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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Live and direct, 2008
Locally born and internationally renowned film director Gillian Armstrong tells of her career and her latest film.Locally born and internationally renowned film director Gillian Armstrong tells of her career and her latest film.Locally born and internationally renowned film director Gillian Armstrong tells of her career and her latest film.armstrong, gillian -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 2/12/1979 12:00:00 AM
Set of 2 Black and White photographs of the replica Horse Tram 253 at the TMSV Bylands site. .1 - cleaning the tram - missing the end canopies .2 - Interior of the tram Notes on the rear of the tram note the work of the builder - Newton & Gillian Williams of Mildura and Alan Sutcliffe. Dated 2/12/1979. Photo Numbers 180-32 and 180-33Has the Keith Kings photo stamp on the rear, with extensive details of the photograph.trams, tramways, replica, cross bench tram, horse tram, tmsv, bylands, tram 253 -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour on Whatman’s paper mounted on board, John Borrack, Winter Frost, Yan Yean, 1979
“This old farmhouse on the east of Ridge Road, has now disappeared. A particularly fine spell of clear frosty June days, prompted a number of early morning "frost" paintings in Mernda and districts. The painting owes something to tonal impressionism. At the time I had been elected a member of the "20 Melbourne Painters", (a rather conservative body of tonal artists) from which I later resigned. However, the importance of tonal values and the decisive balance of light and dark tones cannot be dismissed in painting. By painting into the light, the tonal qualities of a picture can often be more decisively understood and expressed. In this instance the sparkle of white paper and the deeper tones of the massed foliage contribute to the light effect. Such paintings are made for one's own enjoyment and are a spontaneous reaction to an effect that moves one to do something about it.” John BorrackPart of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrack '79. Winter. Yan Yean.yan yean -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour & gouache on Fabriano paper mounted on board, John Borrack, Cravens Road, Mernda, 1987
“Like "Red Gums, Hunters Lane", this painting is a deliberate attempt to infuse some new qualities into my work of that period, particularly in the painting of local subject matter. The heightened chroma and simplification of forms accentuated by a more rhythmic quality, endow the picture with a decorative characteristic which places it outside the category of the picturesque. Such colour harmonies, despite the heightened intensities, particularly in the road, do nevertheless exist, and it is the artist's prerogative to select and emphasize these certain qualities in his quest for expression. Unlike oil painting, watercolour and gouache can be unforgiving media, and once a commitment is made to the initial marks and washes on the paper, one must employ a certain deftness of touch to develop the work and retain the initial freshness. Some technical planning before painting is essential.” John BorrackPart of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrackmernda -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour on Arches paper, Yan Yean Swampwater, 1995
“A nature painting commenced on site and completed in the studio. More of a morass lying to the west of Yan Yean Reservoir in Dunnets Road, this intriguing site has nevertheless all the primeval qualities associated with swamps in general. The rhythmic movements of the old red gums dominate the surrounding bush with the tranquility of the water from recent rains. Painted directly onto a saturated sheet of rough paper, the large masses of foliage and integrated sky areas determine the tonal and colour key of the painting, while the strong horizontality of the lower water area stabilizes the design and contrasts with the vertical and oblique rhythms of tree trunks. The white of trunks and branches have largely been achieved by the lifting of colour with a stiff wet brush although slight touches of bodycolour are added for a few critical accents. Such a subject and its execution demands a sound concept and plan before any painting is commenced as the wayward nature of the medium demands great control. The painting must be bold and decisive. Sometimes the qualities of the medium should be allowed to take over in its wateriness and its soft and hard edge properties.” John BorrackPart of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrackyan yean -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Gouache on Fabriano Paper on board, John Borrack, East of Mernda. Late Evening, 1995
“A nature painting commenced on site and completed in the studio. More of a morass lying to the west of Yan Yean Reservoir in Dunnets Road, this intriguing site has nevertheless all the primeval qualities associated with swamps in general. The rhythmic movements of the old red gums dominate the surrounding bush with the tranquility of the water from recent rains. Painted directly onto a saturated sheet of rough paper, the large masses of foliage and integrated sky areas determine the tonal and colour key of the painting, while the strong horizontality of the lower water area stabilizes the design and contrasts with the vertical and oblique rhythms of tree trunks. The white of trunks and branches have largely been achieved by the lifting of colour with a stiff wet brush although slight touches of bodycolour are added for a few critical accents. Such a subject and its execution demands a sound concept and plan before any painting is commenced as the wayward nature of the medium demands great control. The painting must be bold and decisive. Sometimes the qualities of the medium should be allowed to take over in its wateriness and its soft and hard edge properties.” John BorrackPart of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrackmernda -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour on Saunders Medium Paper mounted on board, John Borrack, The Farm, South Morang, 1986
This is a conventional watercolour. This fine old farm with its beautiful white barn was a landmark in South Morang until its demolition in the late 1970's. It was one of the first subjects in the area that I painted in the early 1950's. I later learnt from Alan Sumner, friend, painter and onetime head of the National Gallery School, that he constantly painted the same subject, as no doubt did other artists before him. I was quite upset about its demise, with the erection of a service station on the site. The two red gums are still there. In view of the quickening development of the area in which many historic landmarks, buildings and landscapes were disappearing, I painted the picture in my earlier more picturesque style purely to serve as a historical record of another lost legacy of the Plenty Valley. The early afternoon light and shadows through the red gums which frame the barn and outbuildings are all painted with a direct fluency on wet paper, to which the crisper touches were added after the initial stages were dry. The colour scheme evokes a typical summer's day and is uniquely Australian.Part of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrack 86 The Farm, Sth Morangsouth morang -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Gouache & Watercolour on Saunders Paper on board, John Borrack, Mernda Plains, Landscape, 1995
The expression of the spirit of a place which in landscape painting is aesthetically more important than a literal topographical recording, can really only be achieved after a lifetime's experience of an area one has constantly observed, painted and loved for its innate characteristics. I gaze across the red gum plains of the Mernda landscape from my studio and witness them in all seasons and moods. Such a painting as this, free of all inhibitions of literal transcription are done relying purely on memory impressions. These are often inspired by a particular season or day, but the content of the work is a total of past experience and observations that lie in one's mind. The staccato quality of tree forms against vast horizontal spaces, the open colour planes and marks that define forms, the calligraphy and tonal resonance of the work, all find their origins in direct observations of nature that remain with me. Experience has taught me that the more direct and less complicated one can express an idea in watercolour and gouache, the more significant and vital the work will be. Occasionally one succeeds and manages a complete statement without recourse to reworking or additions. This painting typifies the direction in which my major work started to move in the late 1980's. Part of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrackmernda -
City of Whittlesea Art Collection
Painting - Gouache on Saunders Paper on board, John Borrack, Basalt Flood Plain, Mernda, 1990
Like Purple Plain, Mernda and Mernda Heat Haze this painting was a further development from aspects of the Basalt Plains series of the 1990's as seen in Mernda Plains Landscape. This picture has a greater minimalist quality about it, having been painted in the studio during a particularly wet spring when some of the surrounding flats were indented by channels of water. Greens are not a colour harmony I work with often, but here help convey the essence of the seasonal landscape. A much more formal structure has been emphasized in this picture in which atmospheric space has been almost negated in favour of a much shallower field of colour and two dimensional surface rhythm, an actual effect one can sometimes see under certain conditions of nature, particularly in a flat country. I have always had some respect for one or two of the better colour field painters of America in the 1950's and 1960's who actually untilzed expressive broad bands of colour harmonies in their work, but didn't classify them as landscape paintings. My own feelings on the subject are to avoid the clinical precision that such an approach can bring, and thus indicate some actual reference to landscape in a work, a horizon, however subtle, or marks indicating actual forms that give some scale to the work. I suppose the idea first occurred to me when I saw J. M. W. Turner's wonderful painting, Evening Star, in the National Gallery in London many years ago. In this work a few bands of mysterious colour and exquisite harmonies with one or two references to figure, sand, sea and sky, transmogrify everything into a magical unity. It serves as a revelatory example of how all art is dependent on abstract qualities and how great artists like Turner are able to conceal those qualities without lapsing into a forced mannerism.Part of the John and Gillian Borrack Federation Bequest, donated to the City of Whittlesea in December 2001 by Gillian and John BorrackJohn Borrack '90mernda -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Mooroopna Hospital Queen Competition
Two copies, both number 10137, kept together, depicting the Mooroopna and District Hospital Queen Competition c1950. Gillian Gaylard Queen, died a year later of cancer.tatura, mooroopna, gillian gaylard, costume, children, female -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Hometown Girl Hits Big Time, 1/05/1997
Newspaper cutting about Gillian Armstrong former Mitcham girl who is a woman film director in an otherwise male field. Nunawading Gazette, 4/5/1997. Photoarmstrong gillian, films -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Whittlesea Leader, Ziebell's steps into new era, 22 Oct 2019
Gillian Borrack tending the garden at Ziebell's Farmhouse.Newsprint with colour imagemernda, gillian borrack, ziebell's farmhouse, garden -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Guides meeting Lady Delacombe the Govenor's wife
Guides Gillian Ackroyd, Ruth Ellen, Alison Hayman, Sandra McKellar, Kathryn AttrillB/W photograph of guides with lady in hat and glovesguides -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Armstrong Comes Full Circle, 1/06/1998
Article from the Age 'Green Guide' 18 June 1998 exploring Gillian Armstrong's views on the Howard Government's attitude to the A.B.C. where the budget had been slashed to the point where new and emerging writers and directors are being given no encouragement. Ms Armstrong also discussed her fourth documentary 'Not Fourteen Again', featuring a trio of Adelaide girls which she commenced filming in 1975 when they were 14. Coloured illustration. Gillian Armstrong is the granddaughter of Norman Armstrong, a former Mayor of Nunawading.armstrong, gillian, australian broadcasting commission, norman -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Vermont High School 1965 Form 3A1, 1965
Black and white photo of class 3A1 outside the school. All children are in uniform. Two children are identified. Gillian Armstrong is third from the right in the bottom row and Michael Frobisher is second from the right in the back row.vermont high school, schools -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, 7 Nov 1987
Gillian Barclay, Coordinator Living and Learning; Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, gillian barclay -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Book: Peak hour: a collection of poems, 2003
An 87 page book of poetry published by NMIT's Professional Writing and Editing unit in 2003. Contributors include: Kathryn Lowe, Mark Leviston, A.T. Davidson, Georgina ACS Whitaker, Michelle Napolitano, Fiona Sievers, Gillian Ryan, Phyllis Price, Simon Exley, Scott Ramsay. professional writing & editing unit, school publications, nmit -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, 2008 Orientation and Mobility Graduates, 5/12/2008
Six graduands with their Graduate Certificate in Vision Impairment (Orientation and Mobility). Back row: Peter Merrick, Darius Krzeminski, Paul Hartley. Front row: Gillian True, Katherine Wallace, Stacey Meade.Coloured photograph of six people holding certificates with another personvision australia, orientation and mobility, peter merrick, darius krzeminski, paul hartley, gillian true, katherine wallace, stacey meade -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
News release, Queen Victoria Women's Centre Trust members announced, 19 July 1995
First trust of the QVWC: Janet England (Chair), Christine Haydon, Marion Lau, Gracia Baylor, Judith Walker, Gillian Welshe, Tania Price, Meryl Sexton, Sandra Bell, Esmai Manahan, Lecki Ord, Margaret Smith.One A4 white paper describing the announcement from the Office of the Minister for Women's Affairs of the first twelve women appointed to the QVWC Trust. committees of management, women professionals, historic buildings, building construction -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, 7 Nov 1987
Shire President Cr Alan Baker with Gillian Barclay, Coodinator Living and Learning and Rodney Roscholler CEO Eltham Shire Council at the Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, cr. alan baker, gillian barclay, rodney roscholler -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, 7 Nov 1987
Shire President Cr Alan Baker with Gillian Barclay, Coodinator Living and Learning and Rodney Roscholler CEO Eltham Shire Council at the Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, cr. alan baker, gillian barclay, rodney roscholler -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, 7 Nov 1987
Shire President Cr Alan Baker with Gillian Barclay, Coodinator Living and Learning and Rodney Roscholler CEO Eltham Shire Council at the Open Day, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, part of the Eltham Community Festival activites, 7 Nov. 1987eltham, eltham festival, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, open day, cr. alan baker, gillian barclay, rodney roscholler -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Bobbin lace, Early 20th Century
