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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BADHAM COLLECTION: THE PUPILS' CLASS - BOOK OF ENGLISH COMPOSITION BOOK IV
The pupils' class book of english composition - book IV by ED. J.S. Lay F.R.G.S. Macmillan and Co. Ltd. St. Martins Street London. 1924 small book - stapled, Hills Busy Book Bazaar Pall Mall Bendigo is embossed on page1. For young pupils 12-13 age group.book, magazine, victorian railways, the pupils' class book of english composition - book iv by ed. j.s. lay f.r.g.s. macmillan and co. ltd, st. martins street london 1924. hills busy book bazaar pall mall bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRIS COLLECTION: MALE PHOTO, Nineteenth Century
Black & white studio portrait male aged approx 30 years. Head & shoulders turned up collar with neck tie. Handkerchief in coat pocket. Printed on Front. Charlemont Sydney & Melbourne. Reverse similar with addition, Vice Regal Photographers, The Royal Arcade Sydney, and at 114 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.Charlemont & Cophotograph, person, male -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - E DOWLING COLLECTION: MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Marriage certificate of John Scott Lithgow and Mary Matilda Lithgow. Marriage by licence. Parish church of Morden in the county of Dorset, diocese of Sarum. Date 20 December 1848. Bachelor and spinster, both 21 years of age. T.R Capel, surrogate. Fitz Macdonald, registrar. Possibly related to the Weir familygenealogy, family, lithgow, john scott lithgow, mary matilda hillier, morden (dorset), diocese of sarum, marriage certificate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WILLIAM HONEYBONE, TOWN CLERK, c1905
Sepia photograph of male wearing robes and jacket. Male middle aged, balding, moustache. Photograph mounted on brown board with darker brown border. Inscriptions: on board - 'W Vincent Kelly, Bendigo'. History: James Lerk 8.6.2001 'William Honeybone, Town Clerk, Bendigo 1892 - 1923, taken c1905'W Vincent Kellyperson, individual, portrait male -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LOYAL DARLING LODGE JUVEILE ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS MINUTES
Red leather bound foolscap size book with white lined pages. Printed heading above all pages reads 'Loyal Darling Lodge Juvenile Order of Odd Fellows. Ages ranging from 9 years to 16 are listed with members names. 1871- 93 minute of meeting entries enclosed.bendigo, institutions, loyal darling lodge -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - INDIGENOUS STONE TOOL COLLECTION: CUTTING, SCRAPING STONE
Dark grey cutting stone. Number '5' on stone. Stone is dome shaped with sharp, knapped end. Interpretive sign found with stone reads ' Stone age implements, exhibits Nos 1 - 5, found near Strathfieldsaye, Victoria. Used by the aborigines of the Campaspe area to grind the seeds of plants into a flour'first people, dja dja wurrung, bendigo, campaspe -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Infant feeding bottle, Mellin's, Mellin's Food, c. 1900 to 1940
Feeding bottles of this shape were on sale from 1900 for about 40 years. The Allenbury feeder devised by Allen & Hanburys, U.K. was the first of this type. They were easier to clean and the mild flow was easier to regulate. Source: Kevill-Davies, Sally. "Yesterday's Children: The Antiques and History of Childcare" Mellin's Food was a company which produced patent milk solids and cereal preparations from c1860s. English food chemist Gustav Mellin developed an infant food formula in the late 1860s, dubbed Mellin's Food, which became the most widely used mass produced food at this time. Source: Andrew Smith (2013). "Baby Food". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. ISBN 9780199734962. Glass feeding bottle. Bottle is loosely boat shaped with flat base, and neck and openings at either end. There is a small flattened area on the base to allow the bottle to balance. Writing embossed into bottle reads 'MELLIN'S FOOD' and 'TABLE SPOONS'. Graduated markings for months of age and tablespoons. Visible join seams on bottle.infant feeding, infant care -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph
Singapore group - Jewish refugees from Vienna, Austria, fled the Nazi occupation in 1938. Settled in Straits Settlements Singapore and Malaya (then British Territory) but arrested in 1939 when WW2 broke out between Germany and Britain. C:\Camp3\Singaporegroup02.JPG. 1940 sent on "Queen Mary" ocean liner converted to troopship to Sydney then by train to Albury, Seymour, Rushworth to nearby constructed Camp 3D compound. a. this photo was taken in the gardens of Raffles Hotel, in Singapore prior to WW2, when the refugee families enjoyed life in safety. b. Ludwig and Olga Meilich, two of the above, photos donated by their nephew Walter Smiley in 1990.Top half. Approximately 6 rows of people of all ages, about 80 in all. A shed on left side of photo, about 4 trees behind and 2 palm fronds top right hand corner. Bottom half is a lady on left, man (dark shirt, white buttons and jacket) on right.singapore refugee, ludwig meilich, olga meilich, queen mary ocean liner -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, Harold Sargeant (Anthos), Garden Section, 1948
