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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Vanessa McDonald, 9 November 2000
... high country wildflowers... wildflowers high country wildflowers mothercraft nurse rural ...Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Magazine - Nature, Joseph Swanson Wilkinson, Wild Life Australian Nature Magazine, January 1949
This magazine was part of the Bogong School's library and represents an important aspect of the school's curriculum.Bogong School was noted for having a great interest in nature and conservation. 48 page soft covered magazine. Cover with limited colour including orange, black, white and brown with green. Inside pages in black, brown and grey pictures with black print on off white pages. Page 41 is in cartoon form. 'Registered at G.P.O. Melbourne for transmission by post as a periodical'. written in black in tiny print across the top. 1st line: 'Wild Life' in orange with white outline. 2nd line: 'Australian Nature Magazine' in white underneath title. All across top. 3rd written line: 'January, 1949 Through Wildflower Land 1/-' underneath picture of Kangaroo Paw. in black Underneath this writing follows: 4th line: 'Vol.11 No. 1 The Truth About Borers : : Beautiful Bird Pictures' in black Underneath 1/- is 'Monthly' Background behind black writing is orange same as title.bogong primary school. bogong. wild life. nature. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Illustrations of Wildflowers
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country ...The Bogong High Plains have many Alpine wild flowers unique to the area.The SECV appointed artists to draw the wild flowers in the Victorian Alps where they were constructing the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.32 illustrated wild flowers each mounted on blue/grey particle board with Botanical and Family name and common name printed underneathalpine wildflowers, alison m. ashby, flora illustrations -
National Alpine Museum of Australia
Ski Jacket, About 1967
This jacket and cap were designed by Rosalie 'Rosa' Kiessling about 1967. They formed part of the Fashion Group Inc's Walkabout Tour of the USA in 1967 which aimed to promote Australian fashion design in America. German by birth Rosalie, grew up skiing and ice skating, studied fashion design in Munich and worked designing women’s ski wear and lingerie before migrating to Australia via New Zealand in 1939 with her husband. As skiing increased in popularity following the end of WWII, Rosalie’s business grew reaching its peak during the 1960s. Though it was never large; at most she employed three staff. Her designs featured in the pages of Australian Vogue, Flair and the Women’s Weekly throughout the 1960s and received coverage from newspapers in Australia, New Zealand the United States. Rosalie was closely involved with the Swiss Club of Victoria, the Australian Wool Board and the Fur Traders Association, participating in numerous fashion shows and awards run by these groups. In the late 1960s she became involved with the Melbourne Branch of the Fashion Group Inc, a worldwide non-commercial association of women involved in the fashion industry. Rosalie continued to design and manufacture fashionable but functional ski wear until the late 1970s, although increasing imports from large overseas manufactures and constant new innovations in fabric technology made it difficult for her to compete in a relatively small industry. This ski jacket and cap illustrate Rosalie Kiessling's emphasis on practical glamour. She was the first Australian ski wear manufacturer to bring high fashion to ski wear design; which though common in the boutiques of St Mortiz, Chamonix and St Anton was new to Australia. The use of an Australian wildflower motif and of these pieces in the Fashion Group's Walkabout Tour also speak to her involvement in and promotion of the Australian fashion industry during the 1960s.Ski jacket and matching cap appliqued with Australian wildflowers.Noneskiing, ski clothing, fashion design, australian fashion, australian flora -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Booklet - Falls Creek Alpine Resort Summer 1999 - 2000
Part of a yearly marketing and information material promoting Falls Creek Resort for the summer season. It includes a table of events from November 1999 until April 2000. Events listed include:- Falls Creek Multi-Sports Camps, Christmas Day Luncheon and New Year's Eve celebrations, National Distance Training Camp, Cajun Blues Weekend, Food, Wine and Wildflower Weekend, Mile High Tennis Tournament, High Country Photo Exhibition, Falls Creek Off-Road Triathlon, Stanton & Killeen WInemaker Dinner, Classical Music Weekend, Adventures with Style and an Easter Egg Hunt.This item is important as it documents seasonal activities at Falls Creek Alpine ResortA brochure for summer program at Falls Creek Alpine resort for 1999 - 2000. Text is in orange and white print.falls creek marketing, falls creek events, falls creek summer, falls creek camps -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Booklet - Falls Creek Alpine Resort Summer Breakaways 1996/1997
Part of a yearly marketing and information program to promote Falls Creek region for the summer season. . General activities explained in he brochure are:- Enjoying A Bushwalk In The Alpine National Park, Water Sports, Horse Riding, Mountain Bike Riding, Two & Four Wheel Driving, High Country Wining & Dining, Discovering The Wildlife. Daybreaks & Golden Sunsets And Pure Relaxation. The specific activities in the Summer Program of Events include:- Alpine Nature Rambles. Angling Expeditions, Christmas Carols, National Distance Camp, Food, Wine & Wildflower Weekend, High-O Orienteering Event, Mile High Tennis Tournament, High Country Mountain Bike Ride, Classical Music Weekend, Cadbury Red Tulip Giant Easter Egg Hunt And Festivities. The “Breakaways” brochure is a publication of the Falls Creek Chamber of Commerce, an organisation dedicated to establishing Falls Creek as the premier alpine resort In Australia. This item is important as it documents seasonal activities at Falls Creek Alpine ResortA brochure for summer program at Falls Creek for 1996/7. The front cover features an image of yellow wildflowers, mountain rocks and the sky with the title"Falls Creek Alpine Resort Summer Breakawaysfalls creek marketing, falls creek summer programs., falls creek alpine resort, falls creek events and activities -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Booklet - Falls Creek Summer 2001 - 2002
... & Blues, Food, WIne & Wildflower Weekend, HIgh Country Photography... & Blues, Food, WIne & Wildflower Weekend, HIgh Country Photography ...Part of a yearly marketing program promoting Falls Creek region for the summer season. The table of events runs from December 2001 until April 2002 and includes Falls Creek Multi-Sport Camps, Christmas Day Luncheon, Summer Paste Workshop, New Year's Eve Celebrations' National Distance Training Camp, Jazz & Blues, Food, WIne & Wildflower Weekend, HIgh Country Photography & Art Exhibition, Falls Creek Off-Road Triathlon, Mile High Tennis Tournament, Stanton & Killeen WInemaker Dinner, Classical Music and Easter at Falls Creek.This item is important as it documents seasonal activities at Falls Creek Alpine Resort outside the most recognised snow skiing programs.A small leaflet advertising summer program at Falls Creek for 2001-2002. Front cover features four images, the title in tan and white print and the Falls Creek logo at the bottom. The slogan printed at the foot of the front page is "Catch the buzz". falls creek summer, events at falls creek, falls creek summer programs., falls creek marketing