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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper Clipping, Australian Landscape Art; A fine collection; The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), p4, November 18, 1918
AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE ART. A FINE COLLECTION. The late Mr. Walter Withers was one of the little band of landscapists that Included Streeton Condor, who pioneered the "plein-airiste" movement In Victoria thirty years ago. Mr. Withers had been trained in Paris, but practically all his artistic life was spent in Australia, and examples from his easel are to be found in all the leading Australian galleries. He belonged to a brilliant little coterie of men whose works have since been eagerly sought for at ever-rising prices. And now collectors have an opportunity of acquiring examples of his art for a thoroughly characteristic collection of his work, both in oils and in water-color, will be open to-day In the fine art gallery at Anthony Horderns', in George Street. The collection includes 28 paintings in oil by the late Mr. Walter Withers, and 32 of his water-color drawings, while smaller collections by his daughter, Miss Margery Withers, and by his son, Mr. Meynell Withers, are also added. Among the landscapes in oils by the deceased artist may be seen examples of many moods, and also many phases of his artistic development. At different times he was a realist, a romanticist, an idealist. In his fine picture "The Easter Moon" the emotional appeal to the homing instinct is direct and compelling. This delightful work, low in tone and charming in its feeling of repose, suggests the sentiment of Gray's "Elegy." Entirely different in range, intention, and feeling, are two brilliantly-painted pictures entitled "The Young Gardener," and "The Dividing Fence," Mr. Withers here displays an unusual gift for placing effective notes in an admirably harmonised color scheme. "Sunlight in the Forest" is a pastoral poem in color. Most of these pictures were painted in the Eltham or Warrandyte country, while the "marines" are impressions at Phillip Island or on the shores of the bay. The artist was well equipped with technical knowledge and experience. His pictures are full of air and sunlight, and his realisation of cloud-forms is most convincing. The watercolor drawings which he did in the full maturity of his powers have, a softness, richness, and depth of color quite unusual. His son, Meynell Withers, shows a collection of landscapes of striking merit, recalllng his father's handling of color and selective taste In composition. Miss Margory Withers shows a charming group of watercolor portraits, and also some meritorious landscapes. The pictures have been hung with fine artistic discrimination in the grouping of the subjects, and so skilfully that in each group an essential harmony of tone has been preserved. The exhibition will be open to the public from to-day. AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE ART. (1918, November 18). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239575164Journal inscribed: "Mrs Withers 463 Collins St. West Melbourne"art exhibition, art review, artist, john withers collection, walter herbert withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper Clipping, Australian Landscapes; Walter Withers' works; The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld), p4, December 14, 1918
AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES. (1918, December 14). The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903; 1916 - 1926), p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215454911Journal inscribed: "Mrs Withers 463 Collins St. West Melbourne"art exhibition, art review, artist, john withers collection, walter herbert withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper Clipping, Landscape Art; The Withers Exhibition; The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld), p7, December 16, 1918
AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES. (1918, December 14). The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903; 1916 - 1926), p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215454911Journal inscribed: "Mrs Withers 463 Collins St. West Melbourne"art exhibition, art review, artist, john withers collection, walter herbert withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Artwork, other - Drawing, Believed to be Aston, Warwickshire, England, birthplace of artist Walter Withers, n.d
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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Carte de Visite, H.J. Whitlock, Believed to be Fanny Flinn, c.1862
Believed to be Fanny Flinn (wife of artist Walter Herbert Withers) born Handsworth in 1858. Handsworth is situated in greater Birmingham and is 8 miles from the photographer's studio. Photographed by H.J. Whitlock, 11 New Street, Birmingham Henry Joseph Whitlock operated from this address from 1862 to the mid 1890s. This particular carte-de-visite is representative of those he produced in the 1860s. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp07730/henry-joseph-whitlock also http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/visitors/whit.htmMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldbirmingham, carte de visite, fanny flinn, john withers collection, h.j. whitlock (photographer) -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Emily Gladys Withers, Kew Studio, 1891
