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Artwork, other - Public Artwork, B. Raggi, Hebe, Circa 1880
... botanic gardens Hebe/ Presented by Thomas Stoddart 1884 White ...Thomas Stoddart, 1828 - 1905, bought 12 white marble statues during a visit to Italy. Stoddart arranged for them to be shipped to Victoria and placed on pedestals of Sicilian marble and on bases of Victorian granite. These statues were unveiled in the gardens on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24th May, 1884. His intention was for the statues to adorn and add interest to the gardens. The Greek goddess of eternal youth, Hebe, was famed for having the power to restore to age the vigour of youth and was cup-bearer to the gods.The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratWhite marble figure of a woman holding a cup in one handHebe/ Presented by Thomas Stoddart 1884hebe, stoddart, botanic gardens -
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Artwork, other - Public Artwork, B. Raggi, Leda by B. Raggi, Circa 1880
... of Ballarat leda stoddard botanic gardens Leda Presented by Thomas ...Thomas Stoddart, 1828 - 1905, bought 12 white marble statues during a visit to Italy. Stoddart arranged for them to be shipped to Victoria and placed on pedestals of Sicilian marble and on bases of Victorian granite. These statues were unveiled in the gardens on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24th May, 1884. His intention was for the statues to adorn and add interest to the gardens. In Greek mythology Leda was the wife of the king of Sparta who was seduced by Zeus in the guise of a swan.The artwork is of aesthetic and historic significance to the people of Ballarat White marble figure of a woman holding a swanLeda Presented by Thomas Stoddart 1884leda, stoddard, botanic gardens -
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Artwork, other - Public Artwork, Percival Ball, Sir William Wallace by Percival Ball, 1889
... in the Botanic Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria and can be seen upon entry... in the Botanic Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria and can be seen upon entry ...The imposing white marble statue of William Wallace by Percival Ball stands approximately 8 feet tall with helmet and sward. The statue is mounted on a granite base with a marble plaque inscribed in praise of William Wallace, the Scottish warrior famous for leading the defeat of English forces at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The artwork is located in the Botanic Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria and can be seen upon entry from the main gates. Sculpted by Percival Ball of Melbourne and unveiled in 1889, the statue was funded by a £3000 bequest to the gardens by James Russell Thomson, a Scottish miner who made his fortune during the Victorian gold rush. It was intended as a tribute to Thomson’s Scottish origins. The front the statue bears an inscription from Robert Burns’ 1785 sentimental poem ‘The Cotter’s Saturday Night’, which also lauds Wallace as a noble patriot and hero.The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratWhite marble statue of William Wallace on plinthWALLACE Bequeathed to the public of Ballarat by the late James Russell Thomson unveiled 24th May 1889. "Oh thou! who poured the patriotic tide that streamed through Wallace's undaunted heart, who dared to nobly stem tyrannic pride, Or nobly die, the second glorious part, (The patriot's God, peculiarly thou art. His friend, inspirer, guardian, and reward!) Oh never, never, Scotia's realm desert; But still the patriot, and the patriot bard, in bright succession raise her ornament and guard;" (Burns)sir william wallace, statues, statuary pavillion, botanical gardens, lake wendouree, william wallace statue, charles summer, percival ball -
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1949 November, Snowballing in Botanic Gardens - Senior BBH Staff
L-R: Sr Shalley, Sr Wilkie, Sr Thompson, Sr M. Williams, Matron Langham, Mr J. Plummer (Secretary/Manager) plus 3 unknown people joining in the fun.Photo + Newspaper article1949, snow, botanic gardens, langham. plummer, shalley -
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Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Snow at the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens, Daylesford, c2012-2016
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Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, View of Daylesford in Snow from Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens, c2012-2016
Daylesford is a Central Victorian town. Colour photograph from the Wombat Botanical Gardens showing snow covering the township of Dayelsford. daylesford, snow, weather, climate, winter, daylesford botanic gardens, botanic gardens, wombat hill, wombat hill botanic gardens, cityscape, viewscape -
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Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Robert Clark Centre in the Snow, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, c2009
... Colour photograph of snow at the botanical Gardens... Office goldfields glasshouse ballarat botanical gardens snow ...Colour photograph of snow at the botanical Gardens in Ballarat.glasshouse, ballarat botanical gardens, snow -
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Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens 150 Anniversary Event Daylesford, 2013
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Digital photographs, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens 150 anniversary event Daylesford crowd, 2013
Digital images of Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens taken on their 150th anniversary.victoria, 150, anniversary, botanic, gardens, wombat hill, botanic gardens, heritage, celebration, garden party, daylesford, people, crowd, community, womabt hill botanic gardens -
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Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens 150 anniversary event Daylesford crowd, 2013
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Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens 150 anniversary event Daylesford organiser Gael Shannon, 2013
