Vol. 7, No. 2, May-Jun 2002 CONTENTS Comment The Future of the Arts 2 Conversation with Lex de Man, Mayor of Nillumbik 3 Short Story Traces of Life by Sharyn Munroe 5 Art Brut and the Aesthetic Impulse Pam Dougherty 9 Book Review: The Boyds Louise Poland 12 Record of on Individual Soul Elizabeth Cross on Peter Wegner' s portraiture 15 Theatre Review: Paradise at La Mama Christine Crowle 17 Book Review: Forests of Ash Graham Petersen 20 Australian Classical Music Elizabeth Scarlet 21 CD Reviews 22 Allister Hullet, Dili Allstors, CoCo's Lunch 22 Stripperomo at Heide 24 Poetry News and Reviews John Jenkins 25 Artin’ about 26 Wining & Dining 30 Poetry Armana Lee 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, st andrews hotel, lex de man, cultural heritage, willy wonka's ice cream gourmet food, sharyn munro, fleur de feliss florist, eltham fullife pharmacy, chris pittard, mary lou pittard, bulleen art & garden centre, pam dougherty, arts project, bibby's bahnhof cafe, montsalvat, winter in banyule, eltham wiregrass gallery, arts on burgundy, la mama theatre, folkart warrandyte, thompsons pharmacy, recherche, bundoora homestead, dynamic vegies, armana lee, heide museum of modern art, metro 5 gallery

This knitting pattern book was published by Lincoln Mills, and contains knitting patterns for childrens cardigans.Lincoln Trio / knits 5 ply - 8 ply - 12 ply / No. 49 / 1/6 / 15 cents / LINCOLN KNITTING WOOLS - THE BEST BUY IN ANY PLYknitting handicrafts - history, lincoln mills (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

Photo of the matron and 5 members of Holmbush in the driveway of the home. The matron is likely to be Dorothy Farmer, who was matron of Holmbush for many years.The other names are not known. There are two other photos of the occasion, see 02339 and 02340. From a photo album which contains photos of Holmbush and some of the excursions and events that happened there, appears to have been put together in the 1940s. Including trips to the zoo and picnics. Holmbush at 1267 Burke road, was one of the properties that Legacy used for Junior Legatees. It was purchased 1942. In 1957 Holmbush was renamed Blamey House until it was sold in 1977.A compilation of photos of some junior legatees in the Legacy residences.Black and white photo of matron and 5 young adults in the driveway at Holmbush pasted to the pages of an album.residences, holmbush, matron

Queenstown (St. Andrews) District. Originally published in The Leader, Nov. 2nd, 1929, p30, with the title "Relics of the Old Mining days in the Queenstown District," a series of seven numbered photographs with captions : 1. Two Old-Timers, Brothers Tom and Alex McPhee, Camped on Back Creek. 2. Like the Caledonia, Every Yard of Queenstown Creek has been Washed. 3. Poppet Heads of the Caledonia Mine. 4. A Warning to Possible Land Buyers or Encouragement to Prospectors? 5. Mr. A. Harvey has been Prospecting the District, Washing a Loam, for Some Years. 6. John Olsen, of Smith's Gully, an Old-Timer, who is Shortly Going to Norway to Claim an Inheritance. 7. Queenstown Cemetery. - The Hills Form a Splendid Memorial to Many a Digger.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, gold mining, a. harvey, alex mcphee, back creek, caledonia mine, john olsen, poppet heads, queenstown cemetery, queenstown creek, smiths gully, st. andrews, tom mcphee

Set of B & W photos from WW2 taken around Rabaul area by Pte E. King.Series of B & W photos of Rabaul area. 1. Soldiers on parade. 2. - 4. Local children and adults. 5. - 6. Native militia on parade. 7. - 10. Australian soldiers swimming and sunbaking. 11. - 15. Snow views of Matupi Volcano and surroundings. photos, matupi, rabaul, volcano

15 pages of research on the Heitmann family starting with Herman and Catherine (nee Roberts), Frederick and Ellen (Nee Miners) and Ronald and Catherine (nne Pollock). Herman was born October 5, 1842 in Nartum, Germany. He made the trip to Melbourne in 1863 aboard the "Sussex".`genealogy, family, heitmann

