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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE ART COLLECTION
A Bendigo Advertiser article relating to Bendigo Teachers' College art collection. It includes a photograph of Mr. L.R. Cohn presenting a painting entitled "Castanets" (by Sir William Russell Flint) to the Head of the Art Faculty, Mr. B. Courtis. 20/4/1972.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college art faculty, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, collection, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo teachers' college art faculty, bendigo teachers' college art collection, art, australian art, mr. l. r. cohn, mr. b. courtis, castanets, painting, bendigo advertiser, tertiary education, teacher training -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Fire, William A. Delecca, "Stramit Industries fire at Golden Square 1961"
Bill Delecca was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1929. A Bendigo-based teacher and painter, he has exhibited widely in the local area from 1951, including a retrospective in Bendigo Art Gallery, 1990. He has twice won the Bendigo Art Prize for watercolour and his work is represented in galleries and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Instrumental in the establishment of degree courses in Art at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, he is also the author of an Education Department report to the Australia Council, 1987.Oil painting. The painting is done in dark grey and white with some splashes of orange. William Delecca Collection.In pencil on the back Stramit Industries fire at Golden Square 1961, painting by William A. Deleccagolden squrae, stramit industries, fire -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Stone building, William A. Delecca
Bill Delecca was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1929. A Bendigo-based teacher and painter, he has exhibited widely in the local area from 1951, including a retrospective in Bendigo Art Gallery, 1990. He has twice won the Bendigo Art Prize for watercolour and his work is represented in galleries and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Instrumental in the establishment of degree courses in Art at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, he is also the author of an Education Department report to the Australia Council, 1987.Untitled Oil painting depicting an old miner's cottage. The cottage has two wooden doors the one on the left is open and a window can be seen at the other end. The second door is closed. On the right hand side there is another building. A large tree and a tree stump on the foreground.The signature of the artist at the bottom right hand side landscape, miner's cottage -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Portrait, William A. Delecca
Bill Delecca was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1929. A Bendigo-based teacher and painter, he has exhibited widely in the local area from 1951, including a retrospective in Bendigo Art Gallery, 1990. He has twice won the Bendigo Art Prize for watercolour and his work is represented in galleries and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Instrumental in the establishment of degree courses in Art at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, he is also the author of an Education Department report to the Australia Council, 1987.Portrait of a young man. He has dark hair and dark eyes. The signature of the artist at bottom right. Untitled. William Delecca collection.On the back: Camden Art Centerpainting, male youth, portrait -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Landscape, William A. Delecca
Bill Delecca was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1929. A Bendigo-based teacher and painter, he has exhibited widely in the local area from 1951, including a retrospective in Bendigo Art Gallery, 1990. He has twice won the Bendigo Art Prize for watercolour and his work is represented in galleries and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Instrumental in the establishment of degree courses in Art at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, he is also the author of an Education Department report to the Australia Council, 1987.Oil pastel painting of a weatherboard house behind a wooden fence. A bare tree is next to the house and another outside the fence next to a boat. A green shrub at the right. The painting is signed by W.A. Delecca '52. Untitled. William Delecca collection.Signature of the artist at bottom rightaustralian bush, william delecca, landscape -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Landscape, William A. Delecca
Bill Delecca was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1929. A Bendigo-based teacher and painter, he has exhibited widely in the local area from 1951, including a retrospective in Bendigo Art Gallery, 1990. He has twice won the Bendigo Art Prize for watercolour and his work is represented in galleries and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Instrumental in the establishment of degree courses in Art at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, he is also the author of an Education Department report to the Australia Council, 1987.Watercolour of a dirt road, tall trees on both sides and a mountain in the background. Untitled. William Delecca collectionThe signature of the artist at bottom rightlandscape, william delecca -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - PAINTING BY GEORGE ROWE: FALCON INN, PEG LEG BENDIGO