Articles by "Anthos" (Harold Sargeant) in "The Herald" (1) "Chance to See New Roses" 07.04.1948. (2) "Help Irises Along Now" 14.04.1948. (3) "Don't Waste Leaves" 28.04.1948. (4) Article in "The Age" 13.04.1948 "Colorful Garden Week Display." (5) Article in "The Herald 16.04.1948 "Pink Daffodil Was Winner."the herald, harold sargeant, anthos, shrubs, gardening, roses, irises, pink daffodil -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000
House built 1911 for James Carpenter as family home. Original front lawn of violets was venue for Violet Picking Days, around 1920 and 1930. Exterior now aluminium cladding. Occupied by Mac and Margo Kerby, pharmicists, 1960's to early 1980's. Ian Daniel 1990's. Name of house 'Corumbene'|Also One Colour photograph of front fence. 02442.1Colour photograph of a substantial weatherboard triple fronted Californian Bungalow. Bull nose veranda returns around angle to side main decorative timber frieze under veranda roof. Two cypress trees and one Norfolk Island Pine of significant age. Situated at 90 Carpenter Street, Lakes Entrance.houses, heritage study -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 21/04/1962 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1963 and the Lydiard St North terminus and an AETA Convention tour.Kodachrome cardboard mount, colour slide of trams 18 and 37 at the Lydiard St North terminus, during the AETA Convention tour of 21-4-1962. Tram, 18 has adverts for The Age, Lancashire's store at 94-98 Bridge St and a Whites Florist and No. 37 and SEC Electric Cooking advert."AETA Convention 21-4-62" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, aeta tour, tram 18, tram 37 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - CARTAGE CONTRACTOR'S STOCK AND PLANT
Auction catalogue for a sale of Cartage Contractor's Stock and Plant at the rear of Graham Railway Station, Port Melbourne on 9th October, 1941. Sale consisted of horses of various ages and descriptions, horse drawn vehicles and harness. Agents in Conjunction were J. Campbell-Jones & Co. and J. H. Curnow & Son.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - cartage contractor's stock and plant, graham railway station - port melbourne, j campbell-jones & co, j h curnow & son -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of John and Herman Bock, in 1964 at Tarnagulla School Reunion, John and Herman Bock, in 1964 at Tarnagulla School Reunion, March 1964
Murray Comrie Collection.Monochrome photograph of John Bock (standing), and Herman Bock (seated), at the Tarnagulla State School Reunion in March 1964. John Bock is aged around 90 and Herman around 95. Stamp on reverse indicates image copyright held by Herald & Weekly Times. Probably originally created as a news/press photograph. tarnagulla, school, reunion, bock -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Lord Ashfield Chairman London Passenger Transport Board, c1947/1948
Letter from H. Bell, not dated, but c1947/1948, to Lord Ashfield Chairman London Passenger Transport Board, advising that the MMTB is seeking "young men" to work on the tramways. Notes that there is a medical examination, gives physical standards, minimum age, conditions and wages, retiring and gratuity scheme, leave and conditions of employment.trams, tramways, london, employment, immigration, personnel, conductors, buses, retirements -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, What's On" type section, advertising the W-11 City Circle service with Z81, c2006
Newspaper clipping from a "What's On" type section, advertising the W-11 City Circle service with Z81 for the Karachi or Pakistan tram. Gives details of the times, operation, guest speakers - Professor Jane Kelway and Gwenda Tavan and a singer and website - tramtatic.net Cutting not dated, c2006 or 2007. Possibly from The Age.trams, tramways, transporting art, karachi, city circle, w-11 tram, decorated trams, tram 81 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Peter Pidgeon, Grave of Mary and Joseph Shallard also Jack Vincent and Blanche Emily Shallard, Eltham Cemetery, Victoria, 5 April 2021
In Memory of Mary Beloved wife of Joseph & mother of Jack, Will & Jocelyn Died 8th Sept. 1953 and In loving memory of Joseph Died 27th July 1965 Aged 88 years Also their son Jack Vincent died 3rd June 1991 Aged 85 years And his wife Blanche Emily Died 10th September 2002 Aged 97 yearsBorn Digitaleltham cemetery, gravestones, blanche emily shallard, jack vincent shallard, joseph shallard, mary shallard -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Financial record - Membership Card, Shipconstructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association, 1946