On reverse: "Emily Gladys Witrhers, Kew Studio, 3 years" Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mould1891, emily gladys withers, john withers collection, walther withers kew studio -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old Heidelberg, along road to Eltham, c.1895
On reverse: "Old Heidelberg, Along road to Eltham I found I had 2 of these" Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, heidelberg, eltham -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mary Pitt (left) and Nancy Josephine Withers at Heidelberg, c.1898
Mary Pitt and Nancy Josephine Withers were daughters of artist Walter Herbert Withers and Fanny (nee Flinn) Mary Pitt Withers was born December 4, 1895 at Heidelberg. Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers was born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria. Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, 1898, nancy josephine pitt withers, heidelberg, mary pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mary Pitt (left) and Nancy Josephine Withers at Heidelberg, c.1898
Mary Pitt and Nancy Josephine Withers were daughters of artist Walter Herbert Withers and Fanny (nee Flinn) Mary Pitt Withers was born December 4, 1895 at Heidelberg. Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers was born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria.Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, 1898, nancy josephine pitt withers, heidelberg, mary pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, X-ray, left arm of C.S.M. Tyrrell George Evans, Sern. 789, 31st Battalion, AIF, 1916
No. 11 AGH X-Ray Department photo of a gun shot wound to left arm suffered July 1916 in France by C.S.M. Tyrrell George Evans, Sern. 789, 31st Battalion, AIF Tyrrell George Granville Evans was born on 17th August 1892 Enlisted (No. 789) 7 July 1915 as a Private and was assigned to the 31st Battalion. Promoted to Sergeant 1 Nov 1915. Disembarked Suez 7 Feb 1916 Admitted to 32nd Stat. Hospital in France 21 July 1916 with a gunshot wound to the left arm. According to daughter-in-law, Janet Evans, on 19 July 1916, in the battle near Pozieres on the Somme, he was hit by a German high explosive shell and was unconscious and badly wounded. His left arm was shattered, and he had a bullet wound on his leg. Embarked at Boulogne on H.S. Cambria for Middlesex War Hospital, England 24 July 1916. Evans returned to Australia and was discharged medically unfit, 7 April 1917. After months in the Caulfield Hospital his arm could not be saved, and it was amputated 18 July 1917. On July 6, 1918, Tyrrell George Granville Evans married Mary Pitt Withers at Eltham, daughter of artist Walter Herbert Withers (deceased) and wife Fanny (nee Flinn). They had three children, Mary Roberta Evans born February 8, 1921, at Balwyn and twins Shirley and Joyce born June 10, 1922. Mary died 17 days later, June 27, 1922, at Balwyn. Tyrrell had to cope with three children under three years old and a missing left arm. He had been lefthanded before his war injuries. He had help from the family, especially his sister. On August 1, 1924, Tyrrell George Granville Evans married Marian Frances Wilcox and they had two children: Barbara Marian, born 27 July 1925 and Tyrrell Granville, born 3 July 1928. The children were all brought up together in Glen Iris. Tyrrell became renowned as a one-armed golfer and tennis player. He was Senior Vice-President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria and was on the committee of the Metropolitan Golf Club. At the time of his retirement, he was General Manager of the Colonial Meat Company. Tyrrell died September 3, 1962 and was succeeded by sixteen grandchildren. Contributed to by Janet Evans (daughter-in-law), 27 May 2024Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, 1916, gun shot wound, tyrrell george granville evans, x-ray, mary pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sgt Tyrrell George Evans, Sern. 789, 31st Battalion, c.1916
Tyrrell George Granville Evans was born on 17th August 1892 Enlisted (No. 789) 7 July 1915 as a Private and was assigned to the 31st Battalion. Promoted to Sergeant 1 Nov 1915. Disembarked Suez 7 Feb 1916 Admitted to 32nd Stat. Hospital in France 21 July 1916 with a gunshot wound to the left arm. According to daughter-in-law, Janet Evans, on 19 July 1916, in the battle near Pozieres on the Somme, he was hit by a German high explosive shell and was unconscious and badly wounded. His left arm was shattered, and he had a bullet wound on his leg. Embarked at Boulogne on H.S. Cambria for Middlesex War Hospital, England 24 July 1916. Evans returned to Australia and was discharged medically unfit, 7 April 1917. After months in the Caulfield Hospital his arm could not be saved, and it was amputated 18 July 1917. On July 6, 1918, Tyrrell George Granville Evans married Mary Pitt Withers at Eltham, daughter of artist Walter Herbert Withers (deceased) and wife Fanny (nee Flinn). They had three children, Mary Roberta Evans born February 8, 1921, at Balwyn and twins Shirley and Joyce born June 10, 1922. Mary died 17 days later, June 27, 1922, at Balwyn. Tyrrell had to cope with three children under three years old and a missing left arm. He had been lefthanded before his war injuries. He had help from the family, especially his sister. On August 1, 1924, Tyrrell George Granville Evans married Marian Frances Wilcox and they had two children: Barbara Marian, born 