Small watercolour painting by George Rowe in a golden wooden frame. Under a red sunset the tipical Australian bush and several tents. The main part of the painting shows the Falcon Inn pub in Peg Leg Eaglehawk, four men are standing at the entrance and two aborigines are walking on the dirt road away from the pub. It is believed to have been painted around 1857.artwork, water colour, landscape, from dudley house. stored at the bendigo art gallery from 2000. returned to bhs 03/02/2023 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LANSELL COLLECTION: POSTER ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL FORTUNA 1981
Cream poster, colourfull text, describing Arts and Crafts Festival to be held at Fortuna , Chum Street, Bendigo in aid of Miss Australia Quest 1981. Activities include an 'Art Exhibition by top Australian Artists', glassblowing, a farrier, blacksmithing, potting and a flower arrangement. Held 29th and 30th August 1981. Entry $2.00 adults.bendigo, entertainment, arts and craft festival -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''FERDINAND VON MUELLER'' BY ALEC H. CHISHOLM
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 30 page booklet on the life of the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, by Alec H Chisholm. 'Great Australian Series, published in 1962 by the Oxford University Press, Sydney and printed by the Halstead Press, Sydney. Illustrated with six B&W photos. Catalogue sticker ''2220 CHI'' on front cover. Stamp of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch on the title page and inside back cover. Reference made, on page 25, to a porcelain vase presented to von Mueller and later acquired by Bendigo citizen, A. T. Woodward, and then sold to the Bendigo Art Gallery in 1926.Alec H. Chisholmbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, ferdinand von mueller, biography, alec h.chisholm, bendigo art gallery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK 'OUTSIDE LOOKING IN' BY CLIVE TURNBULL
ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 38 page hardback book of poems by Clive Turnbull. They appeared in 'Art in Australia', June-July 1930. Published by Transition Press, Melbourne in June 1933. Printed by Bright Printing Service, Glen Iris, Vic. Library Catalogue sticker '2034 TUR' on spine. Handwritten in ink on title page, 'Dear Alec: Put this with your collection of literary relics - the tooth of Hy. Lawson and the horsecollar that Adam Lindsay Gordon ?? looked through. Clive Turnbull August 21st 1939.'Clive Turnbullbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, clive turnbull, poetry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - CAROL HOLSWORTH COLLECTION: 1970 NATIONAL BANK PAINTING 'KAPUNDA MINE 1845' BY S.T. GILL
1970 National Bank painting reproduction Kapunda Mine 1845 by S.T. Gill Below the picture title the words - Reproduced by the National Bank in 1970 from the watercolour in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia by permission of the Trustees. The beginnings of a town are shown in the background .There are two Bullock teams with carts and drivers , five men in the fore-ground, and the mine workings are shown in the centre with men operating a sluice.A horse is used to power a winding mechanismpainting, watercolour, gold diggers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: 'MAD AS RABBITS.'
The cartoon strip 'Mad as Rabbits,' in serial form from 'The Sun' newspaper Nov. 3rd 1962 - Nov. 14th 1962. Are in a brown paper envelope sent to Mrs. Lydia Chancellor, 68 Panton St., Golden Square, Victoria, Australia.Mad as Rabbits from 'Sun.'entertainment, comic strip, lydia chancellor collection, collection, cartoon, comics, newspapers, amusements, recreations, art work, drawing, entertainment, comic strip -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - TOWN HALL BENDIGO
black and white image: painters inside the Bendigo Town hall, 1902. Photographer unknown. One of a series presented to the Parliament of Australia by the Parliament of Victoria. Reproduced courtesy of Museum Victoria and the Parliament House Art collection, Canberra.bendigo, buildings, town hall, bendigo, town hall, painters -
Women's Art Register
Journal, Women's Art Forum Annual 1978, 27th February 1979
This journal is the first issue of the Women's Art Forum, a women artists' collective established in 1978 (Melbourne, Australia), in connection with the Women's Art Register.The Women's Art Register is an Australian collection of national significance, documenting the work of Australian women artists from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.First issue of the Women's Art Forum, reporting on the state of feminist art in Australia in 1978. 100 pages. B/W text and illustrations. Articles include artist drawings, stories, histories of women artists, and reports, advocating and representing Australian women artists.Published by the Women's Art Forum of Victoria. Printed by Sybylla Co-operative Press Ltd. -
Women's Art Register
Book - Anthology, Jenny Barber, Women's Movement South Australia, N/A
Overview of funded and non-funded organisations focused on women's rights, and the diversity of the South Australian Women's Liberation Movement through interviews and social history. Essays written by artists, writers and women working in women's services.Black and white text on cover and throughout non-fictionOverview of funded and non-funded organisations focused on women's rights, and the diversity of the South Australian Women's Liberation Movement through interviews and social history. Essays written by artists, writers and women working in women's services.suffrage, voting rights, violence, communism, activism, pascifism -
Women's Art Register
Book, Janine Burke, Australian Women Artists 1840 - 1940, 17/04/22
