Graham WOOD Wartook Pottery was set up in the early 70s by Graham Wood, and was sucessful for nearly 25 years. It then moved to Halls Gap (The Grampians, Victoria), and the name was changed to Jimmy's Creek Pottery in 1998. The pottery conitnued under that name until 2003. when cheap imports hurt the business. Hand thrown ceramic canister with 'Gum Leaf' design. According to decorator Wendy McGuiness all decoration was made and applied by hand - an extremely time consuming activity. Texture to the body of each piece was created by using a piece of coral. Tenmoku glaze was applied to the top of the pieces, with iron oxide to the main body. This was the first of the Wartook range that sold commercially from around 1987 all over Australia. At the height of production Wartook Pottery had 5 employees, including a new wheel potter (who was adept at creating the pieces as Graham had done before). Additional ranges were still hand thrown, but with a floral wreath (slip cast) applied to the top of each pot, as well as a range that used decals for decoration. australian landscape pottery, les macleman, ceramics, landscape, graham wood

Graham WOOD Wartook Pottery was set up in the early 70s by Graham Wood, and was sucessful for nearly 25 years. It then moved to Halls Gap (The Grampians, Victoria), and the name was changed to Jimmy's Creek Pottery in 1998. The pottery conitnued under that name until 2003. when cheap imports hurt the business. Hand thrown ceramic bowl with 'Gum Leaf' design and the words 'coffee'. According to decorator Wendy McGuiness all decoration was made and applied by hand - an extremely time consuming activity. Texture to the body of each piece was created by using a piece of coral. Tenmoku glaze was applied to the top of the pieces, with iron oxide to the main body. This was the first of the Wartook range that sold commercially from around 1987 all over Australia. At the height of production Wartook Pottery had 5 employees, including a new wheel potter (who was adept at creating the pieces as Graham had done before). Additional ranges were still hand thrown, but with a floral wreath (slip cast) applied to the top of each pot, as well as a range that used decals for decoration. australian landscape pottery, les macleman, ceramics, landscape, graham wood

Graham WOOD Wartook Pottery was set up in the early 70s by Graham Wood, and was sucessful for nearly 25 years. It then moved to Halls Gap (The Grampians, Victoria), and the name was changed to Jimmy's Creek Pottery in 1998. The pottery conitnued under that name until 2003. when cheap imports hurt the business. Hand thrown ceramic bowl with 'Gum Leaf' design and the word 'sugar'. According to decorator Wendy McGuiness all decoration was made and applied by hand - an extremely time consuming activity. Texture to the body of each piece was created by using a piece of coral. Tenmoku glaze was applied to the top of the pieces, with iron oxide to the main body. This was the first of the Wartook range that sold commercially from around 1987 all over Australia. At the height of production Wartook Pottery had 5 employees, including a new wheel potter (who was adept at creating the pieces as Graham had done before). Additional ranges were still hand thrown, but with a floral wreath (slip cast) applied to the top of each pot, as well as a range that used decals for decoration. australian landscape pottery, les macleman, ceramics, landscape, graham wood

Graham WOOD Wartook Pottery was set up in the early 70s by Graham Wood, and was sucessful for nearly 25 years. It then moved to Halls Gap (The Grampians, Victoria), and the name was changed to Jimmy's Creek Pottery in 1998. The pottery conitnued under that name until 2003. when cheap imports hurt the business. Hand thrown ceramic bowl with 'Gum Leaf' design and the words 'pot pouri'. According to decorator Wendy McGuiness all decoration was made and applied by hand - an extremely time consuming activity. Texture to the body of each piece was created by using a piece of coral. Tenmoku glaze was applied to the top of the pieces, with iron oxide to the main body. This was the first of the Wartook range that sold commercially from around 1987 all over Australia. At the height of production Wartook Pottery had 5 employees, including a new wheel potter (who was adept at creating the pieces as Graham had done before). Additional ranges were still hand thrown, but with a floral wreath (slip cast) applied to the top of each pot, as well as a range that used decals for decoration. australian landscape pottery, les macleman, ceramics, landscape, graham wood