Several items once belonging to shipwright Norman McKenzie were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. They relate to Norman’s apprenticeship and certification as a Shipwright in Belfast, his Union membership and his employment as a shipwright in Melbourne. One of the items, a union Rules Book inscribed with the name H.B. Thomas and dated 1902, had within its pages Norman’s Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 1941, Norman Desmond McKenzie was born in Belfast in 1925 and lived at 10 Pansy Street Belfast, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. He was a member of the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Belfast (B) Branch 20. His Registration Number was 38748. He completed his apprenticeship on December 16th, 1946, aged 21 years, his address was 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast. In October 1949 Norman received Clearance from his Union as a financial member to move to another branch. He had completed his Apprenticeship on December 16th 1946. Two months later he migrated to Australia, arrived in Victoria and became a Financial Member of the Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship Constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch. One of Norman’s donated books is the Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. It is inscribed on several pages with the name H.B. Thomas and includes the year 1902 and the address of 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale. This is a location in Victoria, Australia. The Victoria Government Gazette, February 1959, in the section “Removal from Registration on The Architects Registration Board of Victoria, during the year ended 31st December 1956” lists “Deceased – Thomas, H.B., 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale”. The Architects Union includes Naval Architects and Shipwrights and other trades that came under the same union. It seems likely that when he was in Melbourne, Norman worked as a Shipwright for H.B. Thomas and was given the Rules book by Thomas, perhaps as a reference book or maybe as a gift. Around that same time, December 1949, Norman met his wife-to-be, Daphne, in Melbourne. Daphne had migrated from London with her family and her father found work with the Melbourne Harbour Trust. They married in Melbourne in 1953 and their family grew to include five children. In 2003 Norman and Daphne moved to Warrnambool and then years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Norman passed away on July 28th 2015 at Warrnambool’s South West Healthcare hospital.Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer.- Apprentice's Membership Card, Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association; pink fabric covered card covers with white paper pages that record the member's contributions. for the year 1946 - enclosed within the Card is a printed and signed white paper Certificate of Shipwrights' Clearance Line, Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association, Branch Transfer papers for N.McKenzie, 1st October 1949. ON THE CARD: Stamped "BELFAST (B) branch" "J ALEXANDER" Handwritten "N. McKenzie, 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham," NIR", (Branch Nu.) "20", (Reg No.) "38748" "9/3/46", (Rate) "APP" ON CERTIFICATE: "(99) BELFAST B" "N McKenzie" "NIR" "38748" (Member No.) "221" "24" (years of age) (CLASS OF MEMBER" "Full Benefit" "!st October 1949" (Signature Of) "John Alexander"union card, apprentice shipwright, branch transfer papers, union membership, m mckenzie, 1946, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, norman mckenzie, norman desmond mckenzie, belfast shipwright, shipwright's apprenticeship, harland & wolff limited, shipbuilding & engineering works, the ship constructors’ and shipwrights’ association, registered shipwright, victorian branch of the federated shipwrights, ship constructors, naval architects, ships’ draughtsmen and boat builders’ association of australia, victoria branch, shipwrights' provident union, h.b. thomas, architects registration board of victoria, naval architect, daphne, norman and daphne mckenzie, indenture of apprenticeship, 1941, 1949 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Newspaper - Newspaper supplement, The Age - 100 Years of Parliament 2001
Supplement of The Age newspaper May9, 2001Four pages. Includes100 Great Moments - extraordinary events of federal parliamentary life over the past 100 years (Pages 2&3) and a century of electoral milestones (p4) -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Liz Pidgeon, Tour of St Katherine's Anglican Church and cemetery, St Helena, 27 October 2014, 27 October 2014
Sacred to the memory of Humphrey Peers late of Bedford England died June 19 1868 aged 52 years also Mary his beloved wife died September 21 1924 aged 93 yearsBorn Digitalst katherine's church, st helena, cemetery -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - DOCUMENT, EVACUATION, Possibly WW2
Coloured document, red / white / blue. Document folds out 4 times. Front shows a group of children with hand luggage. Details the evacuation procedure for all school children from aged between 6 - 15 years & mother or guardian. The document is for householders who may be implicated in this procedure during the war.“GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA STATE EVACUATION COMMITTEE” “An Appeal and An Explanation”document, evacuation, families -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO CEMETERIES COLLECTION: SANDSTONE TOMBSTONES IN THE BENDIGO CEMETERY
Photocopy of a two page document prepared by Carol Holsworth titled ''Sandstone Tombstones in the Bendigo Cemetery'' The document was prepared to highlight the state of disrepair of some 50 sandstone tombstones in the cemetery. The document list the name, date of death, age and other notes on the tombstones and urge the trustees of the cemetery to take action to preserve them.bendigo, cemetery, bendigo cemetery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: SILVER TROWEL, 11/12/1963
Newspaper. Harry Biggs Collection. Newspaper article from Bendigo Advertiser telling of the discovery of a silver trowel at the Kyabram tip. This trowel was used to lay the memorial stone of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. A photo shows Administrator of Bendigo's Home & Hospital for the Aged. Mr A. Mayne showing it to the Assistant Administrator Mr A. G. Lacy.Bendigo Advertiserorganization, institution, bendigo beneolent asylum, harry biggs collection, silver trowel, bendigo benevolent asylum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HUMME AND ISER AND DIAMOND HILL RESIDENCE
First part page is a very brief history of Humme and Iser, Timber Merchants. Also mentions when Mr. Humme and Mr. Iser died and their ages. The next two pages list the residence of Diamond Hill in 1955 and in the 1920's. Also no. Residence in 1981. 5. Notes are typed with additional information handwritten.document, names of bendigo pioneers, diamond hill, humme and iser and diamond hill residence, mr humme, mr iser, james bush, mrs elizabeth bush, mrs ellen day, mrs nellie eddy, mrs dorothy guild, james holiday, mrs rebecca hoching, david h richards, james riley, miss sophie rowe, mrs gertrude rushmeyer, mrs augusta weseloh, (post mistress), mary andrews, mrs crawford, bill rowe, sophy rowe, miss le clare, zephyr deason (mrs peter mulqueen), leaflet deason (mrs ruth mulqueen), mrs & miss mable budge ?, sidstrip ?, teasedale ?, andy brookfield, ? brookfield, schrunck, dempster, miss rose herbel (mrs luke murphy), dean. herman, andy erwin, mrs augusta wescloh (postmistress), roy shilling -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Yeoman and Co Prahran, 1908 c
Sepia toned original studio photograph of Percy William Sutherland aged about 9 years, photograph mounted on heavy card shows a young boy, short haircut, white shirt collar, dark vest and jacket with fly away lapels, dark knee length pants and socks, black laced shoesgenealogy -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Photo - Bill Hermon with his first daughter, Joy, in the 1940s
B&W photo of Bill Hermon holding a baby of about three months of age. Bill is wearing a sleeveless pullover over a shirt with rolled-up sleeves. They appear to be on the Hermon farm at Menzies Creek. In the field behind them is a metal hand roller. Beyond a small row of shrubs is a child's tricycle. 1940s. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "75 and still serving the community", 16/10/1972 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 16/10/72 about Mr. Maurie Calnin who is actively involved at the age of 75. A profile item that commences on the vein that this type of activity is unusual. Describes Mr Calnin's life, his activities, one of which is being the President of the BTPS. Includes a photo of Mr. Calnin.trams, tramways, mr maurie calnin, president, btps -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JORDAN COLLECTION: BENDIGO RAILWAY STATION, 20th December, 1981
Colour photo of railway station Bendigo 20 December 1981, showing Engine R711. The tender of the engine has an inscription along the side, 'This locomotive has been ............ Bendigo City Council by Steam Age Australia Pty Ltd'. The engine has been located in the gardens between Mitchell Street and Railway Place.bendigo, parks and gardens, locomotive r711 -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Functional object, Preserved shrimp, c. 1900s
‘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, 1981Shrimp and fish were often preserved by drying them and stringing them together with straw. The age-old technique is also used for other foods, including fish, peppers, and giant white radishes known as daikon. The shrimp here are likely to be from Kagoshima, the southernmost prefecture of Kyushu. - Professor Hideyuki Oka, curator.japanese art, japanese packaging, tsutsumi, gift giving -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Interior, D'Estaville, c.1965
