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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Eltham Community and Reception Centre, 2 October 2006
The Eltham Community and Reception Centre was Australia's first public mud-brick building. Commissioned in 1977 by Eltham Shire Council, led by Shire president (and architect) Robert Marshall, architects Whitford and Peck were asked to design a multipurpose facility in mud-brick and timber. The official opening was performed by the Hon. R.J. Hamer; E.D., M.P., Premier of Victorai on Saturday, April 22, 1978. Architects: Whitford & Peck Pty Ltd Quantity Surveyor: D.J. Cant & Associates Structural Civil Engineers: Charlett & Moore Pty Ltd Landscape: Peter Glass, Dennis Edwards Mech Elec: Lobley Treidel & Partners Pty Ltd Acoustics: Riley Barden & Kirkhope Builder: L.U. Simon Pty Ltd Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p177 The Wiggles performed there, so has the ABC’s Play School. New citizens have made their vows, volunteers have been honoured, school children have performed, weddings celebrated and people mourned at funerals. Since 1978 the Eltham Community and Reception Centre at the corner of Pitt Street and Main Road, has provided a beautiful and quintessential Eltham environment for people from all over Melbourne. Recognised as Australia’s first public mud-brick building, the centre was built partly on the site of the parsonage of the former Methodist Church (now the Uniting Church).1 Commissioned by the Eltham Council headed by President Robert Marshall, architects Whitford and Peck were asked to design a multipurpose facility in mud-brick and timber. Following public consultation, it was agreed to build a centre for dances, exhibitions, films, plays or concerts. The results – at a cost of around $620,000 – captured the Eltham rustic style. The building – in soft tones of mud-brick and timber and immense floor-to-ceiling windows – overlooks the Diamond Creek and sporting fields. Eltham’s strong artistic heritage is reflected in the centre. Although the lighting is not ideal for a gallery and labels cannot be placed on walls, the centre hosts the Nillumbik Art Awards and displays around ten to 20% of the Nillumbik Shire Art Collection, usually for around a year at a time.2 On permanent display, close to the entrance, is local artist Clifton Pugh’s White Choughs in the Landscape. Further to the right is the Walter Withers Gallery, named after a local member of the Heidelberg School of artists. As part of the Eltham Gateway opposite the Eltham Hotel, the centre stands on what was once part of the Eltham Town Centre along this section of Main Road, then known as Maria Street. On the same site once stood the house and flour mill owned by Henry Dendy, best known as the founder of Brighton, although he lived longer in Eltham. Beside the drive is a wheel-rim tool with accompanying plaque, illustrating a technology important during the horse-powered age and now almost completely gone, as has the blacksmith’s shop that had housed it nearby. The implement is a platform for fitting iron tyres to the wooden rims of cartwheels. Beneath it is a capsule placed in 1985 to commemorate Victoria’s 150 years, which is to be opened in 2035. Although the plants, forming part of the landscaping by Peter Glass and Denis Edwards, are largely indigenous and other native species, some exotic plants are protected as an important link with the site’s past. Planted at the front around 1920, is a large Peppercorn tree with two joined trunks growing from the base, and close by is a Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa). Three other Peppercorn trees fringe the drive. The building includes two halls – the larger seating 250 people – and a large foyer overlooking trees and ovals. Both halls have retractable rear walls providing varying spaces as required, and guests can use several external decks. A site for outdoor theatre has been carved out of the natural slope outside the entrance. The Bricklayers Union refused to use the traditional mud-bricks, which weigh more than 22kg. As a result the mud-bricks were redesigned to reduce their weight and were laid back-to-back to produce a wall of normal thickness.3 The centre’s massive timber frame is reminiscent of timber bridge construction, with infill panels of mud-brick.4 In accord with the rustic style are colossal rough-sawn posts, bolts and steel brackets. The combination of mud-brick, exposed feature timber framing and creative design in this centre, characterises Eltham’s innovative buildings and the social movement behind them from the 1940s to the 1970s.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, eltham community and reception centre, mudbrick construction -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - First Methodist Church, Wodonga
