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![Print, Androgynous Aerobics [or which end of the toothpaste do you squeeze?], 1983](/media/collectors/4f729f5597f83e03086015b1/items/655a82f77f3f3810362edc53/item-media/655a83e27f3f3810362ef821/item-fit-380x285.jpg)
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, Androgynous Aerobics [or which end of the toothpaste do you squeeze?], 1983
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...UnknownViews of different aerobic exercises being conducted by a man and a woman. Each exercise takes place in a diferent square, totalling 12 squares in all. Each square is coloured alternately in apricot and pale blue. The man's pants are green, and the woman's top is red. No matt. Framed in black frame with glass glazing.Front: 15/60 Androgynous Aerobics [or which end of the toothpaste do you squeeze] V. McConville '83 (across lower centre, left to right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionAdministrative record - British Passport - K.S. Anderson 1965, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Portland Pier, 1983
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...CEMA Art Collection Part of "A Community View" 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition. Part of Angela Gee Residency 1983 and 1984.Laminated screenprint depicting a panoramic view of Portland Harbour and coastline in lower half. Top half of work features five enlarged sea creatures on a yellow background. The creatures are (from left to right): two seahorses; a side view of a fish; a bug; and a front view of a fish.Front: Portland Pier 32/70 A Gee 83 Back: 11 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Military Service Documents - Robert Arthur Henty, 1917-1924
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, The Groom, 1983-1984
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...CEMA Art Collection. Part of "A Community View" 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition. Part of Angela Gee Residency 1983 and 1984.Laminated screenprint of seated male in black suit. Background is a pale pink covered with an ornate orange and dark pink vine-like pattern. This pattern is continued in the man's suit by using two shades of black.Front: Portland Commemorative Print 5/20. The Groom. Signature of John Cain Premier of Victoria. Back: 14 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, The Organist, 1984
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...CEMA Art Collection. Part of "A Community View: 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition". Part of Angela Gee residency 1983 and 1984.Screenprint of torso and head of a woman. The woman is wearing a long-sleeved top, a large necklace, and a brown hat with large feathers. The background is yellow wit light brown wallpapered patterning. No Matt. Wooden frame with gold edging and glass glazing.Front: 1834 1984 Portland Commemorative Print (lower left, stamp) 1/20 A Gee The Organist (lower centre) John Cain (lower right) (signature, brown ink) Premier of Victoria (black ink stamp) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, Tuna Fishing Pt Lincoln, 1986
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...UnknownFive portraits of male figures in five square at top of print. Each man is in a different pose, with a blue wash background. Underneath are hand-written inscriptions identifying them as different people involved in the tuna-fising industry. The bottom part of the print is a handwritten short essay on the tuna-fishing industry. Mounted without a matt in a pale blue metal frame with glass glazing.Front: 9/40 (lower left) Tuna Fishing, Pt Lincoln (lower centre) Angela Gee '86 (lower right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, The Wedding, c. 1984
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...CEMA Art Collection Part of "A Community View" 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition Part of Angela Gee residency 1983 and 1984Screenprint of cartoon-like male and female. The male wears a black suit, the female wears a white dress and hat with green trim, and a pink necklace. The background is a montage of figures and text. Prominent colours in the background are blue, red, yellow and green.Front: 18/37 (lower left) The Wedding, 1924 (lower centre) A. Gee (lower right) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Tapestry, From the Land to the Sea, 1996-2004
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Woven by The Portland Fibre Group, proposed for installation in the foyer of the Glenelg Shire Council Offices, opposite the entry to the Council Chambers.Tapestry woven in wool on twine warp. Cream coloured background with pale blue flecks of colour, central motif of coat of arms features two birds standing on grey platforms, either side of shield. Central to the shield is a masted sailing vessel sitting atop blue and white horizontal lines representing the ocean. Around the sails of the vessel are radiating yellow rays and a blue surrounds representing sunburst against blue sky. The top third of the shield shows a pair of sheep heads against a red background. Above the shield is depicted a helmet, crowned with a whale. Blue plumage is shown coming from the helmet and framing the whale. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, 19/11/1984
