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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Oil, Vagarini 1924, 1924
... Painting - Oil...Oil painting of a hilly landscape with a lake... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Painting Vagarini 1924 Oil ...In the possession of internee at Camp 3.Oil painting of a hilly landscape with a lake in the distance and winding stream and fir tree centre right. Gold frameBottom right hand corner (in red) "Vagarini 1924"painting, oil, vagarini c, baer dr t, ww2 camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - oil, Poppies
... Painting - oil...painting - oil...Oil painting of poppies in a brown vase beside a blue... Tatura the-murray Painting - oil Painting Poppies Oil painting ...Frau C Rippert was a Lutheran Missionary worker in Cairo, Egypt when the British Army was in north Africa and she was arrested and transferred to Palestine and later sent on the Queen Elizabeth to Australia where she was internedOil painting of poppies in a brown vase beside a blue cylindrical bowl with lid. On a green cloth which is draped over a fawn coloured table. Brown frame with pale strip.painting - oil, rippert fc, vollmer h, poppies, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camps, illustrations, oil -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Framed oil painting, 1953
... Framed oil painting...Framed Oil Painting...Oil painting of Nunawading Railway station and clayworks....Framed oil painting Painting Framed Oil Painting Oil ...Looking East near Springvale Road Daniel Robertson ClayworksOil painting of Nunawading Railway station and clayworks.Railway Nunawading by J. B. Bryce 1953 and J. Bingley 22 Victoria Avenue, Canterbury 2816.daniel robertson, nunawading station -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - oil, Early Days
... Painting - oil...painting - oil...Oil painting - tree on left of centre, short post on right... Tatura the-murray Painting - oil Early Days Oil painting - tree ...Vagarini, "who painted pictures every day" according to the children in Camp 3Oil painting - tree on left of centre, short post on right and to its right another short post with stay. 2 long posts right side, several huts in centre below the horizon. Black frame.painting - oil, vagarini c, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, illustrations, oil -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Oil, Camp huts, 1943
... Painting - Oil...painting oil... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Painting Camp huts Brown wooden ...Painted by internees C Vagarini at Camp 13.B. FrankBrown wooden frame. 3 huts and the end of a 4th hut in front of which are attractive gardens with a large barrel. Flower pot behind which is a blue cylinder, not unlike a fire extinguisher.Casare Vagarinipainting oil, vagarini c, frank b, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, oil -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Oil, Camp 3 1943, 1944
... Painting - Oil...painting - oil... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Camp 3 1943 Brown wooden frame ...Vagarini - "who painted pictures every day" according to the children in Camp 3Brown wooden frame with gold inner band. 5 large posts in front of hut which has a decorative entrance. and attractive gardenVagarini - Tatura 1944?painting - oil, vagarini c, frank b, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, illustrations, oil -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Oil, "Schwefelgelb Schopfiger, Weisser Australischer "Kakadu" Tatura. Weihnachten 1942" Translation: "Sulphur-yellow crested white Australian "Cockatoo" Tatura. Christmas 1942", 1940's
... Painting - Oil... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Painting "Schwefelgelb ...Painted by Dr Otto Rubitschung for Christmas 1942Kakadu - Tatura - Weihnnachten, 1942. Oil painting of a white cockatoo by Dr Otto Rubitschung, a German Templer from jaffa, Palestine, who was interned in Camp 3. The painting is mounted on plywood board.Painting of sulphur crested white cockatoo. Claws around a brown bough. Gold edge around painting. Unframed.Dr O.R. front bottom left hand corner. On the back "Schwefelgelb Schopfiger, Weisser Australischer "Kakadu" Tatura. Weihnachten 1942" painting, oil, hoefer, tatura, ww2 camps, illustrations, dr o rubitschung -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, Oil Painting
