Open House 2022: "Like many Melburnians, Ying-Lan Dann has long been fascinated by the Mission to Seafarers, in Docklands. When she was invited to create a work in response to a building as part of this year’s Open House Melbourne, she knew immediately which it would be. Taking a peek behind the closed doors of some of Melbourne’s finest and most interesting buildings is a core premise of the weekend event, now in its 15th year. During that time, the program has grown from half a dozen buildings to a 200-plus strong list that extends to Ballarat and Bendigo. “[It’s] much more expansive and citizen-led,” says Fleur Watson, Open House Melbourne’s executive director. “As a public festival, it has always had a spirit of generosity, this gesture of opening up and allowing visitors to come and look and experience things.” Swinging open their doors at the end of the month will be some of the city’s finest mansions, including Villa Alba in Kew and Brighton’s Billilla, the Cairo flats in Fitzroy, the newly renovated Jewish Museum designed by Kerstin Thompson, the Melbourne Quakers Centre, the Albanian Mosque in Carlton North and many more. Considering how to approach the event this year, held remotely for the past two, Watson decided to explore beyond the traditional, with associate professor and director of curatorial practice at Monash University Tara McDowell. The two have co-curated an exhibition of works to run concurrently with the Open House program, called Take Hold of the Clouds. That’s where Dann’s work, Circular Temporalities, comes in, one of seven commissions around town in which local and international artists respond to chosen buildings or sites. A lecturer in interior design at RMIT as well as an artist, she is interested in time and finding different mediums to show things in flux and, having grown up on Phillip Island, she often uses water as a theme. When she started spending time at the Mission, Dann found there was an oculus at the top of the dome, known as the Norla Dome. She thought about how that small but significant opening related to where sailors spent so many months of the year, the sky being the only thing they would see much of the time, stars guiding the way in times gone by, and of the recent stories she’d heard about sailors being trapped at sea during COVID. Built in the Arts and Craft style between 1916 and 1919 and designed by architect Walter Butler, the Mission includes a chapel, clubroom, Chaplain’s house, a small cottage and the Norla Dome, which was apparently inspired by the Pantheon. The Mission was funded by the government and the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild, who Dann was also intrigued by. “One of the things those women identified is that life at sea is very dangerous [and they] wanted to give them a space of sanctuary and support,” she says, adding that for many years, the dome was used as a gymnasium. Her work inside the dome includes a 35-minute loop film, recorded from the ferry during the crossing from Queenscliff to Sorrento. The horizon takes up about a third of the shot and moves as the waves rise and fall, mirroring the journeys made by the sailors who found refuge at the mission over the years; it will be projected onto a gauze-like fabric, allowing glimpses of the building behind. Dann also plans to activate the site over the course of the weekend and will read a poem by Justin Clemens.The articles gives an insight of the création of the artwork by Ying-Lan Dann. digital copy of an article with photographs published in the Ageopen house melbourne, 2022, ying-lan dann, take hold of the clouds, norla dome, exhibition, the age, cultural events

For several years Sam Angelico and his partner, Rosanna used the Norla Dome for their show, Illusionaire. In 2019, due to the renovations works, the show ended at the Mission.The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Colour flyer (postcard format) for a magic showcultural events, magic show, illusionaire, sam angelico, norla dome, flinders street

The Pirate Experience by The Queens of the Damned is a cabaret show that was held at the Mission to Seafarers every week ends for several months in 2022.The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Double sided colour flyer for a cabaret show with actors in pirate costumes on a black background.cultural events, norla dome, flinders street, cabaret, shows, pirate experience, queens of the damned, 2022

Double sided food and wine festival, melbourne, 2010, cultural events, menu

On the 21st of July 2018, Clare McCracken boarded the ANL Wahroonga container ship to travel to China mirroring her great-great-grandmother's journey from Australia to Asia in 1874. Artist statement from the back of the flyer: "In 1874, my great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth Amy Cathcart Payne, sailed unaccompanied from Australia to Asia, writing a detailed journal of her experiences. This exhibition weaves together sections of her diary with my own voyage from Australia to the world's busiest port, Shanghai. In doing so, The Place Between, is a meditation upon the social and political nature of international trade, the mobility and the place between Australia and the rest of the world in the 19th and 21st century." The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Postcard size flyer advertising for an exhibitionthe place between, clare mccracken, cultural events, sea voyage, andrew ferris, arun munoz, video installation

On the 6th of March 2021, the Melbourne-based band Shantily Clad launched their album in the Mission to Seafarers. There was a wave of popularity of the sea shanty during the Covid pandemic especially on the social media application TikTok.The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Postcard size flyer advertising for an the launch of the band Shantily Cladcultural events, concerts, band, sea shanty, shantily clad, norla dome, songs

