigenous prison inmates. Scarce’s gatherings also reflect the impact of colonisation and the relentless conjuring and litany of abuses suffered by Aboriginal people. The More Bones the Better metaphorically looks at these situations and poses questions of what was undertaken and investigated in these laboratories. guirguis new art prize, yhonnie scarce, glass, aboriginal