Graham WOOD Wartook Pottery was set up in the early 70s by Graham Wood, and was sucessful for nearly 25 years. It then moved to Halls Gap (The Grampians, Victoria), and the name was changed to Jimmy's Creek Pottery in 1998. The pottery conitnued under that name until 2003. when cheap imports hurt the business. Hand thrown ceramic bowl with 'Gum Leaf' design and the words 'pot pouri'. According to decorator Wendy McGuiness all decoration was made and applied by hand - an extremely time consuming activity. Texture to the body of each piece was created by using a piece of coral. Tenmoku glaze was applied to the top of the pieces, with iron oxide to the main body. This was the first of the Wartook range that sold commercially from around 1987 all over Australia. At the height of production Wartook Pottery had 5 employees, including a new wheel potter (who was adept at creating the pieces as Graham had done before). Additional ranges were still hand thrown, but with a floral wreath (slip cast) applied to the top of each pot, as well as a range that used decals for decoration. australian landscape pottery, les macleman, ceramics, landscape, graham wood

Colour Slide: Aerial View of Lake Wartookgrampians

Roses Gap Road at WartookPhoto shows car (T-Model Ford?) with trailer Young woman sitting on front fender, small girl standing on running board, with gerry can beside her Other people in back seat of car Young boy standing near trailer drinking from a cupRoses Gap Rad at Wartookrecreation, camping, access routes, roads

Rose Series P620leisure, grampians, tourism

Hand thrown glazed vase. ceramics, studio pottery

Hand thrown jug.. australian landscape pottery, landscape, gilbert buchanan, sheparton, graham wood, redbyrne pottery, ceramics

Jon and Alda Hubbard were operating Gellibrand Pottery around the late 1980s on the Old Beech Forrest Road in Gellibrand near Colac in the Otway region.Photo of a hand thrown jug with glaze decoration. It is stamped (impressed) "Gellibrand Pottery". ceramics, pottery, gellibrand pottery, studio pottery

Kalaru Pottery was a production pottery based at Kalaru on the far south coast of NSW. It was registered as a company from 1977-2000 and owned and operated by the Irving (or Irvine) family. Photograph of a hand thrown bowl and lid. Work is signed with a painted 'Kalaru'. ceramics, pottery, kalaru pottery

This photo is a view from the road at Reed's Lookout.The photo shows the view from beside a road (the road at Reed's Lookout), across bushland to a large reservoir (Lake Wartook). There is a range of peaks in the background. The road forms the foreground.'Forests Commission, Victoria' inscribed on bottom, right of border. 'Publicity & Public relations Branch, When reproducing please Acknowledge Forests Commission, Victoria, Negative No. 322-34' stamped on back.scenery, lookouts

This booklet contains Newspaper Cuttings & Some Photographs of the fire in 2005-2006Clear Plastic sleeve over black Plastic, white paper with three colour photographs of a bush fire and fire engine31 st December 2005 On Spine - Grampians Region Fire 2005 - 2006 Deep Lead, Halls Gap, Illawarra, Moyston, Pomonal, Stawell, Wartook, Willaurastawell

The photo shows a hawkers wagon and camp in the Wartook area.The photo shows two tents, side by side, with a wagon to the left of them. There are three women sitting, a man kneeling and another standing in front of the left hand tent, and a man and two boys standing to the left of the right hand tent. There is bush in the background.recreation, camping, people, hawkers

This is a photo of Smith's Mill after it was destroyed by fire. The mill operated in an area close to Wartook.The photo shows a large amount of debris, including a large metal tank on its side and large fly -wheels/gears. A charred post stands among the debris on the left.timber industries, sawmilling

This is the pondage below Wartook Lake embankment. The photo is from the Weekly Times. Oddly, the inscription on the bottom of the photo does not appear to relate to the images.Photo shows a river with four people standing on a sandy bank. Four other people can be seen in the forgrouns standing on the near bank. A smaller inset at the top left corner seems to show a tee reflected in water.scenery, mackenzie river

Background on Bridle Path up Stony Creek Gorge Pre 1840 C. B. Hall, squatter on Mokepilly Run 1841-1842, first European to discover the Fyans Creek valley, the entrance of which became known as Hall's Gap. He later recorded that he followed a number of tracks which he assumed had been made by the Aboriginies and described one as "leading up a wild romantic glen and over on to the source of the Glenelg River". This could well have been the route taken up Stony Creek gorge by the first timber-cutters in this part of the Grampians to the saddle between the Wonderland and Mt. Difficult ranges known as Valley Gap 1850s/60s Timber cutters and shingle splitters were reported to be moving into the eastern side of the Grampians and by the mid 1860s there were a number of families connected to the supplying of timber to Pleasant Creek living in the "Hall's Gap ranges". John Wakeham, the first store owner in Pleasant Creek in 1854, established a timer-mill in upper Stony Creek Gorge in the late 1850s. Wakeham is credited for the clearing and levelling of the first bridle-path up the gorge. 1870s By the mid 1870s the track had been extended over Valley Gap to the Victoria Forest (the upper region of the Victoria Valley). McKeon's bullock team was known to have hauled red gum from the Valley to Stawell in the late 1870s and the 1880s. 1880s In 1887 an article in the Pleasant Creek news describes the Stony Creek Gorge track as "being a ledge alongside the mountain range, formed in the early days with the aid of earth and timber, along which the bullock teams used to travel to Horsham and plains of the Wimmera beyond." 1890s Gold was discovered in the catchment area of Stony Creek and by the end of the 1890s a new track was built from "near the junction of Fyan's and Stony Creeks, up the gorge to the diggings settlement. The mining Department had paid L300 for its construction and, when completed, the track was "three miles and 30 chains in length, the side cuttings at the narrowest part being 10 feet between" and "the watercourses which cross the track at various points" having been "filled up with rocks rolled down the sides of the hills, and consequently there can be no damage caused by bushfires which destroyed the former wooden bridges erected on the old track to Wakeham's saw-mill, the remains of which are still to be seen at the side of the diggings" The article goes on to further describe the track as one which "can with ease travel with a two horse conveyance either up or down" and that the workmen engaged in the construction of the track would be attending "a ball that night at McKeon's farm near the mouth of the gap to celebrate the successful completion of the undertaking". 1900s At what time the bridle path was extended beyond Valley Gap to the Wartook basin on the Mt. Difficult Range has not yet been determined. However, it is known that, by the turn of the century, people were travelling between Halls Gap and the caretakers' residence at Wartook Reservoir along what was now known as the "Bluff Road. Wartook's embankment had been constructed in 1887 and at that time there was already a track from Rosebrook Station homestead (near the present day Wartook Pottery) to the reservoir. Philip Rose owned both Rosebrook and Wartook Stations from the mid 1840s to the late 1850s and had regularly leased the Wartook basin to Cobb & Co. to rest horses there. 1920s Following the war of 1914-1918, tourism really took off in the Grampians, and Halls Gap rapidly grew. People would travel as far as they could on the many tracks then hike to the many lookouts being discovered by local tour guides. This led to the need for access across the range so that horse riders and the increasing number of vehicles could travel between Horsham and Halls Gap. To this end, the Bluff Road was improved and extended on 1929 and at its opening in March, 1930, by Lady Somers it was renamed the Mt. Victory Road.Map of Mt Victory Road and othersaccess routes, mt victory rd, bridle path, roads

-1 Stawell Town Hall, with newly constructed clocktower -2 Main Street, Looking west towards the Grampians -3 Stawell from Big Hill, looking west towards the Grampians 4 Cato Lake, looking west towards the railway line. Swimming Club Rooms on the Left, Bandstand on the Right 5 The Gardens Sundial, donated by the family of Edward Simmons who owned the Oriental Gold Mine 6 Central Park Sports Oval looking north to the Grandstand. Cricket match being played. This is the site of the annual running of the Stawell Gift. 7 Pioneers’ Memorial on Big Hill. Built in 1938 and a popular viewing area of Stawell and the Grampians Mountain Range. 8 Sisters Rocks, on London Road and the Western Highway corner. It has been a popular place for graffiti for decades. 9 The Balconies (also known as the “ Jaws of Death ) Mt Victory Grampians. It is near Reids lookout and both have excellent views of the Victoria Valley. 10 The Grand Canyon Grampians. This is a popular walk in the Wonderland Range. 11 The Whale’s Mouth Wonderland Range Grampians 12 Relph Peak in the Wonderland Range looking down on the Fyans Valley and Halls Gap 13 Bellfield Peak is part of the Wonderland Range overlooking Halls Gap and the Fyans Valley 14 Gateway of the East Winds on the Wonderland Walk 15 Mackenzie Falls on the Mackenzie River and downstream from Wartook Reservoir. This is a popular visiting place for tourists. 16 Wartook Reservoir, serving as part of Horsham’s water supply. Black & White Photograph Postcards Setstawell tourism