15 slides students learning pruning and carpentry Aug 81. 1. School bus used for excursions. 2, 5, 9, 10 Students learning how to prune in the Orchard. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 Orchard. 11-13 Learning carpentry.students, pruning, carpentry, students outdoor classes, school bus, excursions, students inside class, orchard

.1) covers the Quarter ending March 31st 1919, .2) covers the quarter endingJune 30th 1919. Both programmes cover “B Coy 5 & 6 Pl’s, JNR Technical School 11 & 12 Pl’s, Marist bros College 7,8.9,10 Pl’s”.1) Programme of Parades 3rd Batt 38th Senior Cadets Australian Military Forces, folds out, light brown colour, front has space for Cadets name, address and other items, inside has times and dates per unit. .2) Same as .1) except no Cadets name on and differant times, fawn colour, all print on both in black type, rear page has a list of 8 instructions..1) On front in black pen, "K Guiney 5 Pl B Coy 126 Sternberg St Bendigo”38th senior cadets, programmes, pamphlets

An description of the first picnic for 260 war orphans (boys) and their mothers at Ricketts Point (Black Rock) in 1926, who were transported in two charabancs by Legatees, some of whom were in fancy dress. Pages 5-16 recounts anecdotes of Syd Birrell unrelated to the picnic. The writer is anonymous but by the hand writing it is possibly L/- Frank Doolan, a founding member of Legacy, who was part of a committee to capture the history of Legacy and create an archive of material.First hand account by a participant on the trip, which details some highly irresponsible activities which were seen as perfectly acceptable at that time. Some of the anecdotes about Syd Birrell would now be regarded as polically incorrect, but the anonymous writer expresses his amusement and admiration, and references ‘Legacy - the story of the Melbourne Legacy Club' by Claude Blatchford.13 handwritten A5 sheets, numbered 1-16 (missing 9, 10, and 15) in red print on top right hand corner, blue biro on white lined paper, probably torn from a notepad.junior legatee outing, founding legatee

This Australian Survey Corps School of Military Survey, Balcombe Precis has 5 x foolscap sized paper pages of typed text, stapled and is two hole punched. It was written to document the requirements for physically establishing a Permanent Australian Survey Corps Survey Ground Mark or Beacon. The Precis also discusses the different types of ground mark constructions.5 x foolscap sized paper pages of typed text, stapled and two hole punched. Paper is dis-coloured due to age.Hand written No "63" top RH cornerroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, school of military survey, sms, balcombe