Land for the Methodist Church in Wodonga was reserved in 1864. By 1865 the Reverend Francis Neale, a Wesleyan minister was appointed to Albury from where he supervised the congregation at Wodonga Creek until a church was built in 1873. By 1885 Wodonga and the other preaching places on the Victorian side of the Murray had become a separate circuit under the Reverend L. J Rowlands. This circuit included Bethanga. Kiewa. Leneva, Kergunyah and Bonegilla. In the 1960s the Methodist congregation built a new chapel in Hovell Street, Wodonga. The creation of the Uniting Church during the 1970s meant that the services were held in the former Presbyterian Church and joint Sunday School classes were conducted in the Methodist Hall. In 1961 the Church building and land was purchased by the Ukrainian Community for £2,000. Ukrainian Catholic families in Wodonga donated £100 each towards the purchase. Additional fund raising such as carol singing in nearby towns (Benalla, Wangaratta, Albury and Wodonga) assisted with the purchase of the Church. The former Methodist Church was in poor condition and the members of its new congregation undertook the replacement of the floor, the footings, replastering of the walls and the construction of an altar. The renovations cost a further £400. Once a month a priest came up from Melbourne to conduct services in the Church. On completion it was blessed by Bishop Ivan Prasko to become St Olga's Catholic Church (Ukrainian). In 1965 the Church was dedicated to its patron St Volodymir, with Bishop Varlamm (Sydney) and Bishop Donat (Melbourne) taking part in the ceremony. The members of the Ukrainian Catholic community also built a hall and smaller chapel in Hunt Street, Wodonga. With a declining congregation, this property became more manageable to maintain than the original brick building and the decision was made to close the building in 2010. In 2022 the building and extensive block of land in Church Street was sold commercially for potential redevelopment.These images are significant because they depict an early Wodonga Church building.A collection of coloured photographs depicting the first Methodist Church in Wodonga, Victoria It was a red brick church with a steeply pitched gable roof and parapeted gable walls. There was a small front porch with matching roof and gable treatment to the front. Simple timber Gothic windows were along the sides, with a tri-partite window above the porch. Two sections of this window featured stained glass, the other was opaque glass. Red brick buttresses were topped with white-painted render, as were the parapets, and the windows were also outlined with white painted render. Timber joinery was painted white. A front path led directly to the porch and the Church was flanked by mature oak trees. A small, relatively modern red brick skillion extension was added to the rear of the building.wodonga churches, methodist church wodonga, ukrainian catholic church wodonga -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, John Neeson, Fire in the Forest, 1973
John Neeson is a Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1948. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Hill Smith Gallery have featured John Neeson's work in the past.Abstract composition in two panels. Left panel shows areas of three shades of grey. Right panel shows areas of grey, red and yellow. The centre image connects both panels with a triangular shape with red patterning, giving an appearance of flame and embers. Mounted in grey matt. In grey wooden frame with glass.Front: 1/25 (lower left) 73 (centre) John Neeson (lower right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Whalers Point from Harbour Trust Dock, n.d
Port of Portland CollectionView of harbour and jetties from a dock. Dock is in foreground. A white fishing vessel is berthed at a jetty positioned near the dock. In background is a view of the foreshore with buildings. The water is pale blue with darker blue details. The sky is blue with grey wash depicting clouds near horizon line. Mounted in thick cream canvas mount, framed under glass in wooden gold painted frame.Front: Signature - Ramon Horsfield (lower left) (orange paint). Back: (no inscription)port of portland -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Photograph - Photograph, framed, O.Gilpin Store Staff Leongatha, c.1940
Dark wooden-framed rectangular photograph with glass, mounted with cream and black matt board. Landscape-oriented black + white image representing seven women in front of rustic weatherboard building.O. Gilpin Staff Leongatha / Back - Alison Sinnbeck,?, Lorna Backman, Yvonne Courtney. / Front - ?, Mavis Wightman, Merle Griggs.historic record, gilpin store, female staff, leongatha, 1940s, workers, alison sinbeck, lorna backman, yvonne courtney, mavis wightman, merle griggs -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, S.T. Gill, Belfast Port Fairy, 1857
Port of Portland Collection.Depiction of a boat with furled sails on choppy waters, sailing towards land. The landscape includes a hill and several buildings, including a wind mill and a church spire. Mounted in cream matt. Framed under glass in wooden frame.Front: Belfast Port Fairy (lower centre) (printed). Published by Sands & Kenny, Melbourne & Sydney 1857. Back: 19 Upper left pencil. 1996 upper right pencil.port fairy, belfast, landscape, drawing, print, coastal, 1800s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Engraving, Bridgit Thomas, Couta Boat, c. 2015
Couta boat on the sea. Monochrome image. Swirling waves denoted by circles and swirls. Four people standing on the boat. Sails up. Wood engraving, black on white, off-white mount, black painted wooden frame, reflective glass, hanging wire across width of frame on backFront: 'COUTA BOAT 14/50 BT' -pencil, in border between engraving and mount. Bottom right - signature of artist. Back: Artist's business card glued to backcouta boats, couta, portland, harbour, print, coastal, sea, female, female artist, women -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Emerald School Centenary Glass
Set of 3 glasses; one small and two larger ones. Gilt rim and 2 gold emblems on the sides.Emerald Schools' Centenary 1879-1979 on front. Picture on back of bullock dray pulling a large log on a wagon.emerald primary school; -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Decorative object - candle holders
Moulded Bohemian ruby flashed glass, with blown storm shades all decorated with enamelled painted floral motifs, c. 1890s. These decorative candlesticks with shades matched the light fittings in the cottage parlour.Decorative candlesticks with faceted glass drops with storm shades demonstrating not only the practical use of the object protecting the lighted candles from being blown out by draughts, but also a decorative element. These candlesticks also matched the light shades of the front parlour of the cottage c.1890s.candlestick, storm shade, ballarat, flashed glass, bohemian, -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, MELISSA BOAG, Gannets at Point Danger, 2015
Four pen and wash sketches - Gannets at Point Danger. Sketches mounted one beneath the other. Sketches have a white background, black ink, several different colour washes, double white mat board, blonde wooden frame, reflective glass, wire hanger on back. Images from top to bottom: Single Gannet / 7 gannets / Gannets sitting, one at the back looks to be in flight / Gannets on the shore, sea behind and an islandFront: Each image is signed 'M. Boag July 2015'. black ink, lower right cornergannets, portland wildlife, birds, point danger -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Equipment - Inhaler, Dr Nelson's improved inhaler, [ca1900's]
Inhalation therapy has been used for over 2000 years, but it was from the early 19th century that different types of inhalers were developed. In 1865, Dr Nelson developed the improved Nelson inhaler. It is still manufactured today with very few modifications. The efficiency of the improved Nelson's inhaler is demonstrated by the ongoing use of the item since 1865. This simple inhaler is suitable for use in homes and hospitals. This white china inhaler has an air inlet spout and an opening at the top to add hot fluids, it holds 1 litre, and drugs to the inhaler. Once added, a cork with a glass mouth piece is placed in the neck of the inhaler. For this item plastic tubing has been used as the mouth piece.On front of body inscribed, 'Dr Nelson's improved inhaler': Directions for use. Remove mouth piece, half fill inhaler with boiling water. Replace mouth piece and apply lips to it, breathe freely in and out as in ordinary full respiration.steam inhaler, dr nelson's inhaler, medical apparatus -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, James McLear, Untitled (Lake), 1990
Scene depicting a lake in the foreground with trees behind. The trees are reflected in the water. Top third of the image depicts a deep blue sky, highlighted in some areas with white. Mounted in cream matt, framed under glass in wooden frame with gold edging.Front: McL 90 (lower right) (white paint) Back: (no inscriptions)landscape -
Orbost & District Historical Society
glass containers, first half 20th century
These items were used at the pharmacies in Orbost. Chemists who worked in Orbost included Henry Cottman; James Alfred Dubois Williams; Harry Arthur Murray; Miss P.E .Mason (Phyllis Estelle?); Miss Sybil Monica Buzza; Thomas James Frazer; Australia Shaw; James David Torley; John William Zimmer; Dalkeith William Steele; William Thomas Hollingsworth; E.E. Cohen; R.S. Anderson; Frances John Perry Faith Everard Pardew and Charles Anthony Wurf. Castor oil and Eichorn's Remedy were home based remedies for non life threatening injuries. The practices of early pharmacists are revealed through these glass containers. The items have a clear association with Orbost and indicate that many rural households had first-aid sources. .Six glass containers. 3210.7 is a deep blue coloured glass bottle. It has a narrow neck and a screw on lid. It has an embossed manufacturer's name, logo and contents (Castor Oil) on one side and identification marks embossed on the underside. 3210.8 is a small clear glass flat bottle with a metal top.It is labelled "SIGMA JUNIPER BACC'. It contains pale brown liquid 3210.9 is a a small moulded clear glass flat bottle with a white bakelite cap.It is labelled "EICHORNS REMEDY 100 ml HELP IN EVERY DROP". 3210.10 is a clear glass bottle with no lid.It has embossed manufacturer's stamp on base. 3210.11 isa clear glass beaker with a label on the front of two concentric green circles inside of which is "PYREX Made in England" with 200 ml below this. 3210.12 is a lear glass jar / bottle with a black lid. The front and sides are ridged with part of a label - "CAL". This bottle contains some pink powder.3210.7 - "Rolfes Medicinal Tasteles Castor Oil - Rolfe & Co King St Melbourne. Contents 5oz" 3210.8 - "SIGMA JUNIPER BACC SIGMA COMPANY LIMITED, Melbourne" 3210.9 - "EICHORNS REMEDY 100 mm Help in Every Drop" 3210.10 - on base -"J983 / M 2 " 3210.11 - "PYREX Made in England 200 ml" 3210.12 - "CAL"glass-containers pharmacies-orbost medicines chemists-orboet -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Dillwynia hispida (Red Parrot-Pea), n.d
Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibited CEMA 1989.Stem, flower and leaf details of flowering plant in colour pencil. On left is a stem view depicting a woody central stem with thin leaves and smaller leafed stems ending in clusters of buds or orange pea flowers. On bottom left is a side view of orange pea-flower. On right (t-b): front view of flower; side view of emergent bud; leaf detail; rear view of flower depicting petals and sepals. Mounted in double matt (white on apricot), framed under glass in gold wooden frame. All views numbered in pencil and typed letters and numbers on white paper affixed to paper surface.Front: Dillwynia hispida (lower left) (pencil). 15/?/77 (lower left) (pencil, erased). Back: 40 (top left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Pultenaea subumbellata (Wiry Bush-Pea), n.d
Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibited CEMA 1989.Colour drawings of flowering stem and detailed leaf and flower views. The largest stem view depicts thin woody stem with small fine green leaves along length of stem. Branching stems at top end in clusters of buds or small orange and yellow pea flowers. At centre left are 3 details of leaves (front, rear and end views). On right are (t-b): top view of yellow pea flower; side view (orange and yellow); rear view (orange) with sepals; sepal detail; side view in full bloom. All views are numbered in pencil and printed on white paper affixed to image surface. Mounted in double matt (white on faun), under glass in wooden frame with gold detail.Front: Pultenaea sub-umbellata (lower right) (pencil). CEW (signature, lower centre in image) (maroon pencil). Back: 37 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Ruth Denny, Old Cottages Richmond St. Portland, 1967