... Oil Painting...Oil Painting....An original oil painting of the Brisbane, Hobart and Perth... Newhaven gippsland Oil Painting. HMAS Cerberus Cerberus Collection ...An original oil painting of the Brisbane, Hobart and Perth at sea. Painting is in an ornate gold frame.Painting sined by H.C. Kilpatrick 1975oil painting., hmas cerberus, cerberus collection -
Bendigo Military Museum
Painting - PAINTING UNFRAMED, OIL ON CANVAS, Sharon HACKETT, "MY FATHER'S WAR", 2023
... PAINTING UNFRAMED, OIL ON CANVAS...Information from artist. " Oil painting titled/ My Father's...Painting - oil painting in colour, with red, yellow, blue...PAINTING UNFRAMED, OIL ON CANVAS Painting "MY FATHER'S WAR ...Information from artist. " Oil painting titled/ My Father's War! by Sharon Hackett/Phd/ My father, John Peter Hackett served in World/ War Two. This painting by myself is an expressionist realist oil painting, about / a young man serving in/ New Guinea". John Peter HACKET V146209 Enlisted 27.01.1942 aged 18 years 6 months. No discharge date. States on Attestation form 609 days 2nd AIF, 485 days overseas.Painting - oil painting in colour, with red, yellow, blue and black. Style - expressionist realist. Artist's signature bottom left. Unframed canvas on timber.painting, military history, ww2, new guinea -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Copy of Oil Painting
... Copy of Oil Painting...painting - oil...Copy of oil painting of Swabian village (steep roof) 3... Tatura the-murray Copy of Oil Painting Artwork, other Copy of oil ...Copy of oil painting of Swabian village (steep roof) 3 houses. Painted by F Hordegg.painting - oil, horgegg f, hoefer family, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, illustrations, oil -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting - Painting - Oil on Board, Treloar, Sister of Florence Millard, n.d
... Painting - Oil on Board...Painting, oil on board. Floral design red and white flowers... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Painting - Oil on Board ...Painting, oil on board. Floral design red and white flowers, greenish-grey background. Gilded wooden frame. Two eyelets, wire for hangingBack: Picture framer's sticker, white, blue print. DG Coope and son, Bendigo -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Painting - Oil painting, W. Langley-Taylor, Cape Schank [Schanck], Late 19th to early 20th century
... Oil painting...oil painting...Painting oil on board in a dark wooden frame, portrait...Oil painting Painting Cape Schank [Schanck] Painting oil ...This painting is one of a pair of large paintings by W. Langley-Taylor in our collection. Currently, no further information has been found about the artist but research is ongoing. The subjects of these paintings are seascapes of notable areas of the coast on each side of Port Phillip Bay, south of Melbourne, Victoria. The subject of this painting is Cape Schanck, Victoria, which is on the east side of Port Phillip Bay. It includes the Cape Schanck Lighthouse and its Flagstaff. The Cape Schanck Lighthouse was built in 1859 and is the second of Victoria’s coastal lights. It is 21 metres tall and made from limestone. Unusually, its stairway is made from stone rather than wrought iron. Gilded tours are available to explain its use and significance to visitors. The lighthouse keepers at Cape Schanck kept records of the ships that sailed past them along Bass Strait; ship’s names, direction, time and date and so on. The details would also be passed on to shipping agencies, Harbour Masters and newspapers, which published Arrivals and Departures into and out of shipping ports such as Port Phillip Bay and the Port of Melbourne. INSCRIPTIONS “Mrs M Irby” (and on the Eagle Rock, Warrnambool, painting “980/Regency”) The inscription “Mrs M Irby” is on the back of both paintings but the significance of the inscription has not yet been discovered. Perhaps she was connected with the ship or shipping company “Irby”. A ship named “Irby”, built in Merseyside, Liverpool in 1881 by R & J Evans, Birkenhead. It was a four-masted iron ship built for the White Star Line. Henry Wilson Hewitt bought her in 1882, then later she was owned by Chadwick & Pritchard. In 1888 she was registered under the Irby Ship Co. Ltd. (trading as J. Joyce) in Liverpool. In 1912 Galgate Co. Ltd owned her. She traded between London, England and Australia, and is recorded as being in Melbourne and Hobart. In 1919 the Irby was destroyed by a mine when on her way to England. Or perhaps her name and the inscription in pencil “980/Regency” on the Eagle Rock