Black and white image of a scene at Mt Clear near Ballarat, featuring giant grass trees. mount clear, grass trees, flora

grass trees

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2004Watercolour and charcoal on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by the artist through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2004Pastel on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Alva Dorothy GOODEN (1864-1949) Gooden was a china painter who is best known for her decoration of many dishes, plates and vases with Australian wildflowers and blackboy trees. Although Alva Gooden painted on a variety of different china including Wembley Ware, she was not one of the artists employed at the Subiaco WA china factory. Much of her work is simply signed ALVA. (https://www.daao.org.au/bio/alva-dorothy-gooden/, accessed 25 March 2017)Image of three saucers and a small cup, all handpainted by Alva Gooden, and depicting Grass Trees. alva gooden, blackboys, grass trees, china, alva

Piers Bateman was a local artist, held in very high esteem by his peers and community. He was born in Perth in 1947, moving to Eltham in 1955 as a young child with his family. In 1966 Bateman moved to London for eighteen months to develop his craft. In 1969 he settled in St Andrews, where he built a studio. The St Andrews locale is said to have been a strong influence on his work. Bateman’s talent was such that he was promoted and mentored by such ilk as Charles Blackman, Clifton Pugh and Arthur Boyd, among others. Bateman’s work is an intimate dialogue with the environment, renowned for his paintings of the outback, wilderness frontiers and the sea. He spent a year in the mid-seventies sailing the Greek Islands and the French canals to Amsterdam. In 1980 Bateman and Marcus Skipper embarked on a trans-Australian venture to the red centre and across northern Australia from Cairns to Broome. In the mid-eighties Bateman returned to the Mediterranean, before returning to the Australian outback in the late-eighties. His international career continued on an upwards trajectory between the Australian outback and European seas, providing a unique contrast throughout the course of his career. Bateman's work questions our relationship with the natural world, and in particular, reconciling our colonial heritage with our indigenous past. This line of questioning and his genuine response to place is the key to Piers Bateman’s work, for which he is lauded and celebrated. On September 4th 2015, Piers Bateman died in a boating accident on the NSW coast line. Piers Bateman was an instinctive painter whose inspiration came from nature. He reworked and scraped off the paint, moving it around until forms and colours of the landscape took shape. Although Bateman lived in Spain and Italy, his time in Europe made him aware of the contrast between the two continents and the bright clear light that defined the Australian landscape. At the time of this work, Bateman was living in St. Andrews, but travelled regularly to New South Wales and South Australia on painting trips. The ‘Grass Tree’ Xanthorrhoea johnsonii (commonly known as ‘blackboy’) is indigenous to these areas. It is a uniquely Australian, slow growing plant with twenty-eight species growing within Australia. Old examples of this tree are survivors of many wild fires, which can cause their blackened trunk, of one to two metres, branch into two or more heads. These heads consist of thick, rough corky bark, surrounded by long, wiry leaves and flowers that produce seed capsules with hard black seeds. The tree’s ability to be one of the first to flower after a wild fire ensures a food source for many insects and birds.Oil on canvas painting. Detail of three grass trees resting on the side of a mountain/hill. Green and gold palette throughout depicting the colours and light of the Australian landscape. Hand written, low right in capitals: 'BATEMAN'bateman, grass trees, xanthorrhoea johnsonii, landscape

Donated by Charles Nodrum through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2002Paper, Paint, Acrylicgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Dora Walker (married 1928 taking the name Simpson) had a long association with the Mission as a member of the Ladies Harbour light guild. This image is similar to another image in the collection which depicts the garden of the Walker family where many fund-raising events and hosting of seafarers took place. Rev Weller dates the image to around mid to late 1920s. In the 1960s and 70s Dora was president of the LHLG which later merged with the Flying Angels. She was awarded the MBE for her services to the community in the 1970s. Dora's son David Simpson is a volunteer still iat MTS n the 21stC. The Walker and Simpson families are examples of long association and commitment supporting the Mission to Seafarers. As they are researched it is clear the stories of these families document not only support for the Mission but are also shown to have been significant contributors, leaders and donors to the broader Melbourne and Victorian community from the 19th Century and up to the present day.Group portrait depicting 4 men in suits standing (reverend Weller on the right), a man sitting on the grass, next to a woman in white summer dress (Dora Wlaker), sitting on a chair in front of the men. They are photographed outdoor probably in the mission's garden (in the background we can see the letters E-EX on a building wall, thought to be from the Extension Bond and Free Stores located next to te mission at the time)dora walker, reverend reginald weller, picnic, cadets, officers, lhlg, amy dora walker, dora simpson, mission's garden, flinders street, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seamen, ladies harbour lights guild, melbourne, lawn, grass, trees, plants, peppercorn tree