On the 6th of March 2021, the Melbourne-based band Shantily Clad launched their album in the Mission to Seafarers. There was a wave of popularity of the sea shanty during the Covid pandemic especially on the social media application TikTok.The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Photograph of the band Shantily Clad during the launch of their album in the Norla Dome.cultural events, concerts, band, sea shanty, shantily clad, norla dome, songs

Showcasing classical music in unexpected location across Melbourne, Secret Symphony presents free pop-up performances promoted exclusively through social media. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra chose the Mission to Seafarers for one of their concerts held up to four times a year, on the 29th of June 2018.The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Small flyer printed on blue paper advertising for an concert by the MSO at the Mission to Seafarerscultural events, concerts, norla dome, classical music, mso, melbourne symphony orchestra, secret symphony, 2018

Margaret Woodward is a an artist and an an associate professor of design at Charles Sturt University. Artist statement: "The Sea is All Around us is a multi-layered event which creates a memorable experience for those visiting the Dome Gallery and the Mission to Seafarers in Melbourne’s Docklands. The event acknowledges and raises awareness of the often difficult and dangerous working lives and journeys of seafarers by making visible their role in transporting commodities, materials and objects to and from Australia’s shores. This installation at the Dome Gallery in the Mission to Seafarers in Melbourne’s Docklands marks the third stage of an ongoing research project which seeks to reveal the ‘social life’ of souvenirs. Beyond their representational role souvenirs also trigger intangible, affective qualities – reminders of journeys and places, new associations with tastes, sounds and people, and thereby becoming objects which focus and hold memories. This installation invites seafarers and visitors to participate in a global project which aims to witness sea journeys and trace the mobile life of seafarers and souvenirs. For a fortnight in May 2015, the Dome Gallery became an architectural large scale compass, with the circular floor marking the intersection of its latitude and longitude (37 º 49'21" S 144º 57'03"E). Over these two weeks the Dome Gallery was inscribed with marks recording journeys made by seafarers, recording destination and departure ports, home lands and waterways, and in doing so making visible a small segment of the global patterns of seafaring. Custom-made souvenirs designed for the installation are given to seafarers as gestures of welcome and a memento of their visit. The souvenirs originating in Poland continue their journey by sea, to destinations beyond the Dome becoming part of the global network of seafaring, with an invitation for seafarers to record their future journeys using QR code scanning technologies. It is hoped that by releasing the 200 limited edition souvenirs accompanying the seafarers the mobile life of souvenirs and seafarers will also become visible. Like messages in bottles they leave our shores, becoming ambassadors, representing the Dome Gallery at the Mission to Seafarers, the waters of Port Phillip Bay, Australia’s red soil and vegetation, and carrying memories of visiting Melbourne." The Mission has always been open to the community and has a tradition of hosting cultural events: shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals.Small flyer in PDf for the art installation by artist Margaret Woodward at the Mission to Seafarerscultural events, norla dome, mso, 2015, art installation, margaret woodward

Melbourne Design Week: 14-24 March 2019 Sat 16 Mar 19, 2pm–10pm Norla Dome The Mission to Seafarers Victoria 717 Flinders St Docklands Indulge in a fleshy live experience. Reconnect with your primal being through a progression of sensorial confrontations. Recalibrate your connection to the world around you – the future depends on it. Sensory Experiments is a call for change – a Manifesto for Sensory Intelligence. Part social experiment, part philosophical inquiry and a fully immersive performance piece, this innovative project is forged from a collaboration between two of the city’s (and, indeed, the world’s) most progressive and inquiring minds. An eclectic cohort of creative contributors has been assembled to design a provocative experience intended to awaken the senses. Allow internationally renowned chef Justin James (Executive Chef of Vue de monde and Iki Jime and previously of Eleven Madison Park & Noma Copenhagen) to reignite your sense of taste. Avail yourself to floral artist Hattie Molloy’s interrogation of sensual perception with her reckoning of the Sublime. Absorb and participate in live-choreographed performances, and be aurally challenged by the masters behind the Sydney Opera House’s iconic acoustics. Come, bear witness, bring curiosity. Immerse yourself in this never-before seen collective. Guided by Sense Whisperers, you’ll wander through a series of live, uniquely designed corporeal experiences. Your emotional and physical responses will leave a digital imprint as the results of Sensory Experiments are transmitted in real time. Connect to self, connect to others, and connect to nature – and leave your mark on a living, breathing manifesto for living. Project Partners Matt Tambellini, More Studio and Mr. Kyle Mac, Design and Web Amara Speechley, Curated by, Marketing, PR & Partnerships Damien Boecasse and Erika Hirzinger, Event Production & Project Management Event Partners Justin James, Edibles Hattie Molloy and Emma Proudfoot, Flower Art Mihan Aromatics, Scent Design Chelsea Kate Evans, Performance Direction Samantha Iliov and Holly Simpson, Ensemble Studio, Costume Rachelle Austin, Olivia Reddan and Holly White, Set Stylists Isabel Johnson, Ed Supreme, Messaging and Copy Arup, Soundscape Design Hayden Sommerville, Videography Belle Nowak, Social Media Pord, Wine Tasting Noomi, Seating Website inscapesprojects.com Instagram: @inscapesprojectsA4 size flyer on creamy colour papercultural events, sensory experiments, ngv, national gallery of victoria, melbourne design week, 2019, community, norla dome, incas projects

