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Federation University Historical Collection
Article - Article - Women, Gippsland TAFE Morwell: Women of Note; Eileen Harrison, Artist and Aboriginal Elder, (1948 - )
Eileen Harrison was born in 1948 at the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria. She lived here until she was 13. The family moved to Ararat. Eileen left school returned to Lake Tyers when she fled form her parents’ house in Ararat, and stayed with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Phyl. Eileen found that Lake Tyers had changed for the worse since her childhood, and she only stayed three months because she found this unsettling. It wasn’t until 1993 that Eileen reconnected with the education system. To provide support for her daughter Jacey, Eileen took Higher School Certificate subjects at the Macmillan TAFE College in Warragul. In retrospect, completing the TAFE course was a pivotal moment in Eileen’s life: the “beginning of something”. Eileen later studied fine arts at the Koorie Unit of the Central Gippsland TAFE in Morwell. She received her Diploma in Cultural Studies and Art in 2003, and was the Central Gippsland TAFE student of the year. Aunty Eileen Harrison is a true living treasure of Gippsland. A regular exhibitor at Gippsland Art Gallery, Aunty Eileen has inspired thousands of people through her moving coming-of-age novel 'Black Swan: A Koorie Woman’s Life' (co-written with Carolyn Landon in 2011). Aunty Eileen stresses the importance of listening deeply from the heart. Her powerful connection to her mother and grandmother, as well as the animals and land is at the heart of these works. women of note, eileen harrison, aunty, aboriginal elder, artist, lake tyers mission gippsland, ararat, higher school certificate, macmillan tafe warrigul, koorie unit, gipps, and central tafe, morwell, diploma, cultural studies and art, gippsland art gallery, novel "black swan" -
Federation University Historical Collection
Poster, Fed Pride Poster, 2022
... and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are held as core..., people with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...FedPride 2021-2024 is a comprehensive strategy, aimed at achieving best inclusive practice in every area of university life: from recruitment and enrolment, to our culture, campuses, how we engage with the communities where our campuses are located and importantly through our curriculum and research. We know that diversity – having access to and embracing difference in backgrounds, perspectives, knowledge and skills – gives our university a breadth that supports innovation and the highest quality of thinking. It enriches us as individuals and as a community. FedPride has a particular focus on our staff and students being able to bring their whole selves to university life. When we feel safe, included and celebrated, we contribute freely and with enthusiasm and bring the best of ourselves to work and study. FedPride is an intersectional strategy, in that the rights, inclusion and access of people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are held as core to every impact area. FedPride 2021–2024 has been developed with consultation across the University. The strategy is led by the FedPride Steering Group and implemented and monitored by the Implementation Group. Reports to measure progress will be provided annually for the Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Team. FedPride is endorsed by the Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Team.A3 poster publicising Fed Pride. This poster was displayed at all Federation University posters in 2022.fed pride, equity -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat School of MInes: Scrapbook of Newspaper Cuttings, Book 8, March 1980 to August 1980
Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 01/03/1980 to 08/08/1980Book with white cover - front, spiral bound. staffing advertisements, courses available, goldfields learning is new theme, $3million projects for smb, advice on what's cooking, $956700 amenities building, smb helps unemployed youth, renaissance dancing at workshop at smb, shield to smb tafe colleges sports, foundry for students, host farm seminar at smb, build activity on campus, life be in it games, new scheme for chippies, memorial to guides at creswick camp, richards medal presentation, richard richards principal, antarctis explorer, wendouree rotary apprentice award, move for archaeological society, smb awards presented, tippett prise goes to wendouree fitter malcolm rodgers, signing contract for $1.8 million building development at smb, new scheme for apprentices, off-campus study of tertiary education, management course at smb, ballarat students win welding awards, mark spencer wins craftsmanship certificate, aboriginal art exhibition, examination in woolclassing, robert featherstone smb farm apprentice student, smb land lab, ballarat has proud tradition in education, smb practical training for unemployed young people -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat School of MInes: Scrapbook of Newspaper Cuttings, Book 30, February 1987 to June 1987
Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 18 February 1987 to 6 May 1987.Book with Blue cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, smb dressmaking student's banner, val d'angri teacher, lisay pither, melinda wyres, andrea vendy, jodie fletcher, begonia festival, trevor williams motor mechanic apprentice, top student, kerrie cross smb vice-president of council, tafe women's policy launch at smb, institute of professional secretaries branch, wendy ivanusec, allison lanigan, mollie peel, minister launches tafe women's policy at smb, indonesian educators visit smb, newsletter "network" launched by joan kirner and caroline hogg, liz gurrie a woman of many parts, women in early ballarat, alice cornwell alias princess midas, women's trade and technical program, margaret o'mara, tracey coleman, smb collection leads nation, aboriginal programs in equal opportunity, co-ordinator lily saylor, adult horticulture course, christine uptown, intriguing stories ballarat old cemetery, australian wheat board gives smb tractor, dr john sharphan next bcae head, smb helps small business, engines for training apprentices, the age of uncertainty, smb reopens its museum, lily saylor helps her people learn, smb plans to help its disabled students -
Greensborough Historical Society
Booklet, Australian Government, Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through a Voice: information booklet, 2023
Information booklet issued during the lead up to the 2023 Voice Referendum. 7 p., black text and colour imagesaustralia constitution, voice to parliament, aboriginal and torres strait islanders -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet - Music Score, Franz Schubert Song Album, c. 1950
Commercially printed Song book with blue cover featuring small portrait of composer. Contains words and music scores for 8 songs by Franz Schubert.non-fictionmusic, sheet-music, entertainment, indigenous songs, songs, franz schubert, allan and co music -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Indigenous Service: a resource book for primary schools, 1914o
This volume is a resource for primary schools to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War to the present.66 pages, colour illustrations, fold out map. Spiral binding with fold around outer cover.world war i, indigenous australians, aborigines, torres strait islanders -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Indigenous Service: a resource book for secondary schools, 1914o
This volume is a resource for secondary schools to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War to the present.66 pages, colour illustrations, fold out map. Spiral binding with fold around outer cover.world war i, indigenous australians, aborigines, torres strait islanders -
Greensborough Historical Society
Booklet, Banyule City Council, Banyule: looking into Banyule's aboriginal heritage, 2014_
This booklet "looks into Banyule's Aboriginal heritage" by detailing some of the history of the Wurundjeri willam clan, including William Barak. Illustrations are from La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. It appears to be a later edition of the 2011 booklet.8 pages, colour illustrations. Cover is mainly orange with pencil drawing of indigenous people.banyule, wurundjeri willam, william barak, billi-billeri -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Winifred M. Hilliard, The People In Between, 1968
Dark red cloth covered book. Gold lettering on spine. 253 Pagesaboriginal, australia, colonisation, culture -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Loranda Publishing, Murrundindi: a true story / retold by Karen Brunskill and M. G. Dean, 2001_
Tells the story of Murrundindi of the Wurundjeri people of Victoria. The story relates his early years at school, his struggle with dual heritage and his later acceptance of his aboriginal heritage.32 p., illus. Paperback.murrundindi, wurundjeri, aborigines victoria, aboriginal heritage sites -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Ian D. Clark et al, A Bend in the Yarra: a history of the Merri Creek protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841-1851, by Ian D. Clark and Toby Heydon, 2004_
A history of Aboriginal cultural institutions in colonial Victoria, in this book the interaction between Wurundjeri people and government officials and settlers at the confluence of the Merri Creek and Yarra River.Paperback book, 90 p. black & white illusmerri creek, aborigines victoria -
Connecting Home
book, Deadly Design, Bewteen Two Worlds, 2008
