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Drawing - 'Workers Room, Mt Beauty', David Armfield, 1954
Drawing by David Armfield, 1954. The drawing depicts a workers room at Mt Beauty. Mt Beauty housed many workers and their families during the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-E ...
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Drawing - 'Tunnellers Waiting Shift', David Armfield, 1954
Drawing by David Armfield, 1954. The drawing depicts a a group of workers waiting by a notice board. Armfield's other works depicting the Snowy Mountains scheme depict the Mt Beauty are ...
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Oil Painting - Croatian Pastoral Scene, Helene Ilich, circa 1950s
Croatian Pastoral Scene by Helene Ilich, circa 1950s. This is one of Helen's earlier paintings done in Croatia before she migrated to Melbourne in 1953 with her two children, her husban ...
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Drawing - 'Slim Comforts', Ambrose Dyson, Framed, 1952
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1952. This cartoon is a riposte to Governor-General Sir William Slim's suggestion that women should 'seek happiness at the stove'. It was published in the Guar ...
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Drawing - 'He'll Be Sorry', Ambrose Dyson, Framed, 1946
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1946. This cartoon comments on the potentially unrestricted power of the Upper House. It probably dates from Dyson's association with Labour Call to which he c ...
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Drawing - 'The Barrier', Ambrose Dyson, Framed, 1946
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1946. This cartoon reflects trade union concern in 1946 that the Australian meat industry would fall prey to an international oligopoly including the firms Ves ...
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Drawing - 'You'd Be Nice To Come Home To', Ambrose Dyson, Framed, 1945
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1945. This cartoon, which was published in the Midday Times on 3 November 1945, was drawn in support of the A.C.T.U.'s demand for a 40-hour working week. A 40- ...
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Drawing - 'There's Enough Evidence Here to Hang 'Em', Ambrose Dyson, Framed, 1951
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1951. This cartoon, which was published in the Guardian on 1 June 1951, was drawn in response to raids on a union office to locate Communists. The raids, which ...
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Drawing - 'All I Want Is The Power To Deal With These Reds!', Ambrose Dyson, Framed, 1951
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1951. This caricature, which was published in the Guardian on 2 August 1951, depicts the attempt by Prime Minister Menzies to ban the Communist Party of Austra ...
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Etching - Key to the Nuttall Painting, Framed, circa 1902
Black & white print of a key to Charles Nuttall's painting of the Opening of the first Federal Parliament of Australian in the Exhibition Building, Carlton, in 1901. Numerous prints we ...
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Receipt List - Exhibition of Fine Arts, John Ferres, 1869
Return list of gross receipts of the Exhibition of Fine Arts, held in the Great Hall of the Library and Museum in the Autumn of 1869. The receipt list was printed by John Ferres, Govern ...
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Lantern Slide - Miniature Panorama Type, Three Male Figures, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Miniature Panorama Type, Three Male Figures & Dog, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Four Reptiles, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Four Four-Legged Animals, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Four Figures in Yellow Suits, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Four Birds, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, 'Ragamuffins', 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Eight Figures in Costume, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Five Animals in Costume, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Man, Woman & Two Dogs, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Three Figures & One Dog, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Panorama Type, Four Figures & One Bed, 1820-1860
Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Austra ...
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Lantern Slide - Drawing of a Woman
Alternative Name(s): Magic Lantern Slide Part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David F ...
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Print - Daryl Lindsay, Phar Lap, 1932
Print of an original painting of Phar Lap by local artist Daryl Lindsay. This print was published by Melbourne's Sporting Globe newspaper as a colour supplement after Phar Lap's death i ...
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Sketch - Saint Christopher, Josef Moser, circa 1995 -1996
Conceptual sketch for the carving St. Christopher by Josef Moser, circa 1995- 1996. This sketch was sent to Museum Victoria when the carving was commissioned. Josef Moser can trace b ...
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Lantern Slide - A Christmas Carol, 'Sale of Scrooge's Bed Curtains', 1843-1880
Number 10 in a set of twelve slides in the series 'A Christmas Carol'. 'A Christmas Carol' is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman and Hall on ...
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Lantern Slide - A Christmas Carol, 'The Ghost Shewing Scrooge his Grave', 1843-1880
Number 11 in a set of twelve slides in the series 'A Christmas Carol'. 'A Christmas Carol' is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman and Hall on ...
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Lantern Slide - A Christmas Carol, 'Scrooge Making Merry with his Clerk', 1843-1880
Number 12 in a set of twelve slides in the series 'A Christmas Carol'. 'A Christmas Carol' is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman and Hall on ...