A history of Australian women artists, the lives and practice of 24 women are covered to redress their absence in critical and art historical records.non-fictionA history of Australian women artists, the lives and practice of 24 women are covered to redress their absence in critical and art historical records. painting, water colour, portraiture, print making -
Women's Art Register
Book, Lucy R. Lippard, From the Centre. Feminist essays on women's art, 1976
Following an introduction from the editors of Art-Rite are 12 essays by Judy Chicago discussing feminist art history, academic perspectives, contested issues, projects and exhibitions, and 18 monographs on specific artists, plus two fictional pieces.Booknon-fictionFollowing an introduction from the editors of Art-Rite are 12 essays by Judy Chicago discussing feminist art history, academic perspectives, contested issues, projects and exhibitions, and 18 monographs on specific artists, plus two fictional pieces.art history, criticism, gender, contemporary, feminism, joan mitchell, judy chicago, faith ringgold, louise bourgeois, adrian piper, eva hesse, performance -
Women's Art Register
Book, Vivienne Binns, Community and the Arts. History. Theory. Practice.Australian Perspectives, 1991
Anthology of articles on the history and theory of community arts in Australia written by artists and artsworkers involved.Booknon-fictionAnthology of articles on the history and theory of community arts in Australia written by artists and artsworkers involved. community arts, collaborative practice, art history, political art, community arts network, aboriginal land rights -
Women's Art Register
Book, Barbara Hall and Jenni Mather, Australian Women Photographers 1840 - 1960, 1986
Arising from research for an exhibition of the same name, which toured Australia 1981- 1982 the book covers the work of 45 amateur and professional photographers and their lives as innovators and travellers. Many of the works come from private collections and have not been previously published.Booknon-fictionArising from research for an exhibition of the same name, which toured Australia 1981- 1982 the book covers the work of 45 amateur and professional photographers and their lives as innovators and travellers. Many of the works come from private collections and have not been previously published.self portraiture, self-portraiture, pictorialism, home magazine, studio photography, melbourne society of women painters and sculptors, olive cotton, ruth hollick -
Women's Art Register
Book - Anthology, Joan Kerr and Jo Holder, Past Present. The National Women's Art Anthology, N/A
Essays on feminist art, art history, criticism and museum practices in 1990s Australia by writers, academics, artists.non-fictionEssays on feminist art, art history, criticism and museum practices in 1990s Australia by writers, academics, artists.indigenous art, political art, gender, represenation, museology, photography, installation, graphic design, collaborative practices -
Women's Art Register
Book, Gay Hawkins, From Nimbin to Mardi Gras. Constructing Community Arts, 1993
A study of the field of Community Arts in Australia and the history of the Community Arts Board.non-fictionA study of the field of Community Arts in Australia and the history of the Community Arts Board.community arts, art and working life, community arts board, community arts network, australia council, trade unions, murals, posters, activism, arts funding -
Women's Art Register
Book, Evelyn Healy, Artist of the Left. A Personal Experience 1930s to 1990s, 1993
A history of the authors life as an artist, teacher, and political activist in Australia.non-fictionA history of the authors life as an artist, teacher, and political activist in Australia.trade unions, social realism, communist party of australia, peace art, australia council, community arts, art and working life, international co-operation art award, cpa, political cartoons, cabramatta and districts art society, noel counihan, contemporary art society of victoria -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Red coat dreaming : how colonial Australia embraced the British Army, 2009
History, artifact and art combine to evoke a time in colonial Australia when the Motherland, and the British Army in particular, loomed large. Challenges our understanding of Australia's military history and the primacy of the Anzac legend.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.179.non-fictionHistory, artifact and art combine to evoke a time in colonial Australia when the Motherland, and the British Army in particular, loomed large. Challenges our understanding of Australia's military history and the primacy of the Anzac legend.australia - history - military, australia - relations - great britain -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: BRIGHTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS AND EVENTS
A collection of Brighton Historical Society newsletters and events dated 1964 - 1968. Includes information on Adam Lindsay Gordon and Sidney Nolan. With compliments from Rosalind Landells for Brighton Historical Society. This collection is in a decorated box.clubs and associations, history, brighton historical society, lydia chancellor collection, collection, lydia chancellor, brighton historical society, sidney nolan, adam lindsay gordon, poetry, australian literature, literature, paintings, art, societies, historical society, civic momentoes, organisation, newsletters -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: MR. FRED COURTIS