The image of Ballarat Trustees relates to a building on the corner of Mair and Lydiard Streets. In 2010 it was used as Cuthberts law firm.Grey/green soft covered book. Includes photographs and map. Themes include: Ballarat History pre gold, mining, Eureka Stockade, Lake Wendouree, South Street, Grand National Eisteddfod of Australasia, schools, Black Hill, Lake Burrumbeet, Creswick, Buninyong. Illustrations and advertisement include: Sturt Street,James Smith, Ballarat Town Hall, Ballarat East Town Hall, Rowlands, Ballarat brewing Co., Royal Standard Brewery, steam train, Lake Wendouree, J.S. Vickery & Son, trout, Berry, Anderson & co., Ballarat Botanical Gardens and hot houses, Claxton Memorial Fountain, statues, New Imperial Gold Mine, Art Gallery of Ballarat, St Patrick's College, Ballarat Grammar School, Ballarat School of Mines, Ballarat College, Sunnyside Woollen Mills, Ballarat Agricultural High School, Passenger Steamer on Lake Wendouree, Moorabool Falls, Lal Lal Falls, Grosvenor Square, Netherby, Buninyong, Ballarat Motor Garage.ballarat, cuthberts, ballarat trustees, sturt street, tram, trams, ballarat town hall, crag's hotel, sun foundry, eureka aerated waters and brewing co, d. lem, chinese practioner, chinese herbalist, hugh v. mckay, sunshine harvester, gordon brothers, central business college, george hotel, edwards pyrites furnace, long's biscuits, ballarat eisteddfod, george farmer, ballarat botanical gardens, eureka stockade, lake wendouree, ballarat school of mines, moorabool falls, kirks reservoir, ballarat post office, hepburn lagoon, star of the east mine, emu river, ballarat observatory, statues, angus' rialto cafe, carlyon's hotel, clarendon ladies' college, j.e, sang, ballarat coffee palace, stansfield and smith, ballaray brewing company, phoenix brewery, rotal standard brewery, john macleod co, robert sim and co, cobb and co\eagle foundry, j.j. goller and co., mt buninyong lookout, ballarat town hall ballarat east gardens, hot house, glass house, statuary pavilion new imperial gold mining co.,, art gallery of ballarat, st patrick's college, ballarat agricultural high school, lake wendouree steamer, grass trees at mt clear, mount clear, lake burrumbeet, newlyn reservoir trout, lal lal falls, grosvenor square, netherby, ramelli's motor garage, buninyong gold obelisk, memorial, imperial gold mine, botanical gardens lily pond and fernery

Photographs from a very tall grass tree at Geelong Botanical Gardensgeelong botanical gardens, grass tree

Photographs from a very tall grass tree at Geelong Botanical Gardensgeelong botanical gardens

Photographs from a very tall grass tree at Geelong Botanical Gardensgeelong botanical gardens

Rural City of Wangaratta Collection, Wangaratta Art Prize 1990.An oil landscape of gums and grass trees painted with a colour palette of green, yellow, brown, blue, and grey.wangaratta art gallery, ellen michel, landscape, painting, warby ranges

Central Park Gardens. Boy at center and large grass trees on right. c 1900Post card showing a male standing in Central Park Gardens. Also an enlarged copy of the post card.stawell

Book, 168 pages, soft cover. Front cover has an image of grass & trees over which is an image of a lady with glasses. Print is white & red ink. Illustrated with photos, maps & drawings.Donated by C & J Rotering. To Spike Best Wishes from 'A Girl in Changi' Sheila Allan Sept 1995.books-military-history-diaries