27 July 1925 and Tyrrell Granville, born 3 July 1928. The children were all brought up together in Glen Iris. Tyrrell became renowned as a one-armed golfer and tennis player. He was Senior Vice-President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria and was on the committee of the Metropolitan Golf Club. At the time of his retirement, he was General Manager of the Colonial Meat Company. Tyrrell died September 3, 1962 and was succeeded by sixteen grandchildren. Contributed to by Janet Evans (daughter-in-law), 27 May 2024Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, 1916, tyrrell george granville evans, x-ray, mary pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sgt Tyrrell George Evans with fiancee, Mary Pitt Withers outside the Withers family home, Southernwood, Bolton Street, Eltham, c.1917
Present day Google Street View https://goo.gl/maps/PZZMoEdJYUXbgf4a8 Tyrrell George Granville Evans was born on 17th August 1892 Enlisted (No. 789) 7 July 1915 as a Private and was assigned to the 31st Battalion. Promoted to Sergeant 1 Nov 1915. Disembarked Suez 7 Feb 1916 Admitted to 32nd Stat. Hospital in France 21 July 1916 with a gunshot wound to the left arm. According to daughter-in-law, Janet Evans, on 19 July 1916, in the battle near Pozieres on the Somme, he was hit by a German high explosive shell and was unconscious and badly wounded. His left arm was shattered, and he had a bullet wound on his leg. Embarked at Boulogne on H.S. Cambria for Middlesex War Hospital, England 24 July 1916. Evans returned to Australia and was discharged medically unfit, 7 April 1917. After months in the Caulfield Hospital his arm could not be saved, and it was amputated 18 July 1917. On July 6, 1918, Tyrrell George Granville Evans married Mary Pitt Withers at Eltham, daughter of artist Walter Herbert Withers (deceased) and wife Fanny (nee Flinn). They had three children, Mary Roberta Evans born February 8, 1921, at Balwyn and twins Shirley and Joyce born June 10, 1922. Mary died 17 days later, June 27, 1922, at Balwyn. Tyrrell had to cope with three children under three years old and a missing left arm. He had been lefthanded before his war injuries. He had help from the family, especially his sister. On August 1, 1924, Tyrrell George Granville Evans married Marian Frances Wilcox and they had two children: Barbara Marian, born 27 July 1925 and Tyrrell Granville, born 3 July 1928. The children were all brought up together in Glen Iris. Tyrrell became renowned as a one-armed golfer and tennis player. He was Senior Vice-President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria and was on the committee of the Metropolitan Golf Club. At the time of his retirement, he was General Manager of the Colonial Meat Company. Tyrrell died September 3, 1962 and was succeeded by sixteen grandchildren. Contributed to by Janet Evans (daughter-in-law), 27 May 2024Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, tyrrell george granville evans, mary pitt withers, 1917, bolton steet, scan - 620 format 6x9 negative, southernwood -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Possibly Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers at Southernwoood, in Eltham, c.1917
Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria married William Lawrence Bogle 5 November 1926 at Sacred Heart St Kilda, VictoriaMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, 1917, nancy josephine pitt withers, southernwood -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Possibly Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers, n.d
Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria married William Lawrence Bogle 5 November 1926 at Sacred Heart St Kilda, VictoriaMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, nancy josephine pitt withers, postcard -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Possibly Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers, n.d
Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria married William Lawrence Bogle 5 November 1926 at Sacred Heart St Kilda, VictoriaMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, nancy josephine pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Possibly Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers, n.d
Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria married William Lawrence Bogle 5 November 1926 at Sacred Heart St Kilda, VictoriaMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, nancy josephine pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Possibly Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers, n.d
Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria married William Lawrence Bogle 5 November 1926 at Sacred Heart St Kilda, VictoriaMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, nancy josephine pitt withers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Possibly Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers, n.d
Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers born 17 May 1897 at Heidelberg, Victoria married William Lawrence Bogle 5 November 1926 at Sacred Heart St Kilda, VictoriaMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, nancy josephine pitt withers, scan - 620 format 6x9 negative -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family member outside Southernwood home, Bolton Street, Eltham, n.d
