Now & Then: Catanach’s Jewellers Posted April 15, 2021
Jeweller takes a closer look at the history of Catanach’s Jewellers with Amanda Catanach, managing director, as it turns 147 this year.
FOUNDED BY George William Catanach
ESTABLISHED 1874
George William Catanach migrated from London, UK to Australia in 1870 aboard the ship Swiftsure, aged 24.
A trained diamond setter, he filled a need for skilled workers to manufacture the many items of jewellery starting to be produced in Melbourne due to the Gold Rush.
As the only diamond setter in the colony, his skills were in demand and he worked for several Melbourne jewellers until 1874, when he opened GW Catanach Manufacturing Jeweller on Elizabeth Street in the CBD.
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Zimmermann + Athol Shmith: Fashion Photography Extraordinary material at the press of a button 13 April 2021
In September 2020, fashion label Zimmermann launched their 2021 Spring Collection,
Wild Botanica. The collection features 10 of Ellis Rowan s artworks as statement prints, with Nicky Zimmermann drawing creative inspiration from the National Library s Ellis Rowan collection.
Erythrina insularis F.M. Baily, family Fabaceae and butterflies, Papua New Guinea, nla.cat-vn1168540, alongside a look from Zimmermann s 2021 Spring Collection,
Wild Botanica.
As a way of giving back to the Library for our support, Zimmermann kindly donated funds so that more of our vast collections could be digitised. This means more people will now be able to access, learn from, and be inspired by what they find.
Bank manager grows ‘very fine’ potatoes
A VERY fine sample of potatoes has been brought under “The Standard’s” notice by Mr A. E. Lasslett.
These potatoes, grown merely as a hobby for private use by Mr Lasslett at the State Savings Bank, Frankston, were of the Carmen variety, and two weighed about 2½ lbs each, whilst the whole plot is likewise good.
The seed was not prepared or inoculated in any way, which is further proof of what the soil is really capable of in this district.
MR Tom Perridge, the Tooradin sportsman, had another successful day at the Mornington gymkhana with his fine mare, Miss Maori.