Warrnambool, painting could be a delivery address for the paintings, perhaps an apartment in a hotel. NOTE: The artist’s spelling of the title “Cape Schank, Vic.” is incorrect. The location in this painting is named Cape Schanck. This painting is significant geographically for its representation of the coastal scenery of Victoria, Australia. It is also significant as one of a pair of paintings of seascape, one at sites each side of Port Phillip Bay. The painting is significant historically as an example of late 19th and early 20th methods and materials used to construct a painting’s frame. Painting oil on board in a dark wooden frame, portrait orientation. Seascape of coast with cliffs, lighthouse and flagstaff, flying birds, high waves breaking onto rocks, blue sky with clouds. The title is painted on lower left corner and the Victorian artist, W. Langley-Taylor, has signed his name on lower right. The inscription on back is handwritten script in red crayon or thick red pencil. The board is held in place inside the timber frame with small, dark metal tacks around all sides. Metal eyes join the wire to the frame. Small round, dark metal nail heads are dispersed around the frame and there is a change of colour on both the board and the wood of the frame. Painted on front “W.LANGLEY-TAYLOR.” and “CAPE SCHANK, VIC.” [NOTE: correct spelling is Schanck] Handwritten on back “Mrs. M. Irby” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, painting, oil painting, cape schanck painting, w. langley-taylor, wall decoration, seascape of victoria's coast, art, mrs m irby, victoria's coast, pair of paintings -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting - Oil, Black Forest
... Painting - Oil...oil painting on board... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Artwork, other Black Forest oil ...This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.oil painting on boardBack: 'Black Forest Scene by Frau Charlotte Rippert, DONOR: Elfrieda Kaltenbach FAIG, APRIL 2002 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Oil Painting HMAS Australia (1), HMAS Australia (1), 26/06/1910
... Oil Painting HMAS Australia (1)...HMAS Australia Oil Painting Pictures...Framed Oil Painting... Painting HMAS Australia (1) HMAS Australia (1) Framed Oil Painting ...HMAS Australia (1) The largest war ship in the Australian fleet was the first flagship of the Australian fleet in WW1. She was Commissiond and paid for by the Australian Goverment to ensure sdequate protection for the Australasion Pacific Region. She had a crew of 900 "Officers and Crew" and was equipted with four sets of 12 inch breech loading guns,side firing torpedos and fourteen 4 inch guns for surface and air contacts. On the 12 of April 1924 HMAS Australia (1) was with "Full Military Honours" Scuttled 50 km east of Sydney. Only 14 Years old.Framed Oil Paintinghmas australia oil painting pictures -
The Cyril Kett Optometry Museum
Painting - Oil Painting, Cyril H W Kett, 1980 (exact)
... Oil Painting...oil painting...This framed oil painting shows Mr Cyril Henry Woodford Kett... Painting Painting Cyril H W Kett This framed oil painting shows Mr ...Cyril Henry Woodford Kett FBOA FSMC (1890-1971) was one of the five people who signed the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Australian College of Optometry in 1939. He was a councillor of the College from 1940 to 1970 and First Vice President 1944 to 1947. He was made an honorary life member of the College in 1954. He donated numerous items of historical interest to the College that provided the foundation of the Museum which now bears his name. It was painted by another optometrist, John Nathan.This painting is significant to the College as it is one of only ten portraits in oils of individuals who have been leaders in the development of the College.This framed oil painting shows Mr Cyril Henry Woodford Kett FBOA FSMC (1890-1971),Councillor and Vice President of the Australian College of Optometry, an important figure in Optometry in Victoria. It was painted in 1980 by another optometrist, John Nathan,and is signed by the artist at lower right corner: 'John Nathan'.Signed by artist at lower right corner: 'John Nathan'. Plaque on frame reads:'Cyril H W Kett FBOA(Hons) FSMC FVOA c1890-1970/ Councillor of the College 1940-1970/ Vice President 1940-42, 1944-47, 1948-50, 1954-70/ Chairman of Council 1944-1947/ One of the five signatories to the original Memorandum of Association of the Victorian College of Optometry'.optometry, painting, oil painting, portrait, cyril h w kett -
