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Photo Album Covers - Orian Wenhrynowycz, Timber, 1948
Reg. No: HT 104
- Summary:
- Pair of timber photo album covers made by Mr Orian Wenhrynowycz in1948. Orian made four sets of timber photo album covers, while at Bonegilla in 1948 using tools he had brought from Ukraine. Orian migrated to Australia with his wife from Ukraine via a Displaced Persons camp in Germany following the Second World War, they arrived in Melbourne on the ship `Wooster Victory'.
- Description:
- Pair of rectangular squares of wood which have been painted with geometrical patterns in bright colours.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr Orian Wenhrynowycz, 2001
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 19.00 cm (Height), 10.30 cm (Width), 28.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | immigration, handcrafts, woodworking, making do, carpentry, displaced persons, carving, migrant hostels, migrant camps, migrant reception centres, ukrainian immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Accommodation - Hostels |
| Tertiary Classification: | art & craft |
| Maker: | Mr Orian Wenhrynowycz, Bonegilla, Victoria, Australia, 1948 |
| Place & Date Used: | Bonegilla, Victoria, Australia, 1948 |
Comments
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ukrainian_Artists_Society_of_Australia-1976.jpg
(he is on the far right)