Physical description

Landscape orientation soft bound publication containing a curated series of reproduced pencil sketches by Jean Hill. The drawings depict geographical features, national parks and reserves, townscapes, notable civic buildings, and other man made structures across the Wimmera and Limestone Coast region. The visual content was selected to represent each municipality within the Wimmera Regional Tourist Authority’s jurisdiction, forming a cohesive promotional suite for display in the Horsham Tourist Information Centre.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

• Printed title on cover: Wimmera Sketches: Pencil in the Wimmera
• Internal printed credits acknowledging the Wimmera Regional Tourist Authority and artist Jean Hill
• No handwritten inscriptions recorded

Summary

This book was produced in 1979 and contains a unique collection of prints includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, towns, buildings and other man-made structures, taken from original drawings/sketches by Jean Hill who was commissioned by the Wimmera Regional Tourist Authority to produce selected subjects from each municipality for display in the Horsham Tourist information center to highlight attractions from around the Wimmera and Limestone Coast - from Stawell through to Naracoorte for visitors to the region. Jean Hill was a trained commercial artist of Horsham and a member of the Horsham Gallery Art Group in the 1970s.