St Kilda Historical Society
Postcard - Print colour, 1873
... colour reproduction of original oil painting 1873. Meet...Reproduced by the National Bank from an original oil... reproduction of original oil painting 1873. Meet of Melbourne hounds ...Early image of Alfred Square St Kilda with surrounding builldings. Reproduced from the original at the Athenaeum Clubcolour reproduction of original oil painting 1873. Meet of Melbourne hounds in Alfred Square. Meet of Melbourne Hounds at St Kilda painting by permission of the Committee on the Athenaeum club Melbourne -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Painting - B24 Liberator Painting, Oil Painting
... Oil Painting...Large Oil Painting in Wooden Frame...B24 Liberator Painting Painting Oil Painting Large Oil ...Painting is of an actual air raid of a B24 Liberator from 23 Sqn.during WWllPainting was done by air crew (air gunner) from that actual aircraft.Large Oil Painting in Wooden FrameTHE LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT No 82 No23 City of Brisbane Squadron Russell Rogers Ball Gunner -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Oil, Frau Charlotte Rippert, Bowl of Flowers/ Carnations, 1940's
... Painting - Oil...Oil painting of bunch of carnations. Dark red, red, pink... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Bowl of Flowers/ Carnations Oil ...Painting by Charlotte Rippert, a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Oil painting of bunch of carnations. Dark red, red, pink and white. Lime green backgroundLaminate Label - reads "Bowl of Flowers, Artist: Charlotte Rippert, Donor Elfrieda Faig nee Kaltenbach."charlotte rippert, german lutheran missionaries, internment camp 3 artists, internment camp artists -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Painting (Item) - Oil painting, Isaac Whitehead, A spring morning near Fernshaw 1880, 1880
... Oil painting...A copy of an early oil painting of Fernshaw in Victoria....Copy of an early oil painting of Fernshaw in Victoria.... Marysville yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Oil painting ...A copy of an early oil painting of Fernshaw in Victoria.A copy of an early oil painting of Fernshaw in Victoria by Isaac Whitehead. Isaac Whitehead (1819–1881) was an Irish-Australian artist who worked in watercolour and pastel. He was also a picture framer and art promoter. It is believed that Isaaz Whitehead emigrated to Australia with his family in either 1853 or 1858. Isaac Whitehead died at his home 50 Punt Road, Prahran, Melbourne, on 21 April 1881. Isaac Whitehead had established himself as the foremost picture framer in Melbourne by 1860, known for his highly ornate frames with floral decorations. Among the clients of his framing business were Louis Buvelot, Nicholas Chevalier, and Eugene von Guérard. In his own paintings, he painted a number of scenes of the forests of Gippsland, Victoria. His work focused on the rich landscapes with trees and ferns, with a high degree of botanical detail. His work won him two medals and his work was posthumously exhibited at 1884 Victorian Jubilee Exhibition, the 1886 London Colonial and Indian Exhibition, and the 1888 Melbourne Centennial Intercolonial Exhibition. Fernshaw was a rural township 63 km northeast of Melbourne and 10 km northeast of Healesville. Situated on the Watts River, near where a log had fallen making a convenient crossing, Fernshaw was settled in the 1860s. It provided good country for orchards and berry growing. The location was at the foot of Blacks Spur, with Mounts Juliet and Mondah rising on either side, providing spectacular scenery. There were nearby fern gullies giving rise to the name – ‘shaw’ is old English for thicket or wood. By 1875 Fernshaw had a post office (1865), two hotels, a school (1871), and stores. It was famed for its beauty, attracting tourists. In 1886 the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works began work on the Watts River water catchment scheme – later to become Maroondah – and the Board obtained approval for the catchment country to be reserved and kept free of settlement. This required the removal of the Fernshaw township, which was completed by about 1890.isaac whitehead, fernshaw, victoria, louis buvelot, nicholas chevalier, eugene von guerard, gippsland, victorian jubilee exhibition, london colonial and indian exhibition, melbourne centennial intercolonial exhibition, watts river, healesville, blacks spur, mount juliet, mount mondah -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Painting (Item) - Oil painting, William Beckwith McInnes, Near Marysville, Unknown
