Gouache on paper illustration of a woman from Pátzcuaro region, Michoacán, Mexico, by Mexican fashion illustrator Alfredo González Bouret (1926-2018). Likely created in 1953, prior to being exhibited in Mexico and Paris in 1954. From the Patzcuaro region of Michoacán state, Mexico, this woman wears a wide-brimmed 'sombrero' on top of her 'rebozo' - a long rectangular shawl made of wool or cotton with an intricate hand-knotted pattern, popular throughout Mexico. Her hair is held away from her face, likely in long plaits down her back in the traditional style of the region. Her ears and neck are decorated with long earrings and strings of beads, while her plain white blouse is tucked in to a bright red 'refajo' skirt, gathered at the waist by a textile belt with geometric designs. In her hands she holds long-stemmed lilies. While resembling other illustrations of fashion from the Patzcuaro region, this costume stands out for the bright colour of the skirt, and the lack of embroidered decoration on the blouse. Rebecca Lloyd, 2019.Mounted painting of a woman in traditional regional dress from the Patzcuaro region of Michoacán, Mexico. Gouache on paper, c.1953.Signed in green paint, bottom right, 'AG Bouret'.mexico, 1953, fashion design, painting, illustration, mexican, fashion illustration, dress

In 1971, Alex Stitt and Bruce Weatherhead left advertising and opened The Jigsaw Factory - a design studio focussed on educational material for kids. The Richmond premises included a store, play space and craft workshop and produced books, games, posters, toys, and more. 'A Dictionary of Magic' was created by the pair while at the Jigsaw factory.Four games in a book about astrology, chiromancy, wizards and toads and other strange things, including a complete set of 78 fortune-telling 'Tarot' cards.graphic design

Cassette magazine in vinyl cover. Contents includes one magazine, one audio cassette, and one crossword.ink, paper, plastic, vinyl

Cyril Leyshon White was an official war artist and served with the Field Ambulance during the Gallipoli Campaign in WWI. He contributed a number of his sketches for “The ANZAC Book". After WWI he became a mentor to the young Sydney Nolan. Lt. White was a member of the 17th Garrison battalion attached to Tatura Camp 1. Leyshon White

1 of 2 Oil painting by Charlotte Rippert which were given to Otto Lobert and his wife on the wedding Camp 3 1946.landscape scene with a hill in background and five tall trees and a river in the foregroundBack: 'Oil Painting by ??Charlotte Rippert?? Wedding Gift - in Camp 3. DONOR: Otto Lobert (One of pair C3502) Nov. 1993)charlotte rippert, otto lobert, mrs lobert, camp 3 weddings, oil paintings, internment camp art work

Family history of the Quinn/O'Quin families by Lughaidh O'Cuinn and Louis Quinn.White covered book with black writing. Front cover has title, authors and 2 family crests. Spine has title, back has a coloured drawing on back of a man, lady, horse, deer, pheasants and trees. 244 pages.quinn family, o'quinn family, laghaidh o'cuinn, louis quinn

The tenant lived at the mercy of the resident landlord. Home was a one-roomed house, a chimney of wicker work plastered over with mud or just a hole in the roof. The walls might consist of mud too, or sods of grass. Any windows, were rarely glazed and would be open to the elements all year round. The Pig, if any, was kept in the house, the most valuable possession. Sold for cash at local market. The main items in the house were a potato pot and water bucket. As well as mother, father and children, there could well be grandparents all living in the same cramped conditions. The family would sleep on rushes or straw lain on the floor. Most tenants were tenants 'at will ', which meant they could be evicted at the 'will' of the landlord. Some had a lease for the life of the father and the eldest son, and this meant they were relatively safe from eviction as long as they could pay their rent. There was a tradition of passing on a portion of your land from father to each of the sons, who would build a small dwelling, and in turn pass a portion onto their own sons. This cycle of subdivision meant that many families were surviving on a tiny plot of land from which to derive a crop of potatoes for the year. Women worked hard in this environment, rearing children, cooking, cleaning, tending to any animals such a pigs or chicken and when needed, helping in the potato field. Life was dictated by the annual rent due to the landlord. Other typical expenses could be the Hearth Tax (actually charged by the number of fire places in a house) Turf, Hay (for any farm animals) and tithes. A tax known as the tithes were calculated at one tenth the value of everything saleable. Tithes were a bitter issue. They were for the support of the Church of Ireland, Protestant Bishops and Ministers, and a cess tax for the construction and maintenance of Protestant Church buildings. The problem being that the vast majority of those paying the Tax were Catholic and paying to support something that was contrary to their beliefs. Potatoes were the staple diet from September through to the end of Spring of the following year. But the summer months were months of hunger and hardship as they waited for the following harvest to come in Autumn. During these months people had to resort to eating anything they could find; turnips, cabbage, even wild grass, nettles, wild berries and dandelions. Those who lived close to the sea would collect seaweed and use it spread on their land as a form of manure. The dependency of so much of the population on the Potato as their sole source of food was to prove disastrous during the Famine years. [http://www.youririshroots.com/irishhistory/tenant.php, accessed 14 December 2013]A woman spins wools, while another cards fleece in preparation for spinning. I man smokes a pipe by an open fireplace, while a cow takes shelter in the cabin for warmth. ballarat irish, cabin, spinning, wool, cow