Barrels in the DomeA4 size two-fold flyer on brown papercultural events, 2019, norla dome, community

Kate Oliver is the granddaughter of Padre Oliver, and daughter of Rodney Oliver and chose to launch a self published album of children's songs at the Mission on 26 May 2019. She has also provided us with additional information and images of Moira Oliver, her grandmother, a keen photographer.Rev Frank Oliver served at the Mission as senior Chaplain from 1930-1960. Rev Rodney Oliver, his son, served on the MTS board in the late 20th C./21st C. Kate Oliver is his daughter.Album of songs for children released in 2018 the launching took place at the Mission on 26 May 2019.kate oliver, passing clouds, children, wellbeing, frank oliver, rodney oliver, events, concerts, hiring events, padre oliver, reverend frank leslie oliver, moira bird oliver, john rodney oliver, cultural events, padre frank leslie oliver, mindfullness, 2019

In 2009 the MtSV was encouraged to ‘open’ the building for public access and in 2010 the building was a feature in the highly successful Open House Melbourne event attracting over 2000 visits. This event began a succession of public programming activities expanding the MtSV’s scope of works.The Mission is one of the sites open every year during Open House except 2023.Pink colour bookopen house melbourne, cultural events, 2018

2 postcards advertising for the exhibition of photographs curated by Uma Kothari. One displays the Mission around 1925 and the second the Mission in 2018.pr uma kothari, now and then, exhibitions, 2019, university of melbourne, university of manchester, nicholas walton-healey

In 2008, the photographer Simon Terrill, organised a photo shoot of a crowd in the industrial port of Melbourne. The photographs were exhibited in the Norla Dome. The film tells about the making of the photo shoot and documents the exhibition.crowd theory, 2008, norla dome, the port of melbourne, simon terrill, footscray community arts centre, mission to seafarers

Index, ill, maps, p.245.non-fictionA photographic and descriptive essay of the First World Warworld war 1914 -1918 - pictorial works, world war 1914 - 1918 - history

p.222.fictionAn intense, atmospheric novel that powerfully evokes the restless, romantic days of fighting Ireland, A Death in Ireland is a literate thriller of uncommon sophistication, rich in theme, style and complexity of characters.ireland - 20th century politics, ireland - geography

The Mission hosted several shows from The Melbourne Fringe Festival: The Passion of Pauline: a live documentary - Billiard Room (2-20 Oct.) Murder In The Chapel, A Murder Village Improvised Whodunnit - St Peter Chapel (3-6 Oct.) Angellis Taliuu, Tectonic - Norla Dome (10-13 Oct.) Roadblocks - Billiard Room (10-13 Oct.) Spark - Norla Dome (10-13 Oct.) I Got Bit By A Monkey Once - Billiard Room (10-20 Oct.) Matt Harvey - Wage Against The Machine- Billiard Room (10-20 Oct.) Motus in Morte - Norla Dome (16-20 Oct.)melbourne fringe festival, 2024, venues, cultural events

Black and White Photograph - Crowd on the beach at Lakes Entrance Victoria 31.12.1992 . Also 03736.3 Children in the surf at Lakes Entrance Victoria , New Years Eve 1992beaches, waterways, tourism

Black and white photograph of a group photo, Christmas eve, 1938 at Nicholson St. cable tram depot, Melbourne. 27 people standing in front of a cable tram at an entry to the depot. Mr. Les Denmead in bus drivers uniform in left hand end of the front row. 1869.1 - original photograph, damaged, stippled finished. 1869.2 - copy photograph, of possibly another print. Keith Kings who made the copy photograph, on the rear of the copy photo says "Copy from a photo by Mr. Reg. Robinson with his permission."1869.1 - On rear in black ink "L.J. Denmead, front row, 1st on left bus drivers uniform" in Mr. Denmead's handwriting. In top left hand corner, in very faint pencil "1938 Nicholson Xmas Eve". 1869.2 - On rear in blue ink "M. & M. T. B. / Group photo of some Bus crews, cable tram personal and staff at Nicholson St. Depot, 1938. Mr. L. J. Denmead in front row on left." "Copy from a photo by Mr. Reg. Robinson with his permission." Stamped in top right hand corner, in blue ink, "K.S. Kings No. 8/ -20 Copyright reserved" Number in blue black ink. Has stamped on black ink on back of paper "11 197A" and "32.6.70". - assume paper manufacturers marks. Date paper at June 1970? trams, tramways, mmtb, nicholson st., cable trams, staff photo