As a result of the recommendations arising from the Stolen Generations Taskforce Report 2003. The taskforce identified the need for an independant, community controlled organisation in Victoria to be established to meet the needs of the stolen generation in this state. Connecting Home seeks to undertalke activities that will assist members of the stolen generation and engage in publc awareness and education. Historic Significance, this is one of Victoria's first books published that helps to explain the thought & feelings of Stolen Generation people, that has been developed to address recommendations from the Bringing Them Home Report. Social Significance, The information recorded from stolen generation participants explains to non-aboriginal health & human service professionals about the social impact of the politically incorrect times that state & national laws and policies had been introduced to forcibly remove aboriginal & toerres strait islander children form family, land and culture. Research Significance, Soft cover book, with 43 pages. Picture of aboriginal girl, crying, holding teddy bear on front cover. Content is a guide aimed at understanding the Stolen Generations for Health & Human Service Professionals. book, stolen, generations, victoria, victorian, human, resources, syd, jackson, roseann, hepbruns haines, aiatsis, missions, rererves, aboriginal, legal, service, child, care, agency, health, education, consultative, group, housing, cooperative, bringing, them, home, counsellor, program, link, up, koori, heritage, trust -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - artist's impression of Kyeema, n.d
On August 19th 1966 a Public meeting was held in the Portland Town Hall with Cr Mibus as Mayor of the town of Portland chairing. From this meeting, a Provisional Committee of ten (10) people was established. At the first meeting of this Committee, it was resolved that a competition to find a name for the Centre was held amongst the local schools. From over two hundred (200) entries the name “Kyeema”, an aboriginal word meaning “dawn” was selected. The Kyeema Centre opened in June 1967 in the Portland Guide Hall. These temporary premises were used until funds could be raised to build on the land the Portland Town Council gave for this project. On 23 November 1969 the new building was built on land donated by the Portland Town Council at the corner of Lalor Street and Bridgewater Road and was officially opened by the Hon. Malcolm Fraser. This facility provided services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.Black and white photo of an artist's impression of what Kyeema would look like when builtFront: ':KYEEMA:' printed bottom of photokyeema, support services, architect, artists impression -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured
This is a photo of a painting by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902). The painting is "Mt Abrupt, Grampians", circa 1864, oil on canvas, 46.0 x 61.0 cm (held in a private collection, London).This is a photo of a painting. It shows a stylised view of a mountain with a further peak behind it. The front of the peaks have high, rock cliffs. In the foreground there is an aboriginal camp, including a shelter with two people sitting in it, two people and two dogs sitting outside on the grass and a camp fire between them and the hut.painting, landscape -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Drawing by James Wigle
James Wigley (1917-1999) is an Australian painter known for his sensitive depictions of aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes. He served in the army in WW2. On his discharge he built himself a stone house at Warrandtye where he lived for some years before moving to Port Hedland in 1957, where he studied the "aboriginal and half-caste" life for which his work is perhaps best known. He returned to the Eltham and Warrandyte districts from time to time between making many tours into outback Australia.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, james wigley, aboriginal australians, painters, warrandyte, drawing, figures -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Liz Pidgeon, Moor-Rul Viewing Platform Panel: Belonging, 10 August 2016
Collage of black and white historical photographs of people. The Moor-Rul Viewing Platform, part of the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park opened in April 2007. Eight double-sided interpretation panels on the Moor-rul viewing platform highlight the area's Aboriginal and European history of the area and also details of local geology, flora and fauna. These panels feature high quality graphic design and professionally written text. The subjects covered are: ''Womin Je Ka" Welcome The Kulin Nation Singing, Dancing, Ceremony, Celebration This Country, My Home The Highland Taken Auld Lang Syne "Same Land Different Views" Working the Land Food from the Earth or "Earth's Harvest" Lest We Forget, "And with the going down of the Sun .... (3 panels) This Black Earth Those other indigenous inhabitants - Kangaroo Ground's Wildlife Silent Witnesses - Kangaroo Ground's White Manna Gums Belonging A Place of Reverence and A Tower of Strength Souce: EDHS Newsletter No 173 March 2007. As part of a program to acknowledge the Anzac Centenary Nillumbik Shire Council partnered with Yarra Plenty Regional Library to provide a bus tour with commentary of local sites of significance: Shire of Nillumbik World War One Memorials tour, 10 August 2016. These included Eltham township, the Shire of Eltham War Memorial at Kangaroo Ground, Christmas Hills war memorial, Hurstbridge memorial recreation park and finshed at Eltham Library to view the Writing the War exhibtion at Eltham Library Community Gallery.Born Digitalshire of nillumbik, moor-rul viewing platform, kangaroo ground, interpretative signage, interpretation panel, display panel -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Papers - Community Newspapers and newspaper cutting, This Week & Bogong Moth Festival
... as to the significance of the Bogong moth and the Aboriginal people to this area ...The Festival of the Bogong Moth was run by the Mt Beauty Chamber of Commerce under the directorship of Yvonne Evans. It was a highly successful event which took place in November in both 1994 and 1995.In 1994 and 1995 it was very under appreciated as to the significance of the Bogong moth and the Aboriginal people to this area and failed to continue due to lack of community support.This Week newspaper x3 covering Falls Creek and Mt Beauty containing a program for the Bogong Moth Festival November 1995. Newspaper cutting from Regional Extra advertising the Bogong Moth Festival November 1994bogong moth festival, mt beauty chamber of commerce -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Booklet - Bogong Moth Festival Program x2, The Festival of the Bogong Moth / Official Souvenir Program for 1993
... . Held in the Kiewa Valley in recognition of the aboriginal ...The Mount Beauty Chamber of Commerce Inc. presented the festival on the 12, 13 & 14 November 1993 at Falls Creek and Mt Beauty. The booklet consists of articles and events available over the weekend.Held in the Kiewa Valley in recognition of the aboriginal people who lived and gathered there.A4 pale yellow booklet with 8 pages printed in brown on both sides showing a moth and a mountain in aboriginal style depicted on the cover. bogong moth festival, mt beauty chamber of commerce -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
T-Shirt - Mt Beauty Festival of Bogong Moths
... of the aboriginal people who lived and gathered in the Kiewa Valley. Bogong ...See KVHS 1481 Run by the Chamber of Commerce in November in 1994 and 1995Held in 1994 and 1995 in the Kiewa Valley in recognition of the aboriginal people who lived and gathered in the Kiewa Valley.Orange T-shirt with a iron-on green square which has white print on it. The print includes that of a moth.White print: "Mt Beauty / Festival of the Bogong Moth"bogong moth festival, mt beauty chamber of commerce, aboriginal -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia), Draft Document for Reconciliation (folder containing loose leaflets), 1999
... by the Australian people. aboriginal reconciliation 1 portfolio (various ...Draft document for reconciliation for discussion by the Australian people.1 portfolio (various pieces) ; 31 cm.aboriginal reconciliation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, St Andrews Primary School Council, St Andrews: A Village Built on Gold : the history to present day of St Andrews and District compiled by St Andrews Primary School Council, 1998
This history of the Victorian town of St. Andrews (formerly Queenstown) and its surroundings was written to celebrate the 140th anniversary of St Andrews Primary School. Describes the displacement of the Aboriginal inhabitants of the area, European settlement and the Gold Rushes and the Caledonia diggings. Discusses establishment of the school, church and cemetery and various other notable events. The school in 1998 and speculations on the future by primary school pupils. Contents: Introduction The First People Mining- What a rush! The School The Church Queenstown Cemetery The Hotels The Police Paddocks The Families Queenstown in the early twentieth century The Queenstown Bush Fire Brigade The 1st Queenstown Scout troop Queenstown, the 1940s and 1950s The Characters Odds and Sods St Andrews - The Present Times The Future St Andres Primary School in 1998This book is significant in that it documents the history of the St Andrews community from the indigenous presence through its foundation during the Victorian Gold Rush through to local bushfires and predictions of the future by local primary schools students in 1998. It remains the only significant secondary source publication written specifically on this rural community.158 p. : ill., ports ISBN 0646353756st andrews, queenstown -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Tarcoola Press, Birrarung Database compiled by Mick Woiwod, 2012
Sister publication to "Coranderrk database". This is a compilation of Mick Woiwod's research material, gathered over many years with information on the history of the Wurundjeri people of the Yarra Valley, from the time of first European contact. The publication runs in excess of 140,000 words. Its prime focus is the Yarra River as it has been understood by its Wurundjeri people. Includes a compilation of those difficult to locate "brief snatches of the action" collated under headings with in each instance, the provenance as to source and / or author included. Themes include: agriculture, law, ceremony, language, reconciliation, retribution, lifestyle, art & craft, climate, personalities, disease, death and the river's flora and fauna.318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) PDF or Microsoft Office Word 97-2003.ISBN 9780987157423wurundjeri, yarra river, indigenous history -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Mixed media - Reg Saunders Display, Reg Saunders - His Story
Highlights the significant and often unheralded role of first nations people who served in Australia's wars.A large display of memorabilia connected to Reg Saunders, Australia's first Aboriginal Officer. Includes Aboriginal Flag,, Photographic images , Service Medals and Biographical details listed separately as 0355.2 etcA separate typed story of Private William Reginald Rawlings MM, killed in action in August 1918, is included in the display -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, late 19th century
Bendoc is in the far east of the State close to the border. Benduck is Aboriginal for plain, Wagra meaning `black-eyed crow' and Wagra Benduck means ‘noise in the trees'. On the 13th of December 1872 the Bendoc people had 2 roods of land reserved for a school and again on 22nd of May 1874 1 acre was also reserved. It was not until 7th of July 1876 that the Government authorised the building of the school. It was 24ft x 16ft with quarters (three rooms) for the teacher, total cost £446 1s 6d. The teacher paid £9 per year rent. School began on 11th of July 1873 which suggests that classes were held prior to the erection of the school building. The head teacher then was Frederick Jones. In 1962 the Department erected a new school of two rooms and the following year a new residence was provided. (info. from Schools East Gippsland) Bendoc Primary School closed mid 1980s.This item is associated with education in Far East Gippsland.A black / white photograph of 21 students standing outside a wooden school building.education-bendoc-state-school -
Orbost & District Historical Society
video, The Dreaming Reels, 1997
... film of the early indigenous people of Australia. Aboriginal ...This disc was a project supported by the Festival of the Dreaming, a festival leading up to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.This disc is a significant research tool as it contains contemporary film of the early indigenous people of Australia.A video disc titled, The Dreaming Reels. it is a compilation of scenes from the Hadden expedition to the Torres Strait in 1898, Lake Tyers settlement, Northwest Scientific Exploration in the Kimberleys, the aboriginal camp at Orbost in 1921, the Douglas Wylie Expedition in 1926, Princess Charlotte Bay 1926-1927 and McRobertson's Expedition. It also contains footage from several Australian films depicting Aborigines. aboriginal-history dreaming -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Article (item) - Newpaper Article, Champion of his people, 28-02-2012
A newspaper article regarding William Barak, an Aboriginal leader who was instrumental in 1863 in the creation of Coranderrk Aboriginal station near Healesville in Victoria.A newspaper article regarding William Barak, an Aboriginal leader who was instrumental in 1863 in the creation of Coranderrk Aboriginal station near Healesville in Victoria.william barak, kulin nation, john batman, victorian indigenous hall of fame, beruk, woiwurrang language, victoria, bebejan, billibellary, wurundjeri ngurungaetas, coranderrk, healesville, board for protection of aborigines, robert wandin, thomas dunolly, simon wonga, graham bell, anne bon, yarra mission school, native police corps -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Map (item), Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation, Unknown
A map of the area in Victoria which is the land of the Taungurung Clan.A map of the area in Victoria which is the land of the Taungurung Clan. Taungurung Land and Waters Council (TLaWC) was registered 16 July 2009 as the Registered Aboriginal Party that represents the interests of the Taungurung people. TLaWC is the corporate representative and ‘face’ of the Taungurung people and serves to uphold their interests with respect to culture and country. The Taungurung people occupy much of central Victoria. Their country encompasses the area between the upper reaches of the Goulburn River and its tributaries north of the Dividing Range. From the Campaspe River to Kilmore in the West, eastwards to Mount Beauty, from Benalla in the north down to the top of the Great Dividing Range, their boundaries with other Aboriginal tribes are respected in accordance with traditional laws.taungurung clan, taungurung land and waters council aboriginal corporation, victoria -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Black and white portrait, John William Lindt, 1870s
A black and white portrait of an unknown man taken by John William Lindt.A black and white portrait of an unknown man taken by John William Lindt. John William Lindt was born in Germany in 1845. At 17 he took a working passage to Australia on a Dutch sailing ship. Taking up work as an itinerant piano-tuner, he traveled amongst towns in Victoria and New South Wales before settling in Grafton in 1863 where he became assistant and apprentice to photographer Conrad Wagner. After a brief return to Germany in 1867 Lindt took over management of Wagner’s studio in 1869. He married Wagner’s daughter, Anna on 13 January 1872. Over 1873-1874, using the slow and laborious wet-plate collodion process, John Lindt produced photographs of the local indigenous people both in their environment conducting actual traditional ceremonies in the Clarence River district, and in his studio. Twelve of this series is included in his 1874 album Australian Aboriginals. John Lindt moved to Melbourne in 1876 where he worked for Batchelder & Co. before opening his own opulent studios at number 7 at the top of Collins Street opposite the Treasury, in 1877. John Lindt's business of this period was wide-ranging, and included portraits, records of Melbourne public buildings and streetscapes, the Botanical Gardens, and Port Melbourne. He was a welcome photographer of members of parliament and other Melbourne personalities, their society and cultural life including the theatre, and was known as a ‘rich man’s photographer’ for those whose families he grouped informally on the lawns in front of their mansions, with servants at the rails of the upstairs balconies. He continued with landscape, producing folios Fernshaw and Watt River Scenery, Victoria ( c.1878-82), Scenery on the Ovens and Buckland Rivers, Victoria (c.1878–82) and Lorne, Louttit Bay and Cape Otway Ranges (1883). Sales of his Black Spur scenery amounted to approximately 25,000 copies printed from the original negatives between 1882 and 1892. John Lindt, in collaboration with Nicholas John Caire, produced a tourist booklet on the area around "The Hermitage" in 1913.7 Collins Str. East/ J.W. Lindt/ Melbournejohn william lindt, conrad wagner, australian aboriginals, batchelder & co, nicholas john caire, anna lindt -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Black and white portrait, John William Lindt, 1870s
A black and white portrait of an unknown man taken by John William Lindt.A black and white portrait of an unknown man taken by John William Lindt. John William Lindt was born in Germany in 1845. At 17 he took a working passage to Australia on a Dutch sailing ship. Taking up work as an itinerant piano-tuner, he traveled amongst towns in Victoria and New South Wales before settling in Grafton in 1863 where he became assistant and apprentice to photographer Conrad Wagner. After a brief return to Germany in 1867 Lindt took over management of Wagner’s studio in 1869. He married Wagner’s daughter, Anna on 13 January 1872. Over 1873-1874, using the slow and laborious wet-plate collodion process, John Lindt produced photographs of the local indigenous people both in their environment conducting actual traditional ceremonies in the Clarence River district, and in his studio. Twelve of this series is included in his 1874 album Australian Aboriginals. John Lindt moved to Melbourne in 1876 where he worked for Batchelder & Co. before opening his own opulent studios at number 7 at the top of Collins Street opposite the Treasury, in 1877. John Lindt's business of this period was wide-ranging, and included portraits, records of Melbourne public buildings and streetscapes, the Botanical Gardens, and Port Melbourne. He was a welcome photographer of members of parliament and other Melbourne personalities, their society and cultural life including the theatre, and was known as a ‘rich man’s photographer’ for those whose families he grouped informally on the lawns in front of their mansions, with servants at the rails of the upstairs balconies. He continued with landscape, producing folios Fernshaw and Watt River Scenery, Victoria ( c.1878-82), Scenery on the Ovens and Buckland Rivers, Victoria (c.1878–82) and Lorne, Louttit Bay and Cape Otway Ranges (1883). Sales of his Black Spur scenery amounted to approximately 25,000 copies printed from the original negatives between 1882 and 1892. John Lindt, in collaboration with Nicholas John Caire, produced a tourist booklet on the area around "The Hermitage" in 1913.7 Collins Str. East/ J.W. Lindt/ Melbournejohn william lindt, conrad wagner, australian aboriginals, batchelder & co, nicholas john caire, anna lindt