Three colour photographs; one featuring an Hitachi electric commuter train and two of the Steamrail steam train which participated in the Shire of Eltham 1992 18th Community Festival as they crossed the Eltham Trestle Bridge. See also Photo 564.shire of eltham, festivals, trestle bridge, eltham, bridges, steamrail, steam train, hitachi electric train

Three colour photographs; one featuring an Hitachi electric commuter train and two of the Steamrail steam train which participated in the Shire of Eltham 1992 18th Community Festival as they crossed the Eltham Trestle Bridge. See also Photo 564.shire of eltham, festivals, trestle bridge, eltham, bridges, steamrail, steam train, hitachi electric train

Three colour photographs; one featuring an Hitachi electric commuter train and two of the Steamrail steam train which participated in the Shire of Eltham 1992 18th Community Festival as they crossed the Eltham Trestle Bridge. See also Photo 564.shire of eltham, festivals, trestle bridge, eltham, bridges, steamrail, steam train, hitachi electric train

Donor located cloth in the house of his cousin, Olive Perkins, os Seaspray, possibly in 1999. Olive Perkins had no known association with Stratford, apart from being friends with some members of the Stratford Methodist church, but the M. Perkins who appears thereon may have been her mother, and Olive Perkins also appears. It appears, as Methodists were opposed to raffles, which they saw as gambling, that a fee may have been paid to have a name included on a block. It is assumed the quilt was then sold.A degraded signature cloth from the Stratford Methodist Church Harvest Festival 1918. It contains a central block with 20 surrounding blocks. Each normal block contains twelve signatures.It utilises red cotton and red binding on white calico.churches

A History of Nunawading Arts Council 1964-1985,as told by Max Grant. A year by year account is given of the Nunawading Festival and the various orginations involved. Planning and development of the Nunawading Arts and Entertainment Centre is included. There is a list of Office Bearers for the period.A History of Nunawading Arts Council art exhibitions, art festivals, nunawading festival, nunawading arts council, nunawading arts & exhibition centre

‘The Art of the Japanese Package’ was an exhibition that toured to 10 Australian and 11 New Zealand public galleries in 1979 and 1980. The touring exhibition comprised 221 objects of traditional Japanese packaging which extended from ceramics, wood and paper to woven fibre containers. At the conclusion of the tour, The Japan Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council donated the vast majority of the exhibition to the Ararat Gallery for its permanent collection. Combining the natural qualities of bamboo, paper and straw with delicate craftsmanship, these unique objects express Japanese aesthetics as applied through fibre crafts. In Japan, the qualities and traits of natural materials are exploited rather than hidden. The texture of straw, the septa of bamboo are not concealed but lovingly incorporated into the whole. In 1979 Hideyuki Oka, curator of ‘The Art of the Japanese Package’ wrote: “In no way self-conscious or assertive, these wrappings have an artless and obedient air that greatly moves the modern viewer. They are whispered evidence of the Japanese ability to create beauty from the simplest products of nature. They also teach us that wisdom and feeling are especially important in packaging because these qualities, or the lack of them, are almost immediately apparent. What is the use of a package if it shows no feeling?” The descriptions of the featured objects were written by Hideyuki Oka, curator of ‘The Art of the Japanese Package’, 1979.Gift of the Japan-Australia Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1981This box of cryptomeria bark contains miso produced at the Todai-ji, the ancient and celebrated temple at Nara, for one of its annual festivals. Simply made and labelled, it somehow suggests that it has a long history behind it. - Professor Hideyuki Oka, curator.japanese art, japanese packaging, tsutsumi, gift giving

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a horse pulling a hay raker with a person in a high-vis vest watching from the right hand side of the frameCatalogue number written on reverse in pencil Written in pen on reverse 'Young horse pulling C.I. hay rake Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013'churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a horse harness resting on a wooden fence.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil Written in pen on reverse 'Working horse harness on post + rail fence Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013'churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a horse hitched to a hay raker gathering hay in a paddock.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil Written in pen on reverse 'Young horse pulling C.I. hay rake Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013'churchill island, photograph

Briar Hill film director Saara Lamberg has won an award at an international film festival.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.saara lamberg, california fine arts film festival