Grampians Halls Gap. Part of a collection of Photographs by Mr. O.G. Armstrong as commissioned by the Shire of Stawell for the Inter-colonial and Paris Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866. From about 1860 there was agitation for a water supply, not only for Stawell but for the Wimmer Mallee as well. In 1887 Wartook was adopted as the first reservoir for the Wimmer. Stawells water supply was designed by Mr. John D’Alton. The scheme came from Fyan’s Creek via Wooden Fluming and a Syphon and finally through the mountain in a tunnel, before being piped to a reservoir on Big Hill. The system was completed in December 1881 and although there have been modifications, basically it has not been changed to this day. The Wimmera Mallee stock and domestic system from the Grampians is the largest system of its kind in the world, the latest edition being like Belfield and piping of Wimmera channels. stawell

Kingston Roadliners (F. Kingston, Proprietor) STAWELL - GRAMPIANS DAILY Coach for the Grampians meets mid day train at Stawell Return Daily Make the Grampians your next vacation Daily Conducted Tours, from Hotels and Guesthouses in Stawell and Hall's Gap to WONDERLAND - MCKENZIE FALLS - LAKE WARTOOK - MT. VICTORY - MT ROSEA - WANNON VALLEY conducted Hiking Trips Arranged Stawell booking office: 75 Main Street - Phone: Stawell 214, Hall's Gap booking office: Main Road - Phone: Hall's Gap 35, Bookings also from Vitorian Government Tourist Bureau, Cars for hire GRAMPIANS HOUSE The Most Conveniently Situated Tourist House in the Grampians. Ballroom, electric light, large garage, hot water service, hot water in all rooms, internal sewerage. Tennis, fishing, shooting, Alongside is the Bowling Green, where visitors are welcome to play. Phone: Hall's Gap 28. Tariff on application. Manageress: Mrs, E. MatthewsAdvertisement for Kingston Roadliners, Grampians House and Map of the GrampiansAdvertisement in Broadbents, Guide of western Victoria, and South-East of S.A.media, advertisements, grampian house

Photograph of a hand thrown glazed stoneware canister with 'Gum Leaf' design. ceramics, gumleaf decoration, studio pottery, australian studio pottery

in 2009 Echuca Wharf Pottery was located at Murray Esplanade and Little Hopwood St, Echuca. Lindsay Chandler was a potter at Echuca Wharf Pottery from 1989-1994. Robert Henderson left Redbyrne to work at Echuca Wharf Pottery and then went not to work as a demonstration thrower at Bendigo Pottery.(https://www.flickr.com/groups/1281707@N21/discuss/72157629662786291/)Hand thrown lidded stonewarw canister with 'Gum Leaf' design by Echuca Wharf Pottery. landscape, ceramics, australian landscape pottery, echuca wharf pottery

Photograph of a hand thrown ceramic jug. ceramics, gilbert buchanan, redbyrne pottery, sheparton, australian studio pottery

Photograph of a hand thrown cup with glaze decoration. ceramics, landscape, studio pottery, australian studio pottery

Photograph of a hand thrown and decorated ceramic vase by Gambles Pottery with impressed studio mark on the base. ceramics, pottery, studio pottery

Photograph of a hand thrown ceramic jug. ceramics, australian studio pottery, jug

Photo of a hand thrown glazed bottle, in impressed makers stamp.. ceramics, sherlow pottery, australian studio ceramics, australian studio pottery