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Painting - 'Bonegilla, A Long Place with Long Things', Mai Maddisson, Framed, circa 1990s
Framed acrylic painting titled 'Bonegilla, A Long Place with Long Things' by Mai Maddisson. Mai painted this work from memory in the 1990s for an exhibition in 1999. Mai arrived in Melb ...
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Book - 'Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art', Robertson & Co, Melbourne, circa 1915
?Melba?s Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature? produced about 1915 to raise money for the Belgian Relief Fund. It contains colour plate illustrations by well-known Australian arti ...
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Statue - 'Mercury', C. Douglas Richardson & W.H. Rocke, circa 1899
Statue titled 'Mercury' modelled by C. Douglas Richardson and cast by W.H. Rocke, circa 1899. It was made for the proprietors of The Age newspaper and stood astride the Age building at ...
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Painting - G.Legros, Courtesan & Maid, Europe, circa 1880
Watercolour painting by G. Legros depicting a courtesan and her maid. The artist is not listed as an exhibitor in the Fine Art Court or general exhibits, so the origin of this painting ...
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Medal - 'World Co-operation I', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1970
Bronze art medal titled 'World Co-operation I' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1970. In 1969 Meszaros received a Churchill Fellowship to study medal art in Italy at La Scuola De ...
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Medal - 'Music - The Violinist', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1981
Bronze art medal titled 'The Violinist' from the Music series by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1981. 'The Violinist' is one of a series of six medals depicting orchestral instrum ...
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Medal - 'Music - The Flautist', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1981
Bronze art medal titled 'The Flautist' from the Music series by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1981. 'The Flautist' is one of a series of six medals depicting orchestral instrumen ...
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Medal - 'Music - French Horn', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1971
Bronze art medal titled 'French Horn' from the Music series by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1971. 'French Horn' is one of a series of six medals depicting orchestral instruments ...
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Medal - 'Music - The Cellist', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1970
Bronze art medal titled 'The Cellist' from the Music series by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1970. 'The Cellist' is one of a series of six medals depicting orchestral instruments ...
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Medal - 'Music - Timpani', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1971
Bronze art medal titled 'Timpani' from the Music series by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1971. 'Timpani' is one of a series of six medals depicting orchestral instruments, five o ...
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Medal - 'The Kill', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1963
Bronze art medal titled 'The Kill' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1963. This was the first of Meszaros' 'expressive' pieces - medals created purely as artistic works rather tha ...
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Medal - 'Tree I', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1977
Bronze art medal titled 'Tree I' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1977. The tree's trunk and branches are reproduced in mirror image to form the root system, illustrating that wh ...
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Medal - 'Tree II', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1985
Bronze art medal titled 'Tree II' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1985. Meszaros combined the tall straight trunk of an Australian mountain ash (eucalyptus regnans) with the lea ...
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Medal - 'Loch Ard Centenary', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1978
Bronze art medal titled 'Loch Ard Centenary' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1978. This medal commemorates the 100th anniversary of the wreck of the Loch Ard off the southern co ...
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Medal - 'Shakespeare Statue Unveiling, Ballarat', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1 ...
Bronze art medal titled 'Shakespeare Statue Unveiling, Ballarat' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1960. Michael's father, sculptor Andor Mészáros, was commissioned by the City of ...
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Medal - 'Tennis Ball', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1982
Bronze art medal titled 'Tennis Ball' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1982. The seam of the tennis ball is positioned to give the impression of three dimensions within the flat ...
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Medal - 'Spinnaker', Michael Meszaros, Rome,1969
Bronze art medal titled 'Spinnaker' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1969. The spinnaker sail of the small boat nearly fills the field, as its competitor is left behind. This med ...
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Medal - 'Serpent', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1987
Bronze art medal titled 'Serpent' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1987. This striking medal depicting a coiled snake with its mouth open was Meszaros' first work to manipulate t ...
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Medal - 'Jumping Fish', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1976
Bronze medal titled 'Jumping Fish' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1976. Meszaros has caught the fish at the apex of its jump, its body twisted to get maximum propulsion from it ...
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Medal - 'Nativity', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1970
Bronze art medal titled 'Nativity' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1970. Baby Jesus is central in the manger, surrounded by farm animals and 5 figures. One is kneeling in prayer ...
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Medal - 'Honey', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1964
Bronze art medal titled 'Honey' by Melbourne sculptor Michael Meszaros, 1964. This was the second of Meszaros' 'expressive' pieces, in which he selected a subject purely for its artisti ...
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