Tag: Australian

Tired of playing solitaire and going to check out a few open houses. Not the ones in the Sunday paper – oh no these are all Edwardian manses pictured in “Our beautiful homes, New South Wales Australia Series 1.” (the last one being from Series 2). Published ca. 1905.

Gawd all mighty even when you’ve seen a lot of these it’s amazing how many gew gaws Victorian and Edwardian people could fit into one room.

Front cover of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. Image 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/mode/1up
‘Swifts.’ (Hall) – Darling Point, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of EDMUND RESCH, Esquire. Image 8 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n8/mode/1up
‘Swifts.’ (Hall) – Darling Point, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of EDMUND RESCH, Esquire. Image 7 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n7/mode/1up
‘Linnwood.’ (Hall) – Guildford, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of Mrs. G. McCREDIE. Image 20 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n20/mode/1up

‘Edgmond’ – Wahroonga, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of William Cooper, Esquire. Image 22 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n22/mode/1up
‘Burdekin House (Drawing Room) MacQuarie Street Sydney N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of Mrs. S. Burdekin. Image 22 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n44/mode/1up
“Ultimo House’ (Drawing Room) – Ultimo N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of Mrs. George Harris. Image 64 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n64/mode/1up
‘Casserton’ – Gordon New South Wales – Resident of John M. Ferguson, Esquire. Image 78 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 2. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/OBHomes32449/page/n78/mode/1up

New South Wales, Australia just a little while ago. Plates from the second edition of David Collins’s “An account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August, 1801. Published in London in 1804.

A view of the Governor’s House at Rose Hill in the township of Parramatta. 1804. Page 139 of David Collins’s work An account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August, 1801. J Heath, engraver. Collections of the Victoria Museums. Atlas of Living Australia, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/172462#page/139/mode/1up

Bywater to Parramatta with a distant view of the western mountains taken from the Wind mill hill at Sydney. Stamped National Museum Melbourne. 1804. Page 173 of David Collins’s work An account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August, 1801. J Heath, engraver. Collections of the Victoria Museums. Atlas of Living Australia, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/172462#page/173/mode/1up

An Eastern view of Sydney, taken from a small prominence neigh the New barracks. Stamped National Museum Melbourne.1804. Page 211 of David Collins’s work An account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August, 1801. J Heath, engraver. Collections of the Victoria Museums. Atlas of Living Australia, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/172462#page/211/mode/1up

View of Sydney on the South side of Norfolk Island. Stamped National Museum Melbourne. 1804. Page 387 of David Collins’s work An account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August, 1801. J Heath, engraver. Collections of the Victoria Museums. Atlas of Living Australia, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/172462#page/387/mode/1up

Glazed earthenware by Australian potter Marian Munday (1850-1935). She was the first potter whose work was purchased by an Australian public institution.

Blue glaze bowl. 1920.
Blue glaze bowl. 1920. Signed on the base. Image © 2019 John Furphy Pty. Ltd. trading as CARTER’S Publications. Fair use license. via https://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/4100-munday-marian-australia-ceramics/

Vase. 1912.
Vase. 1912. Ovoid form decorated with soaring Waratahs in high relief, on a mottled blue/green and yellow ground. Signed on base. © 2019 John Furphy Pty. Ltd. trading as CARTER’S Publications. Fair use license. via https://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/4100-munday-marian-australia-ceramics/

Vase with raised medallions. 1919.
Vase with raised medallions. 1919. Image © National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Fair use license. via https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/2237/

Vases in blue and white from the early years of the last century. Australian. Ceramicist Martin Moroney, artist (1872-1917). Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Vase with pansy design. 1907.
Vase with pansy design. 1907. Glazed earthenware. © Art Gallery of New South Wales. Fair use license. via https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/2217/?tab=details

Vase with gumleaf and flower design. 1914.
Vase with gumleaf and flower design. 1914. Glazed earthenware. © Art Gallery of New South Wales. Fair use license. via https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/2227/

Vase decorated with gumnuts and eucalyptus flowers and leaves. 1914.
Vase decorated with gumnuts and eucalyptus flowers and leaves. 1914. Glazed earthenware. © Art Gallery of New South Wales. Fair use license. via https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/2231/

Outdoor scenes with interesting skies by the late Australian painter Alan Sumner.

"R.A.A.F. pier, Point Cook."
“R.A.A.F. pier, Point Cook.” Color screenprint. © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/35098/

"Cyclists near Corio Bay." ca. 1944.
“Cyclists near Corio Bay.” ca. 1944. Color screenprint. © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/35090/

"Hill train terminus." 1948.
“Hill train terminus.” 1948. Color screenprint. © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/35095/