View looking south along Bolton Street towards SouthernwoodMany items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, bolton steet, scan - 620 format 6x9 negative, southernwood -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, At Margies wedding, 1927
Margery Pitt Withers was born 13 January 1890 at Handsworth, Warwickshire, England. Her mother Fanny had travelled back to England at the time to visit her ailing father. She married Richard Matthew McCann in Victoria in 1927Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, 1927, margery pitt withers, richard matthew mccann, wedding -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sheep at Southernwood, Bolton Street, Eltham, n.d
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, southernwood, sheep -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family members, c.1918
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family members, c.1918
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family members outside Southernwood home, Bolton Street, Eltham, n.d
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, southernwood -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family members outside Southernwood home, Bolton Street, Eltham, n.d
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, southernwood -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family members outside Southernwood home, Bolton Street, Eltham, n.d
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, southernwood -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Unidentified Withers family members outside Southernwood home, Bolton Street, Eltham, n.d
Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, southernwood -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Kahlyn, 70 Bambra Road, Caulfield North
A three page black and white photocopy of a Caulfield Conservation Study of Kahyln House, formerly Kynaston, 70 Bambra Road, Caulfield North, by Andrew Ward in August 1994. The report describes key architectural features of Kahlyn House and gives a brief history of the property’s ownership. The study includes a photograph of the exterior of Kahlyn. The file also includes an undated, unattributed colour photograph (100mm x 150mm) of the exterior of Kahlyn. An undated, unattributed black & white photograph digital version only.danphy catherine, anderson grace, beauchamp horatio, murray reginald, murray kynaston l, holst frederick, ward andrew, hudson street, caulfield, caulfield north, bambra road, kahlyn private hospital, mansions, hospitals, houses, architectural styles, towers, victorian style, verandahs, kahyln, kynaston -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Map - Coimbra, 5, Chaddesley Avenue, St Kilda East
A two page photocopy of a typed letter from Peter Upton, dated 10/04/1981, requesting information on the property Coimbra in Chattersley Lane (sic), St Kilda and detailing his family’s involvement in the property. He describes his memories of the house, its rooms, details of engraved glass, floral and decorative motifs and extensive garden. The file also includes a one page photocopy of a typed letter from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to the St Kilda Historical Society, dated 29/04/1981, concerning Peter Upton’s letter and requesting assistance in providing him with information about the relevant property as Coimbra does not appear on the Trust’s records. The letter includes a hand drawn map (62mm x 120mm) of the area in which the property is located. Also included is a one page typed letter from St Kilda Historical Society, dated 03/06/1981, to the Caulfield Historical Society, forwarding the letters received from Peter Upton and the Trust about Coimbra. The file also includes two handwritten versions of a two page letter, the final version dated 07/09/1981, from the Caulfield Historical Society to Peter Upton concerning his inquiry about Coimbra. It provides a brief list of occupiers of Coimbra from 1935 to 1974. Also included are two versions of a one page handwritten letter, the final version dated 07/09/1981, from the Caulfield Historical Society Historical to the St Kilda Historical Society thanking them for previous correspondence regarding Coimbra. The file also includes two handwritten versions of a one page letter, the final version dated 07/09/1981, to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), from the Caulfield Historical Society, concerning Peter Upton’s inquiry about Combria. This letter is accompanied by a two page copy of the Society’s reply to Peter Upton. Also included is a one page typed letter of acknowledgement, dated 14/09/1981, from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to the Caulfield Historical Society.coimbra, upton henry e, saunders william g, causer archibald m, mansions, upton patricia henrietta, coimbra private hospital, connolly d, chaddesley avenue, chattersley lane, st kilda east, east st kilda -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive J-507 shunting at Barnes Railway Station, NSW, Aug. 1963
Shunting at Barnes Railway Station (second stop from Echuca) on the Victorian Railways line to Deniliquin, NSW. Once a private line owned by the Deniliquin-Moama Railway Company. Barnes is the junction for a similar line to Balranald, NSW. George Coop's Holden Station Sedan can be seen parked in the railway station driveway.Digital TIFF file Scan of black and white print Enlargement prints on textured paper (15.5 x 20.5 cm)george coop collection, j-507, j-class steam locomotive (vulcan foundry), barnes railway station