... Oil painting...A copy of an oil painting titled "Near Marysville"....A copy of an oil painting titled "Near Marysville".... Marysville yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Oil painting ...A copy of an oil painting titled "Near Marysville".A copy of an oil painting titled "Near Marysville" by W.B. McInnes. William Beckwith McInnes (1889–1939) was an Australian portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times for his traditional style paintings. He was acting-director at the National Gallery of Victoria and an instructor in its art school. william beckwith mcinnes, archibald prize, marysville, victoria -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Painting, Oil, Breaking Wave, 1988
... Painting, Oil...Framed oil painting titled: "Breaking Wave" painted... gippsland Painting, Oil Breaking Wave Framed oil painting titled ...Framed oil painting titled: "Breaking Wave" painted by Robert Wood. 1988.Gold edged timber frame. -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Oil painting Numurkah Water Tower
... Oil painting Numurkah Water Tower...Oil Painting, Water tower, Mary Edith Thomas, Naring...Oil Painting of the Numurkah Water Tower and original... high-country Oil painting Numurkah Water Tower Oil Painting ...Painted by Mary Edith (Edie) Thomas pre 1900. Mary was born in 1875 and died in the 1940's. The painting remined in her family home "Lanithe", Naring until about 2010, home of Charlie thomasOil Painting of the Numurkah Water Tower and original Wesleyan Church from east of the Broken Creekoil painting, water tower, mary edith thomas, naring -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Oil, Ludwig Winter painting, c.1943
... Painting - Oil...Oil painting in plain cream chamfered timber frame. Man... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Ludwig Winter painting Oil ...Painted by former internee in Loveday camp, thought to be Ludwig Winter, and given to Mrs. Gillies. Winter, was interned from Persia, and on his release, obtained a position as Electrical Engineer at the Kyabram Cannery.Oil painting in plain cream chamfered timber frame. Man in foreground with hut, high peimeter fencing and guard tower.Niltatura, loveday internment camp, ludwig winter, illustrations, oil -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Painting - Vessel - Sailing Ship, C Smith, artist, Polly Woodside, ca. late 20th century
... oil painting...Painting, oil on board, of the tall sailing ship 'Polly... Woodside Painting, oil on board, of the tall sailing ship 'Polly ...Painting, oil on board, of the tall sailing ship 'Polly Woodside' by C Smithflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, oil painting, maritime oil painting, sailing ship polly woodside, polly woodside, tall ship, c. smith, maritime painting, marine artist -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting - Oil, Three Trees
... Painting - Oil...Framed oil painting - Three gum trees in foreground (trunks... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Artwork, other Three Trees ...Painting by Charlotte Rippert, a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Framed oil painting - Three gum trees in foreground (trunks) - fence and meandering fields in the centre and a blue low-rise hill in the backgroundPainting - "C. R. Australia..." (cut off by frame)landscape -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Oil
... Painting - Oil...oil painting of 2 rows of huts. 5 one side, 6 on the other... Tatura the-murray Painting - Oil Painting oil painting of 2 rows ...Donated by Gunther Schnerring in memory of his mother - Matron Hedwig Schnerring. Painted by Cesare Vagarini. The painting was commissioned by Matron Schnerring.oil painting of 2 rows of huts. 5 one side, 6 on the other side. Garden beds in between the rows of huts. In a wooden framematron hedwig schnerring, gunther schnerring, cesare vagarini, camp 3 artists -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Painting, Oil, The Great Southern Festival 1980/1981
... Painting, Oil...Framed oil painting of the Great Southern Festival... gippsland Painting, Oil The Great Southern Festival 1980/1981 Framed ...Framed oil painting of the Great Southern Festival at Korumburra 1980/1981 featuring Karmai the Giant Earth Worm. Painted by artist Frank Smith. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting oil, Victorian Summer Landscape