CEMA Art collectionStreet scene with three buildings and a fenced area. The centre focus of the work is two small buildings. The building on the left is yellow with red roof and green door. Standing in front of the house is a female figure with red shirt and white skirt. The building to the right is pale yellow with green roof, red chimney and green door. There is a Norfolk Pine tree behind the middle house. The image is depicted using straight lines in pen for the outline of the buildings and for some of the details.The work has plain wooden frame with a mount and glass.Front: Old Cottages Richmond St.Portland Ruth Denny 1967(black, handwritten) Back: Sticker:DEAN'S MU 8291 FOR FRAMING 346 LT.COLLINS ST., MELB. NO. 20438 Yellow sticker: 3034female artists, female artist, women, portland street scene, portland, richmond street -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Bedfordia Arborescens (Blanket Leaf), 1970-1990
Part of 'The Woolcock Galery Collection" Exhibited CEMA 1989.Pen and ink drawing of stem with many large rippled leaves, with dark upper sides and paler undersides. Stem has small hairs. At mid-stem are two branched stems with multiple flowers with small heads and large sepals. Work is mounted in double matt (white on grey), framed in a wooden frame with silver edging, under glass.Front: Bedfordia arborescens (Blanket Leaf) (lower left) (pencil). Back: 34 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, woolcock collection, botanical drawings, bontanical, cema -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Olearia lirala (Snow Daisy-bush). Olearia argophylla (Musk Daisy-bush), n.d
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Framed ink drawing of cuttings of plants. Two drawings include (above) cutting with long (gum-leaf shaped) leaves with small group of flowers along centre and (below) cutting with large leaves and groups of small flowers at top of branch. The work is mounted in a double matt (off-white on dark grey), framed under glass in a silver/platinum frame.Front: O. lirala (Snow Daisy-bush) O. argophylla (Musk " " ) (bottom left) (pencil) CEWoolcock (bottom right) Back: 33 (upper left) (pen)cema, botanical, collin woolcock, woolcock collection, botanical drawing -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Angela Gee, Old Lady, 1983-1984
CEMA Art Collection Part of "A Community View" 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition Part of Angela Gee Residency 1983 and 1984Screenprint of standing female figure dressed in black and holding a red umbrella. The figure is wearing a red glove and a pink item in her hair. The background is a floral wallpaper print in blues and greens. The clothing appears to be from the Victorian era. Mounted in a textured grey matt with green matt edging in a black and silver frame with glass.Front: 29/ 37 (lower left) a Gee (lower right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions)female artists, female artist, angela gee, poster workshop, 150th anniversary, angela gee residency -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, a) Johnston & Co. Hamilton b) Johnstone O'Shannessy, Melbourne, Burswood, late 1800s
From Victorian Heritage: The single storey mansion house with enclosed glass verandah, Burswood was built in 1853 on a site overlooking the Portland Bay for English born pioneer colonist Edward Henty. John Barrow of Adelaide was the architect for this exceptional Australian regency style residence which he designed as a central block of fine axed basalt ashlar and slate roof (now replaced) with flanking brick wings forming an enclosed rear courtyard. Burswood is the most important early mansion house in western Victoria, being an exceptional Australian regency design by distinguished colonial architect James Barrow. Edward Henty, a member of one of Australia's most remarkable colonial families and the founder of Portland, established the first permanent settlement in Victoria on 19th November 1834, and Burswood is testimony to his success as an early colonist. Henty lived in his mansion for 17 years in a semi-regal state. Burswood has been little altered since completion in 1853. A glasshouse conservatory to the side of the present enclosed verandah was demolished prior to 1895 and the slate roof replaced with iron. Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co was a leading photographic studio located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was active from 1865 to 1905. Henry James Johnstone was also an artist and studied at Louis Buvelot's school and with Thomas Clark.Painting of a sandstone coloured building. A grand house with a driveway and well-kept gardens to the front. There is a horse and cart with a man standing to the side of it. There is a female figure exiting the building and another female and a man further along the driveway with a dog. The building has a glass conservatory attached to the side. The sky is blue with several fluffy clouds.Bottom right: Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co Melbourne (in white paint)homestead, henty, historic buildings, colonial, burswood house -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, William Anderson, Visual Diagram of a Clock, 1969