This is a set of 30 photographs of a 4th Field Survey Squadron OC’s parade at Keswick Barracks, Adelaide SA in 1986. The OC - MAJ Don Taylor presented the Defence Force Service Medal to personnel in recognition of 15 years of efficient remunerated service, or the Clasp for 5 years of additional service. This is a set of 30 photographs of a 4th Field Survey Squadron OC’s parade and the presentation of the Defence Force Service Medal, at Keswick Barracks, Adelaide SA in 1986. The colour photographs are on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, 1986. L to R: WO2 Bob Rogister in background, SPR Bruce Graham, SGT Stu Symonds, SGT Bob Croxton. .2) - Photo, colour, 1986. SGT Bob Croxton. .3) - Photo, colour, 1986. Parade handover L to R: OC MAJ Don Taylor, 2IC CAPT Steve Cooper, unidentified. .4) - Photo, colour, 1986. Inspection L to R: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs, CAPT 2IC Steve Cooper, OC MAJ Don Taylor , unidentified, SSGT Brett ‘Dutchy’ Van Leeuwen, SGT Mick ‘Hoges’ Hogan, SGT Peter Imeson, SGT H. ‘Jock’ Young, PTE Paul Simpson, CPL Neale ‘Tex’ Houston. .5) - Photo, colour, 1986. Inspection L to R: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs, 2IC CAPT Steve Cooper, OC MAJ Don Taylor, PTE Paul Simpson, CPL Neale CPL Neale ‘Tex’ Houston. .6) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations L to R: SPR Todd Hayley, SGT Bob Croxton. .7) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations L to R: OC MAJ Don Taylor, SGT Bob Croxton. In background L to R: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs, SPR Todd Hayley. .8) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations: SGT Bob Croxton. In background: CPL Dave Irving. .9) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations L to R: SPR Simon Reynolds, 2IC CAPT Steve Cooper, OC MAJ Don Taylor, SGT Stu Symonds. In background: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs. .10) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations L to R: OC MAJ Don Taylor, SGT Stu Symonds. In background: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs. .11) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations: SGT Stu Symonds. In background L to R: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs, CPL Dave Irving. .12) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations: SGT Stu Symonds. In background: CPL Dave Irving. .13) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations L to R: SPR Simon Reynolds, OC MAJ Don Taylor, WO2 Gary Warnest. In background L to R: SPR Todd Hayley, CPL Dave Irving, remainder unidentified. .14) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations L to R: OC MAJ Don Taylor, WO2 Gary Warnest. .15) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations: WO2 Gary Warnest. In background: SSM WO1 Bill Griggs. .16) & .17) - Photo, colour, 1986. Presentations: WO2 Gary Warnest. In background: SPR Todd Hayley, CPL Dave Irving, CPL S. Asley. .18) - Photo, colour, 1986. L to R: SGT Stu Symonds, SGT Bob Croxton. .19) - Photo, colour, 1986. L to R: SPR Bruce Graham, SGT Stu Symonds, SGT Bob Croxton. .20) - Photo, colour, 1986. Parade handover L to R: 2IC CAPT Steve Cooper, OC MAJ Don Taylor. .21) - Photo, colour, 1986. Parade handover L to R: 2IC CAPT Steve Cooper, SSM WO1 Bill Griggs. In background L to R: SPR Todd Hayley, CPL Dave Irving. .22) & .23) - Photo, colour, 1986. SGT Bob Croxton. .24) & .25) - Photo, colour, 1986. SGT Stu Symonds. .26) & .27) - Photo, colour, 1986. WO2 Gary Warnest. .28) to .30) - Photo, colour, 1986. L to R: SGT Stu Symonds, WO2 Gary Warnest. SGT Bob Croxton..1P to .30P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1986 Presentations’ annotated on negatives sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, 4 fd svy sqn

Handmade Greeting Card (from 'Ve', possibly Verona, Basil Watson's sister born 1896 ) - hand painted kookaburra on a brown painted leaf attached to a card - yellow ribbon attached to leaf. Handwritten in ink on reverse: 'All good wishes for a happy Xmas and bright New Year'. On front of card: 'Greetings from Australia 1915'communication, postal, card

Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.A First World War button inscribed ‘Our Day Nation & Honour’, and featuring an image of British nurse Edith Louisa Cavell, who died at the hands of a German firing squad in 1915. She became a heroic figure of sacrifice in World War I, and was used to increase military recruitment in Britain and win support for the war in the United States."Our Day / Nation & Honor"patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18), badges

5 blue coloured paper forms printed in black and red. Details inserted in handwritten ink.city of st kilda, dog registrations, 1890 dog act - victoria

Part of the Leo Reoch Cohn Collection. See Catalogue No. 5527.2 for his service record.Hard Cover Book with Dust Cover. 1. Hard cover - cardboard, black colour buckram, gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, red, white and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated black and white photographs, front armoured car with crew. Back - tank with 3 persons. 376 pages, paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. 2. Leaflet - for book launch, thick paper, white, red and black print with two illustration as per dust cover. 3. Letter - paper, white with black print from book authors, 1. Front end paper, handwritten blue ink "David Finlayson/ 15 Aug 15".books, armoured vehicles, tanks, ww1, ww2