The Melbourne artist Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola, was the daughter of Juan Pedro Narciso Figuerola (1869-1919) and Alice Lucinda Walker Hanson (1889-1969). Each of their three daughters grew up to be involved in the arts: Alma as a painter; Carmen Irene (1906-1993) as a short story writer, poet and teacher of dancing; and Sylvia (also Silvia) Lyla Alice (1911-1992) as a composer and cellist. The first art lessons Alma Figuerola received were with Oscar Binder. Later she attended the art school established by the Melbourne 'tonalist' [Duncan] Max Meldrum (1875-1955). She graduated from his school in 1920, participating in her first group exhibition in the same year. Solo exhibitions of her work were to be held in 1933 at the Meldrum Gallery in Elizabeth Street, in 1937 and 1945 at the Athenaeum Gallery at 188 Collins Street, and in 1951 at Georges Gallery in Collins Street. Throughout her extensive career she participated in group exhibitions, usually with artists of the Meldrum School, and as a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters, of which she was invited to become an associate in 1935. In 1953, her portrait of Professor ES Hills was entered in the Archibald Prize Competition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A resident of Kew from the 1930s - 51 Studley Park Road, often with her mother, her sister Carmen, or both - from c.1942 until her death she lived at 'D’Estaville', 7 Barry Street. From the late 1930s she is recorded as actively contributing to the arts at a local level. In 1939 and 1940 she participated in art exhibitions at the Hawthorn Municipal Library organised by Jessie Carbines. From 1944 to 1951 she co-organised successive Kew Arts Festivals, initially in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Highbury Grove and later at the Recreation Hall in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society in 1958, Alma Figuerola remained an active member of the Society until her death on 8 December 1970. She predeceased her two sisters who both died in the 1990s and who are buried at Andersons' Creek Cemetery in Warrandyte.Part of a photographic series which is historically and aesthetically significant. The photographs record the interiors and exteriors of D'Estaville, an historic Kew mansion in the 1960s, and also its owner, Alma Figuerola, a pupil of Max Meldrum, and a notable Melbourne artist who lived in Kew.Interior, D'Estaville. A chiffonaire owned by the artist Alma Figuerola and located in her house, D'Estaville in Barry Street, Kew. This is a newspaper photograph, part of a series by The Age on the artist Alma Figuerola, and is still under copyright. Alma Figuerola was a foundation member of the Kew Historical Society. She died in 1970, so the photograph predates this.australian artists, d'estaville -- 7 barry street -- kew (vic), alma figuerola -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - The Figuerola Sisters in the Garden of D'Estaville, The Age, c.1965
The Melbourne artist Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola, was the daughter of Juan Pedro Narciso Figuerola (1869-1919) and Alice Lucinda Walker Hanson (1889-1969). Each of their three daughters grew up to be involved in the arts: Alma as a painter; Carmen Irene (1906-1993) as a short story writer, poet and teacher of dancing; and Sylvia (also Silvia) Lyla Alice (1911-1992) as a composer and cellist. The first art lessons Alma Figuerola received were with Oscar Binder. Later she attended the art school established by the Melbourne 'tonalist' [Duncan] Max Meldrum (1875-1955). She graduated from his school in 1920, participating in her first group exhibition in the same year. Solo exhibitions of her work were to be held in 1933 at the Meldrum Gallery in Elizabeth Street, in 1937 and 1945 at the Athenaeum Gallery at 188 Collins Street, and in 1951 at Georges Gallery in Collins Street. Throughout her extensive career she participated in group exhibitions, usually with artists of the Meldrum School, and as a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters, of which she was invited to become an associate in 1935. In 1953, her portrait of Professor ES Hills was entered in the Archibald Prize Competition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A resident of Kew from the 1930s - 51 Studley Park Road, often with her mother, her sister Carmen, or both - from c.1942 until her death she lived at 'D’Estaville', 7 Barry Street. From the late 1930s she is recorded as actively contributing to the arts at a local level. In 1939 and 1940 she participated in art exhibitions at the Hawthorn Municipal Library organised by Jessie Carbines. From 1944 to 1951 she co-organised successive Kew Arts Festivals, initially in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Highbury Grove and later at the Recreation Hall in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society in 1958, Alma Figuerola remained an active member of the Society until her death on 8 December 1970. She predeceased her two sisters who both died in the 1990s and who are buried at Andersons' Creek Cemetery in Warrandyte.Part of a photographic series which is historically and aesthetically significant. The photographs record the interiors and exteriors of D'Estaville, an historic Kew mansion in the 1960s, and also its owner, Alma Figuerola, a pupil of Max Meldrum, and a notable Melbourne artist who lived in Kew.Alma Figuerola and her sister standing beside a creeper growing up the wall of D'Estaville, Barry Street, Kew. This is a newspaper photograph, part of a series by The Age on the artist Alma Figuerola, and is still under copyright. Alma Figuerola was a foundation member of the Kew Historical Society. She died in 1970, so the photograph predates this.australian artists, d'estaville -- 7 barry street -- kew (vic), alma figuerola -- melbourne artists