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Robin Boyd FoundationBook, H.L. Havell, Stories from the Aeneid: Retold from Virgil, 1931
HardcoverPrinted label on front page from Melbourne Grammar School, text in latin. Book was awarded to 'Robin Penleigh Boyd / in Middle V Form' for 'Second Prize' in 1932walsh st library -
Kew Historical Society IncDecorative object - Paradise Bird Design Linen Curtains, GP&J Baker, 1920s
William Turner, a Scottish born free-lance designer, who was contracted to GP&J Baker, painted the image on which the design was based in 1918. Turner had trained as a furniture designer before leaving for London in the 1890s, where he rose to prominence as an Arts & Crafts designer. The bird that gives this design its name is adapted from Robert Havell’s ‘A Collection of Birds of Paradise’, published in 1835, and was a favourite of Victorian chintz designers.“Paradise Bird” has been in continuous production since its creation. The hand-block print, of which these curtains are an early example, was supplemented by a version engraved on copper rollers in 1962, and was updated onto screens in 1982. The curtains have significance to the collection because of their intrinsic value and for the link to one of the historic mansions in the City of Boroondara. The curtains by G.P & J Baker of London use one of the exemplary designs in this manufacturer’s output. The first use of the design was in 1918, following the Great War, and the design is said to reflect the hope for peace which was a feature of the postwar years. The curtains are an early example of the Paradise Bird design, and were block printed. A pair of curtains originally situated in one of the front reception rooms of 'Tourmont' in Balwyn Road, Balwyn (now Fintona Girls’ School). The fabric in the curtains was manufactured by the English firm of GP&J Baker. The textile design is variably named as ‘Paradise Bird’ or more recently, ‘Hydrangea Bird’. Turner’s bird perches in a blossoming branch directly above a woodpecker, which is an attribute of Mars, god of war. Thus the design reads as a symbolic statement where War is reversed and Paradise returns (a hopeful message at the end of WWI). “Paradise Bird” has been in continuous production since its creation. . curtains, fabric design, historic buildings -
Glen Eira Historical SocietyLetter - MURRUMBEENA FOOTBALL CLUB
This file contains 2 items: 1/A letter to Caulf Historical Society, requesting any history of Murrumbeena Football Club, from R. Gould. Reply from T.J. Hart advising that no information on the club is held by the society. 2/A fifty page book on the history of Murrumbeena Football Club, from foundation in 1927 to 1976. Includes 7 team photocopied photographs and one of the pavilion after completion in 1922, book written by R. Gould.gould ross, murrumbeena football club, football, football clubs, ‘dick’s horse paddock’, butchers, murrumbeena, great dandenong road, murrumbeena road, n.r. cooper, market gardens, orchards, carnegie rovers, oakleigh juniors, oakleigh district junior, football association, committees of management, murrumbeena junior football club, dick r., armstrong j., silverman dr. i., phillips r. cr., mudge les, truman v., bristow l., richardson , truman t., robertson, carnegie rovers, bentleigh, oakleigh juniors, ted pelling’s horse stables, stables, kangaroo road, moore george, armstrong fred, tinsley roy, naylor reg, ward bill, hunter mr., cox mr., scivenor mr., marian mr., wilde mr., townley mr., mudge mr., hay mr , ferguson mr., wilde wal, pelling e., watkins e., giles mr., young mr., paterson mr., reid mr., ross mr., walker mr., lyre mr., cannon mr., ronaldson tom, pearson , hall , collaghan jack, dennis, wlash, cannon, rickets, ferguson, wotes, hay, washbrooke, wilde , phillipson, welch, brown, cox, sharp, thomas, palmer, harris e., dick a., caulfield-dandenong, junior football association, metropolitan amateurs, pavilions, caulfield city council, murrumbeena amateurs, miss football queen, ralph miss, welch vic, emmins ‘titch’ g., bone r., havell, ellis r. (bob), pew t., stock a., riley wal, harris ‘codger’ roy, biddington j., nicholson a., bernes a.c., healey g., riley w., summerfield d., lee e., harris j., bass j., denning j., phillips c., king f., weatheral n.w., stewart s., rolfe h., dalgleish s., malone l., simpson e., kain a., rennie w., sloan a., painter e., bernes c., biddington g., parker c., willmott n., murrumbeena cricket club, corbett, murrumbeena districts, holden ‘rusty’, crundy, dean, taylor, bourke, moore, stewart, hause, clarke, gear, page, rowe bill, mathers alf, awards, farrell r., oakley r., escott l., callaghan t., mathers r., andrew j., halfpenny j., howland w., m