A 'Bendigo Advertiser' article titled 'Courtis still revered in educational circles.' This article contains a photograph of Mr. Courtis and an outline of his life and career. He was praised for his contribution to the art course as an art lecturer at Bendigo Teachers' College and particularly praised for his contribution to the development of the F.M. Courtis Art Collection at the university. Mr. Courtis also had a long association with the Bendigo Art Gallery for which he received a life governorship of the gallery for his service to the gallery. See 3320.100bendigo, education, mr. fred courtis, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, education, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo teachers' college staff, tertiary education, teacher trainining, bendigo advertiser, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, history, mr. fred courtis, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, art, art education, art collection, australian art, bendigo art gallery, individual, male, person, state college of victoria bendigo, bendigo college of advanced education -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: RICHARD HARTLEY SMITH ABBOTT
Copy of a piece about Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. Abbott was born in Bendigo. He was a hardware merchant, it operated as Abbot Supply Co. He was a director of the Bendigo gas Co, Sandhurst Building Society and Sandhurst Trustees Co. He also helped pioneer tanning in Australia and he had his tannery in Mandurang. He served on the Strathfieldsaye Council and later the Bendigo City Council. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1907 and in 1932 served as a Senator. In 1887 he was on the committee to establish an art gallery. He served on the School of Mines Council. In 1910, he attended a meeting about Miners' Phthisis in Bendigo. He invested in the Bendigo mines and his firm was a major supplier of various hardware for the mining companies. There is also a photo.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - richard hartley smith abbott, parliamentary library, abbott supply co, bendigo gas co, sandhurst building society, sandhurst trustees co, strathfieldsaye council, bendigo city council, art gallery, school of mines council, miners' phthisis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: WALKABOUT MAGAZINE 1969
Walkabout magazine Australia's way of life magazine. February 1969, price 40 cents. On the cover Australia's film makers, the art of the Boyds. The photo on the cover captures the dedication and concentration of Australia's film makers. Contents: Mail bag - Publisher's column - Two thousand weeks - journey to a lonely mountain - Those brilliant Boyds - Maldon, a museum piece - Our changing language - A paradox of geese - Above Barron waters - On the move - Book reviews.book, magazine, travel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: ANNALS OF BENDIGO PAGE 352 - 1907
Copy of page 352 Annals of Bendigo 1907. Items mentioned are: Water Mains Burst, School of Mines, A Cool Summer, State Elections, Bendigo Firemen, Easter Fair and Hospital Sunday, Fires, Superintendent Sainsbury, Sensational Robberies, New Picture, Senior Cadets and Bendigo's Prosperity.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - annals of bendigo page 352 - 1907, south new moon, specimen hill, south p. of wales, do tribs, united ulster, victoria consols, virginia, garden gully united sandheap, temperance hill, ellenborough, company's mine, belmont and saxby shaft, main ellenborough shaft, mr donald clark, school of mines, mr j r v anderson, messrs a roberts and sons, mr w h thompson, mr j sarvaas, mr b sluyterman, t glass, d smith, t tunnecliffe, a s bailes, j semmens, h kirkwood, a hicks, d r lazarus, r h s abbott, w orr, bendigo easter fair, hospital and asylum, r e walters, j sideborrom, oldfellows hall, l a lyons, mr peterson, unity mine, rose of australia hotel, superintendent sainsbury, superintendent r c molyneux, melbourne mint, e m pascoe, messrs roberts osborne and co's bacon factory, c f roberts, the golden wedding (a painting), bendigo art galery, carl hoff, senior cadets battalion, lieutenant t r henderson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ANA COLLECTION: EXERCISE BOOK - AUSTRALIAN NATIVES ASSOCIATION SANDHURST BRANCH PICNIC ART UNION 1890, 100 WINNING NUMBERS
exercise book in poor condition Australian Natives Association, Sandhurst Branch, Picnic Art Union 1890 Book lists 100 prize winners: columns for Prize (sequenced 1 - 100), Winning Number, Name, "Received prize as set down opposite name" book in poor and damaged condition a exercise book cover (marbled coloured cover) b first page, prize names - 16 c next pages, prize nanes 17 -62 g next page, prize names 63 - 85 d last prize page, certified Town Hall Sandhurst, 14th day of January 1981, by three names, prize names 86 -100 e last page in book. notes 484 tickets in Art Union from no. 95571 to 96054, signed Mr Curnow, Sec ANA Sandhurst f paper attachment pasted into book acknowledging "from Mr M Curnow one dinner setbeing 11th prize in ANA Art Union , signed JH Harris -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Drawing - NORMAN PENROSE COLLECTION: ART FOLDER, 1953, 1954, 1955
Artwork. Norman Penrose collection: brown art folder with darker brown spine. Contains notes on Painting Schools and art. Also pronunciation of artists names. Also contains cuttings from magazines & papers relating to women's and men's fashions. Also some cuttings of armchairs. Some drawings of women and notes and illustrations of proportions of the head for fashion drawing. Some of the cuttings are pages from the Australian Women's Weekly.drawing, pencil, norman penrose collection, australian women's weekly, painting schools, women's and men's fashions.