Main Road, Eltham, south from Brougham Street to Dalton Street, c.1911 View looking down Policeman’s Hill on Maria Street (Main Road) from near Brougham Street towards Dalton Street, site of the Avenue of Honour established in 1916-1917 in memory of the soldiers who served in the First World War, 1914-1918. At the bottom of the hill on the right is White Cloud Cottage, home of the Jarrold family, three women standing out front observing the photographer. The road passes over a culvert which runs to the west in front of the cottage. The cottage was originally located closer to the Diamond Creek but was subject to flooding. It was dragged by horse to the present site shown, which was chosen for the higher ground that had been created as a result of land fill being deposited here from the quarry further around the bend on Main Road (site of present-day Eltham Primary School carpark) where the stone had been quarried for building the State School in Dalton Street. Immediately at the end of the straight section of the main road can be seen the gas streetlamp in front of the Jarrold home and the pond at the bottom of Dalton Street. The cottage had previously been rented for use as a Police Station / residence prior to the building of the permanent police house and station at the corner of Maria and Brougham streets in 1859. At the time of collection of photos for the centenary of the Shire of Eltham (1971) the cottage was owned by the Skipper family and remains in the family to present day (2021). On the left is the Grant house on the corner of Main Road and Dalton Street now the present-day site of Eltham Clinic. Cross Ref: 0749 for another view of the Jarrold family home Photographer: J.H. Clark John Henry Clark was the youngest of three boys born to William Henry Clark (1823-1877) and Maria White (1843-1914). He and his brothers, William Charles Clark (1872-1945), Clement Kent Clark (1874-1912) operated a photography business (Clark Bros.) from 25 Thomas Street, Windsor near Prahran during the period c.1894 to 1914. Following death of Clement in September 1912 and their mother in 1914, the Clark Bros business appears to have dissolved, the premises demolished, and a new house was under construction in 1915. John set up business independently in 1914 operating out of 29 Moor Street, Fitzroy where he is registered in the 1914 and 1915 Electoral Rolls. By 1916 John had relocated to Eltham where he continued his practice as a photographer and took many of the early images around the district of Little Eltham. Around 1930 John changed professions and opened a small cobbler's shop in 1931 near the pond opposite Dalton Street adjacent to the Jarrold family cottage. He never married and continued his profession as a bootmaker from this little shop, maintaining a close relationship with Mrs Jarrold for the rest of their lives. His bootmaker shop remains today beside the Whitecloud cottage and is one of only three remaining shops in the area from the early 20th century. There are a couple of images of Eltham taken by Clark Bros. in the Eltham District Historical Society collection, one such example being Hunniford’s Post Office with Miss Anne Hunniford out front (EDHS_00140 - marked on the back of the print, Clark Bros., 25 Thomas St. Windsor), which would date this image between c.1894 and 1914. Other early images of Eltham taken by John Henry Clark are marked on the face “J. H. Clark Photo” and it is assumed these are dated between 1914 and 1930. It is noted that the Grant of Probate for John H Clark of Eltham South dated 5 April !957 (513/387) records his occupation as "X Photographer".This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, main road, jarrold family, dalton street, j.h. clark photo, white cloud cottage, avenue of honour, eltham clinic, gas lamp, grant house, jarrold cottage, 1900

Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard. Koala clinging on to branch of tree.No. 15. Australian Native Bearlocal history, photography, photographs, postcards, wildlife - koala, black & white postcard copy, koala, phillip island

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975Postcard of Koala clinging to branch."Australian Native Bear" No. 15local history, documents, postcards, native animal, koala, phillip island, sepia postcard, bernard grayden

Chair, bentwood, wooden, dark stain, curved backrest with carved leaf pattern, 6 turned spindles. Fabric padded seat attached with studs, upholstery webbing is visible underneath. Bentwood legs have bracing ring, front legs have truned rings on top. Mark; pressed into wood under seat.Mark pressed into wood "15"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bentwood chair, dining chair, cafe or bistro chair

Twenty-three students from Ballarat Junior Technical School - Athletics If you have information about the students/date, please you comments section belowPhotographers stamp - 1215 15

Colour slide in a mount. Regional town, AustraliaMade in Australia / 15 / SEPaustralia, slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Unknown location, probably USA04819 / Encircled 15 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Lennons Broadbeach Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland. (Architect: Karl Langer.)15 / Encircled 83F (Handwritten)queensland, slide