... Painting oil...Rectangular wooden frame - oil painting on wooden board... Tatura the-murray Painting oil Artwork, other Victorian Summer ...This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Rectangular wooden frame - oil painting on wooden board - scene depicting blue river, trees, shrubbery and unsealed road in the foreground and a yellow hill in the backgroundTag attached - reads "Victorian Summer Landscape by Frau Rippert in Camp 3. Donors: Glockemann Family."landscape -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - PAINTING-OIL ON CANVAS, RICHARD FORD
... PAINTING-OIL ON CANVAS...OIL PAINTING OF CLUNES TOWNSHIP BY RICHARD FORD - FRAMED...-OIL ON CANVAS Photograph OIL PAINTING OF CLUNES TOWNSHIP ...OIL PAINTING OF CLUNES TOWNSHIP BY RICHARD FORD - FRAMED. PAINTING DEPICTS CORNER OF FRASER STREET AND TEMPLETON STREET AND SHOWS THE TOWN HALL, A COUPLE OF CHURCHES, AND THE UNION BANK.artwork, richard ford, oil on canvas -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Painting - Oil Painting, Alfred Eustace
... Oil Painting ...Oil painting...This is one of a set of 3 miniature oil paintings...Miniature oil painting of a landscape, with creek...-country Oil Painting Painting Miniature oil painting ...This is one of a set of 3 miniature oil paintings by the self-taught artist Alfred William Eustace (1820-1907). A.W. Eustace, an Australian artist, was born in Berkshire, England, where he was an assistant gamekeeper to the Earl of Craven at Ashdown Park. He migrated to Australia with his wife and children in 1851 and worked on the Ullina and Eldorado Runs on the Black Dog Creek at Chiltern, which was in excess of 50,000 acres of grazing land. A.W. Eustace was employed as a shepherd by Jason Withers and while tending his flocks in the solitude of the bush, Eustace turned his attention to painting and music to while away the long and weary hours. He endeavoured to capture the spirit of the bush and painted on board, canvas or tin plate, but as these materials were not always readily available he then started painting on large round eucalyptus leaves from the White and Red Box trees that grew around about him. He became known as the "Bush Artist." About 1856 he painted a small picture of the famous Woolshed goldrush and during the next few years became well known in North-East Victoria. John Sadlier, a police officer stationed at Beechworth said that Eustace painted 'some really exquisite scenes. He was of an easy-going dreamy temperament, a student of nature only, despising the works of men. Unfortunately his drawings were on eucalyptus leaves, the largest and roundest he could find and not on canvas, and no doubt have all perished long ago.' In 1876 the Melbourne Age newspaper reported, 'Eustace’s celebrated paintings on gum leaves are again attracting attention,…Mr Eustace is an elegant artist…he seems without effort to catch the colour and spirit of Australian scenery…' In 1864 A.W. Eustace held an Art Union in Albury, and again in 1884 in Ballarat. He exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1877 and also held an exhibition of gum leaf paintings at Stevens Gallery, Melbourne in 1893. By 1896 he was receiving orders from heads of states in Europe, with his works acknowledged by Queen Victoria, Emperor Frederick of Germany and the Czar of Russia, as well as the Governors of New South Wales and Victoria. His paintings reflected his ability to paint the sky in his realistic style which is still noted by art critics of the day. A.W. Eustace was also a skilful taxidermist. The collection of birds and animals that can be seen at the Beechworth Museum are examples of his taxidermy skill. When not doing his work, painting or taxidermy, he regularly contributed letters and verse to the Chiltern newspaper, The Federal Standard. A book of verse in his hand writing was presented to The Athenaeum Trust by the Boadle family. In the 1870’s he became interested in spiritualism often being involved in lively debate at lectures and séances. Alfred William Eustace died in 1907 and is buried in the Chiltern New Cemetery with his wife Sarah and one of his daughters, Elizabeth. Miniature oil painting of a landscape, with creek in foreground and bush and hill behind, by A.W. Eustace, under glass, in original timber frame with beige matte and a twist wire stand. One of 3 miniatures. No signature visiblealfred eustace, chiltern, oil painting, landscape