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Colour photographs of Canola near Dean, Victoria.

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Colour photograph of the Scrub Hill Chuech, a19th-century Bluestone Church at Newlyn, Victoria

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Albury Pottery was established in the late 1970s to supply pottery for the party plan company Cooperware, a spin-off from Faberware. Located in Hudson Crescent, Lavington, the pottery was managed by Rudolph Dybka until 1983, then by Ron Petch, who had previously worked as sales manager for Cooper Pottery, one of Cooperware's UK suppliers. By the mid-1980s, the pottery had four throwers and a further 5-6 employees, and was specialising in stoneware with distinctive ribbed forms and light blond glazes. In 1985, the pottery was sold to the NSW Government as a workers' cooperative, and Petch moved to Old Ballarat Pottery as production manager. In 1987, the Petch's bought back into the business with partners Pat and Ken Snape, moving to slip casting, doubling the operating area, opening a terracotta plant in a separate location and establishing a tourism presence in the Old Cheese factory between Albury and Wodonga. As the business grew it took on more partners and this proved problematic in a declining market for production pottery. The Petch's pulled out in 1991 and the pottery closed shortly afterwards. (CC BY NC SA Judith Pearce, accessed https://www.flickr.com/groups/1281707@N21/discuss/72157629392131982/, 15 October 2024.)

A ceramic jug with a brown top, and an emu on a white ground.

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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.

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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.

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Two photographs showing the City of Kew Crest of the exterior of the Kew Civic Hall, as well as a sculpture attached to the wall.

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Two photographs showing the City of Kew Crest of the exterior of the Kew Civic Hall, as well as a sculpture attached to the wall.

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Photograph of a older woman in a hat

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A man and woman stand in a garden, probably their farm 'Hillside', McCartney's Lane, Crossley.

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Photograph of Patrick Edmund Carroll of 'Hillside' Crossley as a baby.

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Patrick Edmund Carroll and cousin

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This church was opened on 15th, September 1872, and was constructed over two years at a cost of 4500 pounds. The bluestone was sourced from Dean. The St Ausgustine statue is by Mattei Brothers.

Photographs of the bluestone Catholic church at Creswick, Victoria. The photograph was taken while churches were closed due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

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Colour photograph of a stone cairn with a metal cog wheel on top of it.

In commemoration of the Turriff West Pioneer Settlers who built a bush church on this site 1914-1915 'To satisfy a need for god'

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This former bank building was contructed for the Union Bank of Australia in 1863-64 to the design of architect Leonard Terry. It replaced an earlier building that operated from 1857. The Union Bank disposed of the building in 1951 when it merged with the Bank of Australasia.

Double storey bank building. The ground floor facade is designed as a five bay colonnade of engaged Doric columns, a motif repeated above using Corinthian columns to support the balustraded parapet.

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Photographs of Sonny Mark Grandstand at White Flat Oval.

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Bluestone gutters in Armstrong Street South, Ballarat.

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Interior of the Former Humffray Street Primary School as it was transitioning from an Antique Centre.

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Ballarat looking North West from the Former Humffray Street Primary School

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Ballarat looking West from the Former Humffray Street Primary School

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A weatherboard Miners Cottage on the corner of Belford Street and Eureka Street, Ballarat East.

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A weatherboard Miners Cottage at 22 Belford Street, Ballarat East.

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Colour photographs of the mullock heap associated with the Defiance Company Gold Mine near the bank of Lake Daylesford.

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Colour photographs of the concrete bridge over laker Daylesford built by the Country Road Board in 1929.

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Photographs of a house at Steiglitz.

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Photographs of a house at Steiglitz.

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Photographs of Steiglitz Courthouse.

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