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph includes Valda Treadwell.Sepia photograph white narrow white border of two women sitting amongst the grass and trees on Churchill Island, one looking at the camera Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)nilchurchill island, photograph, arthur evans, valda treadwell

One of two photograps donated by Dr CookBlack & White photograph of people on Cowes beach with four beach umbrellas in the foreground. Trees and grass to the left of photograph."The Beach, Cowes". Valentine, Series No. 2267 Copywrightphillip island, cowes beach, dr cook

This is a photograph of one of the many stone ruins which can be seen in the Sunbury area and surrounding districts. These ruins are found in varying degrees of structural damage caused by erosion, vegetation growth and vandalism. The adit and mullock heap is from one of the mines on Redstone Hill. It was known as Batey's Mine.A coloured photograph of the remains of a mullock heap and adit from a mine. The entrance is surrounded by low growing trees and grass.stone structures, batey's mine, gold mining, redstone hill, george evans collection

A bush study of Eltham Park. Blue and green tones with the foliage of a tree in the foreground and trees and grasses in the background.Lower left, red paint: "TONY HARKIN 77"

The Jetty first built in 1870 connected Cowes to Crib Point. The service for mail, provisions and visitors from the mainland. A bridge to the Island was built in 1942 from San Remo.View of Jetty from Mussell Rocks, in the foreground a grassy slope. Three figures amongst mounds of grass and overhanging Pine tree branch. A very picturesque view.local history, photographs, jetties, cowes, phillip island, black & white photograph, betty kus collection, jetty cowes, cowes pier, bruce bennett

Photo shows rocky outcrops and scrub. A small leafless tree can be seen in centre of photo. Other stumpy trees and grasses also appear in photo.General scrubflora

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show the restoration and building of the Churchill Island precinct and the enormous amount of collaboration and work that went into the development of the heritage area.Black and White landscape photograph of an area of bush with tall pine trees, smaller grasses and bushes, and a copse of trees divided by chicken wire. Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil.photograph, churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century.Colour photograph of a wedding party with the bride holding a bouquet of white and rose pink flowers, and five other people, standing on the grass in front of treescatalogue number on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph

The first meeting to form an Agricultural society in Orbost was convened by the then Orbost Progress Association and held in the Mechanics Hall on Saturday, 10th October 1891. Its first show was held on 3rd March 1904...on a site alongside the Bonang Road where the present Golf Club stands. It is currently held at the Recreation Reserve at Newmerella. This item is associated with the Orbost Agricultural Society 's Annual Show which has been a major event in Orbost for over a century. Agricultural shows are an important part of cultural life in small country towns and the Orbost Show is an integral part of Orbost 's agricultural history. Horse riding as transport, a recreational and sporting activity has always played a significant role in the social history of Orbost. A small black / white photograph of several small groups of people at an agricultural show. Some are walking, others are on horseback and some are in carts / coaches. They are in an open grassed area with trees in the background.equestrian orbost-agricultural-show recreation

Painted in Camp 1 by one of the German internees, Hans Zenker, and acquired by fellow internee Wilhelm Eckles.Water colour mounted and sealed with glass front in light brown stained wooden frame. Hut with gable roofed adjunct in front, trees and grass. Man standing of to the left of the window.camp 1 internment camp, tatura, music room, camp 1 orchestra, illustrations, watercolours

The open grassed area is the remains of the football ground constructed at Camp 1. Foam backed copy in file.Coloured photograph. In foreground there is a large, flat, low, rectangle of concrete rubble. To the left of this concrete is a smaller rectangle of concrete. In centre of photograph is an open grassed area flanked by trees.camp 1, tatura victoria, internment camps, internment camp football fields, internment camp remains

An article in the Nunawading Gazette calling for new volunteers to join the Nunawading Indigenous Plants Project to plant and cultivate some of the 200 species of native trees and grasses in Nunawading reserves.native plants, nunawading indigenous plants project, trees, witherspoon, margaret, strachan, janine, mundell, tina