South East Asian Culturesouth east asian culture, dance

Photograph of a blond Go go dancer dressed in a white sequinned bikini and black tights.photograph, entertainment

Bronze plaque depicting a male indigenous dancer with two seated indigenous males in a landscape. Inscribed on reverse (u.r.c) 'Matcham Skipper'matcham skipper, plaque, bronze, indigenous dancer

Scottish dance Entertainment Dancer J. Wood (later J. Pickering) 1930’sstawell entertainment

Charles Douglas Richardson, The tired dancer 1909, patinated plaster, 59 x 42 x 45 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist 1931.patinated plastersculpture, human figure, dancer, tambourine, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, plaster

Entertainment - Dance Miss E. Falkstawell

Banner used during by the Square Dance Club after the creation of Vision Australia. Made by Margaret Fox, who along with her husband Colin, volunteered to teach square dancing at the AFB. Her son remembers that his parents rarely ever drove to a dance together, as they would need both cars to ship down the food made by Margaret to the hall, or ferry dancers to and from dances.White banner with purple writing, dancing couple in green and letters V and A in green and purpleVision Australia Blind Sports Square Dance Clubrecreation, vision australia, margaret fox

Standing proud, still here, the spirit of ten ancestral matriarchs adorned in contemporary ceremonial cloaks. Representing our women past, present and future, her Spirit, our culture, our Country (spelt with a capital for its importance and this is part of First Peoples protocols on acknowledging Country, our strength, our resilience and healing towards a sustainable future). The black swan cloak refers to the black swan of Geelong and Ballarat were the swan has had its own fight to survive during the early colonial years where white swans were introduced by colonisers and the black swan fought back as they do not naturally get along. The wave pattern is taken from a traditional shield pattern held in the Melbourne Museum, South Eastern archive collection of shields. The wave refers to the water and travelling across water to fish, hunt and survive. This cloak is about survival, water, and the swan living on the water. It also refers to a contemporary dance of Kunuwarra the black swan, which was performed by a group Wadawurrung women (including artist Deanne Gilson) for Tanderrum (Melbourne – Naarm) in 2016. The dance is available to watch on youtube.Black swan, heart motif with water design on outer cloak, female figure and red native flower design on lining. Solid black trimming. Cloak is machine sewn and handstitched with hand stitching on shoulder seam.deanne gilson, first nations art, wadawurrung dja

The happy Slovenian can find any reason to dance, sing and enjoy Slovenian music. For occasions they were very quite innovative and used every opportunity to get together and speak in their bellowed Slovenian language, meet friends, some who met life partners.The innovative design of the Winter themeSlovenians love to dance in Winter, or in the heat of the Summer. The invitation invites Slovenians to a Winter Dance on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at the Prahran Town Hall, Melbourne.Hand lettered and decorated title of the dancewinter slovenian dance, slovenian club melbourne, slovenian music

This dance was attended by the donor Cheryll Henry. A leather ticket with information stamped into leather for entry into the Ballarat School of Mines dance held at Corbould Hall. Casual Dance Corould Hall Fri 26thballarat school of mines, casual dance, corbould hall, bookmark, ticket

Banner used during 1984 tour of Canada and America by the Guiding Light Square Dance club. Made by Margaret Fox, who along with her husband Colin, volunteered to teach square dancing at the AFB. Her son remembers that his parents rarely ever drove to a dance together, as they would need both cars to ship down the food made by Margaret to the hall, or ferry dancers to and from dances.Yellow satin banner with green outline of Australia and two people dancing inside and writing inside boomerang across Australia and enamel badges attachedGuiding Light Square Dance Club 1984 Tour - Canada & Americarecreation, association for the blind, margaret fox, guiding light square dance club

The USB is a copy of a 16mm format film labelled TATURA LAGER 1942 with the name G RUFF on it. This nine minute film shows three folk dances performed by young girls at the Temple Society during their internment in Camp 3 Tatura, Victoria. Copy given to the Museum by Doris Frank when the Templers visited the Museum in November 2022 for a Templer reunion.HistoricPink covered USB with black writing on front. In a glad bag. Also sheet of paper with the story of the folk dancing.Camp 3 Folk Dancing 194216 mm film, tatura lager 1942, g ruff, camp 3 tatura, folk dancing, templers, usb, doris frank

Article from magazine on Joan Delahunty

fictionCaptain Barney South had flown ninety hazardous missions. The first ace of the Vietnam War, he had already used up more that his fair share of luckvietnam war 1961-1975 - fiction, air war

Gift of Mack Jost, 1992ink and watercolour on paper