Historical information
Information relating to artist William Longstaff, one-time Eltham resident, famous for his painting Menin Gate (held at the Australian War Memorial)
Physical description
Colour Brochure: Will Longstaff: Art and Remembrance November 2001-February 2002 (Australian War Memorial) 4 pages.
Copy of Letter from C. Pell to Mr (Clem) Christesen re research on Longstaff and residents of the property Stanhope, 1984
Copy of press cutting from The Sun news pictorial January 20, 1928
Photocopy From "Kangaroo Ground: A highland taken" by Mick Woiwod with reference to Longstaff enlisting from Kangaroo Ground
Photocopy of news clipping “Captain honours lost soldiers with his art” by Brittany Shanahan, Diamond Valley Leader, Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Photocopy from book about Longstaff, possibly "Encyclopedia of Australian Art" by Alan McCulloch.
Newspaper article: “Stepping into the breach” by Mark Barker, The Sunday Age, Extra. January 27, 2013, p21 with references to Longstaff’s Menin Gate painting
Copy of article from journal possibly from the Australian War Memorial, September 1987 re art works at AWM, “Menin Gate at Midnight” by John Connor, (page 390)
Misc. hand written biographical notes by Harry Gilham
Subjects
References
- Menin Gate at Midnight
- Frederick William Longstaff Entry at Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Famous painter old resident of Eltham Advertiser, 27 January, 1928
- Menin Gate at midnight : the story of Captain Will Longstaff's great allegorical painting.
- Roll of Honour: Local and District men who have enlisted Longstaff is listed as having enlisted from Kangaroo Ground
- Eltham Evelyn Observer, 18 March 1910 describing purchase of land in Griffin's Hill, Eltham