Art Collection. William Anderson is an Australian printer and sculptor. He was born in Scotland in 1951.The painting depicts a white background with a dark circle in the centre. In this dark circle are white-outlined circles and lines, as well as cogs and mechanical parts. These parts vary in shades of grey. The frame is dark timber with a white mount and glass covered.Front: 7/18 Visual Diagram of a Clock William Anderson 69' (Starting from lower left side of clock, progressing to right, lead pencil.) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Nancy Malseed, Bird Trip, 1973
Nancy Malseed was born in Victoria in 1913. She was a printmaker and artist.Three separate images of birds. Top image is six large abstract birds with 12 birds in background (upper centre). Centre panel contains 3 birds in flight, brown against a grey background. Lower panel contains 3 walking birds, black and white against a brown background. Mounted in a dark green matt, in a black wooden frame with glass glazing.Front: 3/20 Etching and roll-up (lower left) "Bird Trip (centre) N. M. Malseed (lower right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions)female artist, female artists, women, malseed, 1970s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Andrew Davidson Stewart, Esq. 1888 - 1889, c. 1920
Council collectionRetouched photograph on opaque glass. Portrait in three-quarter view of a man with red hair and beard in a brown suit jacket. Mounted in brown matt with gold edging. Inner frame is gold-coloured metal. Outer frame is timber.Front: A.D. Stewart Es./1888-89 (brass plaque, lower centre) Back: (no inscriptions)portland portrait photography, portrait -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1960c
Black and white photograph of Maranui Private Hotel, Lakes Entrance Victoria, after the addition of the modern front and facade of the brick. and extensive glass windows. About 12 people gathered at front of building. Driveway to rear of car parking under two-storey extension at right, eastern side. Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, architecture, tourism -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Ruth Denny, Customs House Portland 1849, 1967
CEMA Art collectionThe painting depicts a stone building with red roof. The front of the building features a double staircase which leads from both sides of the building to a central door. On either side of the door is a window. The side of the building features four windows, three of which are covered. To the left of the building are various plants with the roof of a building in the background. To the right of the building is a fence and blue wall. The work has a plain wooden frame with a mount and glass.Front: Customs House Portland 1849 Ruth Denny 1967 (black, hand-written) Back: Sticker: DEAN'S MU 8269 FOR FRAMING 346 LT. COLLINS ST., MELB. No 20438 Yellow sticker: 3032portland customs house, female artist, female artists, bluestone, bluestone building -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Downing-Le Gallienne house, Yarra Braes Road, Eltham, 30 January 2008
... ceilings and Oregon beams. A winding timber staircase in the front... ceilings and Oregon beams. A winding timber staircase in the front ...The property is a classic example of what made Eltham famous from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p149 The first view of the large double-storey house at Yarra Braes Road, Eltham South, is of a jutting roofline over a balcony, reminiscent of a large sailing vessel or galleon – very appropriate, considering the name of one of the first owners, Le Gallienne. The Downing-Le Gallienne property is a classic example of what made Eltham famous from the late 1940s to the 1960s and attracted so many artists and intellectuals to the area. Set in a largely indigenous bush-style garden, the mud-brick and timber house was built by Alistair Knox. It was built for economist Richard Downing, to become a founder of the welfare state in Australia and Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and musician and composer Dorian Le Gallienne. Le Gallienne was a pioneering composer