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Dry Point Etching, 'Facet of a Silent Site', n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Dry point etching. Circular, taupe and black foliage. Limed wood frame, single window mount.Front: 'Facet of a Silent Site v/s Herthe Kluge-Pott 2001' - pencil -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, Rotunda, 1984
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...CEMA Art Collection part of "A Community View" 150 years in Portland Screen print Exhibition Part of Angela Gee Residency 1983 and 1984Laminated screenprint of a group of people on Portland's foreshore. People are dressed in late 1800's dress and are watching the rotunda. The work is a photographic screenprint and colour has been added to areas of the photo. In particular, green for the grass, red for the rotunda, blues for the ocean and sky, and various colours for some of the clothing.Front: 34/8 Rotunda (lower left) Lucia Natale 84' (lower right) (pencil) Back: 28 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting, Portland Submarine Shoe, c. 1999
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Exhibition in the Arts Company in 1999?Painting of a fanciful show with chunky high heel, resting on a rocky sea bed, Shoe is fitted with portholes, and periscope like a submarine. The sea is full of stylised red fish, and more fish can be seen in the show itself.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Album - Renewal Receipt - Fire Insurance, Portland Free Library, 22/04/1942
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Back: 'Mr. Hoggan's money in tin in safe account in folder' - handwritten in pencilglenelg shire council archives, portland free library, administration, insurance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting - Painting (Henty Street Casterton), Untitled, 1995
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...The watercolour painting depicts a street scene with a grass hill in the background. The street forms the centre of the foreground and features a row of buildings and cars on both sides of the street. Long shadows extend from the buildings and trees with yellow leaves frame both edges of the work. Across the middle of the work green trees are used to separate the street from the hill in the background. The large grass hill features an outlined shape (Scout symbol) on the side and a building surrounded by trees on top. The work is mounted and framed in a brown and gold frame with glass.Front: Mervyn Hill/95 Back: Framing by W.D. & C.M. Davis RMB 1256 Casterton 3311 Phone (055) 75 3290 -
![Painting - Painting - [Moonlight Trees], untitled [Moonlight Trees], 1967](/media/collectors/4f729f5597f83e03086015b1/items/655a82f77f3f3810362edc65/item-media/655a83e87f3f3810362ef82d/item-fit-380x285.jpg)
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting - Painting - [Moonlight Trees], untitled [Moonlight Trees], 1967
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Included in the 1999 "Salvage" Exhibition at CEMA Arts CentreThe painting depicts numerous leaf-less trees in the moonlight. The trees are painted in shades of brown, black and cream with the main focus on those in the centre foreground. The surrounding trees are completed in darker shades and are hazy and out of focus. The glow of the moon is depicted in white which dissipates into the dark blue/green sky. In contrast to this, a burnt orange is used as the background for the trees. The work has a gold and black frame with no mount or glass.Front: 67 PRO HART (black and gold paint, lower corners) Back: PRO HART "UN-NAMED" (1967) Donated by the Artist (typed label) White Sticker: 2 (in a circle) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting, Langley's Bridge, 1990
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Depiction of a bridge over a creek edged with trees. On left are the branches of a tree with grey-green leaves. The creek fills the lower centre area of the image, painted in pale blue, grey, highlights of white and darker areas of dark blue. The wooden rail bridge curves in an even arch in centre of image. On right is a bank rising from the creek, with large tree with pale grey-green foliage and a tree with darker olive foliage. The background shows what could be hills and the sky is very pale blue. Mounted in a double matt (white on orange), framed under glass in wooden frame with gold details.Front: Phillip Petrie 90 (lower left) (grey paint). Back: "Langley's Bridge" watercolour. 570 x 420 mm $150.00 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Linocut Print - Seventh in a suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue Series, Admella Rescue Series, 2009
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...See 5377Linocut print. Seventh in a suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue Series. Depicts two people holding on to one another. Reaching out to another person whose left hand and forearm only are visible. All surrounded by waves. Printed in black on white archival paper. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 16, 'Exposed for a whole week without shelter - clinging to the bulworks for very life....' Portland Guardian, 15th August 1859, 2009
