Blue bookplate featuring the bust of a scholar a lyre and a book "Ex Libris ALAN WAMBEEK"alan wambeek, bookplate, lyre

Bookplate featuring an open book with a clarinet "Ex Libris DAVID WOOLLEY"david woolley, bookplate, clarinet

Bookplate featuring a Lyrebird"Jane Boleyn"bookplate, jane boleyn, lyrebird

Bookplate featuring a Lyre a Pan Flute and a Scroll"Margaret Lyall"bookplate, margaret lyall, lyre, pan flute

Bookplate featuring an open book and a serpent"S.V.Hagley"bookplate, s v hagley, serpent

Blue bookplate featuring the bust of a scholar a lyre and a book "Ex Libris ALAN WAMBEEK"alan wambeek, bookplate, lyre

Green bookplate featuring 2 cottages with a woman seated "EILEEN FAIRLEY"bookplate, eileen fairley, cottages

Blue bookplate featuring flying ducks and a fishing rod"DOUGLAS HEMINGWAY"bookplate, douglas hemingway, ducks, fishing rod

Bookplate featuring 2 cottages with a woman seated "EILEEN FAIRLEY"bookplate, eileen fairley, cottages

Bookplate featuring a vase of flowers"MARGARET MARRIOTT"bookplate, margaret marriott, flowers

Bookplate featuring a vase of flowers"HELEN MANIFOLD"bookplate, vase, flowers, helen manifold

This artwork was created in collaboration by Shanaya Sheridan and Josh Muir in 2018. Josh Muir was a proud Yorta Yorta, Gunditjmara and Barkinji man, who holds his culture close to his heart as it gives him a voice and great sense of identity. Josh is a Ballarat-based multimedia artist. In 2015 Josh was the recipient of the Telstra National Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – Youth Award and the Hutchinson Scholarship, through which he undertook a 12-month residency at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Muir's work has been acquired by the Koorie Heritage Trust, The National Gallery of Australia, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the National Gallery of Victoria and was commissioned as a major project artist by White Night. Shanaya Sheridan, is a proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung and Boon Wurrung woman who has resided in Ballarat for 20 years, after living in Horsham, Shepparton and Melbourne. Growing up and watching her Elders, and their style of artworks, Shanaya is influenced by a traditional style of Aboriginal art, mixing it up with contemporary colours. This reconciliation piece is Shanaya’s first commission. Artists' Statement: '“This painting represents reconciliation across all lands, from the skies down to the waters including the mountains, grass and sand. The hands represent people of all cultures reaching for a brighter future, and the men and women in talks of how reconciliation can be achieved. Last but not least, the footprints represent our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestors that have fought for reconciliation before us and their steps/progress towards reconciliation.' Digital prints of this artwork on aluminum are displayed at Federation University Australia campuses at Mt Helen, Gippsland (Churchill), Berwick, Brisbane and Horsham.reconciliation, josh muir, shanaya sheridan, aboriginal, reconciliation action plan

Bookplate featuring a cat sitting atop a stack of books"Ex Libris KATHERINE LITTLEWOOD"katherine littlewood, bookplate, cat

Edwin Jewell is a collector of bookplates and ephemera. He has held positions on the committees of the New Australian Bookplate Society Inc and the Ephemera Society of Australia Inc. Bookplate featuring the Incredible Hulk holding an abacus"Ex Libris EDWIN JEWELL"edwin jewell, bookplate, incredible hulk

Bookplate featuring a servant serving wine"Ex Libris ROBERT C LITTLEWOOD"robert c littlewood, bookplate, servant

Bookplate featuring a man in a boat sitting in a tree"Ex Libris ROBERT C LITTLEWOOD"robert c littlewood, bookplate, boat

Pro (Kevin Charles) HART (30 May 1928 – 28 March 2006) Born Broken Hill, New South Wales Pro Hart drew upon a variety of techniques in his paintings, including layering, chiaroscuro, glazing, scumbling, scratching and Alla prima. Insects, particularly ants and dragonflies, are among Hart’s most popular and most identifiable images. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Bookplate featuring a giant Pro Hart with palette dwarfing poppet heads in Broken Hill."Ex Libris PRO HART"pro hart, bookplate, poppet head

Bookplate featuring bears dancing a ritual around a fire with companion Ralph"Ex Libris JOHNHART"john hart, bookplate, bears

Bookplate featuring a goblin in a wheelbarrow"Ex Libris LEIGH HOBBS"leigh hobbs, bookplate, goblin, wheelbarrow

Bookplate featuring Father Christmas and a Kookaburra"Ex Libris GARRY JAMES" Stamped iS as an artist signaturegarry james, bookplate, father christmas

I conceive my work as unfinished fragments of memory and childhood rituals, and through the art making process, I build and then peel back the layers of these memories and early influences, to reveal my personal dreamscape. Through the fusion of colour, texture, mark making and rubbing back, my intuitive rendering of the media creates layers that like memories, can be stacked up, hidden, peeled away, rubbed out, etched back in, and the process of layering and building up of a tactile textured surface, reflects memory itself; with its elusiveness and hard to grasp impressions that are more like ingrained watermarks. As I work, layering the surface then taking it back; rebuilding, adding marks and burnishing back, I feel into the textures, and through this tactile rendering I often discover something unintended and the end result is not quite how I perceived it in the planning. Perhaps something of a happy accident, which again reflects the arbitrariness of memory. I see my artworks less as paintings, but assemblages, with the layering technique creating a sculptural effect that reflects my great interest in the landscape and its beautiful and varied colours, shapes and textures. Part of my process is to take long drives into the country where I grew up, photographing along the way, to create a visual documentary that then informs my practice. The wide paddocks of the Victorian wheatbelt, beneath the endless blue of the horizon evokes very early memories so that a singular Bullock, a fencepost, a hay roll or corrugated iron wall, is so uniquely resonant to me, I am compelled to create this in my work. My connection to the land, to farming practices; the poplars, oaks and elm trees of my childhood holidays, is a mindscape that I return to again and again as I try to recreate that early sense of wonder, love and familiarity, grief and joy, that forms my unique vision. Veronica DRUM (1967 - ) Born Donald, Victoria A student at Federation University Arts Academy from 2015 until 2019, Veronica Drum is committed to establishing regular studio practice. Veronica Drum made this work in the final studio semester of the Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Federation University Arts .Academy.Framed Mixed media artwork depicting the Ovens Rivers, Victoria. Artists' Statement: Through the fusion of colours, textures, mark-making and a 'rubbing back' process, my intuitive rendering of the chosen media creates layers in my artwork that reflect and build upon cherished childhood memories. This work won the 2019 Federation University DVC 2D Art Acquisition Award.veronica drum, mixed media, alumni, oven river, dvc art acquisition award, trees, landscape, treescape

Both Bill Durant and Henry Moritz were staff members at the Ballarat College of Advanced Education (later Federation University). Neville Bunning ceremoniously presented the chair to Bill Durant in the Art Department at Neville Bunnings Retirement function. Framed caricature of Ballarat School of Mines staff member Bill Durant sitting in Neville Bunnings Chair. "Mr. Chairman"bill durant, henry moritz, caricature, available

leni (1960s- ) Born Melbourne Wotjobaluk "leni is both a long story and a short life. A Wotjobaluk woman, born in Melbourne in the sixties, adopted into a non-Aboriginal family and raised by true destiny on country in the Wimmera. leni was reunited with her mother and extended family in her late teens. Simple swift sentences with complex challenging undertones. Thus began an ever evolving and endlessly deep cultural and personal exploration which has passionately consumed, confused, enticed and enriched her since. leni’s creativity is inspired strongly by her cross cultural heritage, learnings and loves, failures and fears, passions and dreamings. This artwork has its own determination and authenticity. leni’s work constantly explores concepts of the past and present. leni has exhibited in the Koorie Heritage Trust, The Convent Gallery, Kirret Barreet Gallery, Gallery on Sturt, Tussock Gallery and others. Her work has been commissioned by various organisations, public and private collectors.aboriginal, aboriignal education centre collection

Bookplate featuring a man sitting and playing in a pile of bookplates"Ex Libris - Edwin Jewell"

Bookplate featuring a couple running nude in flowers with a snake"Ex Libris - Betty and Jeff Bidgood"couple, nude, flowers, snake

Bookplate featuring an artist painting a nude"Nancy Johnson - Ex Libris"artist, painting, nude

Bookplate featuring artist painting a nude"Nancy Johnson - Ex Libris"bookplate, artist, painting, nude

Bookplate featuring artist painting a nude"Nancy Johnson - Ex Libris"bookplate, artist, painting, nude

Bookplate featuring artist painting a nude"Nancy Johnson - Ex Libris"bookplate, artist, painting, nude

Bookplate featuring a couple running nude in flowers with a snake"Ex Libris - Betty and Jeff Bidgood"bookplate, nude, couple, flowers, snake