of modern music in Victoria before 1945, whose works included the Symphony in E.1 He wrote several pieces of film music for Eltham Films, including The Prize, working with its writer and artistic director Tim Burstall. Le Gallienne was also a music critic for The Argus and later for The Age. In 1967 the music critic Roger Covell argued that Le Gallienne’s Symphony, was ‘still the most accomplished and purposive . . . written by an Australian’.2 According to Alan Marshall the main inspiration behind the building that evolved from 1948 to 1964 was Le Gallienne. ‘He was able to see value in the simplest things and many who worked there had their eyes opened for the first time to the Eltham environment, to the bush and the trees and the fauna which lived there.’3 The garden included no formality, no lawns, nor exotic plants. ‘Natural informal growth came right up to their doors and so did the indigenous birdlife.’4 This informal style – consisting of mass and void – was to be developed and popularised by landscaper Gordon Ford from the 1950s. The large mud-brick and timber house, which was built in four stages and has three separate but linked sections, began as a small weekend retreat for the couple. In 1948, Downing and Le Gallienne (Dick and Dor to their friends), asked Knox to build the 36 x18 foot (11mx5.4m) building with a pitched slate roof. It was built on a concrete slab and included a fireplace, which is still in use. The second wing was built in 1954 after Downing had returned from working at the International Labour Office and the couple decided to live there full-time. The third section was built after the death of Le Gallienne in 1963, aged 48. He is buried in the Eltham Cemetery. When Downing married widow, Jean Norman (nee McGregor) and had to accommodate a large family, including her six children and one of their own, the last stage was built by 1964. At that time the house was considered one of the largest mud-brick houses in Victoria. It consists of five living areas, including a small ballroom. Several artists helped Knox build the Downing-Le Gallienne house, which was one of his first of mud-brick. They included painter Clifton Pugh, artist John Howley and actor Wynn Roberts. Ellis Stones had landscaped the first wing and Gordon Ford set the boulder steps and made a pool as part of the landscaping he completed. Inside, the mud-bricks are largely whitewashed with pine-lined ceilings and Oregon beams. A winding timber staircase in the front extends behind a glass window from the ground floor to the top. The property, of a little more than 0.5 ha, is bordered by Parks Victoria land, which extends to the Yarra River.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, dorian le gallienne, downing-le gallienne house, eltham, mudbrick construction, mudbrick houses, richard downing, yarra braes road -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Mary Macqueen, Africa, 1973
Landscape image of two zebras grazing in long yellow grass. Mounted on cream matt, in a wooden frame with glass. Brown and yellow colours.Front: 1/7 (lower left) Africa (centre) Mary Macqueen - 73 (lower right) (pencil)female artist, female artists, women, women artists -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Portland 1888, 1888
Framed lithograph, black and white, view of Portland from Whalers' Bluff. Double matte board, glass covered. Frame laminated, walnut veneer, gold inner strip. Back covered in brown paper, string hanging stripFront: 'PORTLAND 1888' - Black print, mat board Back: White label 'Spencer Scott, Sandilands Gallery'portland, whalers bluff, 1800s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Reproductive Print, Port of Warrnambool, n.d
Port of Portland AuthorityFront: Port of Warrnambool (lower centre, printed). Published by Sands & Kenny, Melbourne & Sydney 1857. Back: 17 UL pencil, 1996 UR pencil.port of portland, port of warrnambool -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Robert Miller et al, Old Church Portland, 1965
CEMA Art CollectionThe painting depicts a church in an otherwise empty landscape. Within the foreground is a sweeping corner of a dirt road. Along the edge of the road runs a simple fence. Behind the church is a bare yellow and brown hill which reaches into a dark sky. The work has a wooden, white painted frame with grey mount and white trimming and glass.Front: Robert T. Miller 75 (lower right, black signature) Back: ROBERT MILLER " OLD CHURCH PORTLAND" (1966) (lower right, typed) Watercolourportland, church, streetscape, religion