As a young man, Collins joined the Fenian movement (founded to overthrow British rule in Ireland). This work led him into politics. He was quickly elected a state representative and then a state senator. As a legislator, Collins worked to ease restrictions on the practice of religion for Catholics in state institutions and to earn public money for Catholic charitable institutions. With the rapidly increasing number of Irish voters in Boston in the 1870s, their vocal assertion of their rights, and strong political organization, the Irish were beginning to be recognized as a power to be reckoned with. Collins was central to these developments.(http://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-2036414231/young-patrick-a-collins-and-boston-politics-after, accessed 21 January 2014)Image of Patrick A. Collins, United States Congressmanballarat irish, patick collins, collins,

A priest says mass in an Irish Cabin, surrounded by a number of kneeling men and women.ballarat irish, mass, religion, catholic, priest

Soft-covered books x 3 (see photo)see photoeducation, school, reading, readers, english

Book was written & published by ex-local, Adrian Twitt in 1974. Donated surplus books to H.S. for sale (& keep one copy)( Set of 18)Book with Brown, Green cover with sepia photo of horse & cart near a wheat-bag stack Title: A Paradise of Twitts, the life and times of a Goulburn Valley selector (Adrian Twitt, 1974)book, family history, settlement, twitt

Free publication of 16 pages, distributed with The Herald Sun in 2001. Williamstown High School student Megan Charawity is the girl on the left.williamstown high school, 2004, megan charawity

This is a review of Robin Boyd's book 'Living in Australia'.Photocopy of newspaper clipping.Handwritten in blue pen, the newspaper and date.living in australia, robin boyd, walsh st library

This is a review of Robin Boyd's book 'The Puzzle of Architecture'Photocopy of book review in Issue No 157 of Cross Section, published by The University of Melbourne Department of Architecture. There is a second copy without the Cross-Section banner. The original cross-section is item P1374.41.the puzzle of architecture, walsh st library

.Over two small pages)walsh st library

Article about a former Congregational Church and Hall and Dr James Barrett's house, all in Howe Crescent, South Melbourne. The connection to Robin Boyd not yet known.In pen "Robin Boyd Hall"walsh st library

This is a review of the first two in the Robin Boyd inspired series 'Melbourne Architectural Papers', of lectures given by international visitors invited by Boyd. The two reviewed here are 'A Critic's View' by Englishman J.M.Richards and 'The new Forces' by American Peter Blake.p 47-48Arrows and underline on Robins Boyd's namemelbourne architectural papers, walsh st library

A proposal letter written by Mark Strizic for a grant from the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board to fund a series of art books. Strizic proposes a series of books illustrated by Strizic's own photography, under the series title Expressions. Strizic seeks a grant of $4900 from the board for the publication of two books, one of furniture maker Schulim Krimper, another on John Perceval's Cherubs. Budgets for these books are included, proposing to use the profit from sales to fund subsequent books, including one on the Centre 5 group of sculptors and one with Australian poets with graphics by artist Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski.Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 4 pagesRobin Boyd pencil noterobin boyd, meriel wilmot-wright, myer foundation, mark strizic, schulim krimper, brian lewis, margaret garlick, inge king, clifford last, lenton parr, teisutis zikaras, julius kane, centre 5, time riders, john perceval, vincas jomantas, stan ostoja kotkowski, judith wright, roland robinson, kenneth slessor, max harris, claude wischik, commonwealth art advisory board, andrew grimwade, national gallery of victoria, joseph brown, brian stonier

This is six verses, and may be the lyrics of a song for the Annual Architect's Review.Typewritten, carbon copy, 1 page

This letter from A. Fabinyi thanks Robin Boyd for sending the "Design in Australia" scripts, and asks whether he wishes to illustrate and edit them with a view to possible publication.On the reverse some handwritten notes by Robin Boyd in pencil - names and associated tasks.

This letter from A. Fabinyi congratulates Robin Boyd for his appointment as a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria and expresses delight at the Victorian Government's choice.

This letter from A. Fabinyi contains copies of a review of "The Walls Around Us" and other articles which reference "The Australian Ugliness" and Robin Boyd. FW Cheshire are the publishers of "The Australian Ugliness" and "The Walls Around Us".