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matching sketching, themes: 'immigrants and emigrants'
Diverse state (9)
Aboriginal culture (4)
Built environment (1)
Creative life (1)
Family histories (2)
Immigrants and emigrants (2)
Land and ecology (5)
Local stories (3)
Service and sacrifice (2)
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Judy Scurfield
Journey's End
... to acts of bravery. This wood engraving and articles were published in 'The Australasian Sketcher' of August 9, 1873....'The Disaster to the pilot schooner "Rip" was published in The Australasian Sketcher August 9, 1873. ...Try to imagine yourself on board a sailing ship in the 19th century...
Approaching the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, which is known to be a particularly dangerous harbour entrance, being very narrow (only 2 and a half kilometers across), fringed with rocky reefs, and turbulent because of the tides meeting the ocean swells of Bass Strait.
If you were the Captain you needed an accurate chart showing sea-depths, the coastline and its hazards, but also the navigational aids such as lighthouses and beacons which would guide you into port. You would also have needed a book of sailing directions...
Judy Scurfield, librarian at the State Library of Victoria, asks us to imagine the entry through the most hazardous Port Phillip Heads.
Further material can be found at the State Library of Victoria's Ergo site: Thomas Pierson (Diaries of an early arrival chronicle first impressions of Melbourne).
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Kate Luciano
School Days: Education in Victoria
... Sketch: Location of Merri Creek Aboriginal School...This 1847 sketch map shows the location of the ‘Mission’ or Merri Creek Aboriginal School. The creek crossing and Protector’s quarters are also shown. ...The exhibition, School Days, developed by Public Record Office Victoria and launched at Old Treasury Building in March 2015, is a history of more than 150 years of schooling in Victoria.
It is a history of the 1872 Education Act - the most significant education reform in Victoria, and a world first! It is a history of early schooling, migrant schooling, Aboriginal schools, women in education, rural education and, of course, education during war time (1914-1918).
This online exhibition is based on the physical exhibition School Days originally displayed at Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, Melbourne, www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au and curated by Kate Luciano in collaboration with Public Record Office Victoria.