The Southern Cross Hotel on the corner of Bourke and Exhibition Streets was opened in 1962. It was built on the footprint of the Eastern Market. The hotel was closed in 1995 and demolished in 2003. Ernest 'Nitz' Dorn was a photographer at the hotel with his own studio in the building. Customised packet of Southern Cross Hotel matches faced with a photograph of a woman on the front.Southern Cross Hotel Melbourne, Australia / Photography by Ernest Dorn / 63 8930matches, ernest dorn, southern cross hotel

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, photography, australian photography, female artist, landscape

This photograph depicts a large group of men in their work clothing situated in front of a large bank of earth. They are identified as miners working in an unidentified location in Australia. This photograph was taken by photographer Walter Thwaites sometime during the period of 1865-1908, likely c.1870. It is unsure where this image was taken since Thwaites travelled a lot over his photography career and the photograph is not annotated with this information. In addition, the identities of the men in the photograph are also unknown. These men are photographed in front of a large bank of earth where they had presumably been mining for gold or other precious metals. The men, with the exception of four, are wearing wide brimmed hats to protect their faces from the sun. They are also wearing loose fitting white shirts which are often worn beneath a darker coloured vest. They wear pale coloured work pants and boots. The men are mostly clean shaven with the exception of the moustache and a couple of beards. Two of the men have pipes in their mouth. Their clothing is basic and much less dramatic than the outfits worn by the gold diggers of the 1852 gold rush. These men, by wearing similar outfits, are expressing a sense of comradery or equality between them. It is likely that they are from the same, or similar, social status. They have an air of independence and share social equality in their stance and clothing. Walter William McLean Thwaites (1840-1908) was a professional photographer born in Sydney, Australia. He learnt the craft in his father's Hobart studio, but later embarked on his own solo career and toured every existing Australian colony between 1860 to 1888. The Thwaites family were a long line of photographers and artists with Thwaites' father Walter WIlliam Thwaites Sr working as an artist and photographer in Australia after moving from England in 1834. Walter Thwaites Sr's father, also named Walter Thwaites, was a British miniature portrait artist.Images, like this one, of Australian gold rush history can reveal important information about the social and environmental impact of this period. This image depicts over 30 diggers standing in front of a bank of earth and therefore, this image has the capacity to reveal or support significant information for researchers studying the fashion and social status of diggers in Australia in approximately 1870. It can also provide information on the landscape of Australia in this period and the impact of mining for gold on both society and the Australian landscape. The Burke Museum is home to a substantial collection of Australian mining photographs which can be used to gain a deeper understanding into life on the gold fields, technology used in mining, the miners themselves and the impact of the gold digging on the environment.Sepia toned rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper and mounted on board.Reverse: 1997.208 / MINERS. / W. Thwaites / Photography /australia, australian photography, photography, miners, gold rush, australian landscape, diggers, walter thwaites, thwaites photography, w. thwaites photography, social history

Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in trips to Antartica and was an official photographer with the Australian forces during both world wars. This book was first published in 1955.Photographs include the Hume Reservoir, Mt Buffalo and the Alpine High Country of Mt Kosciusko. (pages 140-144) All are associated with the type of country at each end of the Kiewa River. The Kiewa River flows into the Murray River just below the Hume Dam and Mt Buffalo and Mt Kosciusko are part of the Alpine High country near the Bogong High Plains. Clare Roper lived on a farm in the Kiewa Valley.Blue hard cover, bound book with the title in gold at the top. 208 pages. Mostly Black & white photos but some coloured.Inside back of first page - written 'Clare Roper'frank hurley photographer, australian photography, clare roper

Large Format Hardcover w/ Dust JacketSigned by Andrew Grimwade, Clifton Pugh and Mark Strizic, Volume number 616 0f 1200. "Royal Parking" Car Claim Check ticket inside front cover. Most colour plates have come unglued and are loose between pages.clifton pugh, mark strizic, australian photography, portrait, walsh st library