Aunt Fanny gave 6 yds of her "Bucks pattern" lace to Gillian Davis for her 21st birthday. This lace is very difficult to make, as there is a thick thread to keep exactly the same tautness as the fine thread. Aunt Fanny was about 77 when she made this.A fine example of womens hand craft from the late 19th and early 20th Century1 bundle of cream bobbin "Bucks pattern" lace which has a thick thread through it at exactly the same tautness as the fine thread. 2nd bundle of cream lace made by another method, possibly crochet.hand craft, lace bobbin -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables -- 2 Photos -- Coloured
Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing the hole in the back wall. People in the second photo from left to right are Gillian Walker, Alan Kingston, Geoff Austin (Heritage Vic.) and Dorothy King. The top photo was taken in 1988. The bottom photo a side view from Griffiths St taken in 1999.Colour photos of red brick building, once Police Superintendent's Horse stables. First photo shows the building with holes in the roof and a large hole in the back wall. The other photo shows the back wall where bricks were removed in the 1950-60s. This second photo shows four people looking at the hole in the wall. (Also, 3 photos in Album 13 p 64 taken 04.03.2004)Stawell 1988 Geoff Oates P.O. Box 402 Stawell.stawell -
Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: September 26, 2000
Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. September 26: Braille Week – Jo Matthews, Importance of Braille – Gillian Gale.royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell High School Social Service Representatives1972, 1972
6975-31 Social Service Representatives 1972 Back Row, Don McAllister, Jamie Lewis, Middle Row, Maxine Perry, Wendy Slorach, Sue Parry, Janine Turner, Jenny Smith, Lynne Matheson. Front Row, Pamela Guy, Iris Mulvaney, Sally Gunning, Gillian Pert, Jayne Bibby, Freda Ackroyd, Judy O’Halloran, Ann Sudholtz Students and Photo beside high School wingsStawell High School Students in front of High School Building education -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Girls' basketball (netball) team of Ringwood East Primary School Metropolitan Premiers 1967, 1967
Note - Rhonda Clarke was reported as being related to Olympic runner Ron Clarke.Photograph of girls' basketball (netball) team of Ringwood East Primary School Metropolitan Premiers 1967. +Additional Keywords: Deany, John - teacher standing at rear, with back row L-R (standing) and front row L-R (kneeling): / Holmberg, Peta / Sanbrook, Gillian / Benson, Peta / Parker, Lyn / Harmen, Janice / White, Anne / French, Cheryl / Clarke, Rhonda / Cleary, Jenny / Rattray, Peta -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, John Poynter, The Audacious Adventures of Dr Louis Lawrence Smith : 1830-1910, 2014
"L. L. Smith, medico, writer, publisher, politician, litigant, showman, speculator, collector, vigneron, farmer, breeder and rider of racehorses, guiding hand for thirty year of Melbourne's great exhibition complex." - publisher's website. Instrumental in having Phillip island opened for selection in 1868.2 v. box : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, protraits ; 24cm.Inscribed : To the Phillip Island Historical Society from Gillian and Norman Gengoult Smith, the grandson of Dr L. L. Smith whoe's [sic] 10 year battle in the Victorian Parliament for the cause was instrumental in having Phillip island opened for settlement Signed by the author : John Poynterjohn poynter, dr louis lawrence smith, the audacious adventures of dr louis lawrence smith -
City of Warrnambool Rowing Club
Coloured photograph
City of Warrnambool crews at the Dimboola Regatta: 2011. Top: Brendan Finnigan. Middle: Maryanne Purcell, Angela Griffin, Debbie Fitzgibbon, Jasmine Sloane, Susan Finnigan, Carla Sudholz, Clive Wooster, Aeofia Dalton, Gillian Norris. Front: Kate Jolley, Jo Bone, Joanna Welsh. city of warrnambool crews at the dimboola regatta: 2011. top: brendan finnigan. middle: maryanne purcell, angela griffin, debbie fitzgibbon, jasmine sloane, susan finnigan, carla sudholz, clive wooster, aeofia dalton, gillian norris. front: kate jolley, jo bone, joanna welsh., city of warrnambool rowing club, city of warrnambool rowing club, warrnambool rowing club, rowing, dimboola, regatta -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell 502 Students Grade 5 Class 1 1955, 1955
STAWELL PS 1955 Grade 5 CLASS 1 Back Row: Garry Gardiner, Garry Blackman, Roy Howard, Ron Barker, Max Fry 2nd Row: Allan Logan, Ian Rickard, Leon Wheelan, Harold Woolley, Ray Mathews, Richard Lea, Neville Ross, Wayne Whitehead, Ron Peart, Arthur Wallace, Max Shefield, Barrie Graham 3rd Row: Syvlia Williams, Betty Davis, Lorrain Crouch, Mavis Smith, Lorraine Hughes, Paulene Blake, Judy Walsh, Sonia Earl, Lorraine Stokes, Jullie Coward, Margret Randall Front Row: Gillian Clark, Pam Devlien, Janet Martin, Patty Holmes, Christine Rule, Hilda Currie, Edna Collins. Students Lined up in front of School Building Stawell Grade V 1955education