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut print. Sixth in a suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue Series. Shows head and shoulders and right arm of man on Admella, holding the hand of someone in the sea. Two bands and forearms of another person in the the sea reaching up. Printed in black on white archival paper.Front: Front - Linocut, Bob Stone 'Exposed for a whole week without shelter - clinging to the bulworks for very life....' Portland Guardian, 15th August 1859 - hand written in black penadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Renewal Receipt - Fire Insurance, Portland Free Library, 24/05/1917
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front: '1456' - red ink top rightportland free library, insurance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 4, Some valuable horse stock was on board .... the horses were thrown overboard.... SA Advertiser 7th August 1859, 2009
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut print. Fourth in a suit of 16 in the 'Admella Rescue Series'. Depicts the head of one horse, and the head and one forelegg of the second horse, among large waves. Printed in black on white archival paper.Front: Front - Linocut Bob Stone 'Some valuable horse stock was on board .... the horses were thrown overboard.... SA Advertiser 7th August 1859' - hand written, black penadmella, portland lifeboat, shipwreck -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Engraving - Portland Bay and township from observatory hill, Portland, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hand coloured engraving taken from the publication 'Australasia Illustrated' 1884, the image shows Portland Bay and township from observatory hill. Narrow gold and black speckled Matt board around image, then wider cream matt board. Image backed with white matt board - certificate of Authenticity attached top left. (Reproduction)Front: Artists signatue, bottom left, 'Portland' printed centre border beneath engraving. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Financial record - Passbook - State Savings Bank of Victoria, Portland Free Library, 1922-1924
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front: purple stamp 'Cancelled carried forward to new passbook' 2 purple stamps 'PFL & LI' Back: 2 'cancelled' stamps, 1 PFL&LI' stampglenelg shire council archives, portland free library, administration, finance, savings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 3, '..... they were four hours amongst the rocks and breakers before they got ashore' - SA Advertiser 20th August 1859', 2009
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut Print. Third print in suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue Series. Shows two men on rocky shore, rough sea in background. One man on hands and knees, the other, still in water, holding a long box. Printed in black on white archival paper.Front: Front - Linocut Bob Stone 2009 '..... they were four hours amongst the rocks and breakers before they got ashore' - SA Advertiser 20th August 1859' - handwritten, black penadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Debentures Receipt - Portland Free Library, 01/04/1896
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...portland free library, debt, debentures, glenelg shire council archives -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 6, A public meeting was held to raise a fund for the relief of the survivors. Portland Guardian 26th August 1859, 2009
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut. Sixteenth in a suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue series. Printed in black on white archival paper. Depicts a group of 6 people, one of whom is addressing a crowd of people.Front: 'Linocut Bob Stone 2009' A public meeting was held to raise a fund for the relief of the survivors. Portland Guardian 26th August 1859 - hand written, black penadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Receipt - Commonwealth Bonds, Portland Free Library, 09/02/1922
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...glenelg shire council archives, portland free library, bonds -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting, Beach Scene, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hung in CEO's Office 5/9/2003Scene depicting a beach. On the right are sand dunes with grass covering them. On the left is the ocean. The beach runs from foreground left to the upper centre of image, diminishing in size. In centre left of image three standing adult figures and one child stand to the left of a seated figure wearing a red hat. A fishing pole is braced in the sand beside the figure's chair.Front: J Kent (blue paint, lower right) Back: (unknown) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Financial record - Cheque Book - Portland Free Library, 1947-1948
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front: '229' stampportland free library, glenelg shire council archives, cheque, finance, payments -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 16, 'Four heavy seas struck ... washing one man overhead, who was, however, picked up. Portland Guardian 18th August 1859', 2009
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut. Tenth in a suite of 16, in the Admella Rescue series. Depicts Portland lifeboat. 3 crew members leaning leaning over sid eof life boat towards someone in water. Printed in black on white archival paper.Front: Linocut, Bob Stone. ...'Four heavy seas struck ... washing one man overhead, who was, however, picked up. Portland Guardian 18th August 1859' - Handwritten, black penadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat
