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This property is known as Sunny South.

'Sunny South, 223 Lyons Street South, Ballarat.

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This property is known as Maremail.

'Maremaul' inLyons Street South, Ballarat under renovation.

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Colour photograph of a weatherboard miners cottage at 216 Dawson Street South, Ballarat

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Colour photographs of at the intersection of Dawson Street South and Skipton Street, Ballarat.

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Colour photograph of a double storey building in Armstrong Street South, Ballarat.

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Photograph of a bluestone cottage with shingle roof.

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Photographs of the original Eureka Stockade Centre, with Eureka sail in place.

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Redbrick church with plaque stating 'Scots church 1890'.

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The Yandoit Church built-in 1884 by Giacomo Satori and served the predominantly local Swiss-Italian community until 1993.

Four people stand outside St John's, Yandoit. Left to right: Gerhard Emmerichs, Bern Emmerichs (Robinson) Bernie Milesi, Rene Saligari (Gervasoni)

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Patrick and Mary Carroll (nee Fitzgerald) in the garden of their home in Holden Street, North Fitzroy.

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This photo was taken during Covid19 lockdown.

Colour Photograph of Lydiard Street looking North.

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Double storey bluestone hotel in Inverleigh, Victoria

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Photograph of Bendigo Cemetery.

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Photograph of the Guildford Big Tree around a month after two big limbs dropped.

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Lidded Ceramic Jar

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Stephen Drew was Nintingbool Potteries Stephen (Steve) Drew studied at the Ballarat Technical Art School (a division of the Ballarat School of Mines) and RMIT. He worked as a secondary school teacher for a short time before setting up Nintingbool Potteries in a bush setting at Smythes Creek, near Ballarat, in 1974. He made a wide range of functional pottery high-fired in stoneware and porcelain, later concentrating on one-off sculptural pieces. Steve Drew was instrumental in setting up the Ballarat Ceramic Group, which operated for twenty years, and is a member of the Golden Plains Art Trail. His pottery mark is recorded as an impressed 'N' in a circle, or an incised 'Drew'.

Bell shaped bottle by Nintingbool Potteries

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Glazed jug with Aboriginal motif and the work 'Hepburn'.

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Garry BISH (1950- ) Born Charlton, Victoria After training as a secondary school art teacher in Melbourne in 1968-69, Gary Bish moved to Bendigo, where he established the Potters Arms Studio in Epsom in 1972 while studying for a Diploma of Art and Design in ceramics at the Bendigo Institute of Technology, graduating in 1974. Establishing an independent studio in Epsom in 1972, Garry Bish has lectured in Ceramics for many years. Bish marks his work with his signature or an impressed 'B' with a stem like a feather, or in later years the Initial GB in a square.

Plate by hand drawn glaze design

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Grashir Pottery was based in Kyabram, Victoria, and between 1984-1999 was registered by ASIC under the trading name Grashir Handcrafts. The pottery was set up by Graham and Shirley Howard after Graham had worked for John Stroomer for many years. The pottery made functional stoneware marked with an impressed 'Grashir Pottery' or 'Grashir Kyabram' with a map of Australia.

Small hand thrown jug by Grashir Pottery

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Gembrook Pottery was based in Gembrook in the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria. The pottery, run by Ian and Robyn Burgher, was registered as a business from 1987 to 2007. Marks include Gembrook Pottery (impressed), Gembrook Pottery Wirilda (impressed) and Wirilda (painted).

Lidded bowl with incised carving.

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