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Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens 150 anniversary event Daylesford community event, 2013
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Book, Ballarat: The Garden City, c1951
... Wendouree Sturt Street Ballarat Town Hall Ballarat Botanical Gardens ...Coloured soft cover with photograph of Wallace Statue in the Botanical Gardens. Numerous coloured images of Ballarat locatons. ballarat, eureka stockade memorial, lake wendouree, sturt street, ballarat town hall, ballarat botanical gardens glashouse, st andrew;s kirk, ballarat, st peter's anglican church, ballarat, ballarat botanical gardens, statues, ballarat post office, ballarat orphanage -
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Photograph - Black and White, Wombat Hill Lookout (Pioneers Memorial, c1935
Black and white photograph of the Pioneers Tower at Daylesford Botanical Gardens.daylesford, wombat hill botanical gardens, wombat hill, pioneers tower, lookout tower -
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Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Daylesford from Wombat Hill, c2004
Panaramic photograph of Daylesford from Wombat Hill.hepburn, wombat hill botanical gardens, wombat hill, daylesford, botanic gardens, viewscape, landscape, cityscape, townscape -
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Photograph - digital photographs, Lisa Gervasoni, Wombat Hill, Daylesford, c2006-2016
Colour photograph of Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens, Daylesford.heritage, daylesford, townscape, wombat hill, wombat hill botanical gardens -
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Photograph - Colour, Prime Minister's Avenue of Honour during the Ballarat Begonia Festival, 2017
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Photograph - Colour, Prime Minister's Avenue of Honour during the Ballarat Begonia Festival, 2017
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Photograph - Colour, Prime Minister's Avenue of Honour during the Ballarat Begonia Festival, 2017
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Photograph - Colour, Prime Minister's Avenue of Honour during the Ballarat Begonia Festival, 2017
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Photograph - Colour, Topiary during the Ballarat Begonia Festival, 2017
... Office goldfields ballarat gardens ballarat botanical gardens ...Colour photograph of a topiary display at the Ballarat Begonia Festival.ballarat gardens, ballarat botanical gardens, begonia festival, topiary -
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Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Warrnambool botanic gardens lake, c2011
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Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Wombat Hill in the Fog, c2015
Black and white photograph of a treed landscape covered with fog. The trees are in the Daylesford Botanical Gardens on Wombat Hill.wombat hill botanic gardens, wombat hill, daylesford, daylesford botanic gardens, fog, weather, arboretum -
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Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, White Hills Botanic Gardens, c2015
Colour photograph of an entrance arch at the White Hills Botanical Gardens.botanic garden, white hills, white hills botanic gardens, war memorial, arch, commemoration, bendigo -
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Photograph - Colour, James Russell Thomson Memorial, Ballarat Town Hall, 15/09/2017
Photograph of the James Russell Thomson memorial in the Ballarat Town Hall.In grateful record of the values bequest by James Russell Thomson of Statuary in the Botani Gardens A.D. 1888 Testator was a native of Airdrie, Scotland, resident 35 years at Ballaarat. Obit May 26, 1886, Aetat 68.statues, ballarat town hall, james russell thomson, botanic garden, memorial -
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Photograph, Port Fairy Botanical Garden
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Souvenir - Postcard Booklet Image, Nucolor Vue, A Souvenir of Beautiful Daylesford, c1948
Daylesford in a tourist town with natural mineral water springsA booklet of colour images depicting 12 scenes of Daylesford, Victoria. The front cover is decorated with an illustration of a dirt road with sign post. Images include: Panorama over Daylesford, from lookout tower Panorama over Lake Daylesford Pioneer Memorial Lookout Tower, Daylesford Near the swimming pool, Lake Daylesford Botanical Gardens, Daylesford Vincent Street, showing Town Hall, Daylesford Vincent Street, Daylesford Glimpse of lovely Jubilee Lake, Daylesford Central Springs, Daylesford Sutton Springs, Daylesford Corner of the beautiful Botanical Gardens, Daylesford Loddon Falls, near Daylesford.daylesford, jubillee lake, wombat hill, vincent street, sutton springs, central springs, loddon springs, pioneer lookout, pioneer memorial lookout, loddon falls, lake daylesford -
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Souvenir - Image from a Postcard Booklet Image, Jubilee Lake, Daylesford, c1945
Daylesford in a tourist town with natural mineral water springs Botanical Gardens, Daylesford Vincent Street, showing Town Hall, Daylesford Vincent Street, Daylesford Glimpse of lovely Jubilee Lake, Daylesford Central Springs, Daylesford Sutton Springs, Daylesford Corner of the beautiful Botanical Gardens, Daylesford Loddon Falls, near Daylesford.daylesford, jubillee lake -
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Photograph - Colour Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery under Construction, 2020
... Office goldfields ballarat botanical gardens fernery Three colour ...Three colour photographs of a fernery under constructions.ballarat botanical gardens, fernery -
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Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Wombat Botanical Gardens, Daylesford, 2019, 23/04/2019
A large tree in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees, lisa gervasoni