Two page DL size pamphlet, printed on light card, full colour titled "Melbourne Art Trams - Oct 2016 - Apr 2017", with subtitle "People's Choice Award". Has Tram 2009 on front cover, (which was an Art Tram for 2015 by Amanda Morgan). Gives the Artist and tram number on the inside of the document. Has details of the program on the rear. Damiano Bertoli - tram 3509 Eddie Botha - Tram 209 Jon Cattapan - tram 2128 Eliza Dyball - tram 2123 Megan Evans and Eve Glenn - tram 2018 Joceline Lee - Tram 270 Mimi Leung - Tram 3008 Reko Rennie - Tram 2013 Has an image of Michael Leunig from Transporting Art image on rear cover. The Artist statement web page was accessed and placed into a pdf document - see image i3.trams, tramways, transporting art, art trams, decorated trams, tram 3509, tram 209, tram 2128, tram 2123, tram 2018, tram 270, tram 3008, tram 2013

Colour postcard, five panels featuring Transporting Art trams: 1 - SW5 726 route 5, by Mental as Anything 2 - Flinders St station with a pipe band marching. 3 - SW5 723 - Bob & Lorraine Jenyns (See also Reg Item 5210) 4 - SW5 829 - The Peace Tram by Megan Evans and Eve Glenn. It was painted in 1986, and overpainted in 1991 by a new work by Lin Onus. 5 - Z 10? - not part of the Transporting Art Project - tram was allocated to Camberwell for some time and is showing route 75. .3 and .4 advised by Russell Jones 16/9/2020. Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Steve Parish Postcards. Card No. PC323 and a historical note regarding trams on the back. Has "Melbourne Australia" along the bottom edge.trams, tramways, flinders st station, sw5 class, transporting art, tram 723, tram 726, tram 829, tram 10?

Illuminated address presented to J. Armstrong Esq on the eve of his departure from the Bendigo Builders and Contractors Association 23.5.11. Leather bound with gold embossing, an oval photograph of recipient bordered by hand painted flowers and members signatures. Printed by Bolton Bros Bendigo.organization, club / society, business

Set of five tram timetables titled "Summer Holiday Tram Services" .1 - Dec. 2011 to Jan 2012 - festive season, New Year's Eve, School Holidays and Australian Open - four fold full colour double side card, includes works programs for the period - two copies held. .2 - ditto for Dec. 2012 to Jan 2013. .3 - ditto for Dec. 2013 to Jan 2014 .4 - ditto for Dec. 2014 to Jan 2015 .5 - ditto for Dec. 2015 to Jan 2016 Includes maps, logos, safety messages, PTV, Yarra Trams, all night services on New Years eve.trams, tramways, timetables, christmas, holiday arrangements

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Saturday, February 7, 2004. Rock'n'roll: this photo of old time crooners Sh-boom, on the eve of their appearance at the Foundry Arms hotel, will stir a nostalgic sigh among many who remember the fabulous fifties. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

This object relates to Roy MARTIN. He was born on 1/03/1897 in Ballarat, VIC. Roy served in the AIF (3349) enlisting on, 12/07/1915 in Ballarat, VIC before being killed in action on duties with the 5th BATTN as a Army Non-Commissioned Sergeant (SGT) on 11/02/1917. Roy MARTIN was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is M M GENTLESLeather Bound"September 6th 1915 To Mr R Martin from his workmates of the Turning & Fitting branch of the Newport Workshops as a mark of esteem & goodwill on the eve of his departure for the front"first world war (ww1), 1914 - 1918, literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat

Copy of an article from the Bendigo Advertiser 12/5/1906. A miner, Henry Roberts was killed by the fall of a large piece of sandstone which fell with no warning. The shift boss, James H Evely, had passed under the stone a minute before it fell and saw no signs of danger.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - mining fatality at hercules and energetic mine, bendigo advertiser 12/5/1906, henry roberts, samuel knight, wm nankervis, joseph roberts, dr cowen, w abraham, james h evely, clarence united mine, united devonshire mine, miners' association, eaglehawk branch of the a.n.a., robert roberts

Twelve pages souvenir program for Carols by Candlelight in Rosalind park, Bendigo, Christmas eve, 1952. On the back " The President and Members of the Bendigo and Eaglehawk Methodist Youth Fellowship thank you for your support and extend to you their best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Bright and prosperous new year.bendigo, parks and gardens, rosalind park

Iluminated address to -- Thomas Langdon. Esq. MP. Dear Sir - We your fellow members of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, desire on the eve of your departure for the mother country, which you are revisiting after nearly half a century. Signed by 12 members of the Parliament of Victoria. See research.person, individual, address