From its beginnings in 1958, the Society has mounted exhibitions and/or displays, in early days in shop windows and in community spaces located in the Kew City Hall (later Kew Library), and since 2010 at the Kew Court House. Exhibitions typically coincided with the annual Kew Community Festival in March, but after 2013 evolved into three new exhibitions yearly at the Kew Court House. Smaller displays continue to be mounted in the Kew Library.Born digital series of photographs of an exhibition focusing on the World War I work of the Kew photographer, Josiah Earl Barnes, also known as 'the embarkation photographer'. All the images in the exhibition were lent by three of his descendants. The exhibition formed the Kew Historical Society's major contribution to the Gallipoli and Beyond Commemorations. photographers - kew (vic) - josiah earl barnes, j.e. barnes - the embarkation photographer, australian photography - world war 1 - 1914-1918, wwi

Aubrey Comben is a Filmmaker & Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Graduate of Photography at RMIT and Masters of Film & Television, VCA. Passionate in documentary storytelling, through still and moving imagery. Aubrey completed his undergraduate degree in Photography at RMIT University, Melbourne. Primarily focusing on documentary photography, Aubrey has exhibited his work both nationally and Internationally. Wanting to expand on his expertise in the documentary field, Aubrey gained admission to Victorian College of Arts, Masters of Film & Television(Documentary) program. During his time a VCA, Aubrey has crewed on numerous films, predominantly as a DOP. His own films have seen success with his first, A Pier into The World, receiving best first semester documentary and his second, Give a Dog a Bone screening at the Setting Sun Film Festival. Aubrey's most recent film, Restoration Island, screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it received a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Aubrey currently works for Deakin University, where he is helping produce 360 degree films for a new immersive teaching space, which is being developed at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. australian photography, local community

Aubrey Comben is a Filmmaker & Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Graduate of Photography at RMIT and Masters of Film & Television, VCA. Passionate in documentary storytelling, through still and moving imagery. Aubrey completed his undergraduate degree in Photography at RMIT University, Melbourne. Primarily focusing on documentary photography, Aubrey has exhibited his work both nationally and Internationally. Wanting to expand on his expertise in the documentary field, Aubrey gained admission to Victorian College of Arts, Masters of Film & Television(Documentary) program. During his time a VCA, Aubrey has crewed on numerous films, predominantly as a DOP. His own films have seen success with his first, A Pier into The World, receiving best first semester documentary and his second, Give a Dog a Bone screening at the Setting Sun Film Festival. Aubrey's most recent film, Restoration Island, screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it received a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Aubrey currently works for Deakin University, where he is helping produce 360 degree films for a new immersive teaching space, which is being developed at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. australian photography, local community

Aubrey Comben is a Filmmaker & Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Graduate of Photography at RMIT and Masters of Film & Television, VCA. Passionate in documentary storytelling, through still and moving imagery. Aubrey completed his undergraduate degree in Photography at RMIT University, Melbourne. Primarily focusing on documentary photography, Aubrey has exhibited his work both nationally and Internationally. Wanting to expand on his expertise in the documentary field, Aubrey gained admission to Victorian College of Arts, Masters of Film & Television(Documentary) program. During his time a VCA, Aubrey has crewed on numerous films, predominantly as a DOP. His own films have seen success with his first, A Pier into The World, receiving best first semester documentary and his second, Give a Dog a Bone screening at the Setting Sun Film Festival. Aubrey's most recent film, Restoration Island, screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it received a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Aubrey currently works for Deakin University, where he is helping produce 360 degree films for a new immersive teaching space, which is being developed at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. australian photography, local community

Aubrey Comben is a Filmmaker & Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Graduate of Photography at RMIT and Masters of Film & Television, VCA. Passionate in documentary storytelling, through still and moving imagery. Aubrey completed his undergraduate degree in Photography at RMIT University, Melbourne. Primarily focusing on documentary photography, Aubrey has exhibited his work both nationally and Internationally. Wanting to expand on his expertise in the documentary field, Aubrey gained admission to Victorian College of Arts, Masters of Film & Television(Documentary) program. During his time a VCA, Aubrey has crewed on numerous films, predominantly as a DOP. His own films have seen success with his first, A Pier into The World, receiving best first semester documentary and his second, Give a Dog a Bone screening at the Setting Sun Film Festival. Aubrey's most recent film, Restoration Island, screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it received a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Aubrey currently works for Deakin University, where he is helping produce 360 degree films for a new immersive teaching space, which is being developed at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. australian photography, local community

Aubrey Comben is a Filmmaker & Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Graduate of Photography at RMIT and Masters of Film & Television, VCA. Passionate in documentary storytelling, through still and moving imagery. Aubrey completed his undergraduate degree in Photography at RMIT University, Melbourne. Primarily focusing on documentary photography, Aubrey has exhibited his work both nationally and Internationally. Wanting to expand on his expertise in the documentary field, Aubrey gained admission to Victorian College of Arts, Masters of Film & Television(Documentary) program. During his time a VCA, Aubrey has crewed on numerous films, predominantly as a DOP. His own films have seen success with his first, A Pier into The World, receiving best first semester documentary and his second, Give a Dog a Bone screening at the Setting Sun Film Festival. Aubrey's most recent film, Restoration Island, screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it received a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Aubrey currently works for Deakin University, where he is helping produce 360 degree films for a new immersive teaching space, which is being developed at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. Purchased $250australian photography, local community

Aubrey Comben is a Filmmaker & Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Graduate of Photography at RMIT and Masters of Film & Television, VCA. Passionate in documentary storytelling, through still and moving imagery. Aubrey completed his undergraduate degree in Photography at RMIT University, Melbourne. Primarily focusing on documentary photography, Aubrey has exhibited his work both nationally and Internationally. Wanting to expand on his expertise in the documentary field, Aubrey gained admission to Victorian College of Arts, Masters of Film & Television(Documentary) program. During his time a VCA, Aubrey has crewed on numerous films, predominantly as a DOP. His own films have seen success with his first, A Pier into The World, receiving best first semester documentary and his second, Give a Dog a Bone screening at the Setting Sun Film Festival. Aubrey's most recent film, Restoration Island, screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it received a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Aubrey currently works for Deakin University, where he is helping produce 360 degree films for a new immersive teaching space, which is being developed at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. australian photography, local community

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, australian photography, photography, female artist, landscape

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, australian photography, female artist, photography, landscape

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, australian photography, photography, female artist, landscape

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, australian photography, photography, female artist, landscape

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, australian photography, photography, female artist, landscape

Anne Scott Wilson is a video and photography artist interested in memory, motion and the body. Her work often experiments with movement and light exposure over time. The images in Fly Rhythm series record landscapes from the Dandenong Ranges to Altona and were produced for an exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery called EXPERIMENT in 2012.australian art, australian photography, photography, female artist

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

Jokulsarlon is a glacial lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. It is formed by ice breaking off the Breidamerkurjokull in the Vatnajokull National Park. The ice floats out to sea through a narrow channel and is often washed back onto the black lava sand beach by tides and storms. This area is frequently battered by wind and heavy rain and received a lot of ash and dust from the 2010 eruption. The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits: never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice. australian photography, iceland, landscape

The sarcastic title of this work pokes fun at the old fashioned idea that race should not be the subject of polite conversation. Deacon uses a white and a Black dolly to represent the unequal power dynamics that exist within Australian society. The dolls stand in for people who, based on the colour of their skin, experience the impact of racial inequality in vastly different ways. The cracked head of the white doll reveals an empty void. Symbolically violent, perhaps this emptiness suggests the dolls will never be able to fully comprehend one another’s experiences.This work was curated in RACE 2016 at Wyndham Art Gallery. Destiny Deacon (1956–2024) was a descendant of the KuKu (Far North Queensland) and Erub/Mer (Torres Strait) people. She exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1990s in solo and group shows. Deacon held two major retrospectives, in 2004 and 2020, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne respectively. Her 2004 survey show, Walk & don’t look blak, toured to the Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokyo, the Tjibao Cultural Centre in Noumea, New Caledonia and Wellington City Gallery in New Zealand. In 2022, she was the recipient of the Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement at First Nations Arts Awards. In the same year, Deacon’s work was shown at the Australian Embassy in Paris in an exhibition titled Destiny - The art of Destiny Deacon. In 2023, Deacon was included in the Sharjah Biennial 15, Thinking Historically in the Present, conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor and curated by Hoor Al Qasimi. In 2024, Deacon's work was exhibited in the 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, curated by Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero. Deacon’s work is held in most major public collections in Australia as well as Tate, London, Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK), Stifting Ludwig, Vienna, Austria and Museum Sammlung Essl, Austria.first nations photography, australian photography